2025 NFL Draft: Updated Top 50 Players

The initial "soft" deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NFL draft has come and passed. Let's update our top 50 players.

Scouting is a process.

The rankings we posted in August were based on the tape we’d studied at that time and expectations of growth from key players. Some players met those expectations. Others exceeded them. Some failed.

That’s scouting.

We’re always collecting as much information as possible to give you updated, accurate intel on the top draft prospects in the nation. We watch All-22 tape, we talk to scouts and agents and coaches, and we travel to see players in person. We also comb through data in an effort to gain as many points of information as possible.

So yeah, we work really hard (sarcasm here) and we love sharing the info with you guys.

The below Top 50 big board is updated as of January 7 and could be affected by player decisions to declare for the draft or return to school.

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1. Abdul Carter, DE, Penn State

NFL ceiling: Micah Parsons

2. Travis Hunter, ATH, Colorado

NFL ceiling: Denzel Ward meets DeVonta Smith

3. Will Johnson, CB, Michigan

NFL ceiling: Patrick Surtain II

4. Mason Graham, DT, Michigan

NFL ceiling: Quinnen Williams

5. Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State

NFL ceiling: Bijan Robinson