2010 NFL Draft
Descriptive results for how the 2010 class added value over time. Class totals as of 2025: 4,578 career AV, 136 Pro Bowls, 35 AP1 All-Pros.
DESCRIPTIVE → ADJUSTED
Follow the class result into model evidence
The totals on this page describe what happened. Player profiles show pick-level support adjusted for slot, position, era, and observed career window; GM profiles connect those picks to the maturity-adjusted headline estimate.
Class value over time
Descriptive cumulative "value units" across all 255 picks, summed year-by-year. Value = games started + 5×Pro Bowl + 10×AP1 + 3×AP2 per player-season, then summed across the class. Earlier draft classes sit behind the highlighted 2010 line on the same seasons-since-draft axis, so the slope shows whether a class matured fast or needed time.
Top 10 picks by career AV
Ordered by PFR weighted Approximate Value across the player's full career (any team).
| Pick | Player | Pos | Team | GM | Career AV | Team GP | Career PB | Career AP1 | HOF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Trent Williams | T | WAS | Bruce Allen | 109 | 120 | 12 | 3 | |
| 1.2 | Ndamukong Suh | DT | DET | Martin Mayhew | 100 | 78 | 5 | 3 | |
| 6.195 | Antonio Brown | WR | PIT | Kevin Colbert | 92 | 130 | 7 | 4 | |
| 4.120 | Geno Atkins | DT | CIN | Mike Brown / Duke Tobin | 89 | 161 | 8 | 2 | |
| 1.14 | Earl Thomas | DB | SEA | John Schneider | 82 | 125 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1.18 | Maurkice Pouncey | C | PIT | Kevin Colbert | 78 | 134 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2.42 | Rob Gronkowski | TE | NE | Bill Belichick | 78 | 115 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1.15 | Jason Pierre-Paul | DE | NYG | Jerry Reese | 74 | 111 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1.27 | Devin McCourty | DB | NE | Bill Belichick | 71 | 205 | 2 | ||
| 2.33 | Rodger Saffold | T | LAR | Billy Devaney | 71 | 114 | 2 |
Lower-AV early-round picks (rounds 1–2, AV < 15)
A descriptive filter for first- and second-round picks with full-career weighted AV below 15. It does not account for the expectation at each draft slot and is not a model verdict on the pick.
| Pick | Player | Pos | Team | GM | AV | YoT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.43 | Sergio Kindle | LB | BAL | Ozzie Newsome | 0 | 3 |
| 2.41 | Torell Troup | DT | BUF | Buddy Nix | 2 | 2 |
| 2.48 | Jimmy Clausen | QB | CAR | Marty Hurney | 3 | 6 |
| 2.35 | Brian Price | DT | TB | Mark Dominik | 4 | 2 |
| 2.59 | Montario Hardesty | RB | CLE | Tom Heckert | 4 | 3 |
| 2.39 | Arrelious Benn | WR | TB | Mark Dominik | 8 | 8 |
| 2.53 | Jermaine Cunningham | LB | NE | Bill Belichick | 8 | 4 |
| 2.49 | Taylor Mays | DB | SF | Trent Baalke | 9 | 6 |
| 2.50 | Javier Arenas | DB | KC | Scott Pioli | 9 | 5 |
| 2.34 | Chris Cook | DB | MIN | Rick Spielman | 10 | 5 |
All picks (255) · sortable below
Each player name links to their year-by-year career page. Each team links to its GM history page.
How to read this
- "Value units" on the chart is a deliberately simple proxy: per player-season, games-started + 5×PB + 10×AP1 + 3×AP2. It's not a dollar value or θ; it's a single growth-curve number that lets us watch the class mature.
- Pre-2013 picks have no per-game snap data → their games-started is approximated from career_games / years-on-team. Their on-chart contribution is dominated by honors.
- Career AV is PFR's weighted Approximate Value (full-career, any team).
- "On-team" honors only: PB/AP1/AP2 counts above are restricted to seasons on the drafting team. A player traded after Year 4 only gets credit for honors earned in years 1-4.
- Active careers still accreting value: this year's chart endpoint isn't the final answer for any class with active players.