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2021 NFL Draft Prospects - Ranks after the National Championship
The Jets failed at tanking. The Jaguars were even better at losing! Also, Alabama kicked everyone’s butts in the playoff, so all of the “normal” college football games are over. Let’s see some charts!
These charts are filterable. Click a state to see the only those prospects, or check out prospects within a particular conference. Feel free to maximize the charts using the button on the lower right. This chart shows where the colleges for the draft prospects are located.
Here’s another chart showing the values of each school, shown in a variety of ways:
I started getting ranks on June 27, 2020, and the most recent ranks are from Jan 11, 2021. Here is a chart showing how each player’s rank has changed during this time. This chart is a logarithmic scale, since moving 5 spots in the top 10 is a big deal, but moving 5 spots in the top 400 isn’t.
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 - 500 : 1 point
These big board rankings came from DraftTek’s Big Board, which started posting 2020 prospect information in May, and the most current rankings are from October 13th. 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.