On Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Ohio State Buckeyes will face off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
This game features quite a few top 2025 NFL Draft prospects, so let’s use PFN’s Mock Draft Simulator to evaluate the players and their current average draft position in the MDS.
Ohio State Buckeyes’ Top NFL Draft Prospects
WR Emeka Egbuka
- Current ADP: 19.4
Emeka Egbuka is one of the most exciting utility WRs to hit the circuit in recent years. And when you run Egbuka’s profile through the three-level threat framework, his physical tools and his projected versatility begin to shine.
As an athlete, Egbuka is extremely explosive, fluid, and flexible, with more than enough vertical speed. He can sear and slice his way through zone coverage looks but also has the intentional movement, snappy suddenness, and spatial awareness to win against man coverage.
Though he isn’t quite as consistent at the catch point, Egbuka has flashed the skills of a fairly instinctive converter with good reaction speed and body control, and he also has an ideal RAC profile with his lean 205-pound frame, explosiveness, and agility.
Overall, Egbuka has the feel of a solid three-level threat WR with exciting alignment and usage versatility. Coaches can scheme him touches on jet sweeps, swings, drags, screens, and other short routes. But he also has the full route tree and complete skill set to be employed in countless other ways.
Users controlling the Broncos are selecting him with 12.3% of picks in the first round. The next highest percentage of selections for Egbuka in the first round are 8.9% of Falcons’ users and 7.7 of Texans’ users.
Emeka Egbuka’s Draft Profile | Ohio State, WR Scouting Report
DT Tyleik Williams
- Current ADP: 30.4
Tyleik Williams is extremely athletic, productive, and well-sized, plus his unique alignment versatility is a quality few in the 2025 NFL Draft class can match. Williams is one of the most unique DT prospects to hit the circuit in recent years. He’s every bit of 327 pounds at 6’2″. And yet, he carries that mass with effortless ease, exploding off blocks and freely stunting across alignments with his burst, lateral agility, foot quickness, and range.
Williams effectively uses his mass, lower body strength, and natural pad level to encumber offensive linemen, absorb combo blocks, and minimize movement at the point of attack in the run game, and he also has the power element and point-of-attack strength to slab tackles at 5-tech.
Beyond his all-around, alignment-diverse run utility, Williams is also an exciting pass rusher. He can be used as a battering ram on stunts with his explosiveness, mass, and power, but he also has the active hands to win 1-on-1 and pry his way through gaps.
Users controlling the Texans are selecting him with 24.4% of picks in the first round. The next highest percentage of selections for Williams in the first round are 11.4% of Steelers’ users and 10.6% of Packers’ users.
Tyleik Williams’ Draft Profile | Ohio State, DT Scouting Report
OG Donovan Jackson
- Current ADP: 47.4
At around 6’4″, 320 pounds, with near-36″ arms, Jackson has a picture-perfect combination of natural leverage, mass, and proportional length, which he combines with elite explosive athleticism off the line. He’s strong, powerful, athletic, and rangy, and all of those traits bode well.
Past his physical foundation, Jackson has proven himself to be a very promising pass protector. He regularly maintains synergy with a wide base and tight hands, and he can use his lateral mobility to match and wall off rushers while using independent hands to gather.
Going further, Jackson also has upside as a run blocker. He gets off the line with energy and can use his range to wash over defenders while driving through with his full power output. He also has the awareness and football IQ to maintain angles and stack blocks.
Users controlling the Bears are selecting him with 5.1% of their draft picks. The next highest percentage of selections for Jackson are 2.6% of Dolphins’ users.
Donovan Jackson’s Draft Profile | Ohio State, G Scouting Report
EDGE J.T. Tuimoloau
- Current ADP: 49.9
There’s no denying the talent with Tuimoloau. He’s a former five-star recruit with elite explosive capacity at 6’4″, 277 pounds. His combination of size and burst grants him dominating power capacity, alignment flexibility, and stance versatility. And when properly applied, his power can bowl over opposing tackles and suffocate quarterbacks of space.
Beyond his physical foundation, Tuimoloau is also a stalwart run defender with impressive strength, quickness, and angle IQ, and a productive, instinctive playmaker on the football.
