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College Football season is about to kickoff for the 2024-25 season. This class is loaded and should yield some of the best young talents for the next generation of NFL talents.
This Top 50 Draft Prospect Board highlights the future stars poised to make significant contributions to their teams. Whether you’re a scout, fan or analyst, this board provides essential insights into the next generation of elite players.
1. Will Johnson – CB, Michigan
HT: 6’2″ WT: 202lbs
2023 Stats: 27 Total Tackles – 20 Solo Tackles – 4 Interceptions – 4 Passes Defended
Johnson is the best defensive player in this draft with game changing ability. He has the opportunity to be a top three pick in this year’s draft.
2. James Pearce Jr. – Edge, Tennessee
HT: 6’5″ WT: 242lbs
2023 Stats: 27 Total Tackles – 18 Solo Tackles – 9.5 Sacks – 1 Interception
Pearce is a menace with otherworldly athleticism and a lightning quick first step. He is arguably the best front seven player in the entire class.
3. Luther Burden III – WR, Mizzou
HT: 5’11” WT: 208lbs
2023 Stats: 89 Receptions – 1,212 Yards – 9 Touchdowns
After a terrific year at Missouri, Burden III comes into the 2024 season touted as the best receiver in the class. His speed, big play ability and quickness are all coveted assets league wide.
4. Mason Graham – DL, Michigan
HT: 6’3″ WT: 318lbs
2023 Stats: 35 Total Tackles – 23 Solo Tackles – 3 Sacks
Graham is coming off of an impressive 2023 campaign where he displayed elite run stopping ability. He will now be looked upon as the leader of one of the best interior line prospects in the class.
5. Kelvin Banks Jr. – Tackle, Texas
HT: 6’4″ WT: 324lbs
2023 Stats: 550 Pass Blocking Snaps – 1 Sack Allowed
Banks Jr. was one of the best blindside protectors last season and enters the 2024 as a blue-chip tackle prospect. He leads the 2025 class as the best tackle in college football this season.
6. Xavier Watts – Safety, Notre Dame
HT: 5’11” WT: 198lbs
2023 Stats: 52 Total Tackles – 30 Solo Tackles – 7 Interceptions – 4 Passes Defended
The safety position has taken a downturn in the league but players like Xavier Watts will usher in a resurgence. Watts would’ve been the best safety in last year’s class and that doesn’t change this year.
7. Travis Hunter – ATH, Colorado
HT: 6’1″ WT: 185lbs
2023 Stats: 31 Total Tackles – 23 Solo Tackles – 3 Interceptions – 5 Passes Defended/57 Receptions – 721 Yards – 5 Touchdowns
Hunter plays both sides of the ball and is a modern-day iron man football player. The problem is that the league will want to see where he fits: elite receiver or a top flight cornerback?
8. Theo Wease Jr. – WR, Mizzou
HT: 6’2″ WT: 192lbs
2023 Stats: 49 Receptions – 682 Yards – 6 Touchdowns
Wease Jr. is a prototypical height-weight-speed specimen with elite big play traits. He is part of a electric Mizzou Tigers trio and should have a big year in 2024.
9. Will Campbell – Tackle, LSU
HT: 6’6″ WT: 325lbs
2023 Stats: 491 Pass Blocking Snaps – 0 Sacks Allowed
Heralded by many as the most complete tackle in the draft, Will Campbell is an elite tackle prospect in this year’s class. He will lead one of the best tackle duos this year for the LSU Tigers and should have a big year in the SEC.
10. Nic Scourton – Edge, Texas A&M
HT: 6’4″ WT: 280lbs
2023 Stats: 50 Total Tackles – 33 Solo Tackles – 10 Sacks
Scourton enters the 2024 season as one of the best pass rushers in the class. He will now take his talents to the SEC as he a member of the Texas A&M Aggies and look to wreak havoc on the college football.
11. Sheduer Sanders – QB, Colorado
HT: 6’2” WT: 215lbs
2023 Stats: 3,230 Yards – 27 Touchdowns – 3 Interceptions – 151.7 Passer Rating
Sanders is arguably the best all-around quarterback in a very shallow 2025 class. With the Colorado Buffaloes moving over to the Big 12 this season, he should be able to grow his stock exponentially.
12. Quinn Ewers – QB, Texas
HT: 6’2″ WT: 210lbs
2023 Stats: 3,479 Yards – 22 Touchdowns – 6 Interceptions – 158.6 Passer Rating
Ewers could’ve been a first-round pick in 2024 but battled injuries that dimmed his star. He will now lead the Texas Longhorns into the SEC, showing scouts that he is the real deal.
