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Justin Fields

QB · Ohio St. · age 22.1 · 6'2" · 227 lb
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#1
Blue Chip
Bust probability
10%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#11
CHI
Consensus rank
#5
28 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.11
Pre-draft consensus+0.09
charting pass grade max+0.05
Boards ranking him top-50+0.03
Athletic testing+0.03
Number of public boards+0.03
charting elusive+0.02
High-school recruit grade+0.02

Pre-draft consensus (30 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#11
Action Network (Matthew Freedman)#3
Behind The Steel Curtain#4
Bleacher Report#3
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#4
Blue Chip Scouting (Nick Price)#2
CBS (Chip Patterson)#2
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#3
College Football News (Pete Fiutak)#10
Draft Ace (Ryan Mccrystal)#6
Draftplex (Jason Pruett)#5
Drafttek#6
Eds Football (Kevin Hanson)#6
Fantasy Six Pack (Selyan Lonqueux)#16
Fox Sports (Joel Klatt)#4
Nbc Sports (Thor Nystrom)#3

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
5
Games played
9
Avg snap share
49%
2nd-deal AAV
$20.0M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Deshaun Watson2017 · #1215.8Bust
Lamar Jackson2018 · #3215.1Franchise
Mitchell Trubisky2017 · #212.9Bust
Sam Darnold2018 · #310.3Franchise
Paxton Lynch2016 · #269.9Starter
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