Users controlling the Falcons are selecting him with 1.9% of their draft picks. The next highest percentage of selections for Tuimoloau are 1.7% of Bengals’ users.
J.T. Tuimoloau Draft Profile | Ohio State, EDGE Scouting Report
EDGE Jack Sawyer
- Current ADP: 64.0
Jack Sawyer does one thing extremely well as a pass rusher, which has made him relatively dominant at the college level. He consistently and effectively uses the “run through an MFer’s chest” approach. However, with reportedly sub-33-inch arms, will he be able to consistently win that way at the next level without developing more?
Nevertheless, Sawyer plays with his pants on fire as a run defender. He also has that T.J. Watt knack to him where he curiously always finds his hands on the football, whether it be batting down passes, intercepting them, or recovering them off the turf.
Users controlling the Lions are selecting him with 2.9% of their draft picks. The next highest percentage of selections for Sawyer are 2.4% of Bills’ users and 2.3% of Eagles’ users.
RB Quinshon Judkins
- Current ADP: 64.9
In a stacked RB class, Quinshon Judkins is one of the best the group has to offer. He is an incredibly energized mover. His linear acceleration enables him to capitalize on fleeting gaps, and his swift, sudden one-cut ability allows him to offset defenders and sustain acceleration through cuts.
Past his mobility profile, Judkins is an exceedingly physical runner who plays beyond his frame and finishes forward with urgent leg churn. Mentally, Judkins has very good vision, which allows him to pick out primary and secondary lanes on zone and gap runs. He’s not as proficient as a creator in adverse or early contact situations, but on schedule, he’s dangerous. He’s an explosive carving knife with the tools to keep the chains moving.
Users controlling the Browns are selecting him with 1.2% of their draft picks. The next highest percentage of selections for Judkins are 1.1% of Raiders’ and Cowboys’ users.
Quinshon Judkins’ Draft Profile | Ohio State, RB Scouting Report
CB Davison Igbinosun
- Current ADP: 66.9
Igbinosun is easy to gravitate toward as a prospect. He was a highly-touted recruit who started 10 out of 13 games as a true freshman at Ole Miss in a secondary packed with potential NFL prospects. Then, Igbinosun started 13 games in a new scheme at Ohio State.
What stands out first on Igbinosun’s profile is how quickly he’s learned and acclimated at both spots — a trait that will no doubt serve him well later on. It’s also impossible not to mention his raw tools. At 6’2″, he has elite length, to go along with elite explosive capacity.
Igbinosun has shown he can play press-man, off-man, and zone coverage, and his hyperactive twitch yields great corrective mobility in those phases. He’s also an active and incredibly urgent and physical support defender, who is reliable in boundary pursuit.
Users controlling the Chiefs and Packers are selecting him with 1.4% of their draft picks. The next highest percentage of selections for Igbinosun are 1.2% of Bills’ users.
Davison Igbinosun’s Draft Profile | Ohio State, CB Scouting Report
RB TreVeyon Henderson
- Current ADP: 69.5
TreVeyon Henderson’s durability will be the biggest variable regarding his ultimate draft capital, but if teams clear him on medical checks, there’s no reason he can’t be an early-round pick and an impact player on his first NFL contract.
At 5’10”, 208 pounds, Henderson perfectly fits the mold of the dynamic two-phase, three-down modern NFL weapon. As a runner, Henderson is a forward-pressing brawler with the twitch to warp spatial relationships and the tenacity to capitalize. As a receiver, he’s a diverse RAC threat who can be employed in various ways. His speed and explosiveness serve as central traits across both realms.
Henderson would have been a candidate for RB1 on many boards had he declared for the 2024 NFL Draft. He’ll have steeper competition in 2025, but his profile is still very complete, with the top-end physical qualities to imply dynamic upside.
Users controlling the Browns are selecting him with 1.5% of their draft picks. The next highest percentage of selections for Henderson are 1.2% of Raiders’ users.
TreVeyon Henderson’s Draft Profile | Ohio State, RB Scouting Report
CB Denzel Burke
- Current ADP: 70.2
At 6’1″, 193 pounds, with elite explosive athleticism and a near-elite blend of speed, fluidity, and twitch, Burke passes the eye test with flying colors, and he’s also a former WR with certifiable ball skills. He’s proactive with the ball in the air and a physical, fast-flowing player in run support, too.
