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Les Snead Draft History and Grades

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

The answer

Les Snead has made 126 picks. 39 became starters and 11 were busts. Draft Value Added per pick: -4.3, league average -7.6. That ranks 14 of 55 GMs with 20+ picks.

Best at defensive tackles (+19.0 vs league on 9 picks) and defensive backs (+18.0 vs league on 13 picks). Weakest at T (-13.5 on 8 picks) and quarterbacks (-6.1 on 4 picks).

126Picks

39%Hit rateleague 40%

31%Starter rateleague 31%

28%Bust rate (R1-3)league 31%

-4.3DVA 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	16	4	1	31%	-8.7	-2.8 vs league
RB	13	2	2	42%	-7.5	-6.1 vs league
DB	13	6	0	54%	+6.1	+18.0 vs league
DE	12	1	0	20%	-11.3	+2.6 vs league
DT	9	3	0	67%	+9.4	+19.0 vs league
LB	9	3	2	25%	-9.7	-3.3 vs league
T	8	4	3	25%	-19.9	-13.5 vs league
TE	6	2	0	50%	+5.5	+2.8 vs league
OL	6	3	1	33%	-1.4	+9.4 vs league
S	6	4	1	67%	+9.7	+10.0 vs league
QB	4	1	1	25%	-28.5	-6.1 vs league
G	4	0	0	25%	-2.1	+4.8 vs league
DL	3	2	0	50%	-3.4	+1.6 vs league
K	3	0	0	-	-
OLB	3	1	0	33%	-1.0	+6.5 vs league
ILB	3	0	0	33%	-0.9	+2.4 vs league
C	2	2	0	100%	+11.7	too few to judge
CB	2	0	0	50%	-8.8	too few to judge
SAF	1	1	0	0%	-7.3	too few to judge
P	1	0	0	-	-	too few to judge
OT	1	0	0	0%	-8.8	too few to judge
FB	1	0	0	0%	-29.6	too few to judge

Best and worst picks

Best value

Quentin Lake (DB, R6 2022) +61 DVA
Puka Nacua (WR, R5 2023) +59 DVA
Kyren Williams (RB, R5 2022) +55 DVA

Worst value

Isaiah Pead (RB, R2 2012) -48 DVA
Tre Mason (RB, R3 2014) -47 DVA
Stetson Bennett (QB, R4 2023) -46 DVA

