Adam Trick sits 30th on the model, 184th in the room — a gap that's hard to ignore for a Texas Tech linebacker with a 15% bust rate. Xavier Scott isn't far behind; the room is far colder on the Illinois corner than Draftanomics's numbers suggest. Contrast that with Benjamin Brahmer, whose model-to-room split is the widest in this class — and it cuts the other way, with the room far warmer on the Penn State receiver than the model. Two boards, two very different sleepers.
Written by our models from the live board; every name and number checked
Players the model ranks at least 20 picks earlier than the consensus board. The bigger the gap, the bolder the bet — and the bigger the swing if the model is right.
Adam Trick profiles as a rangy front-seven defender who put together a real statistical jump in 2025: sacks from 3.5 to eight, tackles for loss from 5.5 to 12, tackles from 37 to 57. Draftanomics' model has him at No. 30 overall for the 2027 class; the public boards have him sitting at No. 184, a gap of 154 spots that's about as wide as dissent gets on this sheet.
Xavier Scott's two years on the Illinois back end tell two different stories: a 49-tackle, six-pass-breakup line in 2024, then a senior season that all but disappeared on the stat sheet. It's a starter grade built on one strong data point, not a settled projection.
Chris Cole is a name that didn't exist on tackle sheets a year ago and now owns one of the sharper single-season jumps in this front-seven class. The Georgia LB posted 61 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 7 TFL in 2025 after managing just 16 tackles, no sacks and 2 TFL the year before, and the model has him at No. 48 on its 2027 board while the five public boards it tracks land him at a mean of No. 182 — a 134-spot gap.
Suntarine Perkins profiles as a disruptive front-seven piece who racked up 81 tackles and 5.0 pass breakups in 2025, up from 60 tackles and zero breakups the year before, even as his sack total dropped from 10.5 to 4.5. The Ole Miss product sits at No. 51 on Draftanomics's model board, a full 120 spots ahead of the No. 171 he's pulling on the six public boards feeding our consensus.
Size and pedigree headline this profile — a five-star recruit checking in at 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds — but the scheme evaluators attach only a mixed-confidence swing-tackle read to it, not a clean left-tackle case. Samson Okunlola, the Miami OT, carries a model grade of No. 67 overall for 2027 that sits nowhere near the public consensus of No. 186 across five boards, a 119-spot gap that stands as one of the sharpest disagreements on the board this cycle.
Darius Taylor is a workhorse back who authored a monster 2024 season at Minnesota — 205 carries for 986 yards and 10 touchdowns, plus 54 catches for 350 yards — before his workload cratered a year later. Draftanomics' career-value board still has him at No. 59 overall, and that's the widest split on the sheet: the only public board with a grade on file has him at No. 176, 117 spots lower.
Tony Rojas' tackle numbers cratered at Penn State, falling from 56 stops as a breakout linebacker in 2024 to just 25 in 2025, with his tackles for loss and pass breakups sliding right along with them. The model's still bullish anyway — Rojas checks in at No. 42 on the 2027 board, a jump of 107 spots over the two-board consensus mark of No. 149.
Brandon Baker profiles as a swing tackle at 6-foot-5, 285 pounds, the archetype the model's system pegs for him, though that read carries only mixed confidence given how thin his file still is.
Bray Hubbard reads coverage like he's still calling the play from center, diagnosing route combinations before receivers finish their breaks — a carryover from his days at quarterback, per Big Board Lab. That processing has the model board sold enough to rank him No. 39 overall for the 2027 class, while the four boards that have looked at him so far keep him closer to No. 140, a gap that makes him one of the widest model-room splits in the file.
Christian Alliegro, the Ohio State linebacker, plays with burst and a closing speed Big Board Lab calls relentless, chasing plays sideline to sideline as an off-ball backer who thrives moving forward. He transferred in from Wisconsin ahead of 2026, and the numbers back the eye test where it counts — the model ranks him No. 87 overall, 96 spots above his No. 183 consensus slot, the kind of gap that gets a room arguing.
A 33-tackle role player in 2024 turned into an 80-tackle, four-TFL contributor in 2025 — one of the bigger snap-count jumps at cornerback in this class. That's Jelani McDonald, the Texas CB, and the model's 2027 board has him at No. 41 overall, well ahead of the No. 133 mean rank across the 10 boards it tracks — a 92-spot gap that marks him as a real model-versus-room split.
Bear Alexander wins the leverage battle before blockers set their feet, turning run fits into tackles for loss with hands scouts call violent.
Ben Roberts is a 6-foot-4, 290-pound defensive lineman who left Oregon for Michigan State by way of the transfer portal in 2024, a four-star recruit built for interior front-seven work. Draftanomics's model rank of 61 sits 70 spots ahead of his No. 131 consensus grade across five boards — a gap wide enough to call real dissent, not noise. The tier model's most likely outcome for him is 'starter,' the largest single bucket on the sheet.
LJ Martin runs like a north-south grinder who wants contact on his terms, patient enough behind BYU's gap-power scheme to let blocks set before he sticks his foot in the ground. The model is working without verified testing numbers, school context or a confirmed age here, and it still ranks him a lofty No. 100 overall, 62 spots above where the four-board consensus has him settled at No. 162.
