Bucky Brooks · Feb 27, 2026
Brooks argues Sonny Styles submitted himself as a top-ten player and calls it a lock he goes inside the top ten, with Washington at 7 and Cincinnati at 8 as natural landing spots. He also locks Caleb Banks into the first round, and says Malaki Lawrence may go earlier than expected. He predicts Brandon Sees can lock in a first-round spot if he tests well.
“To me, it's the lock that he's going within the top ten”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 27, 2026
“he submitted Himself as a top ten player ... To me, it's the lock that he's going within the top ten”
Scored 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:
- within the top ten (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Mock Draft PicksFeb 27, 2026
“If he shows up and shows out athletically, we'll talk about him locking in his spot in the first round.”
Scored 42.04a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Brandon Cisse
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 42.04
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 52
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 42.04
- predicted pick:
- first round (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Mock Draft PicksFeb 27, 2026
“freak athlete, explosive to me, first round lock you can lock him in”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Caleb Banks
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 18
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- first round lock (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Mock Draft PicksFeb 27, 2026
“Day two ... Malachi Lawrence. Yeah, might go earlier Did people envision because of what he did here at Indy”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.