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S · Ohio State
108 checkable claims from 60 pundits. These are other people’s predictions about what he will do — we grade the prediction, never the player.
2026 NFL Scouting Combine. Drills not listed were not performed. Combine results via Pro-Football-Reference.com.
Each pundit’s standing lean on Caleb Downs, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about him have graded out. A lean is a fact about the pundit, never a judgment of the player.
more bullish than 82% of the room, across 2 articles · 77.1 accuracy on him (2 settled)
more bullish than 70% of the room, across 6 articles · 75.2 accuracy on him (5 settled)
Page 3 of 3 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“So what I ultimately did was I think I ended up going Caleb Downs there at at pick number five.”
more bullish than 69% of the room, across 2 articles · 77.1 accuracy on him (1 settled)
more bearish than 93% of the room, across 5 articles · 97.2 accuracy on him (3 settled)
more bearish than 88% of the room, across 2 articles · 97.9 accuracy on him (2 settled)
more bearish than 73% of the room, across 4 articles · 92.8 accuracy on him (4 settled)
“They also throw positional value out the window, and I have them taking Caleb Downs, safety from Ohio State.”
“Caleb Downs is still on the clock at eleven... I went ahead and picked Caleb Downs as we were talking”
“The Giants do go Caleb Downs in the mock draft that we ran here.”
“we're gonna make him our round eight, round one rather pick eight selection. Ohio State safety, Caleb Downs.”
“Caleb Downs, number 13 to the Los Angeles Rams”
“The, number one, round one pick eight selection for me ... is going to be Ohio State safety, Caleb Downs.”
“New York Giants, Caleb Downs at number five overall, the Ohio State safety”
“Caleb Downs makes perfect sense for this team at eight, assuming that those medicals do check out.”
“Gonna go three in a row From Ohio State Kale down's safety Former Buck eye to The New York GIANTS ... at number five”
“he is the number two prospect or at least going number two to the jets, excuse me, in Melchheimer Junior's latest mock”
“Giants run Selac safety Caleb Downs. The Giants have a lot of pass rushing talent, but they need some help on the back back end”
“7. Las Vegas Raiders Selection: Caleb Downs, SAF, Ohio State”
“He'll measure in at five foot eleven, two hundred pounds or whatever.”
Combine results via Pro-Football-Reference.com.
“He'll measure in at five foot eleven, two hundred pounds or whatever.”
Combine results via Pro-Football-Reference.com.
“We know Caleb Downs is gonna go on the first round.”
“I still feel like Downs is the guy... I got downs one... downs being the most likely”
“If you want to get Caleb Downs, this is probably the place to get him because at twelve is is where he's gonna go.”
“the Dallas Cowboys made a massive trade up with the Cleveland Browns at number six overall... to select safety, Caleb Downs”
“Caleb Downs is probably a top 10 pick, period. Should be a top five pick.”
“I would also go Caleb Downs here just because, like, obviously, like, he is, again, one of the best players in this draft class, and he fits what the Bengals want to do”
“I don't see Caleb Downs as that dynamic difference maker... So I don't see him as a top 10 pick.”
“He's a first round safety. Gotcha. I'm in... I'm pounding that I think he's a first round pick. I just don't think in the top 10 at safety”
“Lance Zirloin just did his mock draft, Caleb Downs, 12 Dallas Cowboys. And I think that would be a good pick”
“Starts off, Caleb Downs. ... he was the top rated guy on the board, so I grabbed him.”
“Caleb Downs I didn't even think did that much at the combine. Don't blame him, He's a lock top ten pick”
“What do you think about Caleb Downs? The Ohio State stud have him ten to the Bengals.”
“I looked at Mel Kuiper's latest mock draft... So he's got Caleb Downs, a safety, going number two to the Jets.”