Scouting reports

CBIndiana

A.J. Harris

Harris brings a physical approach to coverage and the willingness to stay involved when the ball goes elsewhere. His NFL role remains disputed, with movement concerns complicating the outside-corner case. His development has to connect disruption at the release with discipline for the rest of the play.

DLTexas Tech

A.J. Holmes Jr.

Holmes makes the strongest NFL case as a quick interior disruptor whose hands and leverage can let him play above his dimensions. The attractive part is a path to useful snaps against both the run and pass; the unresolved part is whether he can control an NFL block when he does not win the initial exchange.

DLOregon

A'Mauri Washington

Washington brings an interior defense the possibility of moving the line of scrimmage rather than merely occupying it. His power can drive a blocker backward, but the important distinction is whether he can control and leave that block in time to affect the ball.

EDGETexas Tech

Adam Trick

Adam Trick’s best route to NFL usefulness runs through his pass-rush craft. He brings a developed set of ways to attack a blocker, an active motor and actual finishing production. The challenge is whether his functional strength can support a broader edge role against larger opponents. His current projection is most convincing as a rotational rusher who earns additional work through better block control, rather than an immediate every-down edge defender whose physical profile answers every assignment.

WRMarshall

Adrian Norton

Adrian Norton is an outside receiver with a meaningful explosive-production season at Akron and a less consistent receiving footprint after moving to Marshall. The combination makes consistency central to his value as an outside target. His productive Akron season earns him a developmental NFL projection, with a steadier receiving role needed before a staff can build a larger passing-game assignment around him. His strongest case is built by turning demonstrated receiving ability into a more dependable week-to-week assignment.

RBMissouri

Ahmad Hardy

Hardy is a compact feature back whose vision, lateral quickness and exceptional contact balance produced consecutive 1,300-yard seasons at two different programs. His recovery from a May gunshot wound will delay the start of 2026, while receiving and pass protection remain the football questions separating an elite runner from a complete three-down back.

DLMiami

Ahmad Moten Sr.

Moten’s clearest route to value is attacking an interior gap before the blocker can organize the rep. His first step can create immediate trouble, but the distinction between penetrating and holding ground is central to deciding how much a defense should ask him to do.

EDGELouisville

AJ Green

AJ Green gives a defense a long, disruptive edge prospect with more than one possible route into the rush plan. He can work from different alignments and contribute to designed movement, rather than depend entirely on winning the same outside race. The next step is making his contact technique as useful as the frame. His NFL projection begins with rotational rush work and room to develop into a larger role. That growth depends on whether he can create separation from the blocker on purpose, not simply generate activity around the pocket.

DLTexas

Alex January

Limited technical evidence

Alex January has moved from a developmental interior prospect into real starting responsibility at Texas. The most defensible NFL starting point is a rotational defensive-tackle evaluation, with the size-and-contact foundation from his recruiting profile now needing to be tested against the complete college work. There are encouraging defensive contributions, but the available detailed technique analysis is dated. This report therefore separates the player Texas has used from the defender the older scouting expected him to become. A broader starting or pass-rush projection needs more recent evidence than the current source collection supplies.

TEPenn State

Andrew Rappleyea

Rappleyea has the density, short-area movement, route flexibility and blocking temperament to become a true three-down tight end. The talent is ahead of the résumé: 20 career catches, one complete season and uneven finishing through contact keep him in projection territory entering 2026.

IOLNotre Dame

Anthonie Knapp

Anthonie Knapp's move to guard gives his tackle experience a different purpose. He has already handled substantial college pass-protection responsibility, and the interior projection can make better use of his run-game angles and willingness to finish. The move does not remove the technical work. His feet and hands still need to remain connected after contact, particularly when a defender changes direction. Knapp is a plausible starting interior lineman whose value lies in turning experience and sound decisions into repeatable blocks, rather than relying on exceptional reach or an overwhelming physical advantage.

GPenn State

Anthony Donkoh

Donkoh is a 334-pound power blocker with starting experience at right tackle and right guard, and his best NFL path is likely inside. A healthy 2026 season must confirm that the upper-body surgery that cost him spring work is behind him and that his heavy hands can offset ordinary lateral recovery.

EDGETexas A&M

Anto Saka

Anto Saka can make an offensive tackle hurry. His first movement threatens the outside edge, and the force behind it gives the blocker a reason to brace for contact as well. That is a useful beginning for an NFL rush package. The larger projection depends on whether the same defender can stay responsible when the offense chooses to run at him. He offers immediate rotational appeal and a possible path to starting work, but pass-rush urgency and dependable edge defense are related skills that still need to be evaluated separately.

RBRutgers

Antwan Raymond

Antwan Raymond can make a running play work by changing when the defender has to decide. His patience and small adjustments behind the line help him use the blocking rather than rush past its opportunity. That is a valuable foundation for an NFL back because it can keep ordinary carries useful even without a spectacular top gear. He also brings a promising passing-down case. The question is whether his angles, receiving consistency and work through contact allow the same dependable approach to survive when professional defenses reduce the available space.

QBTexas

Arch Manning

His 2027 ceiling depends on making the cleaner footwork, quicker decisions and late-2025 accuracy a weekly standard.

CBClemson

Ashton Hampton

Hampton is a long, physical outside corner with the speed, press skill and catch-point control to become a high-end NFL starter. His grade depends on cleaner transitions against quick separators, fewer grabs downfield and more consistent route anticipation away from the boundary.

GOhio State

Austin Siereveld

Siereveld is a guard prospect with meaningful tackle experience, strong contact skills and a clearer route to success when the space around him is controlled. His hands and balance can sustain a block through contact. The question is whether his feet and decisions keep up when the defense changes the collision's location.

DTOregon

Bear Alexander

Bear Alexander combines interior size with movement that can make him more disruptive than a stationary block absorber. His Oregon season strengthened the case for a useful run defender, but it did not settle the entire evaluation. Pad level, hand placement and the way he holds his base still draw different assessments, while the pass-rush production trails the athletic appeal. His clearest NFL path begins in an interior rotation, with a broader role available if the technique becomes as dependable as the physical tools are enticing.

DTMichigan State

Ben Roberts

Ben Roberts is a Michigan State interior defensive lineman whose evaluation begins with a substantial frame and an incomplete run of healthy college work. At 6-foot-3 and 325 pounds, he has the dimensions for an interior role built around keeping the defensive front firm against the run. The sensible NFL case is developmental interior depth. Earning a more confident projection requires sustained availability and evidence that his size consistently helps the defense control the line of scrimmage.

