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Daniel K’s 2021 NFL Draft Position Rankings/Draft Grades

Position rankings!

Daniel Kornhauser

Publish Date: 04/28/2021

Fact checked by: Mike Goodpaster

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	1	1	Trevor Lawrence	QB	Clemson
1st Round	5	2	Justin Fields	QB	Ohio State
1st Round	6	3	Zach Wilson	QB	BYU
1st Round	13	4	Trey Lance	QB	North Dakota State
1st Round	25	5	Mac Jones	QB	Alabama
2nd Round	53	6	Kyle Trask	QB	Florida
2nd Round	64	7	Davis Mills	QB	Stanford
3rd Round	69	8	Kellen Mond	QB	Texas A&M
4th/5th Round	127	9	Sam Ehlinger	QB	Texas
4th/5th Round	147	10	Shane Buechele	QB	SMU
6th/7th Round	–	11	Ian Book	QB	Notre Dame
6th/7th Round	–	12	Feleipe Franks	QB	Arkansas
6th/7th Round	–	13	Jamie Newman	QB	Georgia
6th/7th Round	–	14	Brady White	QB	Memphis

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	26	1	Najee Harris	RB	Alabama
2nd Round	30	2	Travis Etienne	RB	Clemson
2nd Round	35	3	Javonte Williams	RB	North Carolina
2nd Round	44	4	Michael Carter	RB	North Carolina
3rd Round	70	5	Kenneth Gainwell	RB	Memphis
3rd Round	97	6	Kylin Hill	RB	Mississippi State
3rd Round	98	7	Khalil Herbert	RB	Virginia Tech
3rd Round	102	8	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	Oklahoma
3rd Round	105	9	Trey Sermon	RB	Ohio State
4th/5th Round	115	10	Demetric Felton	RB/WR	UCLA
4th/5th Round	146	11	Jaret Patterson	RB	Buffalo
4th/5th Round	149	12	Chuba Hubbard	RB	Oklahoma State
4th/5th Round	158	13	Elijah Mitchell	RB	Louisiana
4th/5th Round	164	14	Jermar Jefferson	RB	Oregon State
4th/5th Round	165	15	Pooka Williams	RB	Kansas
4th/5th Round	174	16	Larry Rountree III	RB	Missouri
6th/7th Round	–	17	Chris Evans	RB	Michigan
6th/7th Round	–	18	Javian Hawkins	RB	Louisville
6th/7th Round	–	19	Brenden Knox	RB	Marshall

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	2	1	Ja’Marr Chase	WR	LSU
1st Round	7	2	Jaylen Waddle	WR	Alabama
1st Round	8	3	DeVonta Smith	WR	Alabama
2nd Round	31	4	Rashod Bateman	WR	Minnesota
2nd Round	33	5	Kadarius Toney	WR	Florida
2nd Round	41	6	Terrace Marshall	WR	LSU
2nd Round	42	7	Elijah Moore	WR	Ole Miss
2nd Round	50	8	Rondale Moore	WR/RB	Purdue
2nd Round	52	9	D’Wayne Eskridge	WR	Western Michigan
2nd Round	57	10	Dyami Brown	WR	North Carolina
2nd Round	62	11	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	USC
3rd Round	72	12	Tylan Wallace	WR	Oklahoma State
3rd Round	88	13	Amari Rodgers	WR	Clemson
3rd Round	93	14	Anthony Schwartz	WR	Auburn
3rd Round	101	15	Nico Collins	WR	Michigan
3rd Round	106	16	Mike Strachan	WR	Charleston
4th/5th Round	120	17	Tutu Atwell	WR	Louisville
4th/5th Round	129	18	Sage Surratt	WR	Wake Forest
4th/5th Round	133	19	Jaelon Darden	WR	North Texas
4th/5th Round	136	20	Shi Smith	WR	South Carolina
4th/5th Round	143	21	Marquez Stevenson	WR	Houston
4th/5th Round	152	22	Ihmir Smith-Marsette	WR	Iowa
4th/5th Round	156	23	Dax Milne	WR	BYU
4th/5th Round	159	24	Josh Palmer	WR	Tennessee
4th/5th Round	161	25	Cade Johnson	WR	South Dakota State
4th/5th Round	167	26	Dazz Newsome	WR	North Carolina
4th/5th Round	171	27	Warren Jackson	WR	Colorado State
4th/5th Round	176	28	Frank Darby	WR	Arizona State
6th/7th Round	–	29	Seth Williams	WR	Auburn
6th/7th Round	–	30	Tyler Vaughns	WR	USC
6th/7th Round	–	31	Jacob Harris	WR	Central Florida
6th/7th Round	–	32	Simi Fehoko	WR	Stanford
6th/7th Round	–	33	Tamorrion Terry	WR	Florida State
6th/7th Round	–	34	Josh Imatorbhebhe	WR	Illinois
6th/7th Round	–	35	Rico Bussey Jr.	WR	Hawaii

