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File EDGE-47 · National rank 430 · 2027 class

Beau Atkinson

#12· Ohio State ·EDGE ·R-Sr ·2027 Draft · Raleigh, NC
6'6"Height 258 lbWeight
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My Grade
6.2/10
Priority UDFA
Current · UDFA Territory
5.7 Floor range 1.0 Ceiling 6.7
6.7/10
Day 3 Caliber
Ceiling · +0.5
5.7/10
Priority UDFA
Floor · −0.5
Ceiling: 2026 rotation (LE2) — some opportunity; close to ceiling (+0.5) · up-year team.
Floor: Some college production — moderate floor; downside −0.5.
Grade not yet reviewed
8.9+ Round 1 Caliber
7.8+ Day 2 Caliber
6.7+ Day 3 Caliber
5.6+ Priority UDFA
4.4+ UDFA
3.3+ Long Shot
2.2+ Raw Prospect
1.1+ Deep Project
0.0+ Non-Prospect
Grade History
6.2 2025
Re-graded after each season · 2025 is the beta baseline.
Scouting Notes

Long-levered edge — 6-6, 258 — with a proven sack season on the resume and a confounding one right after it. Atkinson piled up 7.5 sacks at North Carolina in 2024, transferred to Ohio State, and mostly vanished: one sack and 11 tackles across nine games in a loaded rotation. Which year is real is the entire evaluation. The UNC tape says productive rusher — 11 career sacks before Columbus — while the 2025 season says depth piece who could not win snaps at the elite level. Spring reports out of Ohio State have him surging in the end competition, and he has said plainly he was disappointed and intends to go out with a bang. However, until the 2026 sack count answers the question, the most recent evidence caps the grade. Fringe, priority-free-agent line today with a genuine Day 3 rebound path — the length and the 2024 production do not just disappear.