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Cody Benjamin grades 26.0%

5 first-round mocks, 2019 to 2023. Ranked #11 on career accuracy.

Every draft on file

DraftFinishScoreExactWithin 3Right teamFirst-roundersMania pts
2023#2 of 1030.5%77626/31152
2022#6 of 1023.3%310528/32111
2021#7 of 1127.9%59724/32137
2020#4 of 927.5%49725/32128
2019#9 of 1021.0%37725/32111

2023, pick by pick

Graded on the mock on Cody Benjamin's own page, published April 24, 2023, before the first pick, read by us on November 13, 2026. The Internet Archive kept a copy from before the draft.

PickMockedActually wentPts
1Bryce Young to CARBryce Young to CAR120
2C.J. Stroud to HOUC.J. Stroud to HOU120
3Will Anderson to ARIWill Anderson to HOU88
4Anthony Richardson to INDAnthony Richardson to IND120
5Jalen Carter to SEADevon Witherspoon to SEA8
6Tyree Wilson to DETParis Johnson to ARI40
7Christian Gonzalez to LVTyree Wilson to LV0
8Lukas Van Ness to ATLBijan Robinson to ATL8
9Paris Johnson to CHIJalen Carter to PHI40
10Will Levis to TBDarnell Wright to CHI8
11Peter Skoronski to TENPeter Skoronski to TEN112
12Joey Porter Jr. to WASJahmyr Gibbs to DET0
13Darnell Wright to NYJLukas Van Ness to GB32
14Nolan Smith to NEBroderick Jones to PIT0
15Michael Mayer to GBWill McDonald to NYJ0
16Devon Witherspoon to HOUEmmanuel Forbes to WAS16
17Broderick Jones to PITChristian Gonzalez to NE72
18Jaxon Smith-Njigba to NYGJack Campbell to DET40
19Calijah Kancey to PHICalijah Kancey to TB88
20Myles Murphy to SEAJaxon Smith-Njigba to SEA8
21Dalton Kincaid to LACQuentin Johnston to LAC0
22Zay Flowers to BALZay Flowers to BAL112
23Deonte Banks to MINJordan Addison to MIN40
24Will McDonald to JAXDeonte Banks to NYG0
25Bryan Bresee to DETDalton Kincaid to BUF0
26Bijan Robinson to DALMazi Smith to DAL8
27Jordan Addison to BUFAnton Harrison to JAX0
28Hendon Hooker to LARMyles Murphy to CIN8
29Mazi Smith to NOBryan Bresee to NO48
30Brian Branch to PHINolan Smith to PHI0
31Quentin Johnston to KCFelix Anudike-Uzomah to KC0

How a mock is scored. Every pick is worth up to 120 points, and a mock's score is the share of the points it was playing for, so a 32-pick first round and a full seven rounds compare directly.

64 pts
the player went at exactly that pick
32 pts
he went within three picks of it
32 pts
right player to the right team, wherever he actually landed
16 pts
right position to the team that was on the clock
8 pts
right order inside a position: the fourth quarterback is the fourth quarterback

Trades are not penalised. A pick is graded against whoever ended up making it, which is why "right position to the team on the clock" is a separate line from "right player to the right team." A mock only counts if its own page shows it was published before the first pick; anything filed after that is a recap. Positions come from the official draft listing, so every mock is graded on the same labels.

Two more numbers sit beside the grade and do not change it. First-rounders named is how many of the players in the mock went in round one at all, wherever the mock had them. Mania points is the same mock on the scale our Mock Draft Mania contest uses for fans: 1 point for a player who went in round one, 2 for a top-ten pick who went top ten, 3 for a top-five pick who went top five, 5 for the right team and 10 for the exact pick.

Top 3 finish in 1 draft

Best round on file: 30.5% in 2023. Across every draft graded here, 22 picks exactly right out of 159. Round 1 only.

Scored the same way as every other mock on the Mock Draft Scoreboard. Think you can beat it? Build one in our simulator and we will grade yours next April.

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