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Xavier McKinney

S · Alabama · age 20.7 · 6'0" · 201 lb
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 5, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#27
1st Round
Bust probability
0%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#36
NYG
Consensus rank
#18
27 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.09
Pre-draft consensus+0.06
charting catch rate allowed avg-0.02
High-school recruit grade+0.02
Boards ranking him top-50+0.02
Rank within his position class+0.02
Age at draft+0.01
Number of public boards+0.01

Pre-draft consensus (29 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#17
247 Sports (Andrew Freeman)#17
Bleacher Report (Matt Miller)#22
Blue Chip Scouting (Dante Collinelli)#14
Blue Chip Scouting (Mike Hrynyshyn)#16
CBS (Josh Edwards)#20
Drafttek#19
Draftwire (Luke Easterling)#23
Halils Real Football Talk (Hallach Halil)#20
NFL Com (Daniel Jeremiah)#22
NFL Draft Bible#41
NFL Mocks (Garrett Ballard)#22
Pewter Report (Jon Ledyard)#42
Pro Football Network#22
Rotoworld (Josh Norris)#22
SB Nation (Dan Kadar)#26

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
6
Games played
0
Avg snap share
62%
2nd-deal AAV
$16.8M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Ronnie Harrison2018 · #934.1Contributor
Minkah Fitzpatrick2018 · #1111.3Starter
Budda Baker2017 · #363.9Bust
Jamal Adams2017 · #65.6Bust
Malik Hooker2017 · #155.7Bust
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