TEPenn State

Benjamin Brahmer

Brahmer gives a passing game a large target who can find space and make that space useful to the quarterback. His receiving role is easier to establish than a complete inline assignment, because the blocking still needs greater functional strength and consistency. Penn State's familiar staff and crowded tight-end room give him an opportunity to develop that balance without guaranteeing the same weekly workload.

EDGENotre Dame

Boubacar Traore

Traore is a long, explosive edge defender with the first step, bend and developing hand variety to become a starting NFL pass rusher. He must add strength at the point of attack, connect his counters more consistently and prove that his post-injury movement can hold through another full season.

IOLTexas

Brandon Baker

Brandon Baker’s move inside gives his NFL projection a more specific shape. His Texas tackle experience supplies a substantial foundation, while a compact, powerful build points evaluators toward guard. The optimistic assessment sees controlled pass sets and useful interior strength. The more cautious view finds an anchor that does not yet match the frame and run blocks that fail to produce enough movement. The difference between those evaluations is central to his value: a position change can improve the fit, but it does not automatically correct the execution.

SNotre Dame

Brauntae Johnson

Johnson is a long, explosive safety who can create turnovers from the post, match receivers in the slot and finish in space. His first-round upside depends on stronger box play and better restraint when quarterbacks use his aggressive eyes against him.

SAlabama

Bray Hubbard

Hubbard is a large, instinctive safety whose range, tackling and ball production support an every-down NFL role. He intercepted four passes and forced three fumbles in an All-American 2025 season, but man-coverage quickness and occasional pursuit lapses still need cleaner answers.

QBTexas Tech

Brendan Sorsby

Sorsby is a sturdy, aggressive quarterback with NFL arm strength, real rushing value and three seasons of starting production. He will spend 2026 preparing for the 2027 draft rather than playing, leaving teams to weigh an appealing physical profile against uneven ball placement and documented gambling misconduct.

CBTexas Tech

Brice Pollock

Brice Pollock makes a strong case for a defense that wants its outside cornerbacks actively to influence the quarterback's decisions. He recognizes developing routes, competes for the ball and has turned those reads into takeaways. The harder question is how freely a coordinator can isolate him when the offense dictates the matchup. His zone projection is convincing; the breadth of his man-coverage role is where the published evaluations diverge. Draftanomics sees an outside starter candidate whose value depends on matching the coverage responsibilities to the way he processes the game.

WRClemson

Bryant Wesco Jr.

Wesco has averaged 17.3 yards per catch in both college seasons, combining loose movement, tracking skill and late downfield separation.

EDGENotre Dame

Bryce Young

His 2026 evaluation should begin with whether he can win a full-time role and turn an impressive high-school profile into repeatable college disruption.

DTArizona State

C.J. Fite

C.J. Fite’s clearest NFL appeal is the possibility of dependable interior run-defense work. His build and low-leverage approach offer a way to remain square against a blocker, while a sustained Arizona State role gives the evaluation a real college foundation. The pass-rush ceiling is less developed. He should be considered as an early-down tackle who can earn rotational value through control and finishing, with additional disruption treated as a development opportunity rather than an established specialty.

WRTexas

Cam Coleman

Coleman is a long, fluid outside receiver whose vertical speed, tracking and body control give a quarterback room for error. He still has to sharpen his routes, beat physical press more consistently and eliminate routine drops before he can handle a featured-receiver role.

OTIndiana

Carter Smith

Smith is a four-year left tackle whose balance, hand timing and second-level control helped anchor Indiana's national-title line. The early-round debate is not whether he can block; it is whether average length and ordinary recovery range move a proven college tackle inside in the NFL.

OTMissouri

Cayden Green

Green is a powerful, experienced blocker who strengthened his NFL tackle case during a successful first season on Missouri's left edge. Heavy hands and real movement in the run game give him starter upside, while balance, leverage and recovery against counters will decide whether he stays outside or moves back to guard.

IOLNotre Dame

Charles Jagusah

Charles Jagusah is a developmental offensive-line prospect whose physical appeal has been easier to establish than a sustained college evaluation. Notre Dame lists him at 6-foot-5 and 330 pounds, and Sam Teets identifies exceptional athletic tools. Injuries have prevented those tools from receiving an extended test. The useful NFL projection is therefore an interior development candidate with tackle experience, rather than a finished starter whose readiness can be inferred from size, recruiting standing or a handful of prominent appearances.

WRIndiana

Charlie Becker

Becker averaged a Big Ten-best 20 yards per catch and delivered his best games during Indiana's championship run. His size, tracking and hurdler athleticism create early-round upside, but 84 percent of his 2025 yards came from November onward, leaving press releases and full-season target volume unresolved.

LBGeorgia

Chris Cole

Cole is a long, explosive linebacker whose range, coverage movement and blitz timing give him three-down starter upside. He needs faster interior reads, firmer block take-on and more dependable tackle finishing before the athletic profile becomes a complete NFL game.

CBSyracuse

Chris Peal

Chris Peal offers a cornerback projection in which vision and length should do useful work together. He can read the developing throw, close space and make the receiver account for a defender arriving with reach. The clearest NFL fit is outside in a defense that gives him opportunities to see the quarterback. The unsettled part is how consistently his feet and cushion put him close enough to finish the play. He has a plausible starting path, but that path needs more precise coverage positioning rather than a bigger collection of favorable athletic labels.

LBOhio State

Christian Alliegro

Christian Alliegro can cover a great deal of ground and arrive with force. That makes him an attractive linebacker when the assignment gives his movement a clear destination, particularly as a blitzer. The less settled part is identifying that destination through traffic and deception. His NFL projection has starting potential, but the difference between an active defender and a dependable one lies in the timing of his decisions. He needs to make his range serve the correct fit, rather than let an early commitment turn an athletic advantage into an open lane.

CBNotre Dame

Christian Gray

Christian Gray has already shown why a defense values a corner who can stay involved until the ball arrives. His movement and tracking ability support an outside role, and his Notre Dame record includes takeaways in consequential moments. The next level will test whether he can preserve that positioning through physical routes and deceptive changes of pace. He projects as a starting-corner candidate with a useful downfield foundation, rather than a prospect whose entire case depends on one interception or the reputation of the secondary around him.

