As the 2025 NFL Draft continues to draw nigh, teams are beginning to do their due diligence on each prospect, including hosting several for visits.
A perfect example of this saw the Saints host a bevy of Longhorns for a dinner last night, per Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football. The list of Texas prospects included possible first-rounders cornerback Jahdae Barron and wide receiver Matthew Golden as well as defensive tackle Vernon Broughton and quarterback Quinn Ewers.
The Saints weren’t the only team to spend time with Ewers yesterday, per Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated. Both the Jets and Raiders sent staffers to meet with the 22-year-old in Austin prior to the team’s pro day. Ewers has several visits planned following today’s pro day, as well, including meetings with the Cowboys, Colts, and Raiders, again, in early April.
Another potential Longhorn first-rounder, wide receiver Isaiah Bond, has also reportedly set up a number of visits following today’s pro day, per CJ Vogel of On Texas Football. Bond apparently has top-30 visits scheduled in the next month with the Falcons, Bears, Packers, and Rams.
Here are some more rumors concerning the 2025 NFL Draft:
- East Carolina cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. is making the rounds, as well. After previously meeting with New Orleans, Revel reportedly visited the Texans on Friday, per Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2. Revel is attempting to make a speedy recovery from a torn ACL that ended his final collegiate season after only three games. He’s reportedly on track to be ready to return in time for training camp.
- One of Revel’s top competitors at the position in this year’s class, Michigan cornerback Will Johnson, is set to meet with the Raiders, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. Johnson has already met with the Falcons and reportedly met with the Cardinals already, as well.
- Already having met with the Saints and Falcons, Oregon offensive tackle Josh Conerly Jr. is set to meet with several other franchises, per Wilson. One of the top tackle options in the class, Conerly has visits planned with the Texans, Eagles, Commanders, Bengals, and Bears. Wilson adds that, at the NFL Scouting Combine, Conerly already formerly met with the Texans, Jets, Titans, Patriots, Raiders, Commanders, and 49ers.
- Marshall’s pro day garnered a few more visitors than usual today, thanks to the presence of potential first-round pass rusher Mike Green. According to Tony Pauline of sportskeeda, while several teams sent personnel to check Green out, the Falcons sent most of their front office as well as head coach Raheem Morris. Pauline adds that the Commanders also held a significant presence at the pass rusher’s pro day.
- Due to the draft being more deep than top-heavy, there are several prospects who receive a wide range of opinions on when and where they’ll go in the draft. According to Matt Miller of ESPN, though, no player has a wider range than Ole Miss defensive tackle Walter Nolen. Transferring within the conference from Texas A&M for the final year of his collegiate career, Nolen had a strong, consensus All-American season with the Rebels, totaling 48 total tackles, 6.5 sacks, and 14 tackles for loss. Despite the impressive performance, Miller claims that “teams are torn on (Nolen’s) lack of refined pass-rush moves,” resulting in projections from the top 10 all the way back to the second round.
- Last year was the second time in the three years that we saw no running backs taken in the first round of the draft. According to Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports, we could see two running backs hear their names called on Day 1 of the event this year. A running backs coach told Schultz that “there’s no way (Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty) falls outside the top 15-20 picks.” Jeanty has been projected in multiple mock drafts to both the Raiders at No. 6 overall and the Cowboys at No. 12. While the position is deep, with players like Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson, Ohio State’s duo of TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins, Miami’s Damien Martinez, and several others, it’s North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton who may have played himself into the first round with Jeanty. Schultz claims that a personnel director told him the only thing Hampton needed to do in order to go in Round 1 was run in the 4.4’s at the combine, and Hampton ran a 4.46. He may not get taken as high as Jeanty, but he should still be considered a first-round candidate come the end of April.
I’d honestly rather have Hampton than Jeanty.
Jeanty is way too small.
Way too Small? Lmao what
He’s 5’9” 215 lbs
Gibbs is 5’9” 200 lbs
Jacobs is 5’10” 220lbs
Taylor is 5’10” 226 lbs
Williams is 5’9” 202 lbs LAR
Jones is 5’9” 208 lbs MIN
Brown 5’10” 211 lbs CIN
Dobbins 5’10” 215 lbs
Etienne is 5’10” 215 lbs
Then you got guys like
Irving 5’9” 195 lbs
Achane 5’9” 188 lbs
Idk how you’re getting Jeanty is too small when runnings backs around his size are doing just fine in the league
He’s 5’8″, and he played against incredibly weak competition.
He’s in for a rude awakening at the next level.
(Lmao) How original and clever and not at all sophomoric.
ESPN has him listed at 5’9” and 215
link to espn.com
So your issue isn’t he’s “way too small” your issue is he excelled against weaker competition in college playing at Boise state and think he won’t be successful in the NFL cause of that. Pick one argument and stick to it
6th ranked PSU ran it 30 times for 105 yards
20th ranked UNLV 32 for 209
7th ranked Oregon 25 for 192
Did you seriously put Taylor and Jacobs in there? Both of them are near 230, and Taylor ran a 4.3 something.
Put Achane on a team without a FB and see how dominant he is. Same with Jones, as much as I like him.
Jeanty has nothing in common with almost all of those guys you listed.
Your issue with Jeanty is he’s “way too small”
Taylor and Jacobs are an inch taller with Jacobs a whopping 5 pounds heavier and Taylor a whopping 11 pounds heavier. That’s the equivalent of the typical dumbbell size beginners use at the gym.
Maybe if Jeanty was 170-180, then you’d have an argument.
5’8” and 210 is pretty much lining up with how he plays. Has an incredible contact balance and shows power through his runs. You know what Jeanty isn’t ever going to be accused of? Running too high. Ability to start and stop is what teams look for.
He’s not going to dominate the NFL like he dominated a weak conference. He’s got too many flaws.
Gibbs ran a 4.3 and played in the toughest conference in college football. There is no comparison between the two.
Since you know so much and have proved all these scouts and coaches and player personnel wrong about Jeanty, why don’t you tell us which NFL team it is that employs you? I mean, you must be employed by an NFL team right? How could you not be when you know so much better about these prospects than all these reputed draft analysts?
Bond is a really fun video game player…
He’s not a first rounder though