Andrew Siciliano · Feb 26, 2026
Siciliano calls Caleb Downs the safest pick in the draft but doubts he goes No. 2, and predicts Sonny Styles will dominate the combine and be drafted in the top seven, ahead of Downs.
“Sonny Styles is gonna go ahead of Caleb Downs.”
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- Mock Draft PicksSonny StylesFeb 26, 2026
Sonny Styles to be picked “top seven” (picks 1–7)
“He's not gonna go at six. He's gonna go in the top seven.”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Sonny Styles
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- undrafted
- outcome:
- went undrafted in 2026; later signed with WAS
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- undrafted
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0
- predicted pick:
- top seven (picks 1–7)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Prospect vs Prospect CallsSonny StylesFeb 26, 2026
Sonny Styles to be drafted ahead of Caleb Downs
“And Sonny Styles is gonna go ahead of Caleb Downs.”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 50-50 skillHow this was scored
- claim:
- Sonny Styles drafted ahead of Caleb Downs
- draft:
- 2026
- skill:
- -50
- what happened:
- Sonny Styles went undrafted, Caleb Downs went 11
- player:
- Sonny Styles
- season:
- 2025
- correct:
- false
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- compared to:
- Caleb Downs
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Combine MeasurementsSonny StylesFeb 26, 2026
Sonny Styles to post six five at the combine
“He is he is six five. Mhmm. He's two forty plus”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Combine MeasurementsSonny StylesFeb 26, 2026
Sonny Styles to post two forty plus at the combine
“He's two forty plus, and he is going to run and jump like nobody at his size at linebacker that we have seen in a long, long, long time.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.