11 draft classes, held out and graded.

Every class was kept out of training, then scored against the real NFL draft and the first four seasons of pro production — the rookie-contract window, so every class is graded on the same ruler and recent classes count. (Full careers get their say on the re-grade pages.) Draftanomics's board grades out ahead of the analyst consensus and a step shy of NFL war rooms — win, lose, or draw against the league, you see every hit and every whiff below. The sample, everywhere on this page: 11 draft classes graded, 5 with complete four-year windows.

The picks the model nailed and the ones it whiffed on are named — no cherry-picking.

Class strength →

as of Jul 29, 2026

Biggest saves — model ranked them well below their draft slot, they busted

Busts the model flagged early. They were drafted well above where Draftanomics ranked them and burned the pick anyway. The savings column.

Year	Player	Pos	College	Draftanomics pick	Actual pick	4-yr grade
2019	Bryce Love	RB	Stanford	204	112	0.0
2020	Reggie Robinson II	CB	Tulsa	186	123	0.0
2018	Rick Leonard	OT	Florida St.	214	127	0.0
2020	Cameron Clark	OT	Charlotte	158	129	0.0
2018	Jordan Lasley	WR	UCLA	243	162	0.1
2019	Jalen Hurd	WR	Baylor	227	67	0.1
2019	Gary Jennings Jr	WR	West Virginia	168	120	0.1
2019	Daylon Mack	DT	Texas A&M	221	160	0.1
2021	Tyree Gillespie	S	Missouri	173	143	0.2
2020	Joe Reed	WR	Virginia	193	151	0.2

OverviewBy yearBy roundBiggest hitsStretchesSavesMisses