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Malik McDowell
DT · Michigan St. · age 20.9 · 6'6" · 295 lb
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#41
Day 2
Bust probability
22%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#35
SEA
Consensus rank
#28
26 sources
Why this projection
+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
| Boards ranking him top-100 | +0.07 |
| Boards ranking him top-50 | +0.05 |
| charting: average depth of target allowed, career avg | -0.05 |
| Pre-draft consensus | +0.04 |
| SOS-weighted production | +0.03 |
| cons min rank | +0.02 |
| High-school recruit grade | +0.02 |
| charting: pass-rush win rate (true pass sets), final season | -0.01 |
Pre-draft consensus (27 sources)
ESPN Scouts Inc.#41
Big Blue View#58
Bleacher Report (Matt Miller)#50
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#22
Drafttek#21
ESPN (Jeff Legwold)#27
Fanspeak (Steve Shoup)#32
Football Room (Dave Druckenmiller)#34
Forward Fantasy Focus (Steve Frederick)#6
Fox Sports (Dieter Kurtenbach)#26
Hail To The District (Rajan Nanavati)#48
Inside The Star (Jess Haynie)#24
Lombardi Ave (Dan Dahlke)#28
Mile High Report (Christopher Hart)#16
Nesn#29
NFL Com (Lance Zierlein)#17