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Ifeatu Melifonwu

CB · Syracuse · age 22.0 · 6'2" · 205 lb
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#117
Day 3
Bust probability
14%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#101
DET
Consensus rank
#62
23 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.07
charting yards per coverage snap career avg-0.03
Pre-draft consensus-0.02
Age at draft+0.01
cons max rank+0.01
charting total career snaps-0.01
Athletic testing+0.01
Number of public boards+0.01

Pre-draft consensus (24 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#59
Action Network (Matthew Freedman)#62
Behind The Steel Curtain#101
Bleacher Report#103
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#50
Blue Chip Scouting (Nick Price)#34
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#31
College Football News (Pete Fiutak)#62
Draft Ace (Ryan Mccrystal)#72
Draftplex (Jason Pruett)#41
Drafttek#77
Eds Football (Kevin Hanson)#62
Nbc Sports (Thor Nystrom)#86
Pewter Report (Jon Ledyard)#40
Pigskin Nut (Austin Smith)#49
SI (John Shipley)#55

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
5
Games played
0
Avg snap share
19%
2nd-deal AAV
$3.0M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Maurice Canady2016 · #2090.1Bust
Shaquill Griffin2017 · #905.8Bust
Chidobe Awuzie2017 · #605.3Bust
Isaiah Oliver2018 · #583.2Starter
Sean Murphy-Bunting2019 · #393.8Starter
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