33rd Team

● By Kyle Crabbs
With the 2024 college football season's opening bell still echoing, the march toward a new NFL Draft cycle is underway. There will be a flood of new information about the prospects eligible for next April — and it is essential to allow them to redefine your opinions of them as this season unfolds. But with the opening salvo of NFL games looming this weekend, it is a great time to stop and survey the landscape as we know it. Who are the best of the best eligible for the 2025 NFL Draft? Here's who I think makes the cut as of today. We'll see what the next few months bring to shift the narrative.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 50 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up on this big board.