QBNC State

CJ Bailey

CJ Bailey can make a difficult throw available to an offense. His arm and movement give him answers when the picture is imperfect, and the encouraging processing flashes suggest more than a quarterback surviving on physical ability. The unresolved question is whether those tools can support an ordinary, efficient possession as reliably as an impressive individual play. His NFL projection has a wide range because the evaluators disagree about how close the decision-making is to the talent. The most useful next step is greater consistency in how he sets, sees and delivers.

QBNotre Dame

CJ Carr

Carr is an accurate, anticipatory pocket passer who threw 24 touchdowns against six interceptions in his first season as Notre Dame's starter. He can become an early NFL pick if a second year brings steadier pressure management, cleaner late-down mechanics and proof that the efficiency survives a changing supporting cast.

EDGETexas

Colin Simmons

Simmons already looks like a premier attacking edge, with 21 sacks in two seasons, an explosive first step, the bend to turn the corner and the burst to close. To reach the top of the class, he needs a more automatic counter plan, firmer run defense and fewer penalties.

SClemson

Corey Myrick

Corey Myrick offers a safety projection built around range, recognition from depth and the ability to close on developing routes. His Southern Miss season supplied the first substantial body of starting production before the move to Clemson. The coverage appeal is stronger when he can see the play and use his stride than when he must mirror a quick target through sharp changes of direction. His clearest NFL role is a developmental safety in zone and split-field structures, with man-match versatility something to earn rather than assume.

EDGEMiami

Damon Wilson II

Wilson is a twitchy, productive speed rusher whose burst, hand quickness and pursuit effort can change a passing down. He must add point-of-attack strength, finish rushes more consistently and prove that he can hold an every-down edge after transferring from Missouri to Miami.

QBOregon

Dante Moore

Moore wins with a fast release, layered touch and precise placement from the pocket, with enough mobility to escape and throw on the move. He can make a case for the first pick in 2027, but his second year as Oregon's starter must bring quicker decisions after the snap and better ball security under pressure.

QBMiami

Darian Mensah

Mensah is an accurate, anticipatory pocket passer who has produced at Tulane and Duke and now takes a 56-touchdown, 12-interception résumé to Miami. His starter upside depends on stronger pocket discipline, tighter ball security and showing that his arm can threaten NFL windows when the platform breaks down.

RBMinnesota

Darius Taylor

Taylor is a patient, well-rounded running back with natural vision, receiving skill and enough contact balance to handle a varied workload. His draft value depends on regaining explosive rushing production, improving pass protection and answering the durability questions created by interrupted seasons.

SLSU

Dashawn Spears

Spears is a long, fluid safety with the range and ball skills to develop into a versatile NFL starter. He needs a full season of dependable snaps to sharpen his pursuit angles, speed up his recognition and prove that his promising part-time play can hold against every offensive style.

DLOklahoma

David Stone

Stone offers an interior defense two ways to create trouble: get into the gap early, or make the blocker give ground with him attached. His strength gives the disruption substance, but a complete NFL role depends on more than winning the first collision. Block recognition and the next rush move are the details separating an exciting penetrator from a dependable every-down defender.

QBWashington

Demond Williams Jr.

Williams is an undersized but dynamic dual-threat with enough arm strength to attack vertically and enough speed to change the math of a defense. His first full season produced 3,065 passing yards and 611 rushing yards, but anticipation, touch and consistency against layered coverage must improve for the NFL to overlook his frame.

WROhio State

Devin McCuin

McCuin is an experienced, quick-footed slot receiver who separates underneath and turns routine completions into productive gains. His move from UTSA to Ohio State will show whether the releases, hands and after-catch burst can survive a major rise in coverage quality.

QBBaylor

DJ Lagway

Lagway is a powerful, big-armed dual-threat capable of throws and escapes that few college quarterbacks can match. His Baylor reset must produce calmer feet, fewer forced balls and more dependable week-to-week accuracy after a 2025 season with 16 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.

CBNotre Dame

DJ McKinney

DJ McKinney has the movement to offer a defensive coordinator choices. He can react quickly, turn with a receiver and cover ground from different starting positions, with a frame that makes those traits particularly attractive outside. The concern is what happens at the end of the response. Positioning, locating the ball and finishing the tackle have not always matched the athletic promise. His NFL case is therefore about conversion: turning a good movement into a controlled coverage rep often enough that the defense can stop treating the physical upside as the main argument.

TEIowa

DJ Vonnahme

DJ Vonnahme offers a tight-end projection built around what happens after a defense thinks it has limited the throw. His movement and ability to turn possession into additional yardage make him more than a stationary outlet, and his late 2025 production showed why Iowa expanded his role. The blocking projection is less settled than the program's reputation might suggest. He is an emerging receiving option whose strength and leverage must catch up if an offense is to keep the same personnel on the field without revealing what it intends to do.

QBMinnesota

Drake Lindsey

His 18-to-6 touchdown-interception line is encouraging, but back-foot mechanics, heavy pocket movement and uneven pressure answers make the current player far less complete than the early mock-draft slot.

OTWashington

Drew Azzopardi

Drew Azzopardi offers an NFL team an experienced right tackle with a clear physical foundation. His frame and initial protection work can make the edge difficult to penetrate when he reaches the right spot and lands his hands. The uncertainty arrives when the defender changes the exchange. Limited recovery range and inconsistent leverage can make a missed first contact disproportionately costly. His best projection begins as developmental tackle depth with a possible starting path, provided the technique makes the good initial position more repeatable and less dependent on everything happening exactly as planned.

WRFlorida State

Duce Robinson

Robinson is a towering outside receiver whose long stride, catch radius and breakout 2025 production can stretch a defense vertically. He still needs more sudden releases, sharper short routes and steadier finishing through contact to turn rare dimensions into a complete NFL starting profile.

QBOregon

Dylan Raiola

Raiola is a strong-armed pocket passer with the touch and placement to run an NFL timing offense. His move to Oregon gives him a development year behind Dante Moore, but limited mobility, slow pressure responses and a broken fibula have pushed his draft timetable beyond a simple 2027 projection.

EDGESouth Carolina

Dylan Stewart

Stewart can force a tackle to hurry before either player makes contact. His first step and ability to bend toward the quarterback give the rush an immediate threat; the next question is what happens when the tackle survives that opening. The answer involves hand sequencing and run responsibility, not simply adding more speed to an already explosive player.

