There are plenty of opinions circulating the world wide web as to just who the best prospects available in the 2020 NFL draft are. Each draftnik and analyst have their own inherent biases, whether it be based on school and conference or traits they like to see. That’s why there’s never just one list and fans are generally well off looking at a multitude of boards to get an overall sense.
Here, the work has been done for you. Using the Top 100 boards of well-revered and respected names in the industry, we’ve compiled a composite ranking. That’s why the awkward number of 143. Across the six boards we used, there were 143 total prospects named in the various top 100s. An important distinction, this doesn’t take into account scheme fit or team needs for the Dallas Cowboys. This is a list that looks at the NFL as a whole.
These are the boards used.
Dane Brugler
Draft Network
Pro Football Focus
Tony Pauline
Jonah Tuls
Matt Miller
53 players appeared in everyone’s Top 100 and another 18 showed up on at least five boards. As for the outliers, there were 21 players who only showed up on one board, signifying the diversity of opinions across the draft world. From there, players had to be given ranks for the boards they didn’t appear in.
If a player showed up on five boards, the missing rank was assigned 101. For four boards, 110, three boards, 120, two boards, 130 and one board 140. Data scientists are probably cringing right now, but it seemed a fair way to assess on surface and not completely dismiss the outliers from the exercise.
So without further ado, follow along.
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