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Zay Jones

WR · East Carolina · age 22.1 · 6'2" · 201 lb
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#100
Day 2
Bust probability
8%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#37
BUF
Consensus rank
#61
22 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.06
Athletic testing+0.03
Pre-draft consensus-0.02
Age at draft+0.02
charting gap run block grade-0.02
Year-over-year production growth-0.01
Number of public boards+0.01
High-school recruit grade-0.01

Pre-draft consensus (23 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#32
Big Blue View#55
Bleacher Report (Matt Miller)#45
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#82
Drafttek#51
ESPN (Jeff Legwold)#45
Fanspeak (Steve Shoup)#45
Football Room (Dave Druckenmiller)#38
Fox Sports (Dieter Kurtenbach)#57
Hail To The District (Rajan Nanavati)#57
Lombardi Ave (Dan Dahlke)#50
Mile High Report (Christopher Hart)#39
NFL Com (Mike Mayock)#50
NFL Mocks (Sayre Bedinger)#68
Pride Of Detroit (Alex Reno)#103
Pro Football Focus#51

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
1
Avg snap share
100%

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Kevin White2015 · #7Starter
Tre McBride2015 · #2454.4Contributor
Phillip Dorsett2015 · #2911.2Franchise
Geremy Davis2015 · #1862.9Starter
Jaelen Strong2015 · #7011.8Franchise
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