DLWashington

Elinneus Davis

Davis is a thickly built interior defender whose anchor, gap discipline and tackling make him useful before the quarterback ever drops back.

CBGeorgia

Ellis Robinson IV

Robinson is a fluid, competitive outside corner with the route recognition and ball skills to become a first-round pick. He already produced four interceptions in his first season as a starter, but play strength and a relatively short résumé remain the pressure points.

LBOklahoma State

Ethan Wesloski

Ethan Wesloski brings a substantial college workload and a preparation-centered approach to Oklahoma State’s linebacker group. His North Texas record includes tackles behind the line, sacks and takeaways as well as a productive final season. The NFL projection should begin with an experienced developmental linebacker whose value depends on translating that involvement into dependable assignments against stronger opposition. A large tackle total is a useful starting point, but the role becomes more valuable when recognition, movement and the finish work together.

IOLCincinnati

Evan Tengesdahl

Evan Tengesdahl gives an offense a chance to establish the terms of contact inside. His strength and forceful hands are the center of the projection, but the useful part is how they can support both a stable pocket and movement in the run game. He looks most comfortable when he can reach a defined target and keep the engagement in front of him. The next step is preserving that control when a quicker defender changes the angle. That makes guard the clearest NFL starting point, with dependable footwork determining the size of the role.

IOLNorthwestern

Ezomo Oratokhai

Ezomo Oratokhai’s NFL evaluation has become more interesting because his established guard experience is now being paired with a move to center. Northwestern’s coaches describe strength, explosiveness and the mental capacity to develop, giving the interior projection a coherent foundation. The next step is control: directing that force through accurate footwork while learning a position that adds snapping and communication to the blocking assignment. He should be evaluated as a developing interior lineman whose possible range is growing, rather than a finished guard with a center label attached.

WRFIU

Greg Gaines III

Greg Gaines III brings size, a substantial Rhode Island receiving record and encouraging route observations into his FIU evaluation. His strongest case is as a developmental receiver who can use experience and spacing to become a dependable target. The spring evidence adds detail to that case, but it remains practice evidence. The next step is carrying the same route value into a sustained FBS role, where stronger coverage can test whether the timing and openings remain available.

IOLMinnesota

Greg Johnson

Greg Johnson gives an offensive line something more useful than a large frame: several plausible ways to get its best five blockers on the field. His strongest NFL projection is at guard, with center experience adding real roster flexibility. The attraction is force with enough movement to protect the interior; the risk is that inconsistent balance and hand placement prevent that force from arriving on time. He looks like a potential starter whose technique, rather than another position change, will determine how dependable he becomes.

RBTexas

Hollywood Smothers

Hollywood Smothers is at his most dangerous when one decisive cut turns the front's first opening into space. His acceleration can make a defender's initial angle obsolete, and his receiving experience gives an offense another way to create that situation. The limitation is what happens when the opening never becomes clean. He can favor an escape toward space over a more economical answer through congestion. His NFL role should begin with a clear plan for using that burst while developing the decisions and protection consistency that would let him stay involved on less favorable downs.

OTOhio State

Ian Moore

Ian Moore offers a tackle projection built on length, movement and an encouraging ability to stay involved when the first part of a block does not go perfectly. Ohio State’s coaches see the physical and mental capacity for a substantial role, while the game experience remains relatively limited. The appeal is a developmental tackle who can become more dependable as the assignment becomes familiar. The important next step is making the promising responses ordinary, so the protection does not rely on recovery every time the defender creates an early problem.

WRCalifornia

Ian Strong

Ian Strong offers a quarterback a different kind of open. He may not run away from a corner, but his body control and strength at the catch can make a covered-looking target useful. That is the foundation of an outside possession role. The NFL test is whether he creates enough leverage before the throw to keep the catch from becoming an unnecessarily difficult contest. His receiving experience and production support the projection, while the limited separation profile puts more pressure on timing, route detail and a dependable finish.

COregon

Iapani Laloulu

Laloulu is a powerful, experienced center who combines a sturdy pass-protection anchor with command of Oregon's protections. Limited lateral range and a late-2025 foot injury temper the grade, but he has the floor of an NFL starter in a downhill run scheme.

RBLouisville

Isaac Brown

Isaac Brown can turn a usable crease into the play that changes a game. His appeal is not speed in isolation but the ability to change direction and accelerate again while a defender is still correcting the first angle. That gives an NFL offense an obvious reason to find him touches. The larger role is less settled because pass protection, possession security and work through direct contact affect whether those touches can come within an unrestricted workload. Brown is a dynamic runner whose supporting skills will determine how often a staff can leave him in.

WROklahoma

Isaiah Sategna III

Isaiah Sategna III makes the most sense as a receiver an offense actively moves into useful space. His acceleration, short-area movement and experience returning the ball offer several ways to manufacture a favorable first touch. The question is how much he can create before that touch when a defender is allowed to be physical. He has already carried a meaningful receiving workload at Oklahoma. The NFL projection should preserve that credibility while distinguishing a versatile playmaker from a receiver who can win every kind of isolated perimeter assignment.

OTSouth Carolina

Jacarrius Peak

A serious knee injury, a light frame and inconsistent play strength make his 2026 health and run blocking decisive parts of the evaluation.

OTTexas Tech

Jacob Ponton

Jacob Ponton gives an offensive-line coach a substantial frame and a meaningful starting season to work with. His length, grip and willingness to finish make the right-tackle projection worth developing, while the protection details remain unsettled. The central question is whether he can control a rusher before the rep becomes a recovery exercise. He has enough useful movement to avoid being dismissed as size alone. The next step is making his feet, hands and pad level work together, so the defender cannot repeatedly choose which part of the frame to attack.

RBFlorida

Jadan Baugh

Baugh is a powerful feature back with the vision, lateral agility and contact balance to create efficient carries without ideal blocking. His first-round case depends on producing more explosive runs and becoming dependable in every part of the passing game.

TEOregon

Jamari Johnson

Johnson is a true Y tight end with the hands, route feel and post-catch balance to stay on the field for every personnel package. His TE1 case depends on handling a featured receiving role while becoming a more forceful and consistent in-line blocker.

