Mike MayockMar 2, 2026
Mayock gave draft placements for several prospects they studied around the combine: Sonny Styles as a top-10 caliber pick, Caleb Downs as a first-rounder but not top 10, Caleb Banks rising into the first round, and Romello Hite and Daryl Jackson as second-day picks.
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What Mike Mayock said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think he's a, you know, he's a top 10 pick in any draft. I don't care if it's two or five or eight.
- Where it was said
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 3: Mike Mayock Talks NFL Combine & Draft, plus Jaxson Dart, and Jerry Jones Debates
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- SaidMar 2
- GradedAug 13–14
- 1Sonny Styles to be picked “top 10 pick” (picks 1–10)“I think he's a, you know, he's a top 10 pick in any draft. I don't care if it's two or five or eight.”
- 2Caleb Downs to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)“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”
- 3Caleb Banks to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)“He ran five zero five. I you know, I think he's running himself right right into the first round.”
- 4Romello Height to be picked “second day pick”“I haven't heard a whole lot about him, and I'm I'm anxious to hear I think he's a second day pick. I think he's a 34 outside linebacker and a designated pass rusher”
- 5Darrell Jackson to be picked “the second day”“That's another kid I think is gonna go on the second day that nobody's really talking about.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Styles to be picked “top 10 pick” (picks 1–10)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 7 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Caleb Downs to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)2 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 11 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Caleb Banks to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)3 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 18 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Romello Height to be picked “second day pick”4 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Darrell Jackson to be picked “the second day”5 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 calls · 3 hits · 2 waiting | 100 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive5 checkable claims — 5 mock draft picks — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 5 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
3 of 5 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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 “top 10 pick” (picks 1–10)
What happenedWent 7100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Sonny Styles
- season:
- 2026
- 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:
- top 10 pick (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Caleb Downs to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)
What happenedWent 11100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Caleb Downs
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 11
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- first round pick (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Caleb Banks to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
What happenedWent 18100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Caleb Banks
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 18
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- first round (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
4Mock Draft PicksRomello Height
Romello Height to be picked “second day pick”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
5Mock Draft PicksDarrell Jackson
Darrell Jackson to be picked “the second day”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 3 settled calls, each counted once
100naive 50
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