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James Hudson

OL · Cincinnati · 6'4" · 313 lb
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#82
Day 2
Bust probability
8%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#110
CLE
Consensus rank
#153
22 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.06
High-school recruit grade-0.04
cons max rank+0.03
charting gap run block grade+0.03
Pre-draft consensus-0.03
charting total career snaps-0.02
Athletic testing-0.02
Age at draft+0.02

Pre-draft consensus (23 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#88
Action Network (Matthew Freedman)#86
Behind The Steel Curtain#83
Bleacher Report#118
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#121
Blue Chip Scouting (Nick Price)#84
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#74
College Football News (Pete Fiutak)#120
Draft Ace (Ryan Mccrystal)#109
Draftplex (Jason Pruett)#71
Drafttek#110
Eds Football (Kevin Hanson)#69
Nbc Sports (Thor Nystrom)#95
Pewter Report (Jon Ledyard)#114
Pigskin Nut (Austin Smith)#92
SI (John Shipley)#107

Active flags & events

  • James Hudson (CLE) listed as Out for week 5 of 2024 with Shoulder.
    nflverse injuries · week 5 · 2026-05-21

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
5
Games played
3
Avg snap share
25%
2nd-deal AAV
$6.0M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
David Edwards2019 · #1693.9Franchise
David Sharpe2017 · #129TBD
Jamarco Jones2018 · #168Contributor
Will Clapp2018 · #2451.2Contributor
Adam Bisnowaty2017 · #200TBD
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