Matt MillerFeb 25, 2026
Speaking at the 2026 combine, ESPN's Matt Miller called Notre Dame running back Jeremiah Love their No. 1 overall player and Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles a top-eight player, and predicted Styles would test well in Indianapolis with a vertical over 41 inches and a 40 time in the low 4.5s or high 4.4s.
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What Matt Miller said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromJeremiah Love's my number one overall player.
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- KC Sports Network (podcast)
- The episode
- KCSN Draft Show 2/25: ESPN's Matt Miller Breaks Down the Biggest Potential Risers at the 2026 NFL Combine
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- SaidFeb 25
- GradedAug 14
- 1Sonny Styles to be picked “a top eight player” (picks 1–8)“Sonny Styles, the linebacker from Ohio State's a top eight player.”
- 2Sonny Styles to post probably low four fives, maybe high four fours at the combine“He's gonna run-in the probably low four fives, maybe high four fours.”
- 3Sonny Styles to post He's gonna jump over 41 inches at the combine“He's six foot four, two hundred forty five pounds. He's gonna jump over 41 inches.”
- 4Top Player Lists“Jeremiah Love's my number one overall player. He's a running back.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Styles to be picked “a top eight player” (picks 1–8)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 7 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Sonny Styles to post probably low four fives, maybe high four fours at the combine2 | Combine Measurements | — | — | — | — | |
| Sonny Styles to post He's gonna jump over 41 inches at the combine3 | Combine Measurements | — | — | — | — | |
| “Jeremiah Love's my number one overall player. He's a running…”4 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 1 hit · 3 waiting | 100 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive4 checkable claims — 2 combine measurements, 1 mock draft pick and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
1 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands above the rest of the room.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Their call against what happened
overall pickTheir call against what actually happened.
Sonny Styles to be picked “a top eight player” (picks 1–8)
What happenedWent 7100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Sonny Styles
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 7
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- a top eight player (picks 1–8)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Combine MeasurementsSonny Styles
Sonny Styles to post probably low four fives, maybe high four fours at the combine
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Combine MeasurementsSonny Styles
Sonny Styles to post He's gonna jump over 41 inches at the combine
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“Jeremiah Love's my number one overall player. He's a running back.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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More combine measurements
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
Field Yates · Combine Measurements · Brenen Thompson · Close 67
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Joe (the Browns-affiliated co-host) argues Shedeur Sanders is still the best quarterback of this class but concedes Fernando Mendoza will be the No. 1 overall pick, and they play the combine 40-yard dash props on Caleb Downs, Zachariah Branch and Haynes King.Bruce Feldman · Combine Measurements · Cole Payton · Hit 100
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