CBIndiana

Jamari Sharpe

Jamari Sharpe offers a cornerback projection built around being in the right place and finishing the work once he gets there. His zone awareness, closing movement and willingness to contribute against the run make a coherent NFL role. The question is how much isolated press responsibility can be added without moving him away from those strengths. He has already handled a full season in a successful Indiana defense. The next step is translating that experience into a professional assignment that values his decisions while developing the less-established work at the line.

WRLSU

Jayce Brown

Jayce Brown brings a proven vertical receiving threat to LSU, with enough route and alignment flexibility to project beyond a straight-line field stretcher. His Kansas State production establishes that the downfield value has appeared repeatedly. The central NFL question is whether he can preserve that value against more physical coverage while offering dependable answers underneath. The evidence supports a useful receiver with an identifiable strength; it is less conclusive about a role that routinely asks him to beat a corner’s size in isolation.

QBUSC

Jayden Maiava

Maiava enters 2026 with 31 starts, nearly 8,000 passing yards, a quick release and one of the class's better deep balls. His range spans possible starter to Day 3 backup because the same 2025 season that led the Big Ten in passing also produced 10 interceptions and too many late throws at rotating coverage.

SOhio State

Jaylen McClain

McClain is a fluid, assignment-sound safety who covered efficiently and tackled reliably in his first season as an Ohio State starter. He must turn more of that positioning into interceptions and prove he can handle bigger NFL matchups without losing the movement that defines his game.

STexas

Jelani McDonald

McDonald is a rangy, physical safety with the coverage range and tackling reliability to stay on the field in any personnel package. His early-round value depends on cleaner transitions, steadier route recognition and proving that his 2025 breakout is the start of a durable standard.

SSan Diego State

Jelani McLaughlin

Jelani McLaughlin’s evaluation is moving from special-teams participation toward a larger defensive opportunity at strong safety. The college record is still modest, but it contains a meaningful bowl-game contribution and two seasons of regular appearances. His most sensible NFL path begins with developmental safety depth and useful special-teams work. A broader defensive projection will depend on converting the new opportunity into dependable coverage and run-support assignments over a sustained sample.

WROhio State

Jeremiah Smith

Smith enters his draft-eligible season as a prototype outside receiver with the production, route versatility and downfield finishing to play as a WR1 immediately. He can win without manufactured touches; the remaining question is how high the ceiling reaches, not whether he can start right away.

EDGEOle Miss

Jonathan Maldonado

Jonathan Maldonado gives Ole Miss an experienced edge defender with a long frame and meaningful Nevada production. His own description of his rush centers on using reach to make first contact before the blocker controls him. That provides a specific idea for the NFL projection, while the move to stronger opposition will test how consistently the idea works. The starting role is developmental edge depth, with a larger rushing assignment dependent on translating length and production into repeatable wins.

CBUSC

Jontez Williams

Williams is an experienced, ball-productive outside corner with patient feet, strong route awareness and the toughness to finish in space. His USC season must prove that the knee injury is behind him and that his press technique can hold up against the speed and spacing of a different coverage system.

RBMichigan

Jordan Marshall

Marshall is a compact, explosive runner with the vision, contact balance and workload capacity to become an NFL starter. His first full season was highly efficient, but a small receiving sample and unfinished pass protection still limit the certainty of a three-down projection.

EDGELSU

Jordan Ross

Ross is a long, explosive LSU transfer whose first step and bend give him real passing-down upside, but 22 games without a start and fewer than 300 defensive snaps keep the grade highly provisional. His 2026 season must turn speed-based flashes into starter-level production, stronger edge play and a rush plan with a second move.

OTLSU

Jordan Seaton

Seaton moves like an NFL left tackle and already handles true dropback pass protection.

QBOhio State

Julian Sayin

Sayin is a precise, on-time passer whose compact release and intermediate touch can keep an NFL offense ahead of the sticks. He must show that the same efficiency survives interior pressure, late coverage changes and games where the first read does not win.

WRVanderbilt

Junior Sherrill

Sherrill has raised his receiving total in every Vanderbilt season and enters 2026 with 103 catches, 1,488 yards and proven kick-return value. His acceleration and route tempo create an NFL path at Z or slot, but physical press, contested finish and blocking remain the dividing line between starter and complementary weapon.

RBGeorgia Tech

Justice Haynes

Justice Haynes brings a dangerous combination of patience and acceleration to the running back evaluation. He can allow an opening to develop, then change the pace of the play once he commits. That is the foundation of a useful NFL rushing role. The projection becomes less complete on passing downs, where route development, receiving consistency and protection remain important work. His explosive ability deserves serious attention without turning a productive but interrupted season into proof of an all-situations workload.

DLMiami

Justin Scott

Scott is an explosive interior defender whose first-step quickness and heavy hands can ruin a blocking scheme before it develops. He has first-round physical ability, but one season of rotational production and an unfinished pass-rush plan leave a wide range of outcomes.

CBMichigan

Jyaire Hill

Jyaire Hill is an outside-corner candidate whose best work starts with seeing the play clearly. He has the movement to close space, the frame to contest a receiver and the willingness to enter the run game. The unresolved part is turning those advantages into a complete coverage rep when he has to follow a receiver rather than react toward the ball. He offers starter potential in a defense that values vision and variation, with man-coverage consistency determining how much freedom the coordinator can give him.

CIowa

Kade Pieper

Pieper is an athletic, technically advanced interior blocker whose quick hands and leverage already translate to both zone and gap runs. His move from right guard to center can raise his NFL value if he handles the mental load and added power without losing his movement advantage.

LBVirginia

Kam Robinson

Kam Robinson’s value begins with range and the ability to affect a play before it becomes an ordinary tackle opportunity. He can work downhill, participate in coverage and turn some defensive chances into possession-changing results. The developmental tension is between aggression and structure. The same desire to arrive quickly can become costly if he reads too long, commits to the wrong gap or allows a blocker to determine his path. His NFL projection is strongest as an active off-ball linebacker whose freedom grows with assignment reliability.

QBIllinois

Katin Houser

Houser is an experienced, strong-armed pocket passer who arrives at Illinois after a major efficiency jump at East Carolina. His NFL case depends on carrying that improved accuracy into Big Ten pressure while proving he can create enough offense when the first structure breaks.

CBMississippi State

Kelley Jones

Jones offers an outside corner’s most visible advantage: length that can make a receiver’s target smaller even when the route is not completely erased. His closing ability and tracking give that frame practical value. The important question is how well those tools survive sharper route changes and the demands of playing through contact.

