- The number of two-year starters in a draft class
- The cut-off of two years was used so that we could include as many current drafts as possible
- The number of games started by a player over the course of their career with the team that drafted him
- The number of Pro Bowl selections
- The number of All Pro selections
- The Packers were actually ranked in the top 10 in five of the first six years of the study before earning lower rankings in 2011 and 2012
- The Packers have been in either the top or bottom 10 in each of the eight drafts
- The Seahawks have finished in the top three in the 2010-2012 drafts
- They are the only team with three top three grades
- The 49ers were ranked in the top 10 in each draft from 2005-2007 but only once since then
- Neither the Chargers nor the Raiders had even one top 10 grade
- The Raiders had only one bottom ten grade as well
- The Patriots, with the top won-lost record for 2005-2014 by a comfortable margin, were in the middle of the pack as far as draft grades with three top 10 rankings and three rankings in the bottom 10
- The Saints have finished in the bottom 10 for each of the last four drafts
- The Jaguars and Giants have finished in the bottom 10 for each of the last three drafts
- In addition to its four bottom 10 grades, the Bears have ranked 11th from the bottom on two other occasions
- Every team but the Titans have finished in the bottom ten at least once
