This is a comparison of the 2008 through 2009 offensive  linemen (OL) to the drafts in those years. The idea is to see how the 2010 OL compare to the most recent drafts and pre-draft appraisals.  There are about 50 OL to be analyzed in each year.  The projected round and position rank used for 2010 is that assigned by CBS Sports for each player.

There are a number of factors that effect these averages.  Centers and guards seem to have lower grades assigned to them by Scouts Inc.   Scouts Inc assigns a grade of 30 to players that have not been scouted and these players are not evenly distributed through rounds, although none in the first three rounds of any year.

Average Scouts Inc Grade by Round

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************2008**2009**2010*****2008*****2009******2010

Round 1…91…….92…..93.......82.to.98...86.to.97...88.to.96
Round 2…81…….83…..88.......81.to.81...74.to.89...83.to.90
Round 3…70…….63…..51.......56.to.79...59.to.71...37.to.69
Round 4…52…….58…..65.......20.to.81...50.to.73...43.to.81
Round 5…68…….58…..57.......63.to.73...30.to.79...43.to.79
Round 6…60…….54…..48.......42.to.73...51.to.57...30.to.68
Round 7…47…….40…..40.......30.to.60...30.to.63...30.to.64