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The 2019 draft, re-graded the career receipt

The class re-ordered by realized career value through the 2025 season — Career Score, our open-data measure of what a career actually amounted to (playing time, durability, what the market paid on a second contract, and early-career honors) — with All-Pro selections, Pro Bowls, and seasons started breaking ties. 254 picks graded.

Re-draft No. 1
Maxx Crosby
EDGE · pick 106 (OAK, 2019)
Actually went 106th to OAK.
83 Career Score · 5 Pro Bowls · 0 All-Pros
Biggest steal
Maxx Crosby
EDGE · pick 106 (OAK, 2019)
Taken 106th; career value ranks 1st in the class.
83 Career Score · 5 Pro Bowls · 0 All-Pros
Biggest bust
Dwayne Haskins
QB · pick 15 (WAS, 2019)
Pick 15 returned a 17 Career Score over 16 games.
17 Career Score · 0 Pro Bowls · 0 All-Pros
The first round, re-graded
Pick by pick, where each first-rounder went vs. where the career says he should have gone Kaleb McGary outplayed his slot by 26 spots, while Dwayne Haskins fell 168.
see all 32 picks
PickTeamPlayerPosCareer ScorePBAPStarts (yrs)Re-draft slotΔ
1ARIKyler MurrayQB7120517-16
2SFONick BosaEDGE8251520
3NYJQuinnen WilliamsDT7341611-8
4OAKClelin FerrellEDGE4800479-75
5TAMDevin WhiteLB7310612-7
6NYGDaniel JonesQB6500635-29
7JAXJosh Hines-AllenLB752068-1
8DETT.J. HockensonTE6420439-31
9BUFEd OliverDT6300543-34
10PITDevin Bush Jr.LB5700454-44
11CINJonah WilliamsG4900574-63
12GNBRashan GaryLB6410538-26
13MIAChristian WilkinsDT6900520-7
14ATLChris LindstromG774063+11
15WASDwayne HaskinsQB17000183-168
16CARBrian BurnsEDGE753067+9
17NYGDexter LawrenceDT7330610+7
18MINGarrett BradburyC6900721-3
19TENJeffery SimmonsDT6841727-8
20DENNoah FantTE5600559-39
21GNBDarnell Savage Jr.S6800625-4
22PHIAndre DillardOT4200196-74
23HOUTytus HowardOT6700631-8
24OAKJosh JacobsRB6631733-9
25BALMarquise BrownWR5700458-33
26WASMontez SweatEDGE7010618+8
27OAKJohnathan AbramS4300294-67
28LACJerry TilleryDT5400266-38
29SEAL.J. CollierEDGE35002111-82
30NYGDeandre BakerCB21001157-127
31ATLKaleb McGaryOT760065+26
32NWEN'Keal HarryWR32001122-90

The re-draft

The top 32 of the 2019 class by career value — the first round as it would go with the careers known.

SlotPlayerPosActual pickDrafted byCareer ScorePBAPGames
1Maxx CrosbyEDGE106OAK8350110
2Nick BosaEDGE2SFO825185
3Chris LindstromG14ATL7740105
4Byron MurphyCB33ARI7610104
5Kaleb McGaryOT31ATL760093
6A.J. BrownWR51TEN7530105
7Brian BurnsEDGE16CAR7530114
8Josh Hines-AllenLB7JAX7520107
9Jawaan TaylorOT35JAX7400111
10Dexter LawrenceDT17NYG7330109
11Quinnen WilliamsDT3NYJ7341105
12Devin WhiteLB5TAM7310100
13Terry McLaurinWR76WAS7220107
14Bobby OkerekeLB89IND7200110
15Elgton JenkinsC44GNB722096
16Diontae JohnsonWR66PIT711089
17Kyler MurrayQB1ARI712087
18Montez SweatEDGE26WAS7010109
19Connor McGovernG90DAL691094
20Christian WilkinsDT13MIA690086
21Garrett BradburyC18MIN6900105
22D.K. MetcalfWR64SEA6920112
23Julian LoveCB108NYG6810106
24Deebo SamuelWR36SFO681197
25Darnell Savage Jr.S21GNB680097
26Erik McCoyC48NOR682088
27Jeffery SimmonsDT19TEN684199
28Nate DavisG82TEN680071
29Juan ThornhillS63KAN670097
30Jamel DeanCB94TAM670096
31Tytus HowardOT23HOU670093
32Germaine PrattLB72CIN6600112

The steals

Day 2-3 picks whose careers rank with the first round. Scored by how far they fell, weighted by career value.

  • 106
    Maxx CrosbyEDGE · OAK
    Taken 106th; career value ranks 1st in the class.
  • 51
    A.J. BrownWR · TEN
    Taken 51st; career value ranks 6th in the class.
  • 33
    Byron MurphyCB · ARI
    Taken 33rd; career value ranks 4th in the class.
  • 89
    Bobby OkerekeLB · IND
    Taken 89th; career value ranks 14th in the class.
  • 76
    Terry McLaurinWR · WAS
    Taken 76th; career value ranks 13th in the class.

The busts

Premium picks (rounds 1-2), minimal careers. Scored by draft capital spent against Career Score returned.

  • 15
    Dwayne HaskinsQB · WAS
    Pick 15 returned a 17 Career Score over 16 games.
  • 30
    Deandre BakerCB · NYG
    Pick 30 returned a 21 Career Score over 26 games.
  • 4
    Clelin FerrellEDGE · OAK
    Pick 4 returned a 48 Career Score over 98 games.
  • 37
    Greg LittleOT · CAR
    Pick 37 returned a 16 Career Score over 31 games.
  • 11
    Jonah WilliamsG · CIN
    Pick 11 returned a 49 Career Score over 74 games.

Every team's 2019 class

Value captured against slot, team by team — including the pick each front office would want back.

Method

Career value is Career Score — our open-data index of playing time, durability, second-contract market value, and early-career honors — with All-Pro selections, Pro Bowls, seasons started, and draft position breaking ties. Steals are scored by ln(pick ÷ re-draft slot) × Career Score over picks 33 and later; busts by draft capital spent (within the top 64) minus Career Score returned. Consensus is the aggregated pre-draft big board. Everything on this page is computed from outcome tables — no model, no projections, no prose engine.

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