NFL Draft Demographics by Year 2000-2024

[Don Wassall]

2016 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 25.3%, 64 out of 253 drafted, which includes 3 kickers/punters.

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 21 out of 98, or 21.4%,

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 7/31
Round 2: 6/32
Round 3: 8/35
Round 4: 9/41
Round 5: 9/36
Round 6: 15/46
Round 7: 10/32

By position:
QB: 12/15
RB: 0/20
FB: 3/3
WR: 2/32
TE: 6/9
OT: 8/20
OG: 8/15
C: 6/6
DT: 2/20
DE: 4/18
LB: 8/37
S: 2/21
CB: 0/30
K/P/LS: 3/4

Notes: The White percentage of players drafted in 2016 "surged" all the way to 25.3% from 2015's rock bottom 15.2%. A ten percentage point fluctuation is dramatic from a Caste System standpoint, but nothing really changed as the White players in this draft were backloaded in Rounds 6 & 7 and there was no noticeable improvement in the number of those taken from the "Whites Need Not Apply" positions.

Jared Goff and Carson Wentz went one and two, with DE Joey Bosa the third player drafted. OT Jack Conklin went 8th. Fellow tackle Taylor Decker went later in the first round as did QB Paxton Lynch. Center Ryan Kelly was the other overachiever to go in the first round.

Black busts were abundant as usual. Just in the first round such immortal WRs as Corey Coleman, Will Fuller, Josh Doctson and Laquon Treadwell were drafted. That upside and all.

Hunter Henry was the first tight end taken, in the second round. QB Christian Hackenberg also went in the second, as did DT Adam Gotsis as the final pick of the round. Round 3 saw DE Carl Nassib (the first openly homosexual NFL player) and TE Austin Hooper selected, while LBs Nick Vigil and Kyler Fackrell went back to back. In the fourth round, three more quality linebackers were taken -- Joe Schobert, Nick Kwiatkoski, and Blake Martinez. Tyler Higbee also went in the fourth.

Two notable fullbacks were taken in Round 6 -- Andy Janovich and Dan Vitale, both of whom should have been power backs rather than used as an extra offensive lineman in the backfield, especially Vitale who was a very good runner. WR Moritz Boehringer (not to be confused with thoroughly screwed over receiver Marc Boerigter) also went in the sixth round as an exchange foreign player. He of course was never given an opportunity despite an excellent size-speed combo, eventually being switched to tight end despite never having played that position in Europe.

Round 7 saw WR Daniel Braverman drafted, along with safety Clayton Fejedelem. Three more notable linebackers also went in the final round -- Tyler Matakevich, Scooby Wright, and Joe Walker.

 

[Don Wassall]

2017 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 18.2%, 46 out of 253 drafted, which includes 4 kickers/punters.

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 15 out of 97, or 15.5%,

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 5/32
Round 2: 3/32
Round 3: 7/33
Round 4: 7/37
Round 5: 11/40
Round 6: 7/34
Round 7: 6/35

By position:
QB: 5/10
RB: 1/26
FB: 1/3
WR: 4/32
TE: 5/14
OT: 6/13
OG: 5/14
C: 4/6
DT: 1/22
DE: 2/19
LB: 7/35
S: 1/23
CB: 0/33
K/P/LS: 4/4

Notes: The 2017 NFL Draft is best known for having a White running back not only drafted, but drafted in the first round. Christian McCaffrey has battled an array of injuries but when healthy has been the best all-around back in the league. But it's a good bet that it'll be decades before another one is drafted in the first round. Running back and cornerback are the two most "taboo" Caste positions, and no matter well "outlier" Whites perform at RB, CB, WR, safety, LB and DE, there's never any efforts made to recruit more of them, to give them anywhere close to the same opportunities Blacks are routinely lavished with. But I digress.

Mitch Trubisky was the second overall pick and his career started off pretty well in Chicago but has since sputtered. Patrick Mahomes went tenth, Deshaun Watson twelfth. OT Garrett Bolles, OLB T. J. Watt and OT Ryan Ramczyk were the other Whites drafted in the first round.

In the second round Adam Shaheen was the first White TE off the board, following four Black ones. (9 of the 14 TEs taken in this draft were Black.) Superbust QB DeShone Kizer was taken by the Browns in this round (figures). The third round brought us the great Cooper Kupp, who was the fifth pick of that round, LB Alex Anzalone, and DE Trey Hendricksen. QBs Davis Webb and C. J. Beathard also went in the third.

