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// Published years · more backfill as research lands

Each season we publish gets a stable URL namespace (/{year}/…) with a year hub, trust leaderboard, analyst compare view, pick-by-pick tables, and — where the board had real surprises — an editorial recap. Older drafts are researched and typed in over time; the structure is ready for roughly the last decade of Round 1 comparisons once sources are verified.

Right now the archive covers 5 seasons and 29 tracked final mocks in total. Every entry below links to that year’s hub; open rankings for verdicts or recap for the story of what broke consensus.

2026 NFL Draft
4 final mocks · 32 Round 1 picks · top: Todd McShay (The Ringer) — trust 21

ROUND 1, PICK 4: Tennessee taking Carnell Tate at #4 was the first true board-shaker. The wideout had first-round buzz, but this was earlier than the consensus shape suggested.

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2025 NFL Draft
7 final mocks · 32 Round 1 picks · top: PFF Draft Team (Pro Football Focus) — trust 72

ROUND 1, PICK 2: Jacksonville traded up from #5 to #2 — giving Cleveland a 2026 first — to snag Travis Hunter. Almost nobody predicted the Jaguars at #2. Everyone had Hunter to Cleveland. The trade cost most analysts a lot of exact-hit points.

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2024 NFL Draft
7 final mocks · 32 Round 1 picks · top: Dane Brugler (The Athletic) — trust 100

Penix to Atlanta: Michael Penix Jr. at #8 to the Falcons was the signature surprise — most of the field had Rome Odunze or another skill player there. Analysts who called Penix (Brugler, PFF among them) separated from the consensus in the trust index.

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2023 NFL Draft
6 final mocks · 31 Round 1 picks · top: Dane Brugler (The Athletic) — trust 82

The Levis disaster: Will Levis was projected top-5 by virtually every major analyst — Kiper had him at #2 to the Colts, Jeremiah at #4. He did not get picked until the second round. Every analyst who placed him in Round 1 took a miss. The group-think around Levis was the single biggest collective failure of the 2023 cycle.

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2022 NFL Draft
5 final mocks · 32 Round 1 picks · top: Mel Kiper Jr. (ESPN) — trust 26

Defense first: The first five picks were all defensive players — only the third time since 1972. Travon Walker at No. 1 over consensus favorite Aidan Hutchinson shocked the room and set the tone for a chaotic, edge-and-DB-heavy night.

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Looking for cross-year trends? The writers page ranks analysts who appear in at least two published seasons. Before draft week, draft prep explains how to read our data — and what we deliberately do not score live.