It is rare to see and even harder to believe when generational talents fall out of the top 10 selections in the NFL Draft, yet it happens every few years. Over the last decade, we’ve seen the likes of J.J. Watt and Aaron Donald, two of the greatest defensive linemen in league history, not come off the board in the first handful of picks in their respective drafts. Given all they have accomplished an argument can be made that they should’ve gone first overall in hindsight.
A more recent example of that rare occurrence came in last year’s draft when Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons fell out of the top 10 and right into the laps of the Dallas Cowboys.