With preseason games well underway, we’re inching closer and closer to the 2024 NFL season, and our latest 2025 NFL Mock Draft looks at some needs that must be addressed. As summer scouting boards get set, which prospects have shown the potential to be first-round picks in the 2025 NFL Draft?
Using reverse Super Bowl odds for the order and a little help from the updated PFN Mock Draft Simulator for the selections, we attempt to predict who will hear their name called at Lambeau Field next April. In this installment, we look at picks for each of the 16 teams in the AFC.
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2) Tennessee Titans: Nic Scourton, EDGE, Texas A&M
Nic Scourton caught the eye at Purdue, where his constant motor, overpowering strength, and surprising flexibility led to 10 sacks with the Boilermakers in 2023. He transferred to Texas A&M for the 2024 season.
The young A&M transfer has a high floor but also a sky-high ceiling and NFL-ready size at 6’4” and 280 pounds. Meanwhile, he will be just 20 years old on draft day. With a strong arsenal of skill moves and the processing speed to exploit space, Scourton has the twitch and hurry to be an immediate threat in the NFL.
3) New England Patriots: Kelvin Banks Jr., OT, Texas
Kelvin Banks Jr. is an explosive athlete who plays with high energy and strength with the promising potential to match. Currently, the Longhorns tackle wins with his burst and natural leverage creation as he overwhelms opponents at 6’4” and 324 pounds.
Banks has the frame and athletic traits that usually translate into significant draft capital. As he becomes more refined with his technique, counters, and hand placement while becoming more battle-tested in the SEC, the Texas junior has the traits to develop into an early pick.
4) Denver Broncos: Mason Graham, DT, Michigan
Mason Graham is a dominant interior defensive tackle who overwhelms opposing offensive linemen with his brute strength, heavy hands, and size (6’3” and 318 pounds). The Michigan defender plays with unnatural explosiveness and can take over games with his playmaking capacity and ability to control the point of attack.
5) Las Vegas Raiders: Carson Beck, QB, Georgia
Carson Beck may be in a different mold than the flashy QB prospects we have seen in recent seasons, but the Georgia passer is easily the most polished and refined signal caller through summer scouting.
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Beck has excellent decision-making skills and pinpoint accuracy when being precise from the pocket. He is an on-schedule thrower who processes the field quickly and operates with incredible timing and clean mechanics.
13) Indianapolis Colts: Travis Hunter, WR/CB, Colorado
With some of the best ball skills and instincts in the 2025 NFL Draft class, Travis Hunter would be an instant starting CB in Indianapolis, with the flexibility to play offensive snaps.
After playing 475 offensive snaps and 631 defensive snaps in 2023, the Colorado star has proved he is a true two-way player who can thrive on both sides of the ball. With elite athleticism underpinning his game (coming in second on Bruce Feldman’s 2024 Freaks List), the college football phenom has the makings of a lottery pick.
14) Pittsburgh Steelers: Benjamin Morrison, CB, Notre Dame
The 2025 cornerback class is stacked and in part headlined by Benjamin Morrison, who challenges Johnson for the title of CB1. The Notre Dame product is an electric mover at 6’0” and 185 pounds who plays with strong technique, physicality at the catch point, and ingrained anticipation.
15) Jacksonville Jaguars: Will Campbell, OT, LSU
With Cam Robinson and Walker Little out of their contracts at the end of the 2024 season, Jacksonville will be taking a keen interest in the development of a clustered 2025 offensive tackle class.
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At 6’6” and 320 pounds, Will Campbell has the size and physical traits to create natural leverage with a strong anchor and low center of gravity. With above-average athleticism and a robust strength profile to counter on passing sets, the LSU Tiger has the makings of a franchise offensive tackle in the NFL.
16) Cleveland Browns: Evan Stewart, WR, Oregon
Evan Stewart is a speedy receiver whose electric, twitchy movement skills give him the tools to win deep. Despite being undersized at 6’0” and 175 pounds, the Oregon transfer makes up for his light frame with an instant change of direction and track-star acceleration to exploit space.
18) Los Angeles Chargers: Deone Walker, DT, Kentucky
Deone Walker is a rare athlete and a transformative interior pass rusher. In 2023, the Kentucky DT played with the requisite explosiveness to eradicate opponents’ blocks, with 7.5 sacks and 12.5 TFLs. At 6’6” and 248 pounds, Walker has special body control and athleticism to propel him up draft boards if he can consistently lower his pad level.
21) Miami Dolphins: Emery Jones Jr., OT, LSU
Terron Armstead isn’t the long-term answer for the Dolphins, and while Patrick Paul was selected in the 2024 NFL Draft, it would be difficult for Miami to pass up the value of Emery Jones Jr. here, who is on track to be a different caliber of prospect.
Jones has the size (6’6” and 322 pounds), functional athleticism, and power profile to be a first-round pick. Combined with his incredible intelligence, anticipation, and unrelenting violent mentality, the LSU RT is among the top tackles in the 2025 NFL Draft class.
23) New York Jets: Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
The bright lights of New York have troubled many quarterbacks, but perhaps no passer has been better prepared for the spotlight than Shedeur Sanders.
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The Colorado product has struggled with offensive line play, which will likely improve for the 2024 season. Look for Sanders to showcase his high-velocity arm strength, field vision, and acute anticipation at a higher level this season.
24) Houston Texans: Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State
Denzel Burke is a prospect who plays with the mental and physical traits that NFL teams fall in love with. An above-average athlete with excellent ball skills, the Buckeyes corner has distinct football intelligence and anticipation. While he may be smaller than his 6’1”, 193-pound listing, his explosive movement and physicality negate any size deficiency.
27) Cincinnati Bengals: Princely Umanmielen, EDGE, Ole Miss
Princely Umanmielen is a twitchy pass rusher with impressive explosiveness and flexibility to bend around the edge. The former Florida Gator, at 6’5” and 255 pounds, had seven sacks in 2023 while also impressing against the run.
A nuanced rusher who can convert speed to power, Umanmielen is an instinctual producer. However, he must still add to his power profile to avoid getting locked up by physical offensive tackles.
28) Buffalo Bills: Jonah Savaiinaea, OT, Arizona
Mocking Jonah Savaiinaea to the Bills is an easy selection. Buffalo has had problems at RT, and Spencer Brown hasn’t shown enough to believe he is the future at the position.
Savaiinaea can slot straight in with his energetic movement and NFL-ready size at 6’5” and 330 pounds. With more refinement to his hand technique, the Arizona tackle can potentially evolve into one of the top linemen in this class.
30) Baltimore Ravens: Josh Conerly Jr., OT, Oregon
If a new deal can’t be agreed upon, Ronnie Stanley will become a free agent in 2025. Finding the future at LT should be a priority for the Ravens, even if the veteran All-Pro re-signs.
Josh Conerly Jr. has the movement skills, natural leverage generation, and sturdy anchor to be in the first-round discussion. The Ducks tackle is slightly undersized at 6’4” and 305 pounds. Conerly has good length and mass and should again be one of the top tackles in the nation during the 2024 season as he faces off against Big Ten competition.
32) Kansas City Chiefs: Walter Nolen, DT, Ole Miss
Mocking Walter Nolen in the first round is a projection. The Ole Miss transfer is still incredibly raw, and the former five-star recruit hasn’t yet lived but the billing.
When Nolen wins at 6’3” and 300 pounds, he does so from his natural energetic movement, power, and range. If the new Rebels defensive tackle can develop and play with more control, refinement, and consistency, he has the talent profile to be drafted in the first round.