The Athletic

As the college football season kicks off in earnest this week, it is the perfect time to collect data and information on some of the nation’s top prospects, with eyes on the 2025 NFL draft. While it’s way too early to correctly connect any of these players with an NFL club, we can narrow down the players on the NFL’s radar this fall. The Athletic’s Nick Baumgardner (picking for the odd-numbered teams) and Scott Dochterman (even-numbered teams) paired those players with teams 1-32 for our projected first round. (Note: The NFL draft order was established by Austin Mock’s projected win totals for the upcoming NFL season. Here are the projections for the NFC and AFC.)