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Jachai Polite

LB · Florida · age 21.1
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 5, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#74
Day 2
Bust probability
1%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#68
NYJ
Consensus rank
#54
23 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
charting: average depth of target allowed, career avg-0.06
Boards ranking him top-100+0.05
charting catch rate allowed avg-0.03
charting catch rate allowed+0.03
charting pass rush grade+0.02
Year-over-year production growth-0.02
charting yards per coverage snap career avg+0.02
Boards ranking him top-50+0.01

Pre-draft consensus (24 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#109
Addicted To Quack (Joseph Yun)#57
Armchair Media Network (Rob Paul)#17
Bnb Football#61
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#70
Da Windy City (Ryan Heckman)#101
Drafttek#73
Draftwire (Luke Easterling)#24
ESPN (Jeff Legwold)#80
Mile High Report (Christopher Hart)#66
Nbc Sports Washington (Ben Standig)#69
NFL Draft Blitz (Alex Khvatov)#38
NFL Draft Lounge (Garrett Ballard)#41
NFL Spin Zone (Cory Kinnan)#46
Riggos Rag (Ian Cummings)#48
Rotoworld (Josh Norris)#103

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
1
Avg snap share
4%
2nd-deal AAV
$0.6M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Haason Reddick2017 · #135.0Bust
Raekwon McMillan2017 · #54TBD
Blake Martinez2016 · #1314.4Starter
Jarrad Davis2017 · #215.6Bust
Jordan Evans2017 · #1933.4Bust
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