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Kenny Pickett

QB · Pittsburgh · age 23.9 · 6'3" · 217 lb
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Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#30
1st Round
Bust probability
18%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#20
PIT
Consensus rank
#34
27 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
Pre-draft consensus+0.04
charting pass grade max+0.04
Age at draft-0.03
Number of public boards+0.03
Athletic testing+0.02
cons min rank+0.02

Pre-draft consensus (29 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#22
4 For 4 (Anthony Staggs)#38
Battle Red Blog (Matt Robinson)#21
Bleacher Report#62
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#48
Blue Chip Scouting (Devin Jackson)#63
Blue Chip Scouting (Nick Price)#96
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#14
CBS (Josh Edwards)#30
Draftwire (Luke Easterling)#35
Fantasy Pros (Andrew Erickson)#45
Fox Sports (Rob Rang)#32
Haas Football (Hunter Haas)#33
Nbc Sports (Thor Nystrom)#52
NFL Com (Daniel Jeremiah)#24
Ninety Nine Yards (Craig Strachan)#51

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
4
Games played
6
Avg snap share
35%
2nd-deal AAV
$4.0M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Justin Herbert2020 · #617.8Franchise
Jalen Hurts2020 · #539.7Franchise
Jordan Love2020 · #261.2Starter
Joe Burrow2020 · #112.5Franchise
Trace McSorley2019 · #1972.0Bust
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