2025 NFL draft QB rankings: Beck, Ewers, Milroe, Sanders, Ward - ESPN

We're at the midway point of the college football season, which means the 2025 NFL draft is right around the corner. Does your favorite team need a quarterback next season? Well, there's still a lot to sort out with this class.

There were six passers taken in Round 1 this past April, including the top three picks. I don't think that's going to happen in 2025; there are some intriguing signal-callers, but it's not as loaded at the top. There's no leaguewide consensus on who is the top prospect.

How do the quarterbacks in the 2025 class stack up right now? It's time to debut my 2025 QB Hot Board, where I rank every passer who has a chance to get drafted. I'm going 13 deep, with two clear first-rounders as of now. I'll go through the strengths and weaknesses of all 13, along with each quarterback's draft stock.

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Height: 6-foot-2 | Weight: 215 pounds
Class: Senior | Projected range: Round 1

Where he excels: When protected in the pocket, Sanders' rhythm as a passer, calm demeanor in the pocket and overall accuracy are among the best in the country. In the short and underneath areas, he displays great ball location. He has 2,018 passing yards, 17 touchdown passes and four interceptions — and one of those picks deflected off the foot of a defender (in the season opener against North Dakota State). Despite facing pressure on 34.8% of his dropbacks (35th-highest in FBS), he ranks sixth overall in completion percentage (72.6%).

«He's been the best of the bunch to me, and I've been impressed by his growth this year,» an assistant GM from an NFC team said. «The on-field demeanor has been contagious so far, and the results have shown on that team