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	3	1	Kyle Pitts	TE	Florida
2nd Round	39	2	Pat Freiermuth	TE	Penn State
3rd Round	71	3	Tommy Tremble	TE	Notre Dame
3rd Round	100	4	Hunter Long	TE	Boston College
3rd Round	107	5	Brevin Jordan	TE	Miami (FL)
4th/5th Round	121	6	Zach Davidson	TE	Central Missouri St
4th/5th Round	168	7	Tre’ McKitty	TE	Georgia
6th/7th Round	–	8	Tony Poljan	TE	Virginia
6th/7th Round	–	9	Kenny Yeboah	TE	Ole Miss
6th/7th Round	–	10	Quintin Morris	TE	Bowling Green
6th/7th Round	–	11	Kylen Granson	TE	SMU
6th/7th Round	–	12	Noah Gray	TE	Duke

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
2nd Round	36	1	Creed Humphrey	C	Oklahoma
2nd Round	47	2	Landon Dickerson	C	Alabama
4th/5th Round	112	3	Josh Myers	C	Ohio State
4th/5th Round	118	4	Drew Dalman	C	Stanford
4th/5th Round	170	5	Kendrick Green	C	Illinois
4th/5th Round	173	6	Trey Hill	C	Georgia
6th/7th Round	–	7	Drake Jackson	C	Kentucky
6th/7th Round	–	8	Jimmy Morrissey	C	Pitt
6th/7th Round	–	9	Michal Menet	C	Penn State

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	18	1	Alijah Vera-Tucker	OG	USC
2nd Round	54	2	Quinn Meinerz	OG	UW-Whitewater
3rd Round	73	3	Wyatt Davis	OG	Ohio State
3rd Round	80	4	Trey Smith	OG	Tennessee
3rd Round	89	5	Aaron Banks	OG	Notre Dame
3rd Round	103	6	Deonte Brown	OG	Alabama
3rd Round	108	7	Ben Cleveland	OG	Georgia
4th/5th Round	138	8	Royce Newman	OG	Ole Miss
4th/5th Round	163	9	David Moore	OG	Grambling State
6th/7th Round	–	10	Robert Hainsey	OG	Notre Dame
6th/7th Round	–	11	Sadarius Hutcherson	OG	South Carolina
6th/7th Round	–	12	Jack Anderson	OG	Texas Tech
6th/7th Round	–	13	Jake Curhan	OG	California
6th/7th Round	–	14	Tommy Kraemer	OG	Notre Dame
6th/7th Round	–	15	Jared Hocker	OG	Texas A&M
6th/7th Round	–	16	Calvin Ashley	OG	Florida A&M

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	4	1	Penei Sewell	OT	Oregon
1st Round	9	2	Rashawn Slater	OT	Northwestern
1st Round	19	3	Teven Jenkins	OT	Oklahoma State
1st Round	21	4	Christian Darrisaw	OT	Virginia Tech
2nd Round	32	5	Samuel Cosmi	OT	Texas
2nd Round	40	6	Alex Leatherwood	OT	Alabama
2nd Round	45	7	Liam Eichenberg	OT	Notre Dame
2nd Round	59	8	Jackson Carman	OT	Clemson
3rd Round	66	9	Spencer Brown	OT	Northern Iowa
3rd Round	68	10	Dillon Radunz	OT	North Dakota State
3rd Round	75	11	Brady Christensen	OT	BYU
3rd Round	78	12	Jalen Mayfield	OT	Michigan
3rd Round	83	13	James Hudson	OT	Cincinnati
4th/5th Round	111	14	Walker Little	OT	Stanford
4th/5th Round	113	15	D’Ante Smith	OT	East Carolina
4th/5th Round	128	16	Stone Forsythe	OT	Florida
6th/7th Round	–	17	Alaric Jackson	OT	Iowa
6th/7th Round	–	18	Landon Young	OT	Kentucky
6th/7th Round	–	19	Josh Ball	OT	Marshall
6th/7th Round	–	20	Jaylon Moore	OT	Western Michigan
6th/7th Round	–	21	Adrian Ealy	OT	Oklahoma
6th/7th Round	–	22	Brenden Jaimes	OT	Nebraska

