Defensive tackle DT
Sacks + TFLs + Senior Bowl. Athletic testing weighted higher for IDL than EDGE.
Likeliest career, by the outcome model.
How many defensive tackles land in each career bucket as the model's single most likely finish. This is a different question from the board grades below — a prospect can be a Day 3 grade and still have “starter” as his likeliest outcome. The tails (elite, bust) are where the model separates; the middle two buckets sit close to a coin flip.
The board.
All 22 defensive tackles with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2015 board, tier by tier.
The blue-chip shelf is one name deep: Darius Philon out of Arkansas, pegged at No. 4 overall. Barely a seam here — Malcom Brown comes off just 5 picks later.
The first-round tier is a pair: Malcom Brown out of Texas at No. 9, with Arik Armstead at No. 30 behind him. There is a real step down from there — Mario Edwards sits 14 projected picks behind Armstead.
The Day 2 tier runs 6 deep, opening with Mario Edwards out of Florida St. at No. 44 and closing with Grady Jarrett at No. 102. No cliff at the bottom, either: David Parry is 6 projected picks behind Jarrett.
This is where the class lives: 13 defensive tackles carry a Day 3 grade, with David Parry out of Stanford at the front of the line at No. 108 overall.