WRs Ryan Switzer and Chad Hansen were drafted in the fourth round. Hansen was tall and fast and had a great senior season at Cal but was quickly Caste aside. He did have a brief run with the Houston Texans and was quite productive but was cut shortly thereafter and that was that. In the fifth round, all-time great George Kittle was a steal, as was LB Matt Milano. WR Trent Taylor and safety Nate Gerry also were selected in the fifth round. Nothing of note happened in the final two rounds other than perhaps QB Chad Kelly, brimming with talent but a little self-destructive, was Mr. Irrelevant.

Christian McCaffrey and four White wideouts led by Cooper Kupp made this draft notable along with other mid to late round Whites who turned into stars, but the percentages and ratios at each position were numbingly within the same very tight range that happens every year.

 

[Don Wassall]

2018 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 23.4%, 60 out of 256 drafted, which includes 7 kickers/punters.

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 23 out of 100, or 23%,

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 12/32
Round 2: 5/32
Round 3: 6/36
Round 4: 7/37
Round 5: 11/37 (4 K/P taken in this round)
Round 6: 7/44
Round 7: 13/38

By position:
QB: 11/12
RB: 0/19
FB: 1/2
WR: 5/33
TE: 10/14
OT: 4/15
OG: 7/15
C: 7/8
DT: 2/22
DE: 4/17
LB: 2/42
S: 0/19
CB: 0/27
K/P/LS: 7/7

Notes: The 2018 NFL draft was much like the 2017 draft with the exception that 12 Whites were taken in the first round and 13 in the final round, compared to 5 and 6 respectively the previous year. Rounds 4, 5 and 6 had the exact same number of Whites taken as the year before, while two more were taken in Round 2 compared to the previous year and one less in Round 3.

The 12 Whites taken in the first round was an aberration from the norm for sure. Baker Mayfield went first overall, Sam Darnold third. Josh Allen (7th) and Josh Rosen (10th) also went in the first round. Lamar Jackson was taken with the final pick of the round, but he was the only Black QB drafted in '18, with 11 of the 12 being White. OG Quenton Nelson, OT Mike McGlinchy, OT Kolton Miller, LB Leighton Vander Esch, C Frank Ragnow, C Billy Price, TE Hayden Hurst, and DT Taven Bryan rounded out the dozen pale faces who went in the initial round.

TEs Mike Gesicki and Dallas Goedert were drafted in the second round, as in addition to QB this was a strong draft for White TEs, who made up ten of the fourteen selected. It was a different story at linebacker, however, as just 2 out of 42 taken were overachievers, Vander Esch in the first and then Josey Jewell in the fourth round.

Mason Rudolph, Sam Hubbard, Mark Andrews and Harrison Phillips were among the third round selections. Safety Troy Apke, he of the excellent athleticism and sub-4.40 speed, went in the fourth round but was Caste aside by the league as he could have been an excellent safety or cornerback.

Fully five White WRs were drafted, led by Justin Watson in Round 5, followed by Dylan Cantrell and Braxton Berrios in Round 6, and then Austin Proehl and Trey Quinn in Round 7. Quinn was Mr. Irrelevant while Proehl was taken with the next to last pick before Quinn. Only Watson had any opportunities in the league and he's been greatly underused by the Chiefs, mainly as a downfield decoy.

DE-DT Zach Sieler was a great Round 7 pick.

 

[Don Wassall]

2019 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 22.0%, 56 out of 254 drafted, which includes 5 kickers/punters.

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 19 out of 100, or 19%,

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 7/32
Round 2: 5/32
Round 3: 7/38
Round 4: 11/36
Round 5: 13/35 (4 K/P taken in this round)
Round 6: 6/41
Round 7: 7/40

By position:
QB: 9/11
RB: 0/23
FB: 1/1
WR: 3/28
TE: 9/17
OT: 7/23
OG: 8/13
C: 0/4
DT: 1/21
DE: 6/25
LB: 7/29
S: 0/18
CB: 0/34
K/P/LS: 5/5

Notes: Looking at this draft it's notable how few of the Blacks taken in the first two rounds lived up to their lofty draft position, though this is the norm every year. The best are Christian Wilkins, Brian Burns, Dexter Lawrence, Jeffery Simmons, Josh Jacobs, Deebo Samuel, A. J. Brown, and D.K. Metcalf. Some fine players but few who seemed to be headed to Canton. Then you have a long list of certifiable busts in those same two rounds -- Clelin Ferrell (probably doomed Mike Mayock as Raiders' GM), Devin Bush (wearing a dress the night he was drafted was an inkling that he just might not turn out to be an All Pro), Dwayne Haskins (mega-bust as a QB before dying after a night of partying), Jonathan Abrams, Jerry Tillery, L. J. Collier, Deandre Baker, N'Keal Harry (another of The Genius's pathetic WR picks), Rock Ya-Sin, Greg Little, Trayvon Mullen, Joejuan Williams, Greedy Williams, Marquise Blair, Ben Banogu, Lonnie Johnson, J. J. Arcega-Whiteside (WR whose straight line speed was measured by a sun dial), Trysten Hill, and Parris Campbell. Drafted only in 2019 and the majority of these busts are already long gone from the league along with lots of others from this draft.

