Mock Draft
3/31/25
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2025 NFL Mock Draft: Latest Round 1 Projections Three Weeks Before Draft
The 2025 NFL Draft is just more than three weeks away.
With the NFL's owner's meetings underway and teams set to start stacking and finalizing their boards in the coming week or so, we may start to get more insider buzz on how things will shape up at the end of April.
Our latest mock draft uses the team's personnel decisions to guide what may happen when each team comes on the clock.
2025 NFL Mock Draft
1. Tennessee Titans
Selection: Cam Ward, QB, Miami (FL)
The mystery around the Titans' intentions with the No. 1 overall pick seems to have worn off.
Tennessee's new era appears poised to begin with a new quarterback — one whose creative flair for the position mirrors some of the lightning Mike Borgonzi helped bottle up in Kansas City.
2. Cleveland Browns
Selection: Abdul Carter, EDGE, Penn State
Cleveland remains in an interesting spot. Would it succumb to the temptation of a quarterback with a rookie contract on the table?
Or does it feel any level of pressure to win immediately after their regression from 2023? If they go the veteran quarterback route (and no, not just Kenny Pickett…), Carter seems like he's the play at hand.
3. New York Giants
Selection: Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
The Giants have gone heavy into the veteran quarterback market by signing Jamies Winston and Russell Wilson.
Neither is a long-term answer, and the best case Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen may have to save their jobs long-term is to get said quarterback in-house and earn the belief they can win with him throughout 2025.
4. New England Patriots
Selection: Armand Membou, OT, Missouri
Morgan Moses is a solid add for the Patriots, but his presence shouldn't be considered a deterrent from New England adding a long-term tackle piece.
Membou can play inside short-term if needed, and Moses played through injury down the stretch last year as an aging tackle.
5. Jacksonville Jaguars
Selection: Travis Hunter, CB/WR, Colorado
Jacksonville takes advantage of the quarterback thirst in this scenario, landing a position-flexible player who could provide the Jaguars with an answer on either side of the football.
Any player who gives you this much margin for error at the top of the draft should be embraced as an option — especially as the Jaguars seek more star power to raise the ceiling of the roster.
6. Las Vegas Raiders
Selection: Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State
Las Vegas has loaded up. It's young on the offensive line and has a hyper-productive centerpiece in the passing game in Brock Bowers.
Where do the Raiders go from here? How about giving Geno Smith a star to hand the ball off to so this offense can stay well-balanced in 2025 and beyond?
7. New York Jets
Selection: Mason Graham, IDL, Michigan
New York likely would love to have the opportunity to build its skill group for QB Justin Fields. However, it's a deep draft class at tight end, and Mason Graham sliding to No. 7 is too good to pass up in this scenario.
Landing a running mate next to Quinnen Williams gives Aaron Glenn a lot of horsepower on the interior.
8. Carolina Panthers
Selection: Jalon Walker, EDGE, Georgia
The draft rumors have the Panthers in the pass rush market despite their defensive spending spree in free agency. Which pass rusher will they like the best?
Shemar Stewart and Mykel Williams are prototype builds, but Jalon Walker feels like he might be the most fun fit for Ejiro Evero as Carolina looks for a Frankie Luvu replacement…a year after he left.
9. New Orleans Saints
Selection: Will Johnson, CB, Michigan
New Orleans has no shortage of directions it can go. But losing Paulson Adebo hurts in a division that boasts Mike Evans and Chris Godwin as the pair the Saints are trying to chase down in the standings.
Will Johnson, along with Kool Aid McKinstry and Alontae Taylor, gives the Saints a cornerback room they can feel good about for the foreseeable future.
10. Chicago Bears
Selection: Will Campbell, OT, LSU
The offensive line overhaul has hit all three interior spots. But what about left tackle?
Can the Bears be the landing spot that lets Campbell play it out on the edge? If so, it gives Chicago a whole lot of nasty upfront from a group that was missing it in 2024.
