Rhett Lewis· Feb 28, 2025
Lewis suggests Butkus Award winner Jalen Walker projects as an edge rusher and could be one of the top three edge rushers in this draft class.
“It might be one of the top three edge rushers in this draft.”
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- Position Order CallsJalon WalkerFeb 28, 2025
Jalon Walker to be 3rd edge rusher off the board
“the guy who ended up winning the Buckets Award this year, Jalen Walker, might project better for many teams as an ed rusher. It might be one of the top three edge rushers in this draft.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 15.76+84.24 skillHow this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- naming one of the 28 at random averages 15.76
- skill:
- 84.24
- player:
- Jalon Walker
- season:
- 2024
- zero at:
- credit halves every two places
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 15.76
- position:
- edge rusher
- class size:
- 28
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual order:
- 2
- predicted order:
- 1–3
- weeks left when called:
- 0
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