EDGEOhio State

Kenyatta Jackson Jr.

His hand execution, pressure consistency and run-game leverage must become more dependable before teams can treat him as a complete first-round pass rusher.

WRAuburn

Keshaun Singleton

Singleton turned two active USF seasons into 1,285 yards and 11 touchdowns, giving Auburn an experienced boundary target with a large frame and real scoring production.

RBOle Miss

Kewan Lacy

Lacy’s appeal starts with how quickly a patient run can become an attacking one. He can let the blocking develop, identify the opening and accelerate through it. The larger evaluation is whether his contact finish and passing-down work can make that rushing threat useful throughout an offensive series.

RBLouisville

Keyjuan Brown

Keyjuan Brown's NFL case begins with the usefulness of the complete backfield job. Louisville has trusted him to take on more rushing work when needed, and his position coach points to receiving, protection and assignment knowledge as reasons that trust extends beyond the handoff. That makes him more interesting than a simple bigger complement to Isaac Brown. The next question is whether he can supply enough independent creation and sustained availability to earn a regular role rather than remain the dependable option a staff turns to only when another player is missing.

SGeorgia

KJ Bolden

Bolden is a rangy, versatile free safety who can patrol the post and finish in space. To earn a first-round grade, he must take cleaner pursuit angles, defeat blocks more consistently, trust his eyes against misdirection and create more turnovers.

WRRutgers

KJ Duff

Duff is a towering outside receiver whose catch radius, body control and contested-catch production can change the geometry of a passing game. He must prove that his releases, route pacing and speed create enough clean targets against NFL press coverage instead of forcing every win through contact.

SOregon

Koi Perich

Perich is an instinctive, rangy safety whose ball skills and return value can change a game from several alignments. His first-round path requires cleaner run fits, steadier man coverage and proof that his freshman takeaway production translates to Oregon's defense.

LBNotre Dame

Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa

Viliamu-Asa is an attacking three-down linebacker with the range to play in space and the timing to create disruption downhill. His first-round path now runs through a healthy return from a second left-knee injury and more controlled finishes in the open field.

OTKentucky

Lance Heard

Lance Heard has the frame and force to make an offensive tackle evaluation feel straightforward until the defender changes the terms of the rep. He can overwhelm a matchup when his position is right, and his experience gives that physical promise more substance than a recruiting projection. The concern is how often his balance and hand placement let the rusher dictate the recovery. Kentucky offers the next setting for that development. His NFL case should begin at tackle, with a clear distinction between the power he possesses and the consistency needed to trust it.

QBSouth Carolina

LaNorris Sellers

Sellers gives an offense a powerful arm and a real second chance when protection breaks down. His ability to escape and keep throwing is valuable, but the central evaluation remains how reliably he can execute the ordinary pass before a difficult escape becomes necessary.

CBNotre Dame

Leonard Moore

Moore enters his draft-eligible season as a high-end outside corner whose press patience, route anticipation, recovery range and takeaway production give him early first-round ability and a path to becoming an NFL CB1. To get there, he needs to tackle and support the run more consistently, sharpen his off-man transitions and put the ankle issues behind him.

RBBYU

LJ Martin

LJ Martin is most appealing as a runner who can keep a play alive without needing it to become a race. He has the size to invite a power-back projection, but his footwork and ability to adjust around congestion are equally important to how he wins. The NFL case is built around useful decisions, contact balance and enough passing-down contribution to support a regular workload. The unresolved part is how complete that third-down role becomes and how consistently his finish matches the physical impression created by his frame.

DLFlorida

LJ McCray

McCray has a 6-foot-6, 277-pound frame, rare reported movement and enough alignment flexibility to generate early-round speculation before producing an early-round résumé. After playing four defensive snaps in 2025, he must prove that two years of physical development can survive a full season and translate into actual disruption.

GOhio State

Luke Montgomery

Montgomery is an athletic, combative guard with the movement, leverage and position flexibility to start in an NFL zone-heavy offense.

WRTCU

Major Everhart

Major Everhart’s clearest appeal is speed that can give an offense and its return game a different problem to present. His college record includes actual return work and selected receiving opportunities, but it does not yet establish a full-time NFL receiving role. The sensible starting projection is a developmental receiver with a return background, where quick touches can make the athletic ability useful while route responsibility grows. The role becomes more valuable when his presence does not tell the defense exactly how the ball will reach him.

WRTexas A&M

Mario Craver

Craver is an explosive movement receiver whose acceleration, route flexibility and run-after-catch skill can tilt coverage from the slot or Z alignment. His size, play strength and catch-point limitations require a creative deployment and leave him with less margin when physical defenders disrupt the timing.

RBMiami

Mark Fletcher Jr.

Fletcher is a powerful, patient runner with the contact balance and workload history to handle NFL early downs. His value beyond a committee depends on better lateral creation, more explosive finishes and continued growth in the passing game.

EDGEOregon

Matayo Uiagalelei

Uiagalelei is a long, powerful edge defender who can set a firm run edge and create pressure with length, effort and a dangerous cross-chop. His 2025 pressure production supports an early-round grade, but he needs faster starts and more counters to become a complete NFL rusher.

LBMinnesota

Maverick Baranowski

Maverick Baranowski’s strongest NFL case is as a dependable run-oriented linebacker whose experience helps him arrive with purpose. His Minnesota role and production give the evaluation substance, while the more detailed analysis identifies quicker decisions and greater aggression. The limitation is how much coverage responsibility the role can carry. He projects most coherently as a developmental off-ball linebacker who must keep his downhill strengths under control and demonstrate enough passing-down value to avoid becoming a predictable substitution.

OTTexas

Melvin Siani

Melvin Siani makes movement look like a genuine offensive-line weapon. He can cover ground, reach a moving target and bring force with him, giving an offense a tackle whose value extends beyond occupying the edge of the pocket. The harder question is whether his body stays organized once contact changes the plan. His best NFL projection combines range with developing protection skill. The risk is a blocker who arrives quickly but gives away the balance needed to finish. Texas provides his next setting, but the technical problem remains the same.

RBGeorgia

Nate Frazier

Frazier is an explosive, compact runner who reaches top speed quickly and can turn a crease into a long gain without losing his balance through contact. His three-down ceiling depends on cleaner ball security, more receiving evidence and steadier patience when the designed lane closes.

