Syracuse Football: Chris Slayton NFL Draft Profile, stock update
Former Syracuse football star Chris Slayton is hoping to be selected in the 2019 NFL Draft. Here are his profile and his official NFL Draft stock.
In the last four years, only two Syracuse football players have been drafted: Zaire Franklin (Indianapolis Colts) and Riley Dixon (Denver Broncos). Could Chris Slayton join that list? I’m glad you asked.
How can we find that out before the NFL Draft starts in late April? The Mock Draft Machine. It’s a brand new feature on The Draft Network website that allows its’ users to become the experts. It’s a unique tool that allows fans to mock all seven rounds for their team or in my case, figure out a player’s draft stock.
Every mock draft is different, so I decided to use this “Mock Draft Machine” 50 times (25 on each separate setting) to get a fair understanding of Slayton’s NFL Draft stock at this point in the offseason.
In 25 simulations I used TDN’s Predictive Board:
- 191st overall, Baltimore Ravens
- 188th overall, Miami Dolphins
- 185th overall, Green Bay Packers
- 198th overall, Cincinnati Bengals
- 180th overall, New York Giants
- 173rd overall, Washington Redskins
- 161st overall, Houston Texans
- 196th overall, Oakland Raiders
- 191st overall, Ravens
- 187th overall, Carolina Panthers
- 196th overall, Raiders
- 191st overall, Ravens
- 180th overall, Giants
- 196th overall, Raiders
- 167th overall, Kansas City Chiefs
- 191st overall, Ravens
- 184th overall, Detroit Lions
- 176th overall, San Francisco 49ers
- 176th overall, 49ers
- 173rd overall, Redskins
- 203rd, LA Rams
- 196th, Raiders
- 184th overall, Lions
- 187th overall, Panthers
- 190th overall, Minnesota Vikings
In the other 25 simulations I used TDN’s Player Rankings:
- 185th overall, Green Bay Packers
- 180th overall, New York Giants
- 190th overall, Minnesota Vikings
- 167th overall, Kansas City Chiefs
- 183rd overall, Cincinnati Bengals
- 167th overall, Chiefs
- 176th overall, San Francisco 49ers
- 176th overall, 49ers
- 169th overall, LA Rams
- 180th overall, Giants
- 171st overall, Giants
- 157th overall, Tennessee Titans
- 202nd overall, New Orleans Saints
- 192nd overall, Pittsburgh Steelers
- 169th overall, Rams
- 171st overall, Giants
- 173rd overall, Redskins
- 173rd overall, Redskins
- 183rd overall, Bengals
- 180th overall, Giants
- 167th overall, Chiefs
- 175th overall, Steelers
- 180th overall, Giants
- 185th overall, Packers
- 192nd overall, Steelers
Some interesting takeaways here:
- The Mock Draft Machine says that Chris Slayton will 100 percent being drafted. In every simulation, he was taken regardless of the settings.
- In the 50 simulations Slayton was mock to 17 teams:
- New York Giants (8)
- Baltimore Ravens (4)
- Washington Redskins (4)
- Oakland Raiders (4)
- Kansas City Chiefs (4)
- San Francisco 49ers (4)
- Green Bay Packers (3)
- Cincinnati Bengals (3)
- LA Rams (3)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (3)
- Carolina Panthers (2)
- Detroit Lions (2)
- Minnesota Vikings (2)
- Miami Dolphins (1)
- Houston Texans (1)
- New Orleans Saints (1)
- Tennessee Titans (1)
- The team Slayton was mocked too most frequently is the New York Giants. We did this same breakdown for former Syracuse wide receiver Jamal Custis, you can check that out here. Custis was mocked to the Giants 13-out-of-50 simulations, the second highest of any team. Perhaps these two former Syracuse stars could be teammates at the next level?
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- The reason why we went through this exhaustive exercise is to determine what is Slayton’s NFL Draft stock. In these 50 simulations, Slayton went as high as 157th overall to the Tennessee Titans and went as low as 203rd to the Los Angeles Rams. In other words, Slayton’s stock is between a late fifth round pick and a mid-seventh-round pick.