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Derrick Barnes
2021 NFL Draft prospect

Derrick Barnes

EDGE·Purdue·Big Ten
age 21.9 · 6'0" · 238 lb
134rank#134$1.1M
Big Ten→ DET's 2021 class
Print sheet
⚠Limited public-board coverage (1 board) — grade leans on stats + athleticism alone
Backtest: model vs. reality

The model graded Derrick Barnes at pick #134; he was actually picked #113 by DET. 5 NFL seasons in, he's hung on the fringe of the rotation (grading 5.1 of 20 per season), and the market has paid him — a second deal at $8.0M a year. The 4-tier model has him as a likely starter. NFL grades have been modest so far (0% recent-3, 2% peak across 4 seasons). The AAV predictor called it: model said $7M/yr, actual was $8M.

Derrick BarnesEDGEDraftanomics #134
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OverviewScouting reportWhy this gradeConsensusProduction4RiskTeam fitWill he be there?CompsFilm & notes

Overview

Headline grade, verdict, and the one-line scout take

Draftanomics Rank
Low conviction
#134EDGE·Purdue

The league moved faster than our board — DET took him at No. 113, 21 picks ahead of our No. 134 grade. His career is settling that argument now.

Draftanomics's take

Draftanomics had Derrick Barnes at #134 on draft night — a Day 3 grade — and DET took him at No. 113, 21 picks earlier than our grade. The model's case leans on his age curve. Bust risk projects at 11%, below the position median — the model has a tight grade. The room had him #33 pre-draft; our board sat 101 spots lower.

Scouting report

The written report — drafted from the fact sheet, every number traceable, honest about what we can't see yet

Why this grade

Which signals drove the grade up or down — in plain English

Consensus

The analyst room, accuracy-weighted, plus where Draftanomics disagrees with it

Production4

Measurables, traits, and college play quality

Risk

Bust probability, injury history, character flags, pre-mortem

Team fit

How well this prospect fits each of the 32 team schemes

Will he be there?

Probability he's still on the board at each of your picks

Comps

Historical players this prospect resembles

Film & notes

Clips, scout notes, voice memos, written reports

Written from the live model's numbers — projected to round 4, and it updates whenever the model does. See methodology for what drives the take.

Draftanomics Pick?
#134
Day 3range #54–#242 · volatile
Bust Probability?
11%
0.39× EDGE / DL / LB class avg (28%)
safer than class avg
Actual NFL Pick?
#113
DET · Rd 4
Career Outcome · 5 seasons?
25.6
5.1 / season avg
Career outlook

Career outlook

How this is built →
5-year career arc
Elite
5%
Bust
1%
Starter
50%
Role
45%

Read the two ends and skim the middle: the model has a real track record telling stars and busts apart, but “solid starter vs. rotation guy” is close to a coin flip from public data — that's why those two bars are grayed. For his odds of outright busting, the Bust-risk panel next door is the number to trust.

Second contract · signed
$8.0M/yr
3 years, $24M total.
We projected $7.3M/yr on draft night — close to the money.
Bust risk
11%
Public-board consensus

1 public board track this prospect. Per-board breakdown loads with the live board.

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Scout note
Private to this device — saved to your browser, never sent to a server.
Empty notes are auto-deleted.
Verdict
Model lower than NFL
Gap (actual − predicted)
-21

Film

Highlight reels indexed from YouTube. Loads only when you press play.

Working in his favor: age and production trajectory. Working against him: how many boards rank him top-100.

Age
+0.03
Production trajectory
+0.02
Athleticism
+0.02
HS recruit rating
-0.02
Positional consistency
+0.01

Model read

Model grade
0.47 of 1
Confidence?
99%
Predicted round
4

The grade is the 0-to-1 score the board sorts by — it only means something next to the rest of this class, which is why the rank above it is the number to quote.

Pulling the boards…
Mock-draft consensus
Pulling the mocks…
NFL play quality?
0
/ peak 2
Below-average play
Across 4 NFL seasons.
4-tier outlook?
Starter
Model expects a solid starter career
Model trust: MODERATE
Elite
5%
Starter
50%
Role
45%
Bust
1%

Outcome shares from the 4-tier model. The Bust share here is a different model than the headline bust probability — for bust risk, use that number.

Model market value
$7.3M
($0.0M – $16.7M)
rotational / depth
Actual: $8.0M($-0.7M)
Model-predicted second-deal AAV ($M/yr).
Risk dashboard

Risk profile is clean

Risk score17· CLEAN

Everything that could go wrong with Derrick Barnes, gathered in one place — the most serious flags listed first.

  • Predicted-pick range#54–242 · 188-pick spread
    The model's own projections scatter widely for this prospect — the landing spot is genuinely uncertain.
  • Public-board coverage1 source
    Only a couple of public boards have a read on him — the grade has little outside corroboration.
  • Bust probability11%
    Low bust risk by the model's read.
  • Age21.9 yrs
    Within the typical EDGE draft-age band (~23.5).
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Scout reports
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    Who picks where he’s projected

    Roster-based need returns once the 2020 season is played — grading this year’s teams on last year’s depth chart would be guessing. What’s knowable now: the teams holding picks around No. 134, and which of them already spent premium capital at EDGE / DL / LB in the 2020 draft.

    PIT · No. 128TB · No. 129LA · No. 130BAL · No. 131CLE · No. 132NO · No. 133MIN · No. 134TEN · No. 135

    Gold means no recent premium investment at EDGE / DL / LB — the cleaner fit on paper. Grey means they already spent one.