Linebacker LB
Tackle + PBU production combined with speed + agility. The most consensus-driven of the front-seven positions.
Likeliest career, by the outcome model.
How many linebackers 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 32 linebackers with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2019 board, tier by tier.
Only Devin White carries a blue-chip grade at linebacker — the LSU product projects No. 6 overall. The drop to Devin Bush Jr. is 14 projected picks: a step, not a cliff.
The first-round shelf is one name deep: Devin Bush Jr. out of Michigan, pegged at No. 20 overall. The drop to Rashan Gary is 16 projected picks: a step, not a cliff.
The Day 2 tier runs 11 deep, opening with Rashan Gary out of Michigan at No. 36 and closing with Cody Barton at No. 99. After Barton the board breathes — Cameron Smith projects 16 picks later. Blake Cashman is the argument in this tier — No. 65 on our board against a consensus No. 151.
This is where the class lives: 19 linebackers carry a Day 3 grade, with Cameron Smith out of USC at the front of the line at No. 115 overall. Christian Miller is the tier's dissent — the room ranks him No. 106, our board waits until No. 224.