How many guards 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.
All 11 guards with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2027 board, tier by tier.
Blue Chip0 players
No blue-chip guard this cycle — Austin Siereveld is the class's best, and he carries the next grade down.
1st Round1 player
Only Austin Siereveld carries a first-round grade at guard — the Ohio State product projects No. 20 overall. Then the board falls off a cliff — 36 projected picks between Siereveld and Ian Moore, the next name down. Austin Siereveld is the argument in this tier — No. 20 on our board against a consensus No. 46.
Austin SiereveldOhio State· 6'5" · 320 lb· consensus #46
Austin Siereveld looks built to maul in pass sets and run lanes alike, having taken over at left tackle for Ohio State's national title run and not surrendered a single sack across more than 810 snaps.
Day 23 players
Three guards carry a Day 2 grade, and Ian Moore heads the group at a projected No. 56 overall. Then the board falls off a cliff — 49 projected picks between Peak and Greg Johnson, the next name down. Iapani Laloulu is the argument in this tier — No. 64 on our board against a consensus No. 127.
Ian MooreOhio State· 6'6" · 317 lb· consensus #116
Ian Moore is a 6-foot-6, 317-pound guard out of Ohio State whose frame alone gets him in the mix on the interior.
Iapani LalouluOregon· 6'2" · 355 lb· consensus #127
Iapani Laloulu is 355 pounds of squat, wide-based mass packed onto a 6-foot-2 frame, the exact build Oregon wants planted at guard.
Jacarrius PeakSouth Carolina· 6'5" · 310 lb· consensus #76
Jacarrius Peak's build says guard, but the swing-tackle tag the model has stapled to him — with its own confidence flag reading mixed — says the fit is still unsettled at 6-foot-5, 310 pounds.
Day 37 players
The Day 3 tier runs 7 deep, opening with Greg Johnson out of Minnesota at No. 121 and closing with Anthony Donkoh at No. 178. Knijeah Harris carries the tier's risk, a 37 percent bust probability from a model with real signal at guard.
Greg JohnsonMinnesota· 6'6" · 305 lb· consensus #109
Greg Johnson's game is built on patience and placement — he scans the line for work, mirrors rushers with easy lateral quickness, and refits his hands without losing his base.
Luke MontgomeryOhio State· 6'4" · 295 lb· consensus #84
Luke Montgomery is, for now, a name more than a résumé — a 6-foot-4, 295-pound guard whose file has almost nothing in it beyond a size line and a four-star pedigree.
Coen EcholsTexas A&M· 6'2.5" · 315 lb· consensus #32
Coen Echols profiles as a guard with tackle-caliber size at 6-foot-2 and a half, 315 pounds, though the model's own scheme read flags him with 'mixed' confidence as a swing-tackle body lining up at guard.
Knijeah HarrisFlorida· 6'3" · 335 lb· consensus #111
Knijeah Harris is a mass-built interior guard prospect — a 6-foot-3, 335-pound frame that fits the model's interior-OL archetype, provided the résumé eventually catches up to the size.
Evan TengesdahlCincinnati· 6'4" · 285 lb· consensus #108
Evan Tengesdahl profiles as a swing-tackle body playing guard at 6-foot-4 and 285 pounds, with the scheme model itself flagging that fit as mixed rather than settled.
Carson HinzmanOhio State· 6'4" · 280 lb· consensus #117
Carson Hinzman is a 6-foot-4, 280-pound interior piece Ohio State recruited as a four-star and now ticket ins as a swing-tackle type at the next level.