2025 NFL Draft order, prospects, targets

2025 NFL Draft order, prospects, targets
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Only 14 NFL teams advanced to the postseason and had their minds set on winning the Super Bowl. Eighteen teams were eliminated from playoff contention prior to Wild Card Weekend, and 10 more have joined them after the first two rounds of postseason play. Those teams have little to look forward to but the 2025 NFL Draft. Luckily, the NFL Draft brings hope to all teams involved, especially the teams picking early. Not to mention, the draft is a spectacle these days, and the months leading up to it are some of the most covered in the football world.

We now know what the order for the first 28 picks of the draft will be, so in this article, we are going to take an early look at the 2025 NFL Draft. After all, there were a lot of draft-related implications during the final week of the regular season, including a new team taking over possession of the top pick in the draft.

2025 NFL Draft order (top 24)

  1. Tennessee Titans
  2. Cleveland Browns
  3. New York Giants
  4. New England Patriots
  5. Jacksonville Jaguars
  6. Las Vegas Raiders
  7. New York Jets
  8. Carolina Panthers
  9. New Orleans Saints
  10. Chicago Bears
  11. San Francisco 49ers
  12. Dallas Cowboys
  13. Miami Dolphins
  14. Indianapolis Colts
  15. Atlanta Falcons
  16. Arizona Cardinals
  17. Cincinnati Bengals
  18. Seattle Seahawks
  19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  20. Denver Broncos
  21. Pittsburgh Steelers
  22. Los Angeles Chargers
  23. Green Bay Packers
  24. Minnesota Vikings
  25. Houston Texans
  26. Los Angeles Rams
  27. Baltimore Ravens
  28. Detroit Lions

2025 NFL Draft prospects

  1. Travis Hunter, Colorado, WR/CB
  2. Abdul Carter, Penn State, Edge
  3. Mason Graham, Michigan, DT
  4. Will Johnson, Michigan, CB
  5. Shedeur Sanders, Colorado, QB
  6. Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas, OT
  7. Ashton Jeanty, Boise State, RB
  8. Mykel Williams, Georgia, Edge
  9. James Pearce Jr. Tennessee, Edge
  10. Will Campbell, LSU, OT
  11. Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona, WR
  12. Malaki Starks, Georgia, S
  13. Luther Burden III, Missouri, WR
  14. Cam Ward, Miami, QB
  15. Nic Scourton, Texas A&M, Edge
  16. Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame, CB
  17. Tyler Warren, Penn State, TE
  18. Josh Simmons, Ohio State, OT
  19. Jalon Walker, Georgia, Edge
  20. Kenneth Grant, Michigan, DT

Draft targets for top teams

The 2025 NFL Draft isn’t necessarily considered a stacked draft class, but it certainly is one of the more anticipated drafts in recent memory. That is largely because of the top prospect in the class, Travis Hunter. The receiver/cornerback from Colorado might not go first overall because he doesn’t play the quarterback position, but he will still be highly coveted.

We haven’t seen a true two-way player in over 50 years, but Hunter has a case as both the best receiver and the best cornerback in the draft, and he seems insistent on playing on both sides of the field at the professional level despite many thinking that will be impossible. The Heisman Trophy winner thrived...