WRIndiana

Nick Marsh

Marsh is a big, physical receiver who creates yards after the catch and gives a quarterback a dependable target through contact. His transfer to Indiana can unlock a fuller route tree, but inconsistent hands, press releases and sophomore efficiency still separate him from the top receivers in the class.

QBUCLA

Nico Iamaleava

Iamaleava is a long, explosive dual-threat with the arm and mobility to pressure every part of a defense. His first UCLA season produced more rushing value but less efficient passing, leaving full-field processing, downfield accuracy and pressure management between him and an early-round grade.

OTStanford

Niki Prongos

Prongos is a developmental tackle whose movement remains the best reason to invest in the work still ahead. The appeal is a blocker who can arrive balanced and adjust; the concern is whether that useful position survives force through contact. His late entry into football gives the progression context, while the starting experience makes the next standard more demanding than potential alone.

WRSouth Carolina

Nyck Harbor

Nyck Harbor can make a defense respect an unusual amount of size moving into deep space. The attraction is clear, but the useful NFL question is more specific than how impressive he looks running: can he make the route and catch dependable enough that the offense can call for that threat when it needs it? His 2025 production gave the projection real football substance. He remains a developmental outside receiver whose ceiling depends on turning physical stress into repeatable receiving work, rather than waiting for the occasional play that displays every tool at once.

CBMiami

O.J. Frederique Jr.

O.J. Frederique Jr. is an outside corner whose most persuasive qualities appear when he can react to a receiver in front of him. Patient feet, fluid movement and recovery ability give him a credible man-coverage foundation. The projection becomes less settled when the assignment demands earlier recognition of developing routes, cleaner breaks from off coverage or more disciplined contact downfield. His value lies in a real coverage skill set, with important work still needed to make that skill set travel across an NFL call sheet.

WRArizona State

Omarion Miller

Miller is a long, explosive boundary receiver who tracks the deep ball and consistently plays above the rim. His 808-yard, eight-touchdown breakout at Colorado changed the evaluation, and his move to Arizona State now gives him a chance to prove that the production and route growth can hold in a new offense.

TETemple

Peter Clarke

Peter Clarke can make a tight-end formation mean something to both halves of the defense. His size and blocking give the front a reason to respect the run, while his receiving strength makes a smaller coverage defender a vulnerable matchup. The attraction is not a receiver disguised as an extra lineman. It is a player who can carry useful responsibility in both jobs. His NFL ceiling will depend on how much separation he creates before the catch, but his ability to remain useful when space gets crowded gives him a clear starting point.

OTSMU

PJ Williams

Williams is an experienced, technically steady right tackle whose length and balance give him a credible path to an NFL starting job. He lacks elite recovery quickness and carries an older prospect profile, but three seasons of dependable work at SMU reduce the uncertainty.

EDGELSU

Princewill Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen gives a defense a useful first problem to pose an offense: can its tackle get set before he reaches an advantageous angle? His acceleration and active hands create a credible pressure role, and his 2025 Ole Miss production gives that role substance. The broader starting projection depends on what happens when a blocker gets square to him. LSU is the next stage of an evaluation built around converting movement into dependable edge play, particularly when the offense chooses to run at him.

DLArkansas

Quincy Rhodes Jr.

Rhodes is a long, explosive defensive lineman whose first-step quickness and inside-outside rush ability produced 15.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks in his first year as a starter. His NFL value depends on stronger run fits, a deeper counter package and proof that one breakout season can become his weekly standard.

LBTexas

Rasheem Biles

Biles is a fast, disruptive linebacker who slips through traffic, closes from distance and gives Texas several ways to pressure or cover. His NFL role depends on defeating blocks and finishing through size more consistently without losing the speed that makes him different.

WRAlabama

Ryan Williams

Ryan Coleman-Williams is an explosive Z/slot receiver who can take the top off coverage or turn a short completion into a scoring chance. He has starting-caliber speed and movement, but the drops, light play strength and uneven route detail could keep him in a specialist role.

WRTexas

Ryan Wingo

Ryan Wingo offers the size and acceleration to threaten a defense vertically, then turn a shorter completion into a physical run. The appeal is a receiver who can create explosives without needing a perfectly clean runway. The unfinished work is equally consequential: his releases, route transitions and catch consistency have not drawn the same confidence as his athletic ability. He belongs in a starting-receiver projection, with the breadth of that role dependent on refinement rather than another impressive highlight.

QBLSU

Sam Leavitt

Leavitt is a mobile, competitive quarterback who protects the football, creates outside structure and has already led a team to a conference title. His move to LSU raises the competition level, while recovery from the foot injury and more consistent pocket timing will determine whether he becomes an early NFL starter.

LBClemson

Sammy Brown

Brown is a fast, physical linebacker with the range and finishing ability to become an every-down NFL starter. His 186 tackles across two seasons establish the production, while coverage recognition, block separation and run-fit discipline will decide how high he is drafted.

IOLMiami

Samson Okunlola

Samson Okunlola’s attraction is unusual size paired with movement that gives the interior projection more possibilities than power alone. The frame, reach and strength can make contact difficult for a defender, while the more favorable evaluations also see useful quickness. The unfinished work is technical consistency: pad level, knee bend, hand placement and strike timing. His best NFL direction is a guard development plan that turns those physical advantages into repeatable blocks before treating his tackle background as dependable professional versatility.

LBOle Miss

Suntarine Perkins

Perkins is an explosive front-seven hybrid who can rush off the edge, chase from the second level and disrupt passing lanes in coverage. His NFL value depends on a defense embracing that versatility while he improves his block take-on, run-fit discipline and down-to-down consistency.

DLKentucky

Tavion Gadson

Tavion Gadson can change the shape of a blocking combination before the offense has settled into it. His first movement and force through extension give him ways to disrupt from the interior, with enough length to make a wider defensive-line role worth exploring. The question is how much control accompanies that violence. He projects as a developmental starter candidate whose best reps can affect both phases. Becoming dependable requires a more consistent answer when the first surge does not win and when the run asks him to hold his responsibility rather than chase disruption.

EDGEOklahoma

Taylor Wein

Taylor Wein offers the kind of edge profile that can become useful before it becomes spectacular. His hands, competitive approach and ability to hold a run responsibility provide a basis for regular defensive snaps. As a rusher, the appeal is how he combines actions rather than an assumption that he will simply outrun or overpower every tackle. He projects as a potential starting end whose ceiling depends on making his technique consistently win the small amount of space his physical profile does not automatically provide.

