The 2025 NFL Draft is exactly five months away, but several struggling NFL organizations might already be looking ahead to the draft.
With the postseason seemingly out of reach for some teams, fans sometimes shift their rooting interest from making the playoffs to getting the No. 1 overall pick. Which team is currently on pace to pick first overall? Who is in the mix?
2025 NFL Draft Order After Week 12
Here is the current 2025 NFL Draft order through Week 12:
1. Jacksonville Jaguars, 2-9
2. New York Giants, 2-9
3. Las Vegas Raiders, 2-9
4. New England Patriots, 3-9
5. Carolina Panthers, 3-8
6. Tennessee Titans, 3-8
7. New York Jets, 3-8
8. Cleveland Browns, 3-8
9. New Orleans Saints, 4-7
10. Cincinnati Bengals, 4-7
11. Dallas Cowboys, 4-7
12. Chicago Bears, 4-7
13. Indianapolis Colts, 5-7
14. Miami Dolphins, 5-6
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 5-6
16. Los Angeles Rams, 5-6
17. San Francisco 49ers, 5-6
18. Arizona Cardinals, 6-5
19. Atlanta Falcons, 6-5
20. Seattle Seahawks, 6-5
21. Washington Commanders, 7-5
22. Houston Texans, 7-5
23. Denver Broncos, 7-5
24. Baltimore Ravens, 7-4
25. Los Angeles Chargers, 7-3
26. Pittsburgh Steelers, 8-3
27. Green Bay Packers, 8-3
28. Philadelphia Eagles, 9-2
29. Buffalo Bills, 9-2
30. Minnesota Vikings, 9-2
31. Kansas City Chiefs, 10-1
32. Detroit Lions, 10-1
Top Prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft
Let’s break down the top prospects in the upcoming draft class, according to Pro Football Network’s NFL Draft Analyst Ian Cummings.
Travis Hunter, WR/CB, Colorado
A unicorn in every sense of the word and the face of college football, Travis Hunter‘s exploits at both wide receiver and cornerback have earned him a reputation as a potential all-time great.
In 2023, Hunter nabbed 57 receptions for 721 yards and five TDs. On defense, he added three picks, five PBUs, and two tackles for loss — all in just nine games. In 2024, he has picked up right where he left off, catching 82 passes for 1,036 receiving yards and 12 total touchdowns.
As it stands, Hunter is currently Cummings’ WR1 and CB3 in the 2025 NFL Draft. In the NFL, Hunter might be better served to focus on one position more than the other to avoid spreading himself too thin. But it’s also true that we simply haven’t seen anything like him. He could be the rare, truly viable two-way player.
At both positions, two traits stand out as central qualities to Hunter’s game: His hyper-elite athletic profile and his generational ball skills and catch-point instincts. Hunter simply moves differently. He brings awe-inspiring explosiveness, twitch, bend, and sink with his 6’1″ frame. He can use these dynamic traits either to gash coverages as a route runner, generate RAC yards in space, or match WRs and transition in zone coverage with effortless ease.
With his speed, agility, bend, separation ability, and infallible ball skills at the catch point, he can be a true three-level threat.
Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
The QB with the most NFL-ready skill set is Shedeur Sanders. The Colorado passer is the most accurate and reliable quarterback eligible for the 2025 NFL Draft, with the ability to operate full-field reads and manipulate the middle of the field.
Sanders doesn’t have the athletic upside of others, but his movement is underrated.
Despite playing behind one of the worst offensive lines in college football, the Buffaloes QB’s pocket navigation is extremely impressive, setting him up to potentially start as a rookie.
Arm strength and accuracy are two of the most distinct selling points on Sanders’ tape. He generates easy velocity and has a degree of off-platform freedom. And while his mechanics are imperfect, he can find uncanny ways to hit targets with good placement and touch.
Going further, Sanders’ processing — a trait honed across years of starting experience at the collegiate level — is also a relative strength. Sanders can operate pre-snap, recognize defensive looks, adjust protections, and progress through reads post-snap — and he’s a measured decision-maker who protects the ball more often than not.
Cam Ward, QB, Miami (FL)
Cam Ward is establishing himself toward the top of the 2025 QB rankings with an impressive season in Miami.
The playmaking QB had already displayed his creation capacity and big-play potential, but with the ‘Canes, he’s improved his leadership, accuracy, and ball security.
Ward is undeniably talented, making some of the hardest throws look effortless. His elite composite arm talent allows him to layer passes into incredibly tight windows. He’s a danger as a passer from any platform, inside or outside of structure, and his arm elasticity is perfectly attuned to the modern game.
Ward is a high-level problem solver in chaotic situations, with the combined malleability, as an athlete and a thrower, and the improvisational feel to make something out of nothing. But often in the past, he relied on that creation capacity to a fault, because of other deficiencies.
Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
The race for WR1 in the 2025 NFL Draft cycle is close, but with his dominant skill set, Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan has what it takes to take home the crown.
At around 6’5″, 210 pounds, McMillan has logic-defying throttle control and flexibility, and he’s a stellar catch-point presence with his size and authority.
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As a true freshman, McMillan caught 39 passes for 702 yards and eight scores. As a sophomore, he caught 90 passes for 1,402 yards and 10 touchdowns and was a second-team All-Pac-12 honoree. Thus far, in 2024, he’s been as dominant as we’ve seen him — a scary thought.
In Arizona’s very first game of the 2024 campaign against New Mexico, McMillan put together a 2016 Julio Jones-esque performance, racking up 10 catches for 304 yards and four touchdowns. That kind of domination is often reserved only for early-round talents.
That’s the kind of talent McMillan is: someone who can take over a game at a moment’s notice.
Emery Jones Jr., OT, LSU
Few teams can say they struck gold like Brian Kelly and the Tigers did in the 2022 recruiting class. In that class, LSU would find their two starting offensive tackles for the next three seasons: A five-star recruit named Will Campbell, and a four-star recruit in Emery Jones Jr.
Jones, alongside Campbell, earned Freshman All-SEC and Freshman All-American buzz for his play in 2022. The following year, the duo came back even better, helping fuel historic production by an LSU offense with Heisman-winner Jayden Daniels at the helm.
Campbell was a first-team All-SEC performer in 2023, and Jones made the second-team. Now both are back in their first year of NFL Draft eligibility. Both have first-round aspirations, but Jones’ elite tools and well-rounded profile could earn him an edge.
Jones is Cummings’ OT1 in the 2025 NFL Draft at the moment — a 6’6″, 320-pound blocker with exceptional foot speed, knee bend, spatial awareness, synergy in pass protection, and strength in both phases. On either side, he’ll bring needed stability to whichever team selects him.