2016 NFL Draft: A Complete Look at This Year’s Edge-Rushers

April 24, 2016   ·   Justis Mosqueda   ·   Jump to comments

Even casual football fans know the difference between a first-round quarterback and a second-round quarterback. There is such a finite amount of talent at that position that the vast majority of elite prospects are selected early in the draft.
Though the position isn't discussed in the same manner, pass-rushers have the same type of splits. Between 2005 and 2013, 47 first-round pass-rushers have been drafted. Twenty-one of them, about 45 percent, have reached double-digit sacks in a single season. In the same time span, 32 second-round pass-rushers have been drafted, with only four, about 13 percent, ever reaching double-digit sacks.
Fifteen of the 47 first-round picks have posted multiple seasons of double-digit sacks, good for 32 percent, while only two of the 32 second-rounders, 6 percent, can claim the same. In the third round, that number is three of 26, 12 percent, but includes Justin Houston, a first-round talent who fell due to a failed drug test at the combine, and J...

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