2022 class · 36 prospects

Offensive line OL

Athleticism + games started + Senior Bowl invite carry most of the weight — college stats say little about offensive line play. Older classes are filed under the single line code rather than tackle/guard/center.

Likeliest career, by the outcome model.

How many offensive linemen 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.

Elite
5
Pro-Bowl-caliber career
Starter
7
Multi-year NFL starter
Role
17
Rotational / depth
Bust
7
Likeliest outcome is a bust
Likeliest career across the OL class
Elite
5
Starter
7
Role
17
Bust
7

The board.

All 36 offensive linemen with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2022 board, tier by tier.

Blue Chip1 player

The blue-chip shelf is one name deep: Evan Neal out of Alabama, pegged at No. 1 overall. The break below is soft: Tyler Smith projects just 9 projected picks after Neal, so the tier line is a label more than a wall.

1
Evan Neal
Alabama· consensus #2
A blue-chip grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 2.
Blue Chip
bust risk 8%
1st Round5 players

This is where the class lives: 5 offensive linemans carry a first-round grade, with Tyler Smith out of Tulsa at the front of the line at No. 10 overall. No cliff at the bottom, either: Sean Rhyan is 9 projected picks behind Green. Inside the tier, the model's fight is Tyler Smith: it says No. 10, the room says No. 45.

10
Tyler Smith
Tulsa· consensus #45
A first-round grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 45.
1st Round
bust risk 3%
11
Tyler Linderbaum
Iowa· consensus #14
A first-round grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 14.
1st Round
bust risk 3%
12
Charles Cross
Mississippi St.· consensus #8
A first-round grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 8.
1st Round
bust risk 2%
19
Bernhard Raimann
Central Michigan· consensus #44
A first-round grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 44.
1st Round
bust risk 3%
27
Kenyon Green
Texas A&M· consensus #25
A first-round grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 25.
1st Round
bust risk 6%
Day 214 players

The Day 2 tier runs 14 deep, opening with Sean Rhyan out of UCLA at No. 36 and closing with Rasheed Walker at No. 104. Barely a seam here — Chris Paul comes off just 4 picks later. The risk in the group is Rasheed Walker: 37 percent by a bust model that has earned trust at offensive lineman.

36
Sean Rhyan
UCLA· consensus #75
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 75.
Day 2
bust risk 3%
40
Zach Tom
Wake Forest· consensus #135
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 135.
Day 2
bust risk 6%
42
Abraham Lucas
Washington St.· consensus #88
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 88.
Day 2
bust risk 3%
47
Luke Goedeke
Central Michigan· consensus #96
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 96.
Day 2
bust risk 1%
Day 316 players

Chris Paul leads a 16-deep Day 3 group — the meat of the OL board — starting at a projected No. 108 overall. Marquis Hayes is the tier's dissent — the room ranks him No. 53, our board waits until No. 137.