USA Today

● By Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz
The NFL scouting combine kicks off this week, but for teams, the majority of the work to evaluate players has already been completed. For casual observers, the annual event in Indianapolis might serve as an introduction to some of the names that will come to define the next two months in the lead-up to the 2025 NFL draft. But the interviews, medical checks, testing and drills only serve as the finishing touches to the expansive looks that teams have already given to prospects. Still, there's room for front offices and coaches to be swayed, so prospects will try to put their best foot forward when they hit the field at Lucas Oil Stadium. Here are our pre-combine top 50 rankings for the 2025 NFL draft:

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.