Bob McGinn's Top 100 for the 2025 NFL Draft

Who are the best prospects at every position? Our draft expert spent months getting intel from NFL scouts. Here is McGinn's annual Top 100.

Apr 23, 2025

By Bob McGinn

Here is my first and only listing of how I’m projecting the first 100 players to be selected Thursday and Friday in the NFL draft.

Players are listed from best to worst within each position group.

This also serves as my entry into The Huddle Report’s Top 100 board contest. According to THR, these scores have become the standard by which draft publications, sites and media personnel are measured.

Since first entering the contest in 2009 my board has finished first five times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2022) and tied for second twice (2010, 2020). In terms of the current five-year average (2020-’24), mine ranks tied for fourth at 84.4.

This is the fourth time I’ve represented Tyler Dunne’s GoLongTD.com. There were 74 entrants last year when I tied for fourth with 84. Three entries with 85 shared the top spot in 2024.

OFFENSE (49)

Wide receivers (11) — Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona; Matthew Golden, Texas; Luther Burden, Missouri; Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State; Jayden Higgins, Iowa State; Jack Bech, Texas Christian; Jaylin Noel, Iowa State; Isaiah Bond, Texas; Jalen Royals, Utah State; Tony Horton, Colorado State; Savion Williams, Texas Christian.

Tight ends (6) — Tyler Warren, Penn State; Colston Loveland, Michigan; Elijah Arroyo, Miami; Mason Taylor, Louisiana State; Terrance Ferguson, Oregon; Harold Fannin, Bowling Green.

Tackles (10) — Will Campbell, Louisiana State; Armand Membou, Missouri; Kelvin Banks, Texas; Josh Conerly, Oregon; Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota; Josh Simmons, Ohio State; Ozzy Trapilo, Boston College; Charles Grant, William & Mary; Marcus Mbow, Purdue; Cameron Williams, Texas.

Guards (7) — Tyler Booker, Alabama; Jonah Savaiinaea, Arizona; Donovan Jackson, Ohio State; Tate Ratledge, Georgia; Dylan Fairchild, Georgia; Emery Jones, Louisiana State; Anthony Belton, North Carolina State.

Centers (2) — Grey Zabel, North Dakota State; Jared Wilson, Georgia.

Quarterbacks (5)— Cam Ward, Miami; Shedeur Sanders, Colorado; Jaxson Dart, Mississippi; Tyler Shough, Louisville; Jalen Milroe, Alabama.

Running backs (8) — Ashton Jeanty, Boise State; Omarion Hampton, North Carolina; TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State; Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State; Trevor Etienne, Georgia; Kaleb Johnson, Iowa; Ollie Gordon, Oklahoma State; DJ Giddens, Kansas State.

DEFENSE (51)

Defensive line (14) — Mason Graham, Michigan; Walter Nolen, Mississippi; Kenneth Grant, Michigan; Tyleik Williams, Ohio State; Alfred Collins, Texas; Derrick Harmon, Oregon; Jordan Burch, Oregon; T.J. Sanders, South Carolina; Shemar Turner, Texas A&M; Joshua Farmer, Florida State; Ty Robinson, Nebraska; Ty Hamilton, Ohio State; Darius Alexander, Toledo; Sai’vion Jones, Louisiana State.

Edge rushers (15) — Abdul Carter, Penn State; Jalon Walker, Georgia; Shemar Stewart, Texas A&M; Mykel Williams, Georgia; James Pearce, Tennessee; Mike Green, Marshall; JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State; Landon Jackson, Arkansas; Nic Scourton, Texas A&M; Donovan Ezeiruaku, Boston College; Jack Sawyer, Ohio State; Femi Oladejo, UCLA; Ashton Gillotte, Louisville; Bradyn Swinson, Louisiana State; Princely Umanmielen, Mississippi.

Linebackers (5) — Jihaad Campbell, Alabama; Carson Schwesinger, UCLA; Smael Mondon, Georgia; Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma; Demetrius Knight, South Carolina.

Cornerbacks (11) — Travis Hunter, Colorado; Will Johnson, Michigan; Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky; Jahdae Barron, Texas; Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame; Shavon Revel, East Carolina; Azareye’h Thomas, Florida State; Trey Amos, Mississippi; Darien Porter, Iowa State; Jacob Parrish, Kansas State; Jordan Hancock, Ohio State.

Safeties (6) — Malaki Starks, Georgia; Nick Emmanwori, South Carolina; Kevin Winston, Penn State; Xavier Watts, Notre Dame; Billy Bowman, Oklahoma; Jonas Sanker, Virginia.

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