If bookmakers are right, C.J. Stroud is going No. 2 in tonight’s NFL Draft.
The Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback’s odds of being drafted second overall went from +250 at FanDuel to -6000 (98.3 percent implied probability) in less than an hour – with some books taking it off the board entirely mere minutes before the draft began.
Alabama linebacker Will Anderson had been a -300 favorite to be picked at No. 2 earlier on Thursday.
Anderson is now +600 to be drafted at No. 2, while Kentucky quarterback Will Levis is at +2200.
The Houston Texans currently hold the second pick, barring a last minute trade.
The massive odds shift means that one or many bettors have thrown down large sums of money on Stroud to go No. 2 – implying that credible information is out there.
Nothing is final until Roger Goodell reads the name off the Texans’ draft card
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is a -20000 favorite to go No. 1 overall to the Panthers.
Stroud’s wild odds shift has shades of Paolo Banchero’s ahead of the 2022 NBA Draft.
The Duke forward was +1000 or higher to be the top pick in the days leading up to the draft, before plummeting to -250 the day of.
The Magic did, indeed, end up selecting Banchero with that pick.