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NFL Draft 2020: Reviewing This Year's Biggest Steals, Reaches and Surprises

The 2020 NFL draft served as an annual reminder that the event is among the hardest to predict in sports.

After months of mock drafts, scouting reports and "anonymous sources" speaking their mind on the new crop of rookies, we finally get to see just how wrong we were about the whole thing.

Every year the process repeats itself as a new group of steals, reaches and surprises manifest themselves.

While these terms are popular for those who break down different developments over the three-day event, they can have varying definitions. Here are ours:

  • Steal: A player who was expected to go earlier than where he was selected and provides great value to his team.