Then there's the ridiculous amount of cornerbacks drafted every year. Thirty-four of them in '19, really?? That's a little more than one per team. Apparently the talent pool at the position is so pathetic that NFL teams have to recycle one of their two starters every single year. Same with defensive tackle and defensive end, huge numbers drafted every year, most of them not very good, not a few of them farcical. Hmm, when the talent pool is so restricted by race it should surprise no one capable of independent thinking as to why this is so.

Then you have White players taken in the mid and late rounds in the '19 draft who have carved out nice careers for themselves and are still going strong. Players like Maxx Crosby (fourth round), Anthony Nelson (fourth round), Drue Tranquill (fourth round), John Cominsky (fourth round), Greg Gaines (fourth round), Hunter Renfrow (fifth round, had an All Pro season before being royally screwed first by good old Josh McDaniels and then the rest of the league), Andrew Van Ginkel (fifth round), Blake Cashman (fifth round), Cole Holcomb (fifth round), Gardner Minshew (sixth round), and Kaden Ellis (seventh round).

Kyler Murray was the first overall pick in '19. The Manlet is an average quarterback, but like other teams have done with Black QBs, Murray was signed to a huge guaranteed contract so the Cardinals are stuck with him even though is just 36-45-1 as a starter. Nick Bosa was the second overall pick while Daniel Jones (6th) was the only White QB to go in the first round. TE T. J. Hockenson went eighth while OT Jonah Williams, OG Chris Lindstrom, OG Garrett Bradbury, and OT Kaleb McGary also went in the first round.

WR Andy Isabella was drafted in the second round but never had anything close to a fair opportunity to prove himself with the Cardinals despite his great speed and proven production at UMass. WR Scotty Miller was taken in the seventh round. DEs Zach Allen (now a tackle) and Chase Winovich went in the third round. Despite producing very well as a rookie following a beastly career at Michigan, Winovich somehow ended up in The Genius's "doghouse" and ended up retiring after never getting a chance to start with the Patriots, Browns and Dolphins.

No White centers drafted in '19, quite unusual given that this was the one position outside of special teams and possibly blocking fullbacks that Whites were clearly still dominating.

 

[Don Wassall]

2020 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 16.5%, 42 out of 255 drafted, which includes 4 kickers/punters

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 9 out of 106, or 8.5%

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 2/32
Round 2: 2/32
Round 3: 5/42
Round 4: 10/40
Round 5: 4/33
Round 6: 11/35
Round 7: 8/41

By position:
QB: 9/13
RB: 0/17
FB: 0/0
WR: 0/36
TE: 8/12
OT: 5/15
OG: 7/23
C: 4/9
DT: 1/18
DE: 1/18
LB: 3/36
S: 0/23
CB: 0/27
K/P/LS: 4/4

Notes: In my mind the 2015 NFL Draft was the worst one when it came to paucity of Whites. But nope, the 2020 draft takes the cake, at least until the Caste System plunges to new lows of anti-White discrimination. Just two Whites taken in both Rounds 1 and 2. 40 of the first 42 players drafted were Black (or Poly), 55 of 58. No White running backs, fullbacks, receivers, safeties or cornerbacks were taken in the entire draft, a near total whiteout on White talent.

Highlights, and there were almost none: Joe Burrow was the first overall pick, and he's more than proven himself worthy of it. Justin Herbert was the sixth pick of the first round and he too is a topnotch NFL quarterback. Cole Kmet was the first TE taken, at pick 43 of the second round (and just the third White player drafted). Logan Wilson was the first pick of the third round, which also saw Tanner Muse selected and then thoroughly screwed by the Raiders. An athletic specimen with outstanding size and speed, Jon Gruden decided to switch Muse from safety to linebacker but he never got a legitimate opportunity at either position and has since bounced around the league as a WSTD.

