We love college football and NFL football and the draft. This site exists because we live for the six-month runway from Senior Bowl to draft night — the film study, the positional positional rankings, the trade rumors, the late-April mock-draft arguments with friends. We built DraftClassInsider to put all of that in one place.
We read everything, and we compare with experts in the field. Every prospect profile on this site is assembled from primary recruiting records (247Sports composite, Rivals, On3), college media guides, PFF grades, Combine and Pro Day numbers, Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine reporting, and the scouting boards published by Dane Brugler, Daniel Jeremiah, Mel Kiper, Jordan Reid, Bucky Brooks, Lance Zierlein, PFF, and the major team beats.
Our background information on each team and each candidate is precise and slightly opinionated. Facts — hometowns, high schools, star ratings, college stats, awards — are verified against multiple sources and dated. But we don't hide the call when the tape tells us something the consensus board doesn't. If a prospect's projected round clashes with our own read, we'll say so.
Our draft expectations are a mixture of research and model. Team-by-team projections blend (1) what the consensus mocks say, (2) each team's public free-agency signals and positional depth-chart holes, (3) historical draft-room tendencies by GM/HC, and (4) a positional-value model that weighs class depth against scarcity at each slot. We flag where our projection diverges from the consensus so you can see our work.
Every page on this site draws from one or more of the following. These are the industry-authoritative outlets we read before writing.
Spot a factual error? A ranking that's clearly wrong? A player we missed? We want to know. Dated corrections are appended to this page as soon as they're verified.
Last reviewed: 2026-04-17. Site refreshes as new pre-draft news breaks — check back daily through draft night (April 23-25, 2026).