06-04-2022, 06:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-20-2022, 07:50 AM by soevil. Edited 1 time in total.)
I originally started this as yet another mock draft, but honestly I can’t keep up with all the draft positioning and br0_0ker pretty much has it covered anyways with their Draft Primer. So with that in mind, I decided to look at something that might actually make sense to my lizard brain – prospects for S36!
The upcoming class is absolutely loaded with WRs and defensive talent across the board. Let’s take a look at some of the numbers.
76 defensive players total, including:
DT - 14 // Avg. TPE: 140 + Avg. Balance: $16.9M
DE - 14 // Avg. TPE: 124 + Avg. Balance: $15.1M
CB - 14 // Avg. TPE: 126 + Avg. Balance: $13.6M
S - 17 // Avg. TPE: 118 + Avg. Balance: $8.7M
LB - 17 // Avg. TPE: 110 + Avg. Balance: $8.8M
89 offensive players total, including:
OL - 10 // Avg. TPE: 116 + Avg. Balance: $9.0M
QB - 5 // Avg. TPE: 104 + Avg. Balance: $105.2M
RB - 23 // Avg. TPE: 103 + Avg. Balance: $22.8M
TE - 18 // Avg. TPE: 98 + Avg. Balance: $33.2M
WR - 33 // Avg. TPE: 94 + Avg. Balance: $-1.8M
8 special teams players total, including:
K/P - 8 // Avg. TPE: 81 + Avg. Balance: $39.6M
WRs top the charts at 37% of the total offensive prospect class by count. Defense is much more even across the board, with nearly every position having the same amount of players available.
It’s interesting to see the team makeup for this class as well.
Minnesota Grey Ducks - 35
Bondi Beach Buccaneers - 25
London Royals - 21
Kansas City Coyotes - 21
Tijuana Luchadores - 19
Norfolk SeaWolves - 19
Portland Pythons - 17
Dallas Birddogs - 16
Minnesota leads the pack with 35 eligible players, of which 7 (20%) are in the top 50 TPE earners for the coming draft class. Not bad honestly, especially when you consider they finished last in the NSFC. Somehow, this team also has five running backs and nine receivers eligible for the draft. I didn’t even know teams could field that many receivers. Too bad it didn’t help them get to the playoffs
The golden child of Minnesota is of course Teemo Swift (@”Repgnar”), the TPE leader (252) of this class and one of the top 50% of earners. Swift was also tied for third this season with 4 INTs and had a respectable 8 PDs and 50 tackles to go along with their takeaways. He is far and away the top defender to come from Minnesota of their 11 eligible defensive players.
Another team worth calling out is the Kansas City Coyotes. Of their 21 total eligible players, 4 are in the top 10 TPE earners (and 7 in the top 20). They also have the highest average TPE of any team at 132. Three of the consensus first round draft picks are included in this bunch – J.T. Kurbis (@”JoshiePoo” - 250 TPE), Austin Morley (@”soevil” - 246 TPE), and Fred Edison (@”Liter” - 244 TPE).
Looking at the home crowd, my very own Portland Pythons are one of the more balanced teams across positions eligible for this class – 1 WR, 1 DE, 3 S, and otherwise 2 players at every other position with the exception of K/P (and Stevie Licks [BOT] will be entering the seventh circle of hell at the conclusion of this season).
They are third for team average TPE but have only one player in the top 10 of overall earners, Xavier Valorian (@”XaveValor” - 244 TPE). Portland only has 5 other players in the top 50, meaning 65% of their players have less than 163 TPE.
For perspective, the top 25 TPE earners hold an average of 240 TPE; the next 25 average out at 195, and #51-100 average 88.5 TPE (IAs start around #93).
All in all, this is looking like a solid class of players. There’s likely going to be some competition with selections in later rounds due to the depth of players available, and lots of competition for non-WR and non-defensive skill positions throughout the draft.
Here’s some tables to go along with my analysis, as well as a public link to the spreadsheet.
Best of luck to all the players entering the draft!
The upcoming class is absolutely loaded with WRs and defensive talent across the board. Let’s take a look at some of the numbers.
76 defensive players total, including:
DT - 14 // Avg. TPE: 140 + Avg. Balance: $16.9M
DE - 14 // Avg. TPE: 124 + Avg. Balance: $15.1M
CB - 14 // Avg. TPE: 126 + Avg. Balance: $13.6M
S - 17 // Avg. TPE: 118 + Avg. Balance: $8.7M
LB - 17 // Avg. TPE: 110 + Avg. Balance: $8.8M
89 offensive players total, including:
OL - 10 // Avg. TPE: 116 + Avg. Balance: $9.0M
QB - 5 // Avg. TPE: 104 + Avg. Balance: $105.2M
RB - 23 // Avg. TPE: 103 + Avg. Balance: $22.8M
TE - 18 // Avg. TPE: 98 + Avg. Balance: $33.2M
WR - 33 // Avg. TPE: 94 + Avg. Balance: $-1.8M
8 special teams players total, including:
K/P - 8 // Avg. TPE: 81 + Avg. Balance: $39.6M
WRs top the charts at 37% of the total offensive prospect class by count. Defense is much more even across the board, with nearly every position having the same amount of players available.
It’s interesting to see the team makeup for this class as well.
Minnesota Grey Ducks - 35
Bondi Beach Buccaneers - 25
London Royals - 21
Kansas City Coyotes - 21
Tijuana Luchadores - 19
Norfolk SeaWolves - 19
Portland Pythons - 17
Dallas Birddogs - 16
Minnesota leads the pack with 35 eligible players, of which 7 (20%) are in the top 50 TPE earners for the coming draft class. Not bad honestly, especially when you consider they finished last in the NSFC. Somehow, this team also has five running backs and nine receivers eligible for the draft. I didn’t even know teams could field that many receivers. Too bad it didn’t help them get to the playoffs
The golden child of Minnesota is of course Teemo Swift (@”Repgnar”), the TPE leader (252) of this class and one of the top 50% of earners. Swift was also tied for third this season with 4 INTs and had a respectable 8 PDs and 50 tackles to go along with their takeaways. He is far and away the top defender to come from Minnesota of their 11 eligible defensive players.
Another team worth calling out is the Kansas City Coyotes. Of their 21 total eligible players, 4 are in the top 10 TPE earners (and 7 in the top 20). They also have the highest average TPE of any team at 132. Three of the consensus first round draft picks are included in this bunch – J.T. Kurbis (@”JoshiePoo” - 250 TPE), Austin Morley (@”soevil” - 246 TPE), and Fred Edison (@”Liter” - 244 TPE).
Looking at the home crowd, my very own Portland Pythons are one of the more balanced teams across positions eligible for this class – 1 WR, 1 DE, 3 S, and otherwise 2 players at every other position with the exception of K/P (and Stevie Licks [BOT] will be entering the seventh circle of hell at the conclusion of this season).
They are third for team average TPE but have only one player in the top 10 of overall earners, Xavier Valorian (@”XaveValor” - 244 TPE). Portland only has 5 other players in the top 50, meaning 65% of their players have less than 163 TPE.
For perspective, the top 25 TPE earners hold an average of 240 TPE; the next 25 average out at 195, and #51-100 average 88.5 TPE (IAs start around #93).
All in all, this is looking like a solid class of players. There’s likely going to be some competition with selections in later rounds due to the depth of players available, and lots of competition for non-WR and non-defensive skill positions throughout the draft.
Here’s some tables to go along with my analysis, as well as a public link to the spreadsheet.
Best of luck to all the players entering the draft!