Now, since the first two rounds were some 94% Black, it must have been filled with amazing athletes, future All Pros galore, right? But were they? Let's take a closer look, and this will exclude the 9 Black offensive linemen who were taken in the first two rounds. These are the players the scouts, draft "gurus" and various other self-appointed "experts" along with GMs and coaching staffs thought so highly of that Whites were all but totally excluded from the most important rounds of the 2020 Draft:

- DE Chase Young - the second overall pick of the draft has been a huge bust by any measurement. Just 22 sacks and 131 combined tackles through five seasons, anything but a "generational talent." The ritually and still denounced Mike Mamula had a better career than Chase Young with 31.5 sacks and 209 combined tackles in five seasons. There's a good reason why radical left anti-White ESPN hasn't updated its "leading busts" show since the 1990s.
- DT Derrick Brown - 8 career sacks.
- LB Isaiah Simmons - like Young he was supposed to be a generational talent but has only been able to be a part-time player over five seasons with the Cardinals and Giants.
- CB C. J. Henderson- bust.
- WR Henry Ruggs - bust as a receiver, now in prison after being convicted of causing the death of a woman while driving over 100 mph while drunk.
- DT Javon Kinlaw. 9.5 career sacks, bust.
- WR Jerry Jeudy - not an outright bust but it took him five seasons to finally crack the thousand yard receiving mark.
- CB Damon Arnette - total bust, out of the league since the '21 season.
- LB K'Lavon Chaisson - 105 combined tackles in 5 seasons, bust.
- WR Jalen Reagor - total bust, 86 career receptions in 5 seasons.
- LB Kenneth Murray - disappointment, not a bust but far from living up to the hype and expectations.
- CB Noah Igbinoghene - has only started 5 games in 5 years, 84 career tackles, 1 interception.
- CB Jeff Gladney - out of the NFL after one season.
- RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire - the first running back drafted in '20, a big bust with just 1,891 career rushing yards.
- DE Yetur Gross-Matos - has only started 22 games in five seasons, bust.
- DT Ross Blacklock - total bust, started 3 games, now out of the league.
- WR Laviska Shenault - just 163 catches for 1,587 yards, a not so sparkling average of 9.7 yards per reception, big bust.
- WR K. J. Hamler - 42 career catches, now out of the league, huge bust.
- DE Marlon Davidson - started 4 games in 2 seasons, now out of the league.
- WR Chase Claypool - prima donna deluxe who had a nice rookie season but went markedly downhill every season after, now without a team, bust.
- RB Cam Akers - 2,025 career rushing yards in 5 seasons.
- DE A. J. Epenesa - just 17 starts in 5 seasons, 21.5 sacks and 64 solo tackles, bust.
- DE Raekwon Davis - 2 sacks and 144 combined tackles in 5 years.
- WR Denzel Mims - huge bust with 42 career catches and currently without a team but will undoubtedly still get more chances due to his mouth watering upside.
- OLB Josh Uche - just 86 combined tackles and 20.5 sacks in 5 seasons in the league.
- RB - A. J. Dillon - heralded as a big back with speed but quickly turned into a big back who is as slow as a turtle, 2,428 rushing yards in 5 seasons.

 

[Don Wassall]

2021 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 18.1%, 47 out of 259 drafted, which includes 3 kickers/punters

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 20 out of 105, or 19.0%

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 3/32
Round 2: 10/32
Round 3: 7/41
Round 4: 5/39
Round 5: 7/40
Round 6: 7/44
Round 7: 8/31

By position:
QB: 7/10
RB: 1/18
FB: 1/1
WR: 2/36
TE: 5/11
OT: 11/25
OG: 6/13
C: 7/8
DT: 0/21
DE: 0/32
LB: 3/21
S: 1/20
CB: 0/38
K/P/LS: 3/4

Notes: Trevor Lawrence was the first overall pick in 2021, followed by Zach Wilson. Trey Lance went third, Justin Fields 11th, and Mac Jones 15th. Lance was a mega-bust, but only Lawrence has been successful and he's not lived up to expectations at times. Bad landing spots contributed, but the great ones show enough to overcome that eventually. No other White players were taken in the first round.

LB Pete Werner was taken in the second round, one of just four White defensive players selected in the entire draft, not even any crumbs in the last rounds went to DTs and DEs, which were coal black, with safety Brady Breeze going in the sixth round. LBs Garrett Wallow (5th round) and Ben Niemann (6th) rounded out the microscopic White contingent on defense.

Four White OTs went in the second round, following five Black ones in Round One. Four White centers also went in Round 2, as did TE Pat Freiermuth the first overachiever taken at that position. The seventh round gave us RB Jake Funk, and WRs Ben Skowronek and Dax Milne, who was the next to last pick of the draft. Milne is out of the league, Skowronek is a WSTD who catches a few passes, while Funk had a genuine opportunity to establish himself as a rookie with the Rams but got injured, his bugaboo going back to his days at Maryland, and has since bounced around the league, his last stat line being two carries for the Colts in '23.

