Washington Huskies: Early rankings for UW players in the 2022 Draft
Chip Clark
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PNWS audited the NFL Draft Big Boards from six different sites. This is where Washington Huskies players rank ahead of the 2022 NFL Draft.
There are still several months until Commissioner Roger Goodell steps to the podium to begin the 2022 NFL Draft on April 28. That hasn’t stopped the draft experts from starting to rank players. We look at where the Washington Huskies draft-eligible players stand on some of the major Big Boards.
We audited the Big Boards from ESPN – Mel Kiper, ESPN – Todd McShay, CBS, Sports Illustrated (SI), The Sporting News – Vinny Iyer (TSN), Pro Football Focus (PFF), Walter Football – Charlie Campbell. Six different Huskies appeared on the big boards, Trent McDuffie, Kyler Gordon, Cade Otton, Jaxson Kirkland, Luke Wattenberg, and Henry Bainvalu. Here are the latest results. These rankings will change after the Senior Bowl, NFL Combine, and Pro Day.
Big Board Size
- Kiper – 25
- McShay – 323
- CBS – 150
- SI – 169
- TSN – 100
- PFF – 300
- Walter – 70
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FIRST TEAM@trent_mcduffie @kyler_gordon @jaxson_kirkland pic.twitter.com/xpaJGfVtpV— Washington Football (@UW_Football) December 7, 2021
Trent McDuffie, CB
ESPN Kiper Overall Rank: NA CB Rank: 6
ESPN McShay Overall: 35 CB Rank: 6
CBS Overall: 48 DB Rank: 2 (CBS has separate rankings for CB and DB)
SI Overall: 54 CB Rank: 8
TSN Overall: 26 CB Rank: 6
PFF Overall: 12 CB Rank: 2
Walter Overall: 24 CB Rank: 3
Washington CB 2 Kyler Gordon putting on a clinic on how to read a receivers route and run it for him! Also love him highly-pointing the ball like it was thrown for him. The more tape I study of Gordon the more I like. He’s a lock as a Day 2 pick IMO. pic.twitter.com/2Tugas92Jm
— Todd McShay (@McShay13) January 7, 2022
Kyler Gordon, CB
ESPN Kiper Overall Rank: NA CB Rank: 8
ESPN McShay Overall: 51 CB Rank: 10
CBS Overall: 112 DB Rank: 11
SI Overall: 65 CB Rank: 9
TSN Overall: 83 CB Rank: 10
PFF Overall: 38 CB Rank: 7
Walter Overall: Unranked CB Rank: 12
Cade Otton, TE
ESPN Kiper Overall Rank: NA TE Rank: 3
ESPN McShay Overall: 64 TE Rank: 3
CBS Overall: 74 TE Rank: 5
SI Overall: 73 TE Rank: 4
TSN Overall: 58 TE Rank: 3
PFF Overall: 238 TE Rank: 17
Walter Overall: Unranked TE Rank: 7
Jaxson Kirkland, OT
ESPN Kiper Overall Rank: NA OT Rank: 10b
ESPN McShay Overall: 204 OT Rank: 18
CBS Overall: 36 OL Rank: 7 (CBS has separate rankings for OT and OL)
SI Overall: 125 OT Rank: 14
TSN Overall: 46 OT Rank: 10
PFF Overall: 59 OT Rank: 11
Walter Overall: Unranked OT Rank: 10, OG Rank: 11
Pro Football Focus has Luke Wattenberg at 207 overall and the sixth-ranked center. Sports Illustrated has him 21st among guards.
Henry Bainvalu appears only on Todd McShay’s Big Board at 239 (20th ranked guard).
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