11. San Francisco 49ers
Selection: Jahdae Barron, CB, Texas
The 49ers have needs all over the place amid their mass exodus of talent this offseason. The defensive front has been picked over, Dre Greenlaw left on the second level, and we saw Charvarius Ward and Talanoa Hufanga leave the secondary.
Jahdae Barron feels like he could be an outside corner, a nickel, or a safety at any given point. That level of versatility in the secondary can help continue to reshape the 49ers defense.
12. Dallas Cowboys
Selection: Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia
Dallas' defensive front endured a lot last season. Injuries to Marshawn Kneeland and Sam Williams hurt. The lack of emergence from Mazi Smith has hurt the interior, too. Dallas also has a contract negotiation looming with Micah Parsons.
The Cowboys need to protect themselves on many fronts. While signing Solomon Thomas helps with the depth, Dallas has to consider that Sam Williams' deal expires after 2025, too. Mykel Williams has excellent alignment versatility and easy power in his game, making him an attractive possible fit.
13. Miami Dolphins
Selection: Nick Emmanwori, SAF, South Carolina
The Dolphins' draw here is interesting. Membou and Campbell are gone as top linemen — although Miami's needs there are at guard more than tackle. The top cornerback options are also gone with Johnson and Barron.
That leaves this team with a choice between names like Kenneth Grant and Tyler Warren or one of the safeties as the most logical intersection of value and need.
Nick Emmanwori's explosive profile seems to fit the model Miami has pursued this offseason on defense after bringing in Ifeatu Melifonwu at safety and Willie Gay Jr. at linebacker — the Dolphins need more explosive athletes and versatility in the back seven and get the ultimate answer here.
14. Indianapolis Colts
Selection: Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State
Death. Taxes. The Colts getting mocked Tyler Warren at No. 14 if he's on the board. These are the certainties in life, and the fit is too good to change the thought process now.
15. Atlanta Falcons
Selection: Kenneth Grant, IDL, Michigan
The Falcons bid farewell to Grady Jarrett at the start of the league year and now have a lot of snaps open in that defensive rotation up front.
Yes, Ruke Orhorhoro should be expected to take a bigger role as a Year 2 player. But Grant's mix of size and athleticism is a rare blend.
16. Arizona Cardinals
Selection: Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama
Arizona's defense made a huge leap under Jonathan Gannon in Year 2 last season. Now, it's adding pieces to the front seven to be ready for another leap in play.
Few options could tie everything together quite as well as the versatile Campbell would.
17. Cincinnati Bengals
Selection: Grey Zabel, IOL, North Dakota State
With all the dollars the Bengals are sinking into their passing game, they'd be smart to make sure they have the protection group needed for it to fire at maximum capacity.
Zabel could step in and take a starting job straight away from Cody Ford and upgrade the outlook on the interior.
18. Seattle Seahawks
Selection: Matthew Golden, WR, Texas
The Seahawks' offensive pivot needs at least one more piece to tie everything together.
With so many middle-of-the-field winners in the wide receiver room, who is lifting the coverage? Matthew Golden can and would be a great different skill set to add to the mix.
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Selection: Malaki Starks, SAF, Georgia
Tampa making this pick would give it one of the best safety tandems in all of football.
And what a combination it would be. The interchangeability between Starks and Winfield Jr. would make this defense extremely difficult to key pre-snap.
20. Denver Broncos
Selection: Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
Denver got its mismatch pass catcher in the form of Evan Engram in free agency.
Now? Another big-bodied receiver who can win down the field and boasts a large catch radius for Bo Nix to pair on the outside with Courtland Sutton.
21. Pittsburgh Steelers
Selection: Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss
Pittsburgh's playing a dangerous game. It feels like Aaron Rodgers will eventually be the answer. Even if that's the case, he's a bandaid for what has been a critical flaw in the Steelers' roster the past few seasons.
Dart's availability here, amid all the momentum of his heading for the first round, gives Pittsburgh a long-term option to develop as well.