Since we jokingly refer to White football players at many positions as "overachievers," maybe we should call Black ones "underachievers," as the first two rounds of the 2021 Draft were loaded with them, including the following, in the order in which they were drafted:

- QB Trey Lance - The 49ers were smart enough to recognize their mistake early and traded Lance to Dallas, where he's been holding a clipboard the past two years. Surely Lance will be one of many Black busts at QB featured if/when ESPN produces a new all-time bust show, but they just can't let go of Ryan Leaf and Heath Shuler after all these years.
- TE Kyle Pitts - taken fourth overall, he was supposed to instantly be the greatest tight end in league history. Nope. He did have a very nice rookie year, being one of a very few TEs to go over 1,000 yards as a rookie, but his three seasons since then have resulted in 356, 667, and 602 yards, run of the mill results at best. Given his draft position and the hype he received, Pitts is a bust.
- CB Jaycee Horn - just 153 combined tackles in four seasons along with 5 picks. Moderate bust.
- QB Justin Fields - he can run but he can't pass. DWFs were thrilled when Fields was drafted to replace Mitch Trubisky but he turned out to be worse. His highwater marks for passing are just 2,562 yards and 17 passing TDs. Now with Pittsburgh his limitless untapped "upside" makes it likely he'll be starting for the Steelers in 2025.
- LB Zaven Collins - has had more than 33 solo tackles just once in four years while making almost no big plays, big bust.
- OT Alex Leatherwood - even many in the media couldn't believe it when the Raiders took Leatherwood with the 17th pick. Cut four games into his second season and out of the league since. Huge bust.
- LB Jamin Davis - drafted by Washington, who cut him in '24, picked up by three teams since, had a grand total of 18 tackles last season, bust.
- WR Kadarius Toney - great at having crucial drops, committing stupid penalties and throwing sideline tantrums, Toney is already on his third team and you can bet he isn't out of chances yet even though his rookie season total of just 420 receiving yards is the only time he's topped 171 yards. He had one target and no catches for 2024, mega-bust.
- CB Caleb Farley - has started three games in four seasons, big bust.
- CB Greg Newsome - demoted to a backup role in '24, has never exceeded 49 combined tackles in a season and has 3 career interceptions, bust
- WR Rashod Bateman - in four years his best marks in a season have been 46 receptions and 756 yards, bust but did come on the second half of '24.
- DE Payton Turner - has yet to start a game and has career totals of 30 combined tackles and 5 sacks, big bust.
- DE Jayson Oweh - in four seasons has totaled 138 combined tackles and 23 sacks, has started just 23 games, bust.
- DE Joe Tryon - similar to Oweh above, has just 138 combined tackles in his four year career to go with 15 sacks, bust.
- DT Levi Onwuzurike - just 10 career starts, 68 combined tackles for his career and 3.5 sacks, bust.
- CB Kelvin Joseph - now on his third team, has 3 career starts, 40 combined tackles and 0 interceptions, big bust.
- WR Rondale Moore - 435 yards is his most for a season, spent '24 on IR, bust.
- DE Azeez Ojulari - has been mostly a backup, paltry career total of 107 combined tackles and 22 sacks, bust.
- WR D'Wayne Eskridge - all of 20 catches total in four seasons, bust.
- WR Tutu Atwell - 99 career catches in four seasons, bust.
- WR Terrace Marshall - currently on his third team, has 67 receptions total for four seasons, big bust.
- QB Kellon Mond - cycled through four teams, now out of the league, finished with 3 pass attempts for 5 yards, bust.
- DE Carlos Basham - "Boogie" has yet to start a game, has 26 solo tackles in four seasons, major bust.

 

[Don Wassall]

2022 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 21.8%, 57 out of 262 drafted, which includes 5 kickers/punters

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 20 out of 105, or 19.0%

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 6/32
Round 2: 5/32
Round 3: 9/41
Round 4: 11/38
Round 5: 5/36
Round 6: 12/42
Round 7: 9/41

By position:
QB: 6/9
RB: 0/22
FB: 1/1
WR: 2/27
TE: 11/18
OT: 10/25
OG: 5/17
C: 6/6
DT: 0/18
DE: 4/23
LB: 7/31
S: 0/19
CB: 0/37
K/P/LS: 5/5

Notes: 20 Whites taken out of 105 players drafted in the first three rounds, the exact same as the year before, impressive even for the dull sameness of the Caste System. Absurd numbers of defensive tackles and cornerbacks were drafted per usual, to replace some of the huge number of busts that are taken every year at those positions.

This was not a memorable draft for White QBs. Kenny Pickett was the only one taken in the first round. The next one was Matt Corral with the 98th pick, after Desmond Ridder and Malik Willis had gone in the third round ahead of him. The only quarterback of note from the 2022 Draft, given that Pickett has struggled and is currently a backup with the Eagles, is Mr. Irrelevant Brock Purdy, who has been outstanding for the 49ers. Sam Howell was drafted in the fifth round and has plenty of talent but he'll need to find a better organization if he's to get another shot at starting.

