At this level within the NFL Draft cycle, you realize the possible prime picks, together with Miami quarterback Cam Ward, Colorado cornerback/vast receiver Travis Hunter, Penn State edge-rusher Abdul Carter and Boise State working again Ashton Jeanty.
However what about these anticipated to be picked afterward? These 5 gamers in all probability will not be first-round picks, however they could possibly be drafted sooner than you might suppose.
The 6-foot-2, 206-pound wideout emerged on the nationwide stage in October 2023 in opposition to Colorado after posting a Stanford-record 294 receiving yards and catching an absurd landing over Hunter within the Cardinal’s wild 46-43 double-overtime win.
Ayomanor is a crisp route-runner who’s game-tested. In response to Soccer Insights, his profession 26.9 % contested goal price is the second highest amongst vast receiver prospects.
Ayomanor had a wonderful displaying on the NFL Scouting Mix, posting a 4.44-second 40-yard sprint and a 38.5-inch vertical leap. Per NFL Combine IQ, one of many key thresholds for vast receivers who weigh 205 kilos is a 4.6s 40-yard sprint time or much less, whereas any vertical above 38 inches is taken into account elite.
According to ESPN Analytics’ Draft Day Predictor, Ayomanor has a roughly 85 % probability of being accessible at No. 58, and his most certainly touchdown spot is with the Seahawks within the third spherical (No. 82 total). He needs to be off the board a lot sooner.
Alabama guard Tyler Booker
Booker (6-foot-5, 321 kilos) ranks outdoors the highest 30 in huge boards from ESPN (No. 36) and Pro Football Focus (No. 42) however may go as excessive as No. 14 to the Colts. According to NFL Draft IQ, Indianapolis has a 21 % probability of choosing a lineman with its first-round decide. Throughout free company, the Colts misplaced inside linemen Ryan Kelly and Will Fries to the Vikings.
Sports Info Solutions listed Booker as its No. 1-ranked guard and No. 13 total prospect within the 2025 class and wrote that his “vary, skill to play in area and consciousness in move [protection] will permit him to be a plug-and-play guard within the NFL.”
The three-year junior had a microscopic 0.5 % blown-block price in pass-blocking conditions in 2024. The possibilities of Booker falling out of the primary spherical are slim, and he may go nearer to the highest 10 than many anticipate.
North Carolina working again Omarion Hampton
With a lot consideration deservedly going to Boise State again Ashton Jeanty, do not be stunned if Hampton is chosen shortly after the 2024 Heisman Trophy finalist hears his identify referred to as.
Final season, Hampton (6-foot, 221 kilos) had 281 carries, 1,660 dashing yards and 15 dashing touchdowns. Per Sports activities Data Options, he is the highest receiving again on this class and a keen move blocker with 7.7 pass-protection snaps per recreation in 2024.
In response to Fox Sports activities NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Hampton just lately visited with the Bears, who’ve the No. 10 decide.
The Cowboys (No. 12 total) are one other potential touchdown spot, and it could be stunning to see him fall any decrease than to No. 20 and Denver, the place he could be the “Joker” player head coach Sean Payton seeks.
UCLA edge Oluwafemi Oladejo
Oladejo is receiving important consideration for a participant who ranks outdoors the highest 50 on PFF (No. 60), ESPN (No. 55), SIS (No. 82), NFL.com (No. 81) and The Athletic (No. 64) huge boards.
Per CBS Sports, 10 groups have had top-30 visits with the 6-foot-3, 259-pound four-year senior. Oladejo blossomed in 2024 with the Bruins, main the crew with 5 sacks and 32 complete pressures.
According to Sumer Sports data, he is one of many prime run-defending edge-rushers within the 2025 class, along with his 3.2 % tackle-for-loss price on run performs solely trailing Texas A&M edge Nic Scourton (3.7 %). Sports activities Data Options backs that up, with Oladejo receiving an ideal 99 run protection ranking prior to now two seasons.
Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough
Neglect Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders or Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart. Shough, 25, is that this yr’s most polarizing quarterback prospect, rating within the prime 50 on huge boards from ESPN (No. 38) and The Athletic’s Dane Brugler (No. 50) and outdoors the highest 100 on huge boards from PFF (No. 134), Sports activities Data Options (No. 113) and NFL.com (No. 127).
This yr, there are extra QB-needy groups than quarterbacks with first-round grades. A crew doubtless will attain for a QB effectively earlier than it ought to, however that is the character of the beast. Shough could possibly be the beneficiary of a crew’s desperation.