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
2nd Round	28	1	Christian Barmore	DL	Alabama
2nd Round	60	2	Levi Onwuzurike	DL	Washington
2nd Round	65	3	Daviyon Nixon	DL	Iowa
3rd Round	76	4	Alim McNeill	DL	North Carolina State
3rd Round	95	5	Milton Williams	DL	Louisiana Tech
3rd Round	109	6	Jay Tufele	DL	USC
4th/5th Round	116	7	Tommy Togiai	DL	Ohio State
4th/5th Round	123	8	Tyler Shelvin	DL	LSU
4th/5th Round	134	9	Darius Stills	DL	West Virginia
4th/5th Round	144	10	Marvin Wilson	DL	Florida State
4th/5th Round	150	11	Marlon Tuipulotu	DL	USC
4th/5th Round	162	12	Tedarrell Slaton	DL	Florida
6th/7th Round	–	13	Bobby Brown III	DL	Texas A&M
6th/7th Round	–	14	Khyiris Tonga	DL	BYU
6th/7th Round	–	15	Osa Odighizuwa	DL	UCLA
6th/7th Round	–	16	Jaylen Twyman	DL	Pitt
6th/7th Round	–	17	Ta’Quon Graham	DL	Texas

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	12	1	Jaelan Phillips	EDGE	Miami (FL)
1st Round	15	2	Azeez Ojulari	EDGE	Georgia
1st Round	16	3	Kwity Paye	EDGE	Michigan
2nd Round	29	4	Gregory Rousseau	EDGE	Miami (FL)
2nd Round	34	5	Joseph Ossai	EDGE	Texas
2nd Round	43	6	Joe Tryon	EDGE	Washington
2nd Round	51	7	Jayson Oweh	EDGE	Penn State
2nd Round	61	8	Carlos Basham Jr.	EDGE	Wake Forest
3rd Round	67	9	Payton Turner	EDGE	Houston
3rd Round	77	10	Patrick Jones II	EDGE	Pitt
3rd Round	81	11	Dayo Odeyingbo	EDGE	Vanderbilt
3rd Round	86	12	Rashad Weaver	EDGE	Pitt
3rd Round	87	13	Chris Rumph II	EDGE	Duke
3rd Round	92	14	Jordan Smith	EDGE	UAB
3rd Round	94	15	Malcolm Koonce	EDGE	Buffalo
3rd Round	96	16	Quincy Roche	EDGE	Miami (FL)
3rd Round	104	17	Ronnie Perkins	EDGE	Oklahoma
4th/5th Round	119	18	Shaka Toney	EDGE	Penn State
4th/5th Round	126	19	Elerson Smith	EDGE	Northern Iowa
4th/5th Round	130	20	Patrick Johnson	EDGE	Tulane
4th/5th Round	141	21	Victor Dimukeje	EDGE	Duke
4th/5th Round	151	22	Cameron Sample	EDGE	Tulane
6th/7th Round	–	23	Tarron Jackson	EDGE	Coastal Carolina
6th/7th Round	–	24	William Bradley-King	EDGE	Baylor
6th/7th Round	–	25	Janarius Robinson	EDGE	Florida State
6th/7th Round	–	26	Daelin Hayes	EDGE	Notre Dame
6th/7th Round	–	27	Hamilcar Rashed	EDGE	Oregon State

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	14	1	Micah Parsons	LB	Penn State
1st Round	17	2	Zaven Collins	LB	Tulsa
1st Round	20	3	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	LB	Notre Dame
2nd Round	27	4	Jamin Davis	LB	Kentucky
2nd Round	55	5	Jabril Cox	LB	LSU
2nd Round	56	6	Nick Bolton	LB	Missouri
2nd Round	58	7	Chazz Surratt	LB	North Carolina
3rd Round	74	8	Cameron McGrone	LB	Michigan
3rd Round	91	9	Pete Werner	LB	Ohio State
3rd Round	110	10	Baron Browning	LB	Ohio State
4th/5th Round	122	11	Derrick Barnes	LB	Purdue
4th/5th Round	124	12	Ernest Jones	LB	South Carolina
4th/5th Round	135	13	Tony Fields II	LB	West Virginia
4th/5th Round	140	14	Dylan Moses	LB	Alabama
4th/5th Round	148	15	K.J. Britt	LB	Auburn
4th/5th Round	153	16	Monty Rice	LB	Georgia
4th/5th Round	157	17	Charles Snowden	LB	Virginia
4th/5th Round	169	18	Isaiah McDuffie	LB	Boston College
4th/5th Round	172	19	Buddy Johnson	LB	Texas A&M
4th/5th Round	175	20	Garret Wallow	LB	TCU
6th/7th Round	–	21	Paddy Fisher	LB	Northwestern
6th/7th Round	–	22	Justin Hilliard	LB	Ohio State
6th/7th Round	–	23	Grant Stuard	LB	Houston
6th/7th Round	–	24	Amen Ogbongbemiga	LB	Oklahoma State
6th/7th Round	–	25	Tuf Borland	LB	Ohio State