Aidan Hutchinson was the second overall pick, after fellow DE Travon Walker. Walker has been pretty good; Hutchinson has been outstanding before being sidelined early in the '24 season by a serious injury. Walker was drafted by Jacksonville, Hutchinson by Detroit. One is a perennial loser, the other a perennial loser turned winner by a new regime led by head coach Dan Campbell. Enough said. OG Cole Strange, OT Trevor Penning, and DE George Karlaftis also went in the first round.

The second round featured WR Alec Pierce, TE Trey McBride, and LB Troy Andersen. Pierce could be an annual thousand yard-plus receiver on a team with a professional level passing attack; sadly he remains stuck with one of the worst passers in league history. McBride was the first tight end off the board and has been topnotch, while Andersen is brimming with talent but has suffered one injury after another his first three seasons. LB Chad Muma, DE Cam Thomas, and LB Leo Chenal were taken in the third round.

Kyle Philips was the only other White WR drafted, in the fifth round. Philips' NFL career started off great as he led the Titans with 6 catches for 66 yards in his first game, and then it was straight downhill from there. He had just 2 more receptions the rest of his rookie season and then just 15 in '23, before being waived in '24 and ending up on Philadelphia's practice squad and having no stats last year. The dreaded racial apprenticeship was partly to blame, but Philips is also another White player who can't stay healthy long enough to take advantage of any opportunities he's given.

LB Malcolm Rodriguez went in Round 6, while FB Zander Horvath was taken in the seventh. Pre-Caste System, Horvath would have been drafted to be a team's starting running back, but now he like so many other White power backs have to be satisfied with being White Special Teams Demons, and a sometimes extra offensive lineman in the backfield who might get a touch every blue moon. Horvath has been waived by four different teams and his career numbers are 8 yards rushing and 8 yards receiving.

Generally speaking, it's hard to definitively call someone a bust after just three seasons, but there's no shortage of candidates from this draft, led by WR Treylon Burks, who has just 53 receptions for 699 yards and 1 TD through three seasons. He was woefully out of shape reporting to training camp for his rookie season and things haven't improved since.

 

[ximasa]

Great post! I think 2025 will be another 2015/2020 , a bad year considering it's a small year for QB/O line, and not too many white athletes being hyped from draft sites.

 

[Don Wassall]

Thanks, Ximasa.

2023 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 18.9%, 49 out of 259 drafted, which includes 6 kickers/punters

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 16 out of 102, or 15.7%

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 4/31
Round 2: 7/32
Round 3: 5/39
Round 4: 8/33
Round 5: 8/42
Round 6: 7/40
Round 7: 10/42

By position:
QB: 9/14
RB: 0/19
FB: 0/0
WR: 1/33
TE: 11/15
OT: 7/20
OG: 4/14
C: 6/8
DT: 2/20
DE: 1/31
LB: 2/20
S: 0/20
CB: 1/38
K/P/LS: 6/6

Notes: Cornerback Riley Moss drafted in the third round, the first White CB taken, at least fairly early, in who knows how long. Even the athletic specimen Jason Sehorn was drafted as a safety and had to waste the first two years of his career serving a racial apprenticeship as a backup at that position before being moved to CB his third season. But of course no White safeties were drafted, just one White defensive end -- Lukas Van Ness in the first round -- just one White guard before the seventh round, only two White linebackers, and most notably of all, this was the first time the first three quarterbacks selected were Black.

Bryce Young, C. J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson went first, second and fourth overall respectively. Young looked like a megabust his rookie season but improved in '24 with the jury still out on whether he will ever justify where he was taken, most likely not. Stroud had an excellent rookie season but regressed his second one. Richardson so far looks like a colossal bust. Will Levis was the first White QB taken, with the second pick of the second round.

Peter Skoronski was drafted with the 11th overall pick, but as a guard instead of a tackle, with the idiotic "short arms" excuse being used to justify the increasing takeover of the tackle position by "long arms." Four of the first five tackles drafted were Black. LB Jack Campbell and TE Dalton Kincaid joined Van Ness as the other overachievers who went in the first round.

TEs Sam LaPorta, Michael Mayer, Luke Musgrave and Luke Schoonmaker were all drafted in the second round along with Levis and two centers. Injury-plagued linebacker Drew Sanders went in Round 3 along with TE Tucker Kraft and Moss. Charlie Jones in Round 4 was the token White receiver among the 33 drafted. Other notables that round included Jake Haener, Stetson Bennett, Aidan O'Connell and DE/OLB Nick Herbig.

DTs Scott Matlock in the sixth round and Raymond Vohasek in the seventh made up '23's larger than usual White contingent of precisely two. All one has to do is follow Strong Man competitions to know what a joke the black monopoly on defensive tackle is, just as it is for the rest of the defensive positions in the Caste NFL.

