Calculating the 2024 Draft grades of all 257 picks

 2024 DRAFT: 32 TEAMS AND 257 PLAYERS GRADED

Exhale. The 2024 NFL Draft did indeed conclude when Mr. Irrelevant, Jaylen Key (DB, Alabama) was drafted by the New York Jets with the No. 257 selection. We can break out the calculators and over analyze the selection process of the 32 teams and determine a method to the madness of placing grades on them. This is my first go-round at attempting sucha thing, so I figured I’d keep it pretty simple.

 

Mock Master Scoring System:

 

There were 4 key components when creating individual player grades and the teams overall draft grade.

 

  1. Prospect Grade- The score prospects received for their pre-draft workouts. There was not a single prospect that scored over a 7 in this factor. Therefore this factor is figured by (Prospect score divided by 7).
  1. Risk/Reward factor- Is the prospect a first-round quarterback? Did they have off the field issues or injury concerns? Did the team trade for the prospect? (i.e Detroit trading for Giovanni Manu. I factored in the risk of a 2025 3rd round selection being given up to select a prospect earlier than their projected ranking suggested.) 
  1. Did they fill a team need- Self explanatory, correct? 
  1. Draft position compared to pre-draft ranking- Did the team reach for the prospect before their ranked draft position, or did they get a steal?

Each component was graded with a number between 6-10 so that when averaged out it would give a percentage in either the 60, 70, 80, or 90 percentile. The standard grading scaled was used to determine the letter grade.

 

Example:

80-82.99=B-

83-85.99=B

86-89.99=B+

 

Computations for all 32 teams:

Click on the team name to see the individual player grades.

Rank

Team

Score (%)

1

Philadelphia

90.18

2

Tennessee

89.75

3

New Orleans

88.03

4

Pittsburgh

87.54

5

Washington

87.17

6

Chicago

86.76

7

Kansas City

86.70

8

NY Giants

86.20

9

LA Rams

86.00

10

Miami

84.50

11

Seattle

84.48

12

Detroit

84.40

13

Buffalo

84.29

14

Tampa Bay

84.00

15

Carolina

83.60

16

Dallas

83.10

17

San Francisco

82.58

18

LA Chargers

82.30

19

Indianapolis

81.70

20

Green Bay

81.50

21

Cleveland

81.10

22

Denver

81.00

23

NY Jets

80.4

24

Las Vegas

80.30

25

Cincinnati

80.00

26

Minnesota

79.60

27

Jacksonville

77.90

28

New England

77.90

29

Houston

77.30

30

Baltimore

76.36

31

Arizona

75.21

32

Atlanta

67.77

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