13. Carson Beck – QB, Georgia
HT: 6’4″ WT: 220lbs
2023 Stats: 3,941 Yards – 24 Touchdowns – 6 Interceptions – 167.9 Passer Rating
After a solid season for the Georgia Bulldogs, Carson Beck now enters the season as one of the best quarterback prospects in the 2025 class. Leading the Bulldogs to the college football playoff would solidify his draft stock.
14. Deone Walker – DL, Kentucky
HT: 6’6″ WT: 348lbs
2023 Stats: 55 Total Tackles – 7.5 Sacks
Walker is a massive athlete with elite traits as both a run defender and a pass rusher. He will be a highly touted prospect at the next level as teams look for versatile defenders along the front seven.
15. Jacobee Bryant – CB, Kansas
HT: 6’0″ WT: 175lbs
2023 Stats: 32 Total Tackles – 30 Solo Tackles – 4 Interceptions – 5 Passes Defended
Bryant is arguably the smoothest man coverage corner in the draft with a knack for coming down with the ball. He will look to have a big season for the Kansas Jayhawks, solidifying his place as an elite cornerback prospect.
16. Harold Perkins Jr. – LB, LSU
HT: 6’1″ WT: 225lbs
2023 Stats: 74 Total Tackles – 43 Solo Tackles – 5.5 Sacks – 1 Interception
Perkins Jr. has been one of the best defensive players in college football with tons of potential. If the can tap into that potential he could be one of the most sought after prospects in the draft.
17. Malaki Starks – Safety, Georgia
HT: 6’1″ WT: 205lbs
2023 Stats: 52 Total Tackles – 31 Solo Tackles – 3 Interceptions – 7 Passes Defended
Starks was arguably the second or third best safety prospect in the 2024 class and now enters this season as the clear-cut second best safety in the class.
18. Tetairoa McMillan – WR, Arizona
HT: 6’5″ WT: 210lbs
2023 Stats: 90 Receptions – 1,402 Yards – 10 Touchdowns
There aren’t many players have had the type of season that McMillan had in 2023. He will now look to duplicate that success and cement his stock for the upcoming draft.
22. Jack Sawyer – Edge, Ohio State
HT: 6’5″ WT: 260lbs
2023 Stats: 48 Total Tackles – 24 Solo Tackles – 6.5 Sacks
Sawyer has shown the versatility and tenacity that is indicative of a NFL-ready pass rusher. His leadership is an undervalued quality and he will have a chance to show it in 2024.
20. Evan Stewart – WR, Oregon
HT: 6’0″ WT: 174lbs
2023 Stats: 38 Receptions – 514 Yards – 4 Touchdowns
Speed is a killer at any level of football and Evan Stewart has it in bunches. He will now have a chance to show just how effective he is in this Oregon Ducks’ offense.
Prospects 21-50
21. Alijah Huzzie – DB, North Carolina
HT: 5’10” WT: 195lbs
2023 Stats: 42 Total Tackles – 30 Solo Tackles – 3 Interceptions – 6 Passes Defended
22. JT Tuimoloau – Edge, Ohio State
HT: 6’5″ WT: 269lbs
2023 Stats: 38 Total Tackles – 12 Solo Tackles – 5 Sacks
23. Emery Jones Jr. – Tackle, LSU
HT: 6’6″ WT: 315lbs
2023 Stats: 440 Pass Blocking Snaps – 2 Sack Allowed
24. Emeka Egbuka – WR, Ohio State
HT: 6’1″ WT: 205lbs
2023 Stats: 41 Receptions – 515 Yards – 4 Touchdowns
25. Tyler Booker – OL, Alabama
HT: 6’5″ WT: 325lbs
2023 Stats: 409 Pass Blocking Snaps – 2 Sacks Allowed
26. Quinshon Judkins – HB, Ohio State
HT: 6’0” WT: 219lbs
2023 Stats: 1,158 Rush Yards – 4.3 YPC – 149 Receiving Yards – 17 Total Touchdowns
