Top 2025 NFL Draft Prospects Still on the Board After Round 1 | Deadspin.com

Celebrations are nonetheless going for the 32 gamers who had been drafted in the first spherical on Thursday.

There are some extremely gifted soccer gamers left on the board for the begin of the second spherical. Some prospects in first-round competition dropped as a result of damage or character considerations, however some are destined to be stored ready as a result of the NFL thinks much less of them than the common public and media. For followers of groups in search of studs in the second spherical, listed below are the highest-ranked prospects nonetheless on my large board by way of decide 32:

Will Johnson, CB, Michigan

When it comes to pound-for-pound expertise, Johnson might have been a top-10 decide. His 2023 tape was train tape in zone protection, and he confirmed off explosion from the line of scrimmage to maintain up with receivers down the discipline. However 2023 was two years in the past. Johnson spent most of 2024 nursing a knee damage and was refrained from testing by a hamstring pressure that got here out of nowhere. He by no means put a 40 time on the books and left too many variables unanswered or unexplained. Well being is the lingering concern with Johnson, however he could possibly be a steal in the type of Cooper DeJean (second spherical, Eagles, 2024) if a staff clears his medical and rediscovers the athleticism he confirmed in his sophomore season.

Nic Scourton, EDGE, Texas A&M

Scourton’s fall appears much less about perceived well being or character and extra about private choice. 

The sting gamers who went in the first spherical, like his teammate Shemar Stewart and SEC opponents Mykel Williams and James Pearce Jr., all transfer very nicely for his or her measurement. Scourton flashed extra spectacular energy than pace final season, and his weight throughout testing fluctuated an excessive amount of, which possible turned him right into a query mark for extra groups. Scourton can deliver a excessive flooring to an edge room that’s all for top-level weight room warriors with heavy arms and shocking bend, however he might go in the 60s to a staff like the Lions as a result of he’s not going to win with a first-step burst.

Mike Inexperienced, EDGE, Marshall

Perhaps the edge class is simply that good? There wasn’t a spot for Inexperienced instantly for groups in the first spherical. Inexperienced shot up media draft boards due to his quickness and strength-to-speed conversion at the Senior Bowl on the heels of a 17-sack season. The manufacturing needs to be certified as a result of it got here in opposition to a decrease stage of competitors and there are considerations round why he left Virginia. There’s nonetheless an opportunity for a staff to snag him in the second and make a significant influence for his or her protection along with his technical refinement and pace.

Trey Amos, CB, Ole Miss

It was most likely going to be both Maxwell Hairston (Kentucky) or Amos at the again finish of the first spherical, and Hairston’s pace appealed extra to the Payments than Amos’ sticky man protection capacity. This doesn’t imply Amos is any slouch as a participant, and if there was any participant I’d count on to go at 33, he’s the one. His bodily presence and run-stopping worth in the secondary may also help a staff safe the again finish of their protection. His ball manufacturing in faculty indicators that he can flip the tide of a sport at any second.