With the 140th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Texas A&M inside linebacker Devodrick “Buddy” Johnson. Johnson and the Steelers’ other eight picks could be packaged up into one quick, overall grade. But why not take a detailed look at each individual pick from a number of different viewpoints, before determining a final grade for the player, and later on the entire class?
I designed this exercise to look at and give letter grades based on six specific ways to view the pick (listed below), before taking all that analysis and combining it into a final letter grade.