Tenure

Rams: 2012-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

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

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	School	DVA	Result
2025	R2, #46	Terrance Ferguson	TE	Oregon	-0.7	developing
2025	R3, #90	Josaiah Stewart	DE	Michigan	-	developing
2025	R4, #117	Jarquez Hunter	RB	Auburn	-	developing
2025	R5, #148	Ty Hamilton	DT	Ohio St.	-41.6	developing
2025	R5, #172	Chris Paul	LB	Mississippi	-	developing
2025	R7, #242	Konata Mumpfield	WR	Pittsburgh	-15.8	developing
2024	R1, #19	Jared Verse	DL	Florida St.	-	starter
2024	R2, #39	Braden Fiske	DL	Florida St.	+22.5	starter
2024	R3, #83	Blake Corum	RB	Michigan	+12.5	developing
2024	R3, #99	Kamren Kinchens	SAF	Miami (FL)	-7.3	starter
2024	R5, #154	Brennan Jackson	DE	Washington St.	-	developing
2024	R6, #196	Tyler Davis	DT	Clemson	+9.4	developing
2024	R6, #209	Joshua Karty	K	Stanford	-	developing
2024	R6, #213	Jordan Whittington	WR	Texas	+13.2	developing
2024	R6, #217	Beaux Limmer	OL	Arkansas	+17.6	starter
2024	R7, #254	KT Leveston	OL	Kansas St.	-7.8	starter
2023	R2, #36	Steve Avila	C	TCU	+6.8	starter
2023	R3, #77	Byron Young	LB	Tennessee	-41.8	bust
2023	R3, #89	Kobie Turner	DT	Wake Forest	+34.0	starter
2023	R4, #128	Stetson Bennett	QB	Georgia	-45.6	active
2023	R5, #161	Nick Hampton	OLB	Appalachian St.	-23.7	backup
2023	R5, #174	Warren McClendon	OL	Georgia	+54.0	starter
2023	R5, #175	Davis Allen	TE	Clemson	+25.2	backup
2023	R5, #177	Puka Nacua	WR	BYU	+59.0	starter
2023	R6, #182	Tre'Vius Tomlinson	CB	TCU	-24.4	active
2023	R6, #189	Ochaun Mathis	DE	Nebraska	-23.0	active
2023	R6, #215	Zach Evans	RB	Mississippi	-17.8	active
2023	R7, #223	Ethan Evans	P	Wingate	-	backup
2023	R7, #234	Jason Taylor	S	Oklahoma St.	-24.1	active
2023	R7, #259	Desjuan Johnson	DT	Toledo	+44.7	active
2022	R3, #104	Logan Bruss	OL	Wisconsin	-40.7	bust
2022	R4, #142	Cobie Durant	DB	South Carolina St.	+49.0	starter
2022	R5, #164	Kyren Williams	RB	Notre Dame	+54.7	starter
2022	R6, #211	Quentin Lake	DB	UCLA	+61.4	starter
2022	R6, #212	Derion Kendrick	DB	Georgia	-4.6	backup
2022	R7, #235	Daniel Hardy	LB	Montana St.	-8.9	backup
2022	R7, #253	Russ Yeast	DB	Kansas St.	-21.5	backup
2022	R7, #261	AJ Arcuri	OT	Michigan St.	-8.8	active
2021	R2, #57	Tutu Atwell	WR	Louisville	-18.9	backup
2021	R3, #103	Ernest Jones	LB	South Carolina	+43.0	starter
2021	R4, #117	Bobby Brown	DL	Texas A&M	-29.3	backup
2021	R4, #130	Robert Rochell	DB	Central Arkansas	-18.3	backup
2021	R4, #141	Jacob Harris	WR	Central Florida	-32.8	active
2021	R5, #174	Earnest Brown IV	DE	Northwestern	-26.0	active
2021	R7, #233	Jake Funk	RB	Maryland	-14.3	active
2021	R7, #249	Ben Skowronek	WR	Notre Dame	-18.4	backup
2021	R7, #252	Chris Garrett	DE	Concordia-St.Paul (MN)	-20.5	active
2020	R2, #52	Cam Akers	RB	Florida St.	+2.1	backup
2020	R2, #57	Van Jefferson	WR	Florida	+5.6	starter
2020	R3, #84	Terrell Lewis	LB	Alabama	+3.5	active
2020	R3, #104	Terrell Burgess	S	Utah	-35.7	bust
2020	R4, #136	Brycen Hopkins	TE	Purdue	-22.9	backup
2020	R6, #199	Jordan Fuller	S	Ohio St.	+39.0	starter
2020	R7, #234	Clay Johnston	LB	Baylor	-9.1	active
2020	R7, #248	Sam Sloman	K	Miami (OH)	-	active
2020	R7, #250	Tremayne Anchrum	G	Clemson	-5.9	active
2019	R2, #61	Taylor Rapp	S	Washington	+24.9	starter
2019	R3, #70	Darrell Henderson	RB	Memphis	+16.6	backup
2019	R3, #79	David Long	CB	Michigan	+6.9	backup
2019	R3, #97	Bobby Evans	T	Oklahoma	-38.0	bust
2019	R4, #134	Greg Gaines	DT	Washington	+25.4	backup
2019	R5, #169	David Edwards	T	Wisconsin	+9.7	starter
2019	R7, #243	Nick Scott	S	Penn St.	+16.3	starter
2019	R7, #251	Dakota Allen	LB	Texas Tech	-5.7	backup
2018	R3, #89	Joseph Noteboom	T	TCU	-26.6	bust
2018	R4, #111	Brian Allen	C	Michigan St.	+16.7	starter
2018	R4, #135	John Franklin-Myers	DE	S.F. Austin	+35.7	starter
2018	R5, #147	Micah Kiser	ILB	Virginia	+31.2	backup
2018	R5, #160	Ogbonnia Okoronkwo	DE	Oklahoma	+33.8	backup
2018	R6, #176	John Kelly	RB	Tennessee	-28.3	active