 

[Don Wassall]

2024 NFL Draft

Overall White percentage: 18.7%, 48 out of 257 drafted, which includes 4 kickers/punters

Number of Whites taken in the first three rounds: 21 out of 100, or 21.0%

Whites by Round:
Round 1: 7/32
Round 2: 8/32
Round 3: 6/37
Round 4: 7/35
Round 5: 4/41
Round 6: 10/44
Round 7: 6/37

By position:
QB: 5/10
RB: 2/20
FB: 0/0
WR: 3/34
TE: 7/12
OT: 3/23
OG: 8/18
C: 9/12
DT: 2/24
DE: 0/20
LB: 3/20
S: 1/22
CB: 1/36
K/P/LS: 4/4

Notes: Again, a terribly low percentage of Whites taken, 18.7%, which drops to 17.1% without the four kickers/punters drafted. But this draft had more "outliers" than usual, though as always we'll have to wait and see how many of them end up getting legitimate opportunities to succeed.

Brock Bowers went tenth overall and easily had the best rookie season by a TE in league history. WR Ladd McConkey was taken with the second pick of the second round and he too had a great rookie year. Ricky Pearsall went at the end of the first round, and after overcoming a couple injuries followed by being shot, came on strong at the end of the season, going 18/247/2 in San Fran's final three games.

RBs Will Shipley and Dylan Laube went in the fourth and sixth rounds respectively. Shipley spent his rookie year as a third stringer and WSTD before getting mop-up duty in the NFC championship game and exploding for 77 yards on 4 carries to go with 3 kickoff returns for 88 yards. Laube got a single carry, fumbled, and didn't touch the ball again all season. Saying that White running backs are often on very short leashes is a tremendous understatement, as FA RB Carson Steele also found out. Cody Schrader, who easily led the SEC in rushing in 2023, went undrafted and spent almost all of '24 as a healthy scratch by the Rams.

Safety Cole Bishop was drafted in the second round. After battling injuries in training camp he became a starter late in the season due to injuries to other Bills safeties and acquitted himself well. DT Braden Fiske was a second round pick, also very rare for a paleface at that position. Cornerback Cooper DeJean, widely predicted to be a first round pick, lasted until the second round when the Eagles were wise to take him. DeJean gives every indication of being as good or better than Jason Sehorn, the last White CB "allowed" much starting time at that ultra-taboo position.

LB Payton Wilson went near the end of the third round, WR Luke McCaffrey with the round's last pick. Wilson was easily the best prospective linebacker in the draft but ended up being the seventh LB taken, supposedly because of injury concerns. McCaffrey's rookie year started off with promise but quickly devolved into being the start of a racial apprenticeship.

The first three QBs taken in '23 were Black; in '24 Blacks once again went one-two. Caleb Williams struggled big-time, unable to read defenses and holding onto the ball way too long. Jayden Daniels had a terrific rookie year, but as always, time will tell the tale when it comes to how good quarterbacks turn out to be. Drake Maye went third overall and showed a lot of promise on a simply wretched team, oh how the Patriots have fallen once they decided to "copy" the league's super-black teams. J. J. McCarthy was taken eleventh and looked very good in the preseason before suffering a season-ending knee injury. Bo Nix looks like the steal of the draft at 12th overall, with some ridiculing the pick at the time just as the 49ers drafting Pearsall in the first round was mocked, but Sean Payton is an excellent judge of quarterbacks.

OT Joe Alt was the fifth pick overall but the next seven tackles taken were Black and 20 out of 23 overall. Tackle and quarterback are the two positions that have gotten noticeably blacker in recent years.

I will summarize the data in this thread when I have time. There's a lot of it and it'll take some cipherin' to get the final numbers for 25 years of drafts.

 

[Don Wassall]

These numbers should be accurate, not perfect but very close. If anyone catches any errors let me know and I'll correct them. I only came across a couple punters, kickers and long snappers who weren't White so just the total is given for that category. Sometimes players were just listed as "edge" so I made a judgment call whether to list them as a DE or LB. Some others were listed as "DB," which to me usually indicated a safety. 2000 through 2008 doesn't include the percentage of Whites drafted in the first three rounds so if Leonardfan or someone else wants to get those numbers have at it and they can be added to the totals below. So here goes:

