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Derek Rivers

EDGE · Youngstown St. · age 23.3
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#31
1st Round
Bust probability
20%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#83
NWE
Consensus rank
#56
22 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
Pre-draft consensus+0.03
Age at draft-0.03
High-school recruit grade+0.02
charting total career snaps+0.02
cons rank std+0.01
cons min rank+0.01

Pre-draft consensus (23 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#70
Big Blue View#57
Bleacher Report (Matt Miller)#62
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#28
Drafttek#60
ESPN (Jeff Legwold)#77
Fanspeak (Steve Shoup)#46
Football Room (Dave Druckenmiller)#103
Forward Fantasy Focus (Steve Frederick)#25
Fox Sports (Dieter Kurtenbach)#86
Hail To The District (Rajan Nanavati)#80
Inside The Star (Jess Haynie)#36
Lombardi Ave (Dan Dahlke)#34
NFL Com (Mike Mayock)#82
NFL Mocks (Sayre Bedinger)#26
Pride Of Detroit (Alex Reno)#25
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