THE Nfl Scouting Combine has arrived and some fans will have their first overview of future stars in the league. CBSSports.com recently published its updated prospect ranking for 2025 NFL draft.
Here are the first five prospects at each defensive position:
On -board rushers
- Abdul Carter, Penn State (n ° 2 in total)
- Walker milestone, Georgia (n ° 9 in total)
- James Pearce Jr., Tennessee (n ° 10 in total)
- Mykel Williams, Georgia (n ° 16 in total)
- Mike Green, Marshall (n ° 18 in total)
When you arrive in the season, the media was around Williams, Pearce and the heights they could reach like prospects. Carter was the most consistent throughout the season, presenting its speed and flexibility in the first step in its full -time role of rusher of passes. He had made the transition from the second ball. It turns out that Carter is also the best hope overall.
Walker is built more like an out-of-ball side, but it is undeniable its ability to precipitate the quarter-rear. Sub-dimensional pass rushers like Nolan Smith and Haason Reddick paved the way for a talent like Walker. The first three stages of Snap Pearce are incredibly fast, but the young perspective still develops in its body and must learn to gain more often with power.
Williams is the size, weight, speed and athletics of a prototypical Nfl Passing a rusher but is always an unfinished product. The native of Georgia will still be 20 years old on the evening of the evening. Green is the only non-powerful representative 4 on the list, but his presence is largely due to the way he succeeded in the Power 4 competition in the senior Bowl weeks ago.
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Defensive Values
- Mason Graham, Michigan (n ° 3 in total)
- Walter Nolen, Ole Miss (n ° 17 in total)
- Shemar Stewart, Texas A&M (n ° 23 in total)
- Derrick Harmon, Oregon (n ° 29 in total)
- Kenneth Grant, Michigan (n ° 30 in total)
Graham has mainly done wire to wire as a higher defensive tackle perspective. He wins with speed and a refined arsenal. Nolen was a recruit of 5 stars leaving high school and showed an improvement from one year to the other at the university with his best being saved for his one and only season in Ole Miss. Nolen is a field of field 3 which will facilitate technology that will immediately modernize a team of a team pass the rush.
Stewart spent most of his time queuing on the edge for the AGGIES despite the measure of 6 feet-6 and 290 pounds. Its positional flexibility is an endearing line at the next level. Its athletic ceiling is very high and fans should expect it to be one of the best performers later this week.
Harmon was transferred from the state of Michigan for the last off -season. He was an immediate impact artist for the team who spent the majority of season 1 in the ranking. Grant is built more like a nose platform of tabots than his peer of Wolverines, but the anticipation is to build what he could accomplish this week in Indianapolis.
It is an honor to be included among this group since it is the deepest defensive tackle group for years.
Seconds
- Jihaad Campbell, Alabama (n ° 21 in total)
- Carson Schwesinger, UCLA (n ° 51 in total)
- Barrett Carter, Clemson (n ° 92 in total)
- Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia (n ° 99 in total)
- Chris Paul Jr., Ole Miss (n ° 112 in total)
Campbell was differentiated as LB1 in this class. He has the best size of size, football and sports potential. The people of the league expect it to test well in Indianapolis. Schwesinger is an instinctive player who does a good job by avoiding blocks in the box and hit hard.
Beyond Campbell and Schwesinger, there are many opportunities for secondary prospects to earn money at NFL combine with good performance.
Corner
- Travis Hunter, Colorado * (n ° 1 in total)
- Will Johnson, Michigan (n ° 5 in total)
- Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame (n ° 31 in total)
- Shavon Revel Jr., Caroline de l’Est (n ° 32 in total)
- Jahdae Barron, Texas (n ° 35 in total)
Hunter is the superior prospect of the corner half, but it could also be the best hope of the wide receiver. It will be interesting to learn what teams think about him through this process and if it is possible to see the action on both sides of the ball at the next level. Hunter is a little higher than some of the other corner prospects, but his ball skills are unequaled.
Johnson had undoubtedly been the best hope overall after the 2023 season. His advantage recalled the defensive player of the year Patrick Supreain II. Johnson did not play his standards in 2024, but a case could be made to face a throbbing injury. The teams will seek to determine how this injury had had an impact on its regression.
Morrison and Revel are also important injuries and it would be surprising that one or the other was made in Indianapolis. Morrison has a greater work, but Revel has an enticing length.
Barron is the first nickel corner on the list. It is an instinctive perspective with an insatiable competitive tenacity. Azareye’h Thomas de Florida State and Maxwell Hairston from Kentucky are some that could enter this group before everything said and done.
Security
- Malaki Starks, Georgia (n ° 12 in total)
- Nick Emman, South Carolina (n ° 26 in total)
- Kevin Winston Jr., Penn State (n ° 44 in total)
- Andrew Mukuba, Clemson (n ° 60 in total)
- Xavier Watts, Notre Dame (n ° 78 in total)
Starks is an exclusive security that is a ball with high -end athletics. He starts Georgia in his first year and is now heading for NFL. Emmanwori is greater security that can also play in the box. Winston is Penn State’s next defensive to enter the league. There have been several in recent years.
Mukuba and Watts combined for 11 interceptions in 2024.
2025 NFL draft must take place from April 24 to 26 at the Field Lambeau in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Larger project cover can be found on cbssports.com, including weekly drafts and one regularly available Look at the eligible prospects.
