At ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., headquarters, analyst Dan Orlovsky can be spotted in-person walking around in front of green screens. On TV, though, Orlovsky appears within a virtual football stadium, spitting projections about the NFL Draft.
Rather than focus on this weekend in Nashville and making assumptions about which prospect will go to which franchise and why, Orlovsky is focused on a few months and years down the road: predicting the top starters and most likely Pro Bowlers.
Powered by ESPN’s Stats and Information Group’s sports analytics team, Orlovsky is forecasting career path probabilities for certain 2019 NFL draft class members over the first three years of their professional football careers.