2019 class · 22 prospects

Offensive tackle OT

Athleticism + games started + Senior Bowl invite carry most of the weight — college stats say little about offensive line play.

Likeliest career, by the outcome model.

How many offensive 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.

Elite
2
Pro-Bowl-caliber career
Starter
3
Multi-year NFL starter
Role
10
Rotational / depth
Bust
7
Likeliest outcome is a bust
Likeliest career across the OT class
Elite
2
Starter
3
Role
10
Bust
7

The board.

All 22 offensive tackles with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2019 board, tier by tier.

Blue Chip2 players

The blue-chip tier is a pair: Dalton Risner out of Kansas St. at No. 2, with Jawaan Taylor at No. 5 behind him. No cliff at the bottom, either: Andre Dillard is 4 projected picks behind Taylor. And the floor is solid: the bust model, reliable for offensive tackles, clears everyone here.

2
Dalton Risner
Kansas St.· 6'5" · 312 lb· consensus #27
A blue-chip grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 27.
Blue Chip
bust risk 6%
5
Jawaan Taylor
Florida· 6'5" · 312 lb· consensus #12
A blue-chip grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 12.
Blue Chip
bust risk 3%
1st Round2 players

Andre Dillard and Cody Ford make up the first-round tier, projected No. 9 and No. 17 overall. Mind the gap after Ford: Kaleb McGary is next, and he is 22 picks away. Notably clean, too — nobody in the group trips the bust model, which has real signal at offensive tackle.

9
Andre Dillard
Washington St.· 6'5" · 315 lb· consensus #23
A first-round grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 23.
1st Round
bust risk 3%
17
Cody Ford
Oklahoma· 6'4" · 329 lb· consensus #22
A first-round grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 22.
1st Round
bust risk 6%
Day 27 players

The Day 2 tier runs 7 deep, opening with Kaleb McGary out of Washington at No. 39 and closing with Isaiah Prince at No. 105. No cliff at the bottom, either: Bobby Evans is 9 projected picks behind Prince. One caution flag: the bust model — a group it reads well at offensive tackle — puts Isaiah Prince at 38 percent.

39
Kaleb McGary
Washington· 6'7" · 317 lb· consensus #68
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 68.
Day 2
bust risk 9%
41
Max Scharping
Northern Illinois· 6'6" · 327 lb· consensus #129
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 129.
Day 2
bust risk 3%
45
Greg Little
Mississippi· 6'5" · 310 lb· consensus #55
A Day 2 grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 55.
Day 2
bust risk 5%
50
Yodny Cajuste
West Virginia· 6'5" · 312 lb· consensus #63
A Day 2 grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 63.
Day 2
bust risk 1%
61
Tytus Howard
Alabama St.· consensus #117
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 117.
Day 2
bust risk 4%
102
David Edwards
Wisconsin· 6'6" · 308 lb· consensus #165
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 165.
Day 2
bust risk 15%
Day 311 players

Bobby Evans leads a 11-deep Day 3 group — the meat of the OT board — starting at a projected No. 114 overall. The room is higher on Chuma Edoga than we are: consensus No. 100 to our No. 203.