2000 - 60 Whites drafted out of 254 players - 23.6%
2001 - 53 of 241 - 21.9%
2002 - 64 of 256 - 24.6%
2003 - 66 of 259 - 25.4%
2004 - 79 of 249 - 31.7%
2005 - 73 of 250 - 29.2%
2006 - 58 of 251 - 23.1%
2007 - 61 of 249 - 24.4%
2008 - 62 of 248 - 25.0%
2009 - 55 of 256 - 21.5% first three rounds 12 of 100 - 12%
2010 - 58 of 255 - 22.7% first three rounds 15 of 98 - 15.3%
2011 - 51 of 254 - 20.0% first three rounds 14 of 97 - 14.4%
2012 - 58 of 253 - 23.0% first three rounds 20 of 95 - 21%
2013 - 60 of 254 - 23.6% first three rounds 20 of 95 - 21%
2014 - 56 of 256 - 21.9% first three rounds 21 of 100 - 21%
2015 - 39 of 256 - 15.2% first three rounds 13 of 99 - 13.1%
2016 - 64 of 253 - 25.3% first three rounds 21 of 98 - 21.4%
2017 - 46 of 253 - 18.2% first three rounds 15 of 97 - 15.5%
2018 - 60 of 256 - 23.4% first three rounds 23 of 100 - 23%
2019 - 56 of 254 - 22.0% first three rounds 19 of 100 - 19%
2020 - 42 of 255 - 16.5% first three rounds 9 of 106 - 8.5%
2021 - 47 of 259 - 18.1% first three rounds 20 of 105 - 19%
2022 - 57 of 262 - 21.8% first three rounds 20 of 105 - 19%
2023 - 49 of 259 - 18.9% first three rounds 16 of 102 - 15.7%
2024 - 48 of 257 - 18.7% first three rounds 21 of 100 - 21%

The percentage of White players drafted continues to slowly fall, and the number taken in the first three rounds is the best illustration of just how marginalized Whites have become in the NFL as most players in the later rounds fail to establish themselves in the league.

Number and percentage at each position, 2000-2024:

- Quarterback - 224 of 304 White - 73.7%
- Fullback - 30 of 73 White - 41%
- Running Back - 12 of 483 White - 2.5%
- Wide Receiver - 57 of 807 White - 7.1%
- Tight End - 196 of 353 White - 55.5%
- Center - 133 White out of 178 -- 74.7%
- Offensive Guard - 161 of 369 White - 43.6%
- Offensive Tackle - 203 of 512 White - 39.6%
- Place Kicker, Punter, Long Snapper -- 111 chosen, all but 2 or 3 of them White
- Defensive Tackle - 45 of 516 White - 8.7%
- Defensive End - 91 of 558 White - 16.3%
- Linebacker - 142 of 786 White - 18.1%
- Safety - 46 of 550 White - 8.4%
- Cornerback - 3 of 767 White - .39%

A lower percentage of Whites were drafted at several positions over time. 46 safeties was somewhat surprising but a lot of them were taken in the early years of this century. The percentages of defensive tackles, offensive tackles and quarterbacks are also trending in the direction of fewer Whites over time. And keep in mind that many of these players were drafted in rounds 5, 6 and 7, meaning lots of them were quickly out of the league.

 

[Gator Dad]

Great work with all the numbers. Do you have the percentage for centers? That's consistently been one of the whitest positions.

 

[Don Wassall]

Great work with all the numbers. Do you have the percentage for centers? That's consistently been one of the whitest positions.

Thanks, I accidentally omitted the centers. 133 out of 178 or 74.7% White. Added to the above post as well.

 

[TwentyTwo]

Top Notch stuff! Don! Appreciate the trip down memory lane with so many of those names. The years go by so easily!
And thanks to Leonardfan for starting this up! Excellent idea for research purposes!

Seeing all of the Starting Players on the College Team previews and studying trends not much of a surprise ...23% a benchmark for the Draft
HS Recruiting Service pipeline has been a steady stream in the uphill battle.

Nice little climb 2004 (31.7%) & 2005 (29%)
Steady decline like you have said ever since ....4 of the last 5 years only in the Teens % is not very encouraging. Like getting the table scraps and WOW to 2015 Lowest of the Low @ just 15.2%!
Hopefully 2025 is closer to the 2016 (25.3%)

If QBs are anywhere near 50-50% seems Drafts are in the Teens...Tight End continues to impress. Hopefully seeing a slight uptick in DBs; if 4 White WRs are Drafted generally considered a Win sadly.

 

[Heralded_Defender]

The NBA drafts could potentially start trending whiter than the NFL.

SI mock draft for 2025 today:
20/59 = 34%

2024: 15/58 = 26%
2023: 6/58 = 10%
2022: 10/58: 17%
2021: 13/60: 21.6%

 

[Heralded_Defender]

The NBA drafts could potentially start trending whiter than the NFL.

SI mock draft for 2025 today:
20/59 = 34%

2024: 15/58 = 26%
2023: 6/58 = 10%
2022: 10/58: 17%
2021: 13/60: 21.6%

Although I did include an Israeli or two in there as well as a half Asian which a lot here probably disagree withc