Rhett LewisFeb 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.
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What Rhett Lewis said
It might be one of the top three edge rushers in this draft.
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- 2025 NFL Combine Recap: DL & LBs
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- SaidFeb 28, 2025
- GradedAug 7, 2026
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a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 100 out of 100, against 15.8 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Position Order CallsJalon Walker
Jalon Walker to be 3rd edge rusher off the board
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 15.76100this call−15.76a naive guess=84.24better than naive×1difficulty=+84.24skillThink this is wrong?How 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 credit this far off:
- 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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