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I'll do the past 6 years through 2019. Probably too soon to judge 2020. My methodology is complete crap...random...and not useful. Deal with it. Essentially I gave each player a grade relative to the resources used to acquire them. I created a cumulative GPA for each draft class. But I also added up the points for every class to give a "total score".
2015 (GPA 1.7, Total score 12)-
Peat: snuck into pro bowl, new mega-contract (A-)
Anthony: one year of meh production but otherwise non-contributor (F)
Kikaha: one year of average production (C-)
Grayson: non-contributor (F)
P. Williams: solid back-up at times (C)
Tull: non-contributor
Davison: solid starter, received contract from other team (B)
Swann: non-contributor
Murphy: non-contributor
2016 (GPA 3.3, Total score 13.2)-
Rankins: semi competent starter/back-up, didn't get a second contract (C)
Thomas: all-pro, new mega contract (A+)
V. Bell: solid starter for a few years, didn't get a second contract (B)
Onyemata: solid starter for years, received second contract (A)
Lasco: Non-contributor
2017 (GPA 3.6, Total score 21.5)
Lattimore: pro-bowl, 5th year option picked up (A)
Ramczyk: pro-bowl, 5th year option picked up (A+)
M. Williams: solid starter, biggest individual choke in NFL history, franchised (B)
Kamara: perennial pro-bowler, new mega-contract (A+)
Anzalone: semi competent starter/back-up, didn't get second contract (C)
Hendrickson: strong starter x 1 year, solid back up, received large contract by different team (A)
Muhammed: Non-contributor
2018 (GPA 2.4, Total score 4.8)-
Davenport: semi competent starter/back-up, 5th year option picked up (C)
T. Smith: Solid back-up/role player (B-)
Leonard: non-contributor
Jamerson: non-contributor
K. Moore: non-contributor
B. Scott: cut, but then became contributor on other team
Clapp: meh back-up
2019 (GPA 3.9, Total Score 7.75)-
E. McCoy: solid starter with potential to be pro bowler (A)
Gardner-Johnson: one of a kind, great role player (A-)
Hampton: non-contributor
Mack: non-contributor
Elliss: practice squad guy/back-up
So, based on my horrible, non-scientific "study" the 2019 draft class had the high hit rate (highest cumulative GPA), but 2017 had the highest total contribution (total score). The 2015 and 2018 draft classes are easily the worst during that time frame, scoring low in both GPA and total score.
Limitations of the study include having a difficulty determining what to do with the non-contributing later round picks, determination of the scale itself, and where some players fit within that scale.
2015 (GPA 1.7, Total score 12)-
Peat: snuck into pro bowl, new mega-contract (A-)
Anthony: one year of meh production but otherwise non-contributor (F)
Kikaha: one year of average production (C-)
Grayson: non-contributor (F)
P. Williams: solid back-up at times (C)
Tull: non-contributor
Davison: solid starter, received contract from other team (B)
Swann: non-contributor
Murphy: non-contributor
2016 (GPA 3.3, Total score 13.2)-
Rankins: semi competent starter/back-up, didn't get a second contract (C)
Thomas: all-pro, new mega contract (A+)
V. Bell: solid starter for a few years, didn't get a second contract (B)
Onyemata: solid starter for years, received second contract (A)
Lasco: Non-contributor
2017 (GPA 3.6, Total score 21.5)
Lattimore: pro-bowl, 5th year option picked up (A)
Ramczyk: pro-bowl, 5th year option picked up (A+)
M. Williams: solid starter, biggest individual choke in NFL history, franchised (B)
Kamara: perennial pro-bowler, new mega-contract (A+)
Anzalone: semi competent starter/back-up, didn't get second contract (C)
Hendrickson: strong starter x 1 year, solid back up, received large contract by different team (A)
Muhammed: Non-contributor
2018 (GPA 2.4, Total score 4.8)-
Davenport: semi competent starter/back-up, 5th year option picked up (C)
T. Smith: Solid back-up/role player (B-)
Leonard: non-contributor
Jamerson: non-contributor
K. Moore: non-contributor
B. Scott: cut, but then became contributor on other team
Clapp: meh back-up
2019 (GPA 3.9, Total Score 7.75)-
E. McCoy: solid starter with potential to be pro bowler (A)
Gardner-Johnson: one of a kind, great role player (A-)
Hampton: non-contributor
Mack: non-contributor
Elliss: practice squad guy/back-up
So, based on my horrible, non-scientific "study" the 2019 draft class had the high hit rate (highest cumulative GPA), but 2017 had the highest total contribution (total score). The 2015 and 2018 draft classes are easily the worst during that time frame, scoring low in both GPA and total score.
Limitations of the study include having a difficulty determining what to do with the non-contributing later round picks, determination of the scale itself, and where some players fit within that scale.