2025 NFL draft: Ranking top five prospects at every position - ESPN

Even though the 2025 NFL draft is more than 10 months away, it is never too early to evaluate an upcoming class. That's what we did here, as ESPN draft experts Matt Miller and Jordan Reid picked their top five players at every position for next year.

But this isn't simply a bunch of top-five lists. Miller and Reid also named players whose ranking might be complicated by external factors (injuries, position changes, transfers) and players outside the top five at their positions who could be vaulted up the board in the months to come. Let's dig into the 2025 class, which is loaded at defensive tackle and on the edge. We'll start with the quarterbacks.

Note: Some prospects are listed under different positions for different analysts.

Jump to a position:
QB | RB | WR | TE
OT | G | C | Edge | DT
LB | CB | S

Miller's top five

1. Carson Beck, Georgia
2. Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
3. Quinn Ewers, Texas
4. Conner Weigman, Texas A&M
5. Riley Leonard, Notre Dame

Reid's top five

1. Carson Beck, Georgia
2. Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
3. Quinn Ewers, Texas
4. Riley Leonard, Notre Dame
5. Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss

Toughest player to rank: Ewers. There are games — and plays within those games — where he looks like a future top overall pick, yet he'll look like a freshman in others. Last season's Oklahoma game is a great example. Ewers threw only six incomplete passes, but two of them were first-quarter interceptions, helping Oklahoma to take an early lead in a game Texas eventually lost 34-30. Finding more decision-making consistency in 2024 is paramount to his draft stock. — Miller

Player outside of the top five to watch: Garrett Nussmeier, LSU. Following in the footsteps of Jayden Daniels (the Heisman Trophy winner and No. 2 pick in the 2024