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Carl Lawson

OLB · Auburn · age 21.8
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#59
Day 2
Bust probability
15%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#116
CIN
Consensus rank
#51
24 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.06
Boards ranking him top-50+0.03
High-school recruit grade-0.03
charting catch rate allowed avg-0.03
Positional consistency-0.02
Pre-draft consensus+0.02
charting catch rate allowed+0.02
Age at draft+0.01

Pre-draft consensus (25 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#101
Big Blue View#44
Bleacher Report (Matt Miller)#82
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#34
Drafttek#41
ESPN (Jeff Legwold)#86
Fanspeak (Steve Shoup)#44
Football Room (Dave Druckenmiller)#81
Fox Sports (Dieter Kurtenbach)#37
Hail To The District (Rajan Nanavati)#55
Inside The Star (Jess Haynie)#37
Lombardi Ave (Dan Dahlke)#17
Mile High Report (Christopher Hart)#57
Nesn#55
NFL Com (Mike Mayock)#102
NFL Mocks (Sayre Bedinger)#81

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
1
Avg snap share
76%

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Tony Steward2015 · #1880.6Bust
Neiron Ball2015 · #1612.6Bust
Jordan Hicks2015 · #845.1Franchise
Xzavier Dickson2015 · #253TBD
Martrell Spaight2015 · #1410.1Contributor
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