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John Schneider Draft History and Grades

14 draft classes, 2012-2025. Every pick graded against its slot.

The answer

John Schneider has made 128 picks. 35 became starters and 8 were busts. Draft Value Added per pick: -4.6, league average -7.6. That ranks 15 of 55 GMs with 20+ picks.

Best at centers (+31.4 vs league on 3 picks) and quarterbacks (+19.0 vs league on 3 picks). Weakest at safeties (-20.8 on 7 picks) and defensive backs (-4.1 on 7 picks).

128Picks

44%Hit rateleague 40%

27%Starter rateleague 31%

20%Bust rate (R1-3)league 31%

-4.6DVA per pickleague -7.6

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By position

Draft Value Added compares each pick's peak season to what that draft slot usually produces. Click a position to see those picks in the explorer.

Pos	Picks	Starters	Busts	Hit	DVA/pick	Verdict
WR	17	4	2	47%	-7.3	-1.4 vs league
RB	15	2	0	50%	+3.3	+4.7 vs league
DT	14	4	2	29%	-11.8	-2.2 vs league
DE	13	2	1	46%	-6.3	+7.6 vs league
TE	8	2	0	71%	+15.7	+13.0 vs league
OL	8	4	0	33%	-14.1	-3.2 vs league
LB	8	4	0	62%	+8.2	+14.5 vs league
DB	7	2	0	29%	-16.0	-4.1 vs league
S	7	0	2	29%	-21.1	-20.8 vs league
G	7	5	1	57%	-8.0	-1.0 vs league
CB	6	2	0	25%	-6.6	+4.3 vs league
T	4	1	0	25%	-6.3	+0.0 vs league
OT	3	0	0	0%	-25.6	+2.3 vs league
QB	3	1	0	50%	-3.4	+19.0 vs league
C	3	1	0	100%	+40.2	+31.4 vs league
DL	2	1	0	100%	+9.9	too few to judge
SAF	1	0	0	0%	-7.1	too few to judge
OLB	1	0	0	0%	-27.8	too few to judge
P	1	0	0	-	-	too few to judge

Best and worst picks

Best value

Chris Carson (RB, R7 2017) +65 DVA
Quinton Jefferson (DT, R5 2016) +49 DVA
Joey Hunt (C, R6 2016) +47 DVA

Worst value

Marquise Blair (S, R2 2019) -66 DVA
Rees Odhiambo (G, R3 2016) -51 DVA
Coby Bryant (CB, R4 2022) -50 DVA

Tenure

Seahawks: 2010-present

Whoever was in the chair on draft day owns that class. Our pick window starts in 2012, so earlier classes are not counted.

Every pick

19 picks are from the last two drafts and still developing.

