NFL Draft Prospects - 2019 - As of March 9

Free agency is in full swing, as overpriced veterans are switching teams to teams in varying states of desperation. The draft is still approaching, however. Check out what’s to come!

This chart is filterable. Click a state to see the only those prospects. Feel free to maximize the chart using the button on the lower right.

Some observations from this chart:

• Alabama leads the way, which is pretty much the default at this point.
• Florida is nipping on Alabama’s heels, though. The front-seven talent there has put it way up the charts, up to second most in value.
• Clemson has a good draft class, but the rest of South Carolina looks pretty meager.
• The state of Texas has 11 different schools with potentially draftable prospects, led by Ed Oliver, but the lack of top end value keeps it from the top spot.
• Both Iowa and Iowa State have some good prospects, making Iowa a better state than usual this year.
• Montana and most of New England appear to be barren of talent, but Massachusetts seems to be punching above its weight class with some excellent talent.
• Hawaii has two low end prospects, meaning I can’t leave if off the chart this year.

The rough methodology used for the Leagify charts is this: Each prospect is given a point value based on their current rank, which is given regardless of position (“Big Board” style).

Rank values:

• 01 - 10 : 35 points
• 11 - 25 : 30 points
• 26 - 35 : 25 points
• 36 - 59 : 20 points
• 60 - 70 : 15 points
• 71 - 100 : 10 points
• 101 - 120 : 8 points
• 121 - 150 : 7 points
• 151 - 180 : 6 points
• 181 - 250 : 5 points
• 251 - 300 : 2 points
• 301 - 400 : 1 point

These big board rankings came from DraftTek’s Big Board, which was last updated March 9, 2019. Only the value of the player’s primary position was considered.

The data is scraped, cleaned, and mushed together with a variety of code, which is available here for viewing, if you’re into that sort of thing.