For Burke, the next step for growth was improving his technical refinement, man coverage discipline, and further honing his mental acuity. He accomplished all those things, and now, his profile is impressively complete, with coverage variability in man and zone to accentuate his traits.
Had he declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, Burke would have been a late first-round prospect on my board. Now, he has that same grade in the 2025 NFL Draft. With versatility across man and zone coverage, sharp processing, and playmaking ability on the ball and in support, Burke can be a quality starter early in his NFL career, with impact starter upside.
Users controlling the Chiefs, Packers, and Bills are selecting him with 1.2% of their draft picks.
Denzel Burke’s Draft Profile | Ohio State, CB Scouting Report
Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s Top NFL Draft Prospects
The following Notre Dame players have a top 100 ADP in the Mock Draft Simulator. Let’s examine each player’s average ADP, how their ADP has changed throughout the season, and which teams are selecting them most often in our user’s mock drafts.
CB Benjamin Morrison
Current ADP: 30.2
The public service announcement for opposing quarterbacks is this: Test Benjamin Morrison at your own risk.
You often hear the term “sticky” used in the presence of true lockdown cornerbacks, and that’s what Morrison has the traits to become. He has an elite combination of initial explosiveness and hip fluidity, and his hyperactive agility and twitch make him nearly impossible to shake.
Morrison’s recovery framework is out of this world, and it’s made more potent by his technical efficiency and variability, as well as his ability to plant and drive from either foot. Once he’s in position, Morrison is a born disruptor with exhaustive ball skills, willing physicality, and second-nature tracking ability.
Overall, Morrison is an elite physical talent with sharp processing ability and playmaking chops who, in spite of his middling size, has impressive feistiness, both in coverage and support. He’ll have to continue adding mass to his frame, but he’s a scheme-versatile CB prospect with All-Pro upside and lockdown potential in man.
Users controlling the Packers are selecting Morrison with 17.0% of picks in the first round. The next highest percentage of selections for Morrison in the first round are 15.1% of Bills’ users and 9.8% of Rams’ users.
Benjamin Morrison’s Draft Profile | Notre Dame, CB Scouting Report
S Xavier Watts
Current ADP: 53.3
There are few players I’m more confident in being a decade-long NFL starter in this class than Xavier Watts. He engulfs runners with impressive form-tackling ability. His knack for being in the right place at the right time to receive the ball from opposing passers may appear accidental at times, but it stems from being assignment sound. Watts has no weaknesses in his game.
His quick trigger gets him downhill quickly to jump-crossing routes, and he has enough fluidity and understanding of route dangers at different depths to keep him sticky in man coverage. The only thing keeping him from being a Day 1 player is lackluster size and athleticism. It may limit his draft potential, but we’ve seen countless “average” athletes flourish on the back end of NFL defenses. Watts will be no exception. He’s going to make a team very happy.
Users controlling the Colts are selecting him with 2.9% of their draft picks. The next highest percentage of selections for Watts are 1.6% of Miami Dolphins’ users and 1.5% of Atlanta Falcons’ users.
TE Mitchell Evans
Current ADP: 97.0
At 6’5″, 260 pounds, Mitchell Evans’ size and play strength immediately stand out, and he brings great power and physicality as a run blocker as well. His experience as a TE2 behind Michael Mayer helped refine his blocking skills, and in 2023, his nuance as a receiver came to light.
Though Evans isn’t as dynamic an athlete as Mayer was, he’s fluid enough to separate independently on digs and out routes, and he can work up the seam well enough with his baseline explosiveness and box-out ability.
Where Evans truly makes his money as a receiver, however, is with his hands and catching instincts. Evans has truly elite hands — as evidenced by his incredibly low drop rate — and he can not only make tough catches amidst contact, but also contort at rapid response times.
Users controlling the Jets are selecting him with 1% of their draft picks. The next highest percentage of selections for Evans are 0.9% of Eagles’ users.
Mitchell Evans’ Draft Profile | Notre Dame, TE Scouting Report
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