EDGEOregon

Teitum Tuioti

Tuioti turned relentless pursuit, compact power and active hands into 16 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks in 2025. He is a three-down NFL edge candidate, but average length and tight cornering place more pressure on his hand speed and counter timing than the box score reveals.

TETexas Tech

Terrance Carter Jr.

Carter is a compact, explosive receiving tight end who can align across the formation and create extra yards after the catch. He must prove that his route detail and blocking strength can support a full-time role instead of limiting him to a movable H-back package.

LBPenn State

Tony Rojas

Rojas offers the range and comfort in space to make a linebacker assignment less restrictive for the rest of the defense. His coverage work and willingness to engage the run give that athletic appeal a football purpose. The next evaluation must establish how those qualities hold up after his interrupted 2025 season, with tackling finish and a dependable return both central to the role.

OTTexas

Trevor Goosby

Goosby has the range, length and strength to become a starting NFL left tackle, with enough movement to contribute across the run game. His first-round case depends on cleaner hand recovery, better balance against counters, a larger full-time starter sample and a healthy return from the knee injury.

OTIowa

Trevor Lauck

Lauck is a powerful, technically steady left tackle who protects with patient hands and creates movement across Iowa's run game. A larger true-pass-set sample and cleaner balance against inside counters will determine whether he becomes a first-round tackle or a solid early starter.

TELSU

Trey'Dez Green

Green is an oversized receiving tight end whose length, body control and scoring production create matchup problems from the slot or boundary. He must reduce drops, sharpen the route tree and become a more dependable in-line blocker before an NFL offense can treat him as a complete three-down player.

SLSU

Ty Benefield

Benefield is a big, explosive safety who can play from depth, cover the slot and strike downhill with unusual force. His range and production are starter-caliber, but missed tackles and aggressive back-end decisions create real volatility that LSU must reduce.

LBTexas (last played)

Ty'Anthony Smith

Limited technical evidence

Ty'Anthony Smith's football case begins with movement, contact intent and an expanding record of defensive contributions. The most useful projection is an off-ball developmental role with special teams providing an additional route to value. The evidence is less complete than it is for the heavily studied linebackers in this class: the detailed qualitative support comes mainly from Texas reporting and coach comments, rather than a broad independent college-film consensus. His future playing situation also needs to be established after Texas confirmed his dismissal in August 2026. That status should be separated from the football traits already documented.

CBSouth Carolina

Vicari Swain

Vicari Swain gives a defense a tempting combination of coverage movement and genuine return-game value. He can stay connected near the line, turn with a receiver and recover without appearing to exhaust his movement options. The unresolved part is less glamorous but central to a starting role: playing from cushion, finishing tackles and maintaining discipline through contact. His best NFL projection begins outside, where the press and mirror ability can matter, while the return job creates another reason to keep him active as the complete defensive role develops.

LBLSU

Whit Weeks

Whit Weeks can give a defense a fast answer without making speed the entire answer. His appeal begins with recognizing the run and reaching the useful space before the blocking closes it, then extends into coverage where his range and awareness create options. The more demanding NFL question is what happens when he cannot avoid a larger blocker. He has a credible starting-linebacker projection, but the ability to separate through contact and finish tackles must accompany the movement. Availability also remains part of the record after a disrupted 2025 season.

EDGEClemson

Will Heldt

Heldt is a long, disciplined edge defender whose motor, hand activity and run-game awareness give him a credible three-down foundation. He needs a more threatening first step, greater power and a connected counter plan to become more than a dependable rotational starter.

DLOle Miss

William Echoles

Echoles is a powerful, disruptive interior defender who turned his first season as a starter into 68 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and five sacks. He has the strength to control a shade and enough initial quickness to rush from three-technique, but he must play lower, finish more tackles and counter more cleanly when his first rush stalls.

WROklahoma State

Wyatt Young

Wyatt Young is a productive receiver whose appeal comes from connecting several skills: finding space, working into the route, securing the ball and making the next defender solve a problem. He has received favorable evaluations for route intelligence and work after the catch. The uncertainty concerns how much separation and contact value will survive against better competition, with evaluators offering different views of his athletic ceiling. He projects most convincingly as a receiver who helps an offense stay on schedule while still creating occasional explosive gains.

LBAuburn

Xavier Atkins

Xavier Atkins can change a possession before an offense has settled into its plan. His acceleration gives a defense a threatening blitzer and a linebacker who can reach the perimeter; his appetite for contact makes that speed more than a pursuit tool. The challenge is preserving those disruptive plays without giving the yardage back through an uncontrolled tackle or an overly aggressive coverage decision. His clearest NFL role is on the weak side, where a defense can keep him moving and vary how it attacks with him.

CBIllinois

Xavier Scott

Scott is an instinctive, physical nickel with outside experience, excellent route recognition and proven ball production. His 2027 value depends on returning to full form after foot surgery and showing that his average recovery speed can survive a complete coverage schedule.

EDGEAlabama

Yhonzae Pierre

Pierre is a versatile Alabama edge whose best football combines snap anticipation, run recognition and closing burst rather than one dominant pass-rush move. Eight sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss created an early-round opening, but his 2026 tape must show cleaner tackling and a rush plan that survives when timing and effort do not win first.

CBAlabama

Zabien Brown

Brown is a polished press corner with quick feet, ball awareness and the finishing speed to turn mistakes into defensive touchdowns. His path to the top of the corner class requires steadier zone eyes, less downfield contact and fewer week-to-week lapses.

DBIowa

Zach Lutmer

Lutmer is an instinctive Iowa nickel whose fluid transitions, zone awareness and 2025 ball production translate to a modern secondary. He can start in the slot, but his draft ceiling depends on whether he can also handle deeper safety space without losing the downhill timing that makes him effective around the box.

TEMichigan

Zack Marshall

Zack Marshall’s tight-end projection is developing around a more comfortable inline role and an expanding understanding of how to become available within a passing progression. His Michigan production remains modest, but it includes a full season of appearances and recognition for improvement. The NFL case begins as developmental tight-end depth. The next step is combining a dependable blocking assignment with receiving value that does not require the offense to make him the first read or design every touch specifically for him.