Correctly predicting every pick in the first round of the NFL Draft is impossible, but some are far better at mock drafts than most. Jason Boris, a 46-year-old grant manager for the state of Pennsylvania, may be the king of them all.
According to The Huddle Report — a website that has tracked the accuracy of mock drafts since 2002 — Boris is the most accurate mock drafter over the past five years, with an average score of 48.2, far better than other, more celebrated selectors.
In 2025, Boris topped all mock drafters tracked by The Huddle Report except Nick Jacobs of KSHB-TV in Kansas City and Cory Rindone of The Huddle Report. This year, Boris scored far better than Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network, Peter Schrager of ESPN and veteran NFL writer Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times. (Per The Huddle Report, the mock drafts of ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. aren’t included because he typically posts his final mock after the site’s deadline, 11:59 p.m. CT the night before the draft. He would’ve scored 47 this year.)
The Huddle Report’s scoring system gives mock drafts one point for each player placed in Round 1 and two points for a player-team match. In 2024, Boris correctly projected 29 of 32 players in the first round and matched 15 with the team that selected them. His score of 59 tied for the highest in The Huddle Report history. In 2025, he scored 51, correctly selecting 29 players who went in the first round and matching 11 to the team that selected them.
Boris has never been a scout and has no inside information. So, what’s secret?
“To me, the draft is like a puzzle, and it’s trying to fit the pieces into the puzzle,” Boris told Yardbarker recently. “You start with your borders, which for me is like the quarterbacks, and then you kind of try to fit in all the other pieces.”