2018	R6, #192	Jamil Demby	T	Maine	-32.4	starter
2018	R6, #195	Sebastian Joseph-Day	DT	Rutgers	+18.1	starter
2018	R6, #205	Trevon Young	DE	Louisville	-29.8	active
2018	R7, #231	Travin Howard	OLB	TCU	-14.7	active
2018	R7, #244	Justin Lawler	DE	SMU	-12.1	active
2017	R2, #44	Gerald Everett	TE	South Alabama	+11.8	starter
2017	R3, #69	Cooper Kupp	WR	Eastern Washington	+35.8	starter
2017	R3, #91	John Johnson	S	Boston Col.	+37.5	starter
2017	R4, #117	Josh Reynolds	WR	Texas A&M	+19.9	starter
2017	R4, #125	Samson Ebukam	OLB	Eastern Washington	+35.5	starter
2017	R6, #189	Tanzel Smart	DT	Tulane	-18.0	backup
2017	R6, #206	Sam Rogers	FB	Virginia Tech	-29.6	released
2017	R7, #234	Ejuan Price	DE	Pittsburgh	-24.1	active
2016	R1, #1	Jared Goff	QB	California	+3.8	starter
2016	R4, #110	Tyler Higbee	TE	Western Kentucky	+40.8	starter
2016	R4, #117	Pharoh Cooper	WR	South Carolina	-11.1	backup
2016	R6, #177	Temarrick Hemingway	TE	South Carolina St.	-21.2	active
2016	R6, #190	Josh Forrest	ILB	Kentucky	-22.8	active
2016	R6, #206	Mike Thomas	WR	Southern Miss	-31.3	backup
2015	R1, #10	Todd Gurley	RB	Georgia	+14.6	starter
2015	R2, #57	Rob Havenstein	T	Wisconsin	+17.8	starter
2015	R3, #72	Jamon Brown	T	Louisville	-17.2	starter
2015	R3, #89	Sean Mannion	QB	Oregon St.	-44.0	bust
2015	R4, #119	Andrew Donnal	T	Iowa	-32.5	active
2015	R6, #201	Bud Sasser	WR	Missouri	-30.6	released
2015	R6, #215	Cody Wichmann	G	Fresno St.	-4.4	active
2015	R7, #224	Bryce Hager	ILB	Baylor	-11.0	backup
2015	R7, #227	Martin Ifedi	DE	Memphis	-25.4	released
2014	R1, #2	Greg Robinson	T	Auburn	-39.9	bust
2014	R1, #13	Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh	+18.5	starter
2014	R2, #41	Lamarcus Joyner	DB	Florida St.	+11.1	starter
2014	R3, #75	Tre Mason	RB	Auburn	-47.2	bust
2014	R4, #110	Maurice Alexander	DB	Utah St.	+6.2	backup
2014	R6, #188	E.J. Gaines	DB	Missouri	-18.2	starter
2014	R6, #214	Garrett Gilbert	QB	SMU	-28.0	active
2014	R7, #226	Mitchell Van Dyk	OL	Portland St.	-25.6	released
2014	R7, #241	C.B. Bryant	DB	Ohio St.	+42.6	active
2014	R7, #249	Michael Sam	DE	Missouri	-21.1	released
2014	R7, #250	Demetrius Rhaney	OL	Tennessee St.	-5.9	backup
2013	R1, #8	Tavon Austin	WR	West Virginia	-24.3	backup
2013	R1, #30	Alec Ogletree	LB	Georgia	-28.4	bust
2013	R3, #71	T.J. McDonald	DB	USC	+11.3	starter
2013	R3, #92	Stedman Bailey	WR	West Virginia	-38.4	bust
2013	R4, #113	Barrett Jones	G	Alabama	+42.7	active
2013	R5, #149	Brandon McGee	DB	Miami (FL)	-31.2	active
2013	R5, #160	Zac Stacy	RB	Vanderbilt	-23.9	backup
2012	R1, #14	Michael Brockers	DT	LSU	-6.3	backup
2012	R2, #33	Brian Quick	WR	Appalachian St.	-13.5	backup
2012	R2, #39	Jackrabbit Jenkins	DB	North Alabama	+0.6	starter
2012	R2, #50	Isaiah Pead	RB	Cincinnati	-48.4	bust
2012	R3, #65	Trumaine Johnson	DB	Montana	-9.7	backup
2012	R4, #96	Chris Givens	WR	Wake Forest	-37.5	backup
2012	R5, #150	Rokevious Watkins	G	South Carolina	-41.0	active
2012	R6, #171	Greg Zuerlein	K	Missouri Western St.	-	backup
2012	R7, #209	Aaron Brown	LB	Hawaii	-29.9	released
2012	R7, #252	Daryl Richardson	RB	Abilene Christian	-10.5	active

Questions

How good is Les Snead at drafting?

Les Snead has 39 starters and 11 busts from 126 picks, with a hit rate of 39% and -4.3 Draft Value Added per pick. A positive number means the picks outperformed their draft slot.

How good is Les Snead at evaluating wide receivers?

Les Snead has drafted 16 wide receivers: 4 starters, 1 busts, -8.7 DVA per pick. That is 2.8 points below the league average for wide receivers.

How good is Les Snead at evaluating running backs?

Les Snead has drafted 13 running backs: 2 starters, 2 busts, -7.5 DVA per pick. That is 6.1 points below the league average for running backs.

How good is Les Snead at evaluating defensive backs?

Les Snead has drafted 13 defensive backs: 6 starters, 0 busts, +6.1 DVA per pick. That is 18.0 points above the league average for defensive backs.

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