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	School	DVA	Result
2025	R1, #18	Grey Zabel	OT	North Dakota St.	-25.6	developing
2025	R2, #35	Nick Emmanwori	SAF	South Carolina	-7.1	developing
2025	R2, #50	Elijah Arroyo	TE	Miami (FL)	-14.4	developing
2025	R3, #92	Jalen Milroe	QB	Alabama	-	developing
2025	R5, #142	Rylie Mills	DL	Notre Dame	-	developing
2025	R5, #166	Tory Horton	WR	Colorado St.	-	developing
2025	R5, #175	Robbie Ouzts	TE	Alabama	-	developing
2025	R6, #192	Bryce Cabeldue	OT	Kansas	-	developing
2025	R7, #223	Damien Martinez	RB	Miami (FL)	-	developing
2025	R7, #234	Mason Richman	OL	Iowa	-	developing
2025	R7, #238	Ricky White	WR	UNLV	-	developing
2024	R1, #16	Byron Murphy	DL	Texas	+9.9	starter
2024	R3, #81	Christian Haynes	OL	Connecticut	-	developing
2024	R4, #118	Tyrice Knight	LB	Texas-El Paso	-25.2	starter
2024	R4, #121	AJ Barner	TE	Michigan	+34.9	starter
2024	R5, #136	Nehemiah Pritchett	CB	Auburn	-	developing
2024	R6, #179	Sataoa Laumea	OL	Utah	-40.0	starter
2024	R6, #192	D.J. James	CB	Auburn	-	developing
2024	R6, #207	Michael Jerrell	OT	Findlay	-	developing
2023	R1, #5	Devon Witherspoon	DB	Illinois	+0.5	starter
2023	R1, #20	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	Ohio St.	+21.4	starter
2023	R2, #37	Derick Hall	DE	Auburn	+6.7	backup
2023	R2, #52	Zach Charbonnet	RB	UCLA	+3.8	backup
2023	R4, #108	Anthony Bradford	OL	LSU	-15.4	starter
2023	R4, #123	Cameron Young	DT	Mississippi St.	+39.0	active
2023	R5, #151	Mike Morris	DE	Michigan	-25.8	backup
2023	R5, #154	Olusegun Oluwatimi	C	Michigan	+44.2	backup
2023	R6, #198	Jerrick Reed	S	New Mexico	-21.2	active
2023	R7, #237	Kenny McIntosh	RB	Georgia	-13.5	active
2022	R1, #9	Charles Cross	OL	Mississippi St.	-11.0	starter
2022	R2, #40	Boye Mafe	DE	Minnesota	+3.4	starter
2022	R2, #41	Kenneth Walker III	RB	Michigan St.	+10.1	starter
2022	R3, #72	Abraham Lucas	OL	Washington St.	+6.2	starter
2022	R4, #109	Coby Bryant	CB	Cincinnati	-50.3	starter
2022	R5, #153	Riq Woolen	CB	Texas-San Antonio	+46.3	starter
2022	R5, #158	Tyreke Smith	DE	Ohio St.	-39.3	active
2022	R7, #229	Bo Melton	WR	Rutgers	+29.1	backup
2022	R7, #233	Dareke Young	WR	Lenoir-Rhyne	-9.3	backup
2021	R2, #56	D'Wayne Eskridge	WR	Western Michigan	-46.8	bust
2021	R4, #137	Tre Brown	CB	Oklahoma	-12.1	backup
2021	R6, #208	Stone Forsythe	OL	Florida	+6.8	backup
2020	R1, #27	Jordyn Brooks	LB	Texas Tech	+20.5	starter
2020	R2, #48	Darrell Taylor	DE	Tennessee	+13.9	backup
2020	R3, #69	Damien Lewis	G	LSU	+21.4	starter
2020	R4, #133	Colby Parkinson	TE	Stanford	+31.4	backup
2020	R4, #144	DeeJay Dallas	RB	Miami (FL)	-2.0	backup
2020	R5, #148	Alton Robinson	DE	Syracuse	+18.5	active
2020	R6, #214	Freddie Swain	WR	Florida	+17.3	backup
2020	R7, #251	Stephen Sullivan	TE	LSU	+21.3	active
2019	R1, #29	L.J. Collier	DE	TCU	-43.9	bust
2019	R2, #47	Marquise Blair	S	Utah	-66.3	bust
2019	R2, #64	D.K. Metcalf	WR	Mississippi	+30.3	starter
2019	R3, #88	Cody Barton	LB	Utah	+25.1	starter
2019	R4, #120	Gary Jennings Jr	WR	West Virginia	-47.3	active
2019	R4, #124	Phil Haynes	G	Wake Forest	+7.4	starter
2019	R4, #132	Ugo Amadi	S	Oregon	+17.3	backup
2019	R5, #142	Ben Burr-Kirven	LB	Washington	-27.6	backup
2019	R6, #204	Travis Homer	RB	Miami (FL)	-15.0	backup
2019	R6, #209	Demarcus Christmas	DT	Florida St.	-29.0	released
2019	R7, #236	John Ursua	WR	Hawaii	-23.7	active
2018	R1, #27	Rashaad Penny	RB	San Diego St.	+21.8	backup
2018	R3, #79	Rasheem Green	DT	USC	-4.2	starter
2018	R4, #120	Will Dissly	TE	Washington	+39.4	starter
2018	R5, #141	Shaquem Griffin	OLB	Central Florida	-27.8	backup
2018	R5, #146	Tre Flowers	S	Oklahoma St.	-27.9	backup
2018	R5, #149	Michael Dickson	P	Texas	-	backup
2018	R5, #168	Jamarco Jones	T	Ohio St.	-3.0	backup
2018	R6, #186	Jacob Martin	LB	Temple	+26.3	backup
2018	R7, #220	Alex McGough	QB	Florida International	-26.8	released
2017	R2, #35	Malik McDowell	DT	Michigan St.	-33.5	bust
2017	R2, #58	Ethan Pocic	C	LSU	+29.4	starter
2017	R3, #90	Shaquill Griffin	DB	Central Florida	+2.5	starter