27. Ollie Gordon II – HB, Oklahoma State
HT: 6’1″ WT: 225lbs
2023 Stats: 1,732 Rush Yards – 6.1 YPC – 330 Receiving Yards – 22 Total Touchdowns
28. Denzel Burke – CB, Ohio State
HT: 6’1″ WT: 193lbs
2023 Stats: 24 Total Tackles – 18 Solo Tackles – 1 Interception – 8 Passes Defended
29. Benjamin Morrison – CB, Notre Dame
HT: 6’0″ WT: 190lbs
2023 Stats: 31 Total Tackles – 25 Solo Tackles – 3 Interceptions – 10 Pass Defended
30. Kevin Winston Jr. – Safety, Penn State
HT: 6’2″ WT: 205lbs
2023 Stats: 60 Total Tackles – 35 Solo Tackles – 1 Interception – 5 Pass Defended
31. Cameron Ward – QB, Miami
HT: 6’2″ WT: 223lbs
2023 Stats: 3,735 Yards – 25 Touchdowns – 7 Interceptions – 145.4 Passer Rating
32. Tacario Davis – CB, Arizona
HT: 6’4″ WT: 190lbs
2023 Stats: 25 Total Tackles – 13 Solo Tackles – 1 Interception – 15 Pass Defended
33. Jaxson Dart – QB, Ole Miss
HT: 6’2″ WT: 225lbs
2023 Stats: 3,364 Yards – 23 Touchdowns – 5 Interceptions – 162.4 Passer Rating
34. Tory Horton – WR, Colorado State
HT: 6’3″ WT: 185lbs
2023 Stats: 96 Receptions – 1,136 Yards – 8 Touchdowns
35. Tre Harris – WR, Ole Miss
HT: 6’3″ WT: 210lbs
2023 Stats: 54 Receptions – 985 Yards – 8 Touchdowns
36. Abdul Carter – LB, Penn State
HT: 6’3″ WT: 259lbs
2023 Stats: 49 Total Tackles – 26 Solo Tackles – 4.5 Sacks – 1 Interception
37. Isaiah Bond – WR, Texas
HT: 5’11″ WT: 180lbs
2023 Stats: 48 Receptions – 668 Yards – 4 Touchdowns
38. Tyleik Williams – DL, Ohio State
HT: 6’3″ WT: 327lbs
2023 Stats: 54 Tackles – 3 Sacks
39. Mookie Cooper – WR, Mizzou
HT: 5’9″ WT: 185lbs
2023 Stats: 36 Receptions – 447 Yards – 0 Touchdowns
40. Kenneth Grant – DL, Michigan
HT: 6’3″ WT: 339lbs
2023 Stats: 29 Tackles – 3.5 Sacks
41. Landon Jackson – Edge, Arkansas
HT: 6’7″ WT: 280lbs
2023 Stats: 44 Total Tackles – 22 Solo Tackles – 6.5 Sacks
42. Princely Umanmielen – Edge, Florida
HT: 6’4″ WT: 255lbs
2023 Stats: 39 Total Tackles – 22 Solo Tackles – 7 Sacks
43. Jonah Savaiinaea – Tackle, Arizona
HT: 6’5″ WT: 336lbs
2023 Stats: 540 Pass Blocking Snaps – 2 Sacks Allowed
44. Barrett Carter – LB, Clemson
HT: 6’1″ WT: 230lbs
2023 Stats: 62 Total Tackles – 37 Solo Tackles – 3.5 Sacks – 1 Interception
45. Patrick Payton – Edge, Florida State
HT: 6’5″ WT: 250lbs
2023 Stats: 43 Total Tackles – 28 Solo Tackles – 7 Sacks
46. Colston Loveland – TE, Michigan
HT: 6’5” WT: 245lbs
2023 Stats: 45 Receptions – 649 Yards – 4 Touchdowns
47. Donovan Edwards – HB, Michigan
HT: 6’1” WT: 212lbs
2023 Stats: 497 Rush Yards – 4.2 YPC – 249 Receiving Yards – 5 Total Touchdowns
48. Omarion Hampton – HB, North Carolina
HT: 6’0” WT: 220lbs
2023 Stats: 1,504 Rush Yards – 5.9 YPC – 222 Receiving Yards – 16 Total Touchdowns
49. Jabbar Muhammad – CB, Washington
HT: 5’10″ WT: 185lbs
2023 Stats: 46 Total Tackles – 41 Solo Tackles – 3 Interceptions – 14 Pass Defended
50. Grayson McCall – QB, NC State
HT: 6’3″ WT: 220lbs
2023 Stats: 1,919 Yards – 10 Touchdowns – 6 Interceptions – 148.7 Passer Rating
The college football season will kickoff on August 30th with a full slate of games and plenty of big plays from the future of the NFL. As the season progresses some will rise and some will fall. Stay tapped in to see.