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Walter Nolen

DT · Mississippi · age 21.5 · 6'4" · 296 lb
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Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#17
1st Round
Bust probability
10%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#16
ARI
Consensus rank
#20
27 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.09
Pre-draft consensus+0.07
Boards ranking him top-50+0.03
Number of public boards+0.03
High-school recruit grade+0.02
Rank within his position class+0.02
charting: average depth of target allowed, career avg+0.01
Age at draft+0.01

Pre-draft consensus (28 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#17
0 Tech Draft (Newt Westen)#15
33rd Team (Kyle Crabbs)#39
Akron Beacon Journal (Chris Easterling)#15
Bleacher Report (Brent Sobleski)#14
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#19
Commanders Com (Logan Paulsen)#34
Draft Countdown (Brian Bosarge)#8
Draft Countdown (Brian Lamb)#23
Draft Countdown (Paul Guillemette)#28
Draftplex (Jason Pruett)#20
Fantasy Life (Thor Nystrom)#15
Fantasy Pros (Andrew Erickson)#31
Nbc Sports (Connor Rogers)#33
NFL Com (Daniel Jeremiah)#28
Player Profiler (Matt Kelley)#20

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
1
Games played
0
Avg snap share
1%

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
DeMarvin Leal2022 · #841.7Bust
Daviyon Nixon2021 · #1581.0Bust
Ross Blacklock2020 · #402.3Contributor
Matthew Butler2022 · #1750.6Bust
Perrion Winfrey2022 · #1083.3Contributor
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