1. jalen carter • georgia

#6 overall // style comparison: warren sapp

Grade: 9.5

RAS: INC

Strengths: 🧰 🐂 🏎️ 🪵 💣 🧪 🏋️

It’s the damn Georgia show in here. Starting to see why they won back-to-back titles… And if you ask most people, based purely on watching the games, who their most dominant player was, you’ll get the same answer 9 times out of 10: Carter. He moves like he’s 260 pounds, but he’s playing at 315, and while the Dawgs’ scheme didn’t facilitate the same stats, he’s more like Ndamukong Suh as a prospect than anyone we’ve seen since. Quick, penetrator, excellent strength, and a relentless motor when he’s on the field. He can play every single D-line spot and make an impact collapsing the pocket or disrupting the run. There’s no on-field weakness to his game.

2. calijah kancey • pitt

#17 overall // style comparison: geno atkins

Grade: 8.5

RAS: INC

Strengths: 🧰 🐂 🏎️ 🪵 💣 🧪

He’s probably not Aaron Donald, that’s a high-water mark for players even twice this size, but it’s hard to look past the initial quickness and get-off, the flexibility inside to penetrate and collapse a pocket straight on like a dart hitting balloon. And yeah, they went to the same school and are both undersized guys. But even if Kancey falls short of that insane standard, he’s a disruptive interior player who adds so much as a pass rusher and a run interrupter, that some team is going to nab him before night one ends. His testing was absolutely otherworldly, and while he was about half as productive at Pitt as Donald was, he’s still a unique player that can be unleashed in the right system.

3. adetomiwa adebawore • northwestern

#23 overall // style comparison: allen bailey

Grade: 8

RAS: 9.70

Strengths: 🐂 🏎️ 🪵 💣 🏋️

I can admit this grade is largely placed on potential. I am not sure I’ve ever seen a guy this size move like he did in testing, and you cannot ignore how well he performed against the best at the Senior Bowl. That was, to me, was more impressive than his wildly elite showing in Indy. He clearly has the raw ability, the want-to, and the openness to good coaching, which sorry Chicago I’m not sure got at Northwestern. There are plenty of times on film that he seems lost, or like he’s overthinking vs playing. And his technique was rough, especially watching how high he played which allowed blockers underneath his pads. You could tell he was trying to out-athlete a lot of his competition. But man, if you can get the player we saw in Mobile, with the upside we say at the Combine… this is a unique guy who can rush from outside, set the edge, or give you a disruptor up the middle. Not a bad 3-for-1.

4. bryan bresee • clemson

#34 overall // style comparison: william joseph

Grade: 7.5

RAS: 9.58

Strengths: 🧰 🐂 🏎️ 💣 🏋️

Tough injury history for a mega-recruit who moves like no 300-pounder should. He’s too quick, too smooth, too fluid for a guy his size. That’s a compliment. He can clog gaps and split blocks with ease when he’s on, and although he plays a little high at times, he’s an ultra-athletic talent who can be molded into a disruptor who can also stand his ground in the right system. He just needs more experience on the field to continue refining his technique, which he’ll get if he can stay healthy.

5. mazi smith • michigan

#42 overall // style comparison: dalvin tomlinson

Grade: 7

RAS: INC

Strengths: 🐂 🪵 ⚓️ 💣 🏋️

In a class that lacks a lot of meat in the middle, the kind that frees up linebackers and eats space while pressing the pocket and giving up less ground than a well-oated sand dune, Smith can find a home earlier than some of his more glamorous counterparts. His athleticism didn’t quite show up during testing the way some thought it might, but there are plenty of teams in the league who will covet his strength, powerful pop, and ability to eliminate a gap. He’s not going to give you much in the way of pocket pressure inside, but you can count on him not to be moved.

6. kobie turner // wake forest // grade: 7 // #55 overall

7. keeanu benton // wisconsin // grade: 6.5 // #65 overall

8. siaki ika // baylor // grade: 6 // #87 overall

9. jalen redmond // oklahoma // grade: 6 // #88 overall

10. gervon dexter // florida // grade: 6

11. zacch pickens // south carolina // grade: 5.5

12. jaquelin roy // lsu // grade: 5.5

13. keondre coburn // texas // grade: 5

14. moro ojomo // texas // grade: 5

15. cameron young // mississippi state // grade: 5

16. byron young // alabama // grade: 5

17. jerrod clark // coastal carolina // grade: 4

18. nesta jade silvera // arizona state // grade: 3