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	10	1	Patrick Surtain II	CB	Alabama
1st Round	11	2	Jaycee Horn	CB	South Carolina
1st Round	23	3	Greg Newsome II	CB	Northwestern
1st Round	24	4	Caleb Farley	CB	Virginia Tech
2nd Round	37	5	Ifeatu Melifonwu	CB	Syracuse
2nd Round	38	6	Asante Samuel Jr.	CB	Florida State
2nd Round	46	7	Tyson Campbell	CB	Georgia
2nd Round	48	8	Aaron Robinson	CB	UCF
2nd Round	63	9	Eric Stokes	CB	Georgia
3rd Round	79	10	Paulson Adebo	CB	Stanford
3rd Round	84	11	Robert Rochell	CB	Central Arkansas
3rd Round	85	12	Elijah Molden	CB	Washington
4th/5th Round	114	13	Kelvin Joseph	CB	Kentucky
4th/5th Round	131	14	Rodarius Williams	CB	Oklahoma State
4th/5th Round	137	15	Shaun Wade	CB	Ohio State
4th/5th Round	139	16	Benjamin St-Juste	CB	Minnesota
4th/5th Round	142	17	Israel Mukuamu	CB	South Carolina
4th/5th Round	154	18	Tay Gowan	CB	Central Florida
4th/5th Round	160	19	Shakur Brown	CB	Michigan State
4th/5th Round	166	20	Trill Williams	CB	Syracuse
6th/7th Round	–	21	Keith Taylor	CB	Washington
6th/7th Round	–	22	Marco Wilson	CB	Florida
6th/7th Round	–	23	Olaijah Griffin	CB	USC
6th/7th Round	–	24	Camryn Bynum	CB	Cal
6th/7th Round	–	25	Mark Gilbert	CB	Duke
6th/7th Round	–	26	Ambry Thomas	CB	Michigan
6th/7th Round	–	27	Kary Vincent Jr.	CB	LSU
6th/7th Round	–	28	Brandon Stephens	CB	SMU
6th/7th Round	–	29	Tre Brown	CB	Oklahoma
6th/7th Round	–	30	Bryan Mills	CB	North Carolina Central
6th/7th Round	–	31	Bryce Thompson	CB	Tennessee
6th/7th Round	–	32	Darren Hall	CB	San Diego State
6th/7th Round	–	33	Thomas Graham Jr.	CB	Oregon

Round Grade	Big Board Rank	Position Rank	Player Name	Position	College
1st Round	22	1	Trevon Moehrig	S	TCU
2nd Round	49	2	Richie Grant	S	UCF
3rd Round	82	3	Jevon Holland	S	Oregon
3rd Round	90	4	Andre Cisco	S	Syracuse
3rd Round	99	5	Jamar Johnson	S	Indiana
4th/5th Round	117	6	Divine Deablo	S	Virginia Tech
4th/5th Round	125	7	Ar’Darius Washington	S	TCU
4th/5th Round	132	8	Talanoa Hufanga	S	USC
4th/5th Round	145	9	Joshuah Bledsoe	S	Missouri
4th/5th Round	155	10	Christian Uphoff	S	Illinois State
6th/7th Round	–	11	Shawn Davis	S	Florida
6th/7th Round	–	12	Caden Sterns	S	Texas
6th/7th Round	–	13	JaCoby Stevens	S	LSU
6th/7th Round	–	14	Tariq Thompson	S	San Diego State
6th/7th Round	–	15	Tyree Gillespie	S	Missouri
6th/7th Round	–	16	Hamsah Nasirildeen	S	Florida State
6th/7th Round	–	17	Paris Ford	S	Pittsburgh
6th/7th Round	–	18	Tyler Coyle	S	Purdue
6th/7th Round	–	19	Jamien Sherwood	S	Auburn
6th/7th Round	–	20	James Wiggins	S	Cincinnati
6th/7th Round	–	21	Damar Hamlin	S	Pitt

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