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Drake Jackson

OLB · USC · age 21.0
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#84
Day 2
Bust probability
25%
Moderate
Actual NFL pick
#61
SFO
Consensus rank
#70
24 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.06
Athletic testing+0.04
High-school recruit grade-0.03
Age at draft+0.02
charting total career snaps-0.01
Conference strength of opponent+0.01
charting dline grade snap weighted-0.01
Boards ranking him top-50-0.01

Pre-draft consensus (25 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#53
4 For 4 (Anthony Staggs)#64
Battle Red Blog (Matt Robinson)#53
Bleacher Report#46
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#46
Blue Chip Scouting (Devin Jackson)#80
Blue Chip Scouting (Nick Price)#80
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#81
CBS (Josh Edwards)#72
Draftwire (Luke Easterling)#45
Fantasy Pros (Andrew Erickson)#84
Fox Sports (Rob Rang)#59
Nbc Sports (Thor Nystrom)#73
NFL Com (Daniel Jeremiah)#70
Ninety Nine Yards (Craig Strachan)#57
Pro Football Focus (Trevor Sikkema)#29

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
3
Games played
0
Avg snap share
15%
2nd-deal AAV
$1.1M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Fred Warner2018 · #7013.0Starter
Malik Jefferson2018 · #780.1Bust
Tyus Bowser2017 · #472.2Bust
Carl Lawson2017 · #1164.6Bust
T.J. Watt2017 · #305.1Bust
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