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 20 defensive tackles with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2017 board, tier by tier.
No blue-chip defensive tackle this cycle — Malik McDowell is the class's best, and he carries the next grade down.
An empty tier, honestly labeled — no defensive tackle earns a first-round grade this cycle.
The Day 2 tier runs 6 deep, opening with Malik McDowell out of Michigan St. at No. 41 and closing with Dalvin Tomlinson at No. 104. No cliff at the bottom, either: Eddie Vanderdoes is 6 projected picks behind Tomlinson. Inside the tier, the model's fight is Larry Ogunjobi: it says No. 86, the room says No. 124.
This is where the class lives: 14 defensive tackles carry a Day 3 grade, with Eddie Vanderdoes out of UCLA at the front of the line at No. 110 overall. The risk in the group is Montravius Adams: 43 percent by a bust model that has earned trust at defensive tackle.