22. Los Angeles Chargers
Selection: Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan
The Chargers have doubled down on their offensive physicality in free agency but need an upgrade with mismatch potential.
Tyler Conklin is a nice floor-raiser at tight end, but Colston Loveland is a ceiling-raiser. His familiarity with the staff from their time in Michigan doesn't hurt either.
23. Green Bay Packers
Selection: Shemar Stewart, EDGE, Texas A&M
Green Bay takes the opportunity here to add one of the most dynamic prospects in the entire draft, Shemar Stewart.
The Packers' development of him will be key to how well the pick pays off, as Lukas Van Ness hasn't made the needed leap to play opposite Rashan Gary.
24. Minnesota Vikings
Selection: Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky
Minnesota's aggressive defensive scheme puts a lot on the cornerbacks at times.
They must be comfortable triggering and attacking spots as pressure comes, and Hairston just so happens to have one of the quickest transitions in the class and offers great ball skills.
25. Houston Texans
Selection: Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State
Houston's offensive line overhaul has been busy. Laremy Tunsil, Shaq Mason, and Kenyon Green are out. Cam Robinson, Trent Brown, Laken Tomlinson, and Ed Ingram are in.
I'm not sure the group is better, but they've done enough to probably justify landing another pass catcher to boost chemistry with C.J. Stroud amid Tank Dell's awful injury to close 2024.
26. Los Angeles Rams
Selection: Carson Schwesinger, LB, UCLA
Nate Landman isn't enough of an addition for me to stop pairing one of my favorite potential fits in the first round. The Rams have one of the most physically dynamic defensive fronts in all of football.
They can add to that by putting a dynamic linebacker like Carson Schwesinger behind it.
27. Baltimore Ravens
Selection: Mike Green, EDGE, Marshall
Baltimore snatches up a gifted pass rusher to add some more young juice to its edge room.
Mike Green can step in and help keep Kyle Van Noy fresh while helping to push or usurp David Ojabo, who hasn't lived up to his potential after a pre-draft injury in 2022.
28. Detroit Lions
Selection: Tyler Booker, OG, Alabama
Detroit is known for its "nasty" play style.
The Lions get a whole lot more of it on the interior with Booker, who can be an upgrade at guard for a team that saw Graham Glasgow take a step back in 2024.
29. Washington Commanders
Selection: Luther Burden, WR, Missouri
Washington is sitting pretty. It addressed left tackle with the trade for Laremy Tunsil and acquired Deebo Samuel to help its young quarterback going into Year 2.
However, Samuel is a short-term fix, and Burden has the big-play ability to be an explosive play monster playing with Jayden Daniels, as Terry McLaurin occupies a lot of attention from opposing defenses.
30. Buffalo Bills
Selection: Darien Porter, CB, Iowa State
The Bills just locked in Christian Benford long-term this past week with an awesome valued contract extension. Still, the other cornerback spot is, well, a bit of a question.
Dane Jackson is currently penciled in as the other starter. Buffalo would likely love to get a more talented option in-house after moving on from Kaiir Elam. Porter has all the length that Buffalo likes and ample potential for coach Sean McDermott to develop.
31. Kansas City Chiefs
Selection: Kelvin Banks, OT, Texas
Kansas City got aggressive with another big-money free agent contract for its offensive line when it signed Jaylon Moore. However, the last time the Chiefs got upstaged in the Super Bowl as they did by Philadelphia, they overinvested in the group to ensure they had the horses needed to fix the unit.
They added Joe Thuney, Creed Humphrey, and Trey Smith…all in the same offseason. After moving on from Thuney, the Chiefs are more than just an ambitious contract to Moore away from righting the ship up front.
32. Philadelphia Eagles
Selection Donovan Ezeiraku, EDGE, Boston College
Howie Roseman loves his pass rushers early in the draft.
After their big Super Bowl win, the Eagles lost Brandon Graham to retirement and Josh Sweat to free agency. This makes them a match made in heaven for Donovan Ezeiraku at the end of the first round.
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