Whit Weeks is a 6-foot-2, 205-pound off-ball linebacker whose box score swung wildly across two seasons — 111 tackles as a sophomore, then a crash to 27 the following year. Draftanomics' model still ranks him at No. 99 overall, nearly 65 spots above his No. 164 consensus slot, the kind of split that gets flagged in this format.
Markis Deal is a downhill front-seven presence who piled up 53 tackles and 8.5 tackles for loss in 2025 without needing a jump in sacks to get there. The model's board has him at No. 102 overall, a full 63 spots above the No. 165 he sits at on the lone public consensus board on file — the model siding with him, not against him.
OJ Frederique Jr. is a mirror-and-smother corner whose soft-shoe press keeps him glued to a receiver's hip before he ever has to turn and run. The model board has him at No. 25 overall, a full 53 spots clear of his No. 78 consensus rank across 10 boards — one of the widest model-room splits on the sheet.
Iapani Laloulu is 355 pounds of squat, wide-based mass packed onto a 6-foot-2 frame, the exact build Oregon wants planted at guard. The model's career-value board has him at No. 64 overall for the 2027 class, 63 spots ahead of the No. 127 he's drawing on the consensus board — a gap wide enough to make the room look twice.
C.J. Fite is a compact, 280-pound Arizona State DL whose box score tells a two-year story of more disruption without more finishing — his TFL total jumped from 3.0 in 2024 to 6.5 in 2025 while his sack count sat frozen at one in both seasons. The model board has him at No. 78 overall, 61 spots ahead of his No. 139 consensus rank, which is as clean a case of model dissent from the room as you'll find in this class.
Wyatt Young broke out in a hurry, turning 70 catches into 1,264 yards and 10 touchdowns at North Texas in 2025 before taking that box score to Oklahoma State for the transfer portal cycle. The model's board has him at No. 38 overall, 70 spots ahead of his No. 108 consensus rank across nine public boards — one of the wider reads-versus-room splits on this year's sheet.
Ian Moore is a 6-foot-6, 317-pound guard out of Ohio State whose frame alone gets him in the mix on the interior. The model's card is a projected starter, and it ranks him at No. 56 overall for the 2027 class — 60 spots ahead of the public consensus mark of No. 116, as wide a split between the model and the room as this cycle produces.
Ashton Hampton plays safety with a corner's feet, running a soft press-bail drop that keeps him in phase all the way down the field. The model has him at No. 43 overall, some 55 spots ahead of the room's consensus No. 98, one of the widest model-room splits on the 2027 board. Two seasons of ascending tackle and pass-breakup numbers back up the model's optimism, even if the ball production hasn't caught up yet.
Jontez Williams put together a real box score at Iowa State in 2024 — 46 tackles, five pass breakups — before that production collapsed to 15 tackles and two breakups in 2025, right as he entered the portal for USC. The model still ranks him at No. 45 overall, 56 spots ahead of the lone public board that has him anywhere near draftable, and projects him into the starter tier at a 39.7% clip.
Ryan Wingo's box score did the loud part right: catches, yards and touchdowns all spiked from 2024 to 2025, up to 54 receptions for 834 yards and seven scores on 15.4 yards a catch. The model's board has him at No. 28 overall in the 2027 class, more than 50 spots ahead of the public consensus rank of 83 — a gap of 55 that says the room hasn't caught up to the number yet.
Cole Sullivan doesn't play like a two-year producer — he plays like a safety who wandered five yards inside the box, and the coaches around him already call him the fastest guy on the field, per Big Board Lab.
Anto Saka is a twitchy, snap-anticipating edge rusher whose first step can look like he teleports past the tackle before the pocket sets, per Big Board Lab's scouting notes. Testing numbers, verified age and school production data are all missing here, so plenty of that argument still waits on games and workouts to settle it.
Will Heldt is a 6-foot-6, 240-pound EDGE who piled up more disruption in 2025 — 14.5 TFL and six sacks — even as his tackle count dropped from 56 to 46 in his first season after transferring from Purdue to Clemson. The model has him at No. 58 overall for the 2027 class, 47 spots ahead of where the public boards have him sitting at No. 105.
A 6-foot-5, 225-pound X-receiver, he turned 30 catches into 618 yards last season, a 20.6-yards-per-catch clip that jumped from 14.5 the year before. Nyck Harbor, the South Carolina WR, sits at No. 89 overall on the model board for the 2027 class, 45 spots above the No. 134 he's getting on the four public boards that make up the consensus. The system's tier read still calls him a projected starter, not a finished product.
Rasheem Biles moves like a coverage safety trapped in a linebacker's frame, the exact trait Best Available flags as his best. The model has him at No. 15 overall, 50 slots clear of the consensus rank of 65, and that gap says everything about how divided the room is on translating that movement profile to Sundays.
Andrew Sprague, an OT out of Michigan, profiles as a lengthy, developmental left tackle prospect, all frame and recruiting pedigree with no box score yet to back it up. Draftanomics' model has him at No. 124 in the 2027 class, 44 spots ahead of the consensus board's No. 168 — the model is out ahead of the room on this one.