2017	R3, #95	Lano Hill	S	Michigan	-37.7	bust
2017	R3, #102	Nazair Jones	DT	North Carolina	+5.3	active
2017	R3, #106	Amara Darboh	WR	Michigan	-40.3	bust
2017	R4, #111	Tedric Thompson	S	Colorado	+11.5	backup
2017	R6, #187	Michael Tyson	S	Cincinnati	-23.4	active
2017	R6, #210	Justin Senior	T	Mississippi St.	-28.8	released
2017	R7, #226	David Moore	WR	East Central (OK)	+21.2	backup
2017	R7, #249	Chris Carson	RB	Oklahoma St.	+65.5	starter
2016	R1, #31	Germain Ifedi	G	Texas A&M	+4.4	starter
2016	R2, #49	Jarran Reed	DT	Alabama	+22.9	starter
2016	R3, #90	C.J. Prosise	RB	Notre Dame	+34.4	backup
2016	R3, #94	Nick Vannett	TE	Ohio St.	+8.0	backup
2016	R3, #97	Rees Odhiambo	G	Boise St.	-50.8	bust
2016	R5, #147	Quinton Jefferson	DT	Maryland	+49.2	starter
2016	R5, #171	Alex Collins	RB	Arkansas	+19.3	backup
2016	R6, #215	Joey Hunt	C	TCU	+47.0	backup
2016	R7, #243	Kenny Lawler	WR	California	-22.3	released
2016	R7, #247	Zac Brooks	RB	Clemson	-21.5	released
2015	R2, #63	Frank Clark	DE	Michigan	+32.0	starter
2015	R3, #69	Tyler Lockett	WR	Kansas St.	+31.0	starter
2015	R4, #130	Terry Poole	G	San Diego St.	-45.1	released
2015	R4, #134	Mark Glowinski	G	West Virginia	+23.8	starter
2015	R5, #170	Tye Smith	CB	Towson	-10.1	backup
2015	R6, #209	Obum Gwacham	DE	Oregon St.	-19.0	active
2015	R6, #214	Kristjan Sokoli	DT	Buffalo	-28.0	active
2015	R7, #248	Ryan Murphy	DB	Oregon St.	-21.3	active
2014	R2, #45	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado	+1.4	starter
2014	R2, #64	Justin Britt	T	Missouri	+29.0	starter
2014	R4, #108	Cassius Marsh	DE	UCLA	+21.1	backup
2014	R4, #123	Kevin Norwood	WR	Alabama	-36.6	active
2014	R4, #132	Kevin Pierre-Louis	LB	Boston Col.	+44.1	backup
2014	R5, #172	Jimmy Staten	DT	Middle Tenn. St.	-36.5	released
2014	R6, #199	Garrett Scott	OL	Marshall	-31.0	released
2014	R6, #208	Eric Pinkins	DB	San Diego St.	-19.2	active
2014	R7, #227	Kiero Small	RB	Arkansas	-25.4	active
2013	R2, #62	Christine Michael	RB	Texas A&M	-6.2	backup
2013	R3, #87	Jordan Hill	DT	Penn St.	-39.5	bust
2013	R4, #123	Chris Harper	WR	Kansas St.	-35.6	active
2013	R5, #137	Jesse Williams	DT	Alabama	-43.7	released
2013	R5, #138	Tharold Simon	DB	LSU	-33.5	active
2013	R5, #158	Luke Willson	TE	Rice	-11.0	backup
2013	R6, #194	Spencer Ware	RB	LSU	+10.2	backup
2013	R7, #220	Ryan Seymour	G	Vanderbilt	-16.8	active
2013	R7, #231	Ty Powell	DE	Harding	-14.7	active
2013	R7, #241	Jared Smith	DT	New Hampshire	-22.7	released
2013	R7, #242	Michael Bowie	T	NE State (OK)	-22.5	active
2012	R1, #15	Bruce Irvin	DE	West Virginia	-20.3	backup
2012	R2, #47	Bobby Wagner	LB	Utah St.	+27.5	starter
2012	R3, #75	Russell Wilson	QB	Wisconsin	+20.1	starter
2012	R4, #106	Robert Turbin	RB	Utah St.	-35.3	backup
2012	R4, #114	Jaye Howard	DT	Florida	-33.5	backup
2012	R5, #154	Korey Toomer	LB	Idaho	-25.1	backup
2012	R6, #172	Jeremy Lane	DB	Northwestern St. (LA)	-21.5	backup
2012	R6, #181	Winston Guy	DB	Kentucky	-19.6	backup
2012	R7, #225	J.R. Sweezy	DT	North Carolina St.	-10.8	backup
2012	R7, #232	Greg Scruggs	DE	Louisville	-14.5	active

Questions

How good is John Schneider at drafting?

John Schneider has 35 starters and 8 busts from 128 picks, with a hit rate of 44% and -4.6 Draft Value Added per pick. A positive number means the picks outperformed their draft slot.

How good is John Schneider at evaluating wide receivers?

John Schneider has drafted 17 wide receivers: 4 starters, 2 busts, -7.3 DVA per pick. That is 1.4 points below the league average for wide receivers.

How good is John Schneider at evaluating running backs?

John Schneider has drafted 15 running backs: 2 starters, 0 busts, +3.3 DVA per pick. That is 4.7 points above the league average for running backs.

How good is John Schneider at evaluating defensive tackles?

John Schneider has drafted 14 defensive tackles: 4 starters, 2 busts, -11.8 DVA per pick. That is 2.2 points below the league average for defensive tackles.

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