2025 NFL draft rankings: Field Yates' top 25 prospects - ESPN

The 2024 college football season has flown by; Saturday marks the final full regular-season slate. Conference championships, bowl season and the College Football Playoff await, but the college careers of some NFL draft prospects will be over by next week. So now seems like an appropriate time to unveil a fresh set of player rankings for this 2025 draft class.

Remember, a lot can change. Even once we crown a national champion, there are still pre-draft events, the combine, pro days and more in the lead-up to the draft, which begins roughly five months from now on April 24. There are also cases where players missed a significant portion of the season because of an injury, creating a lot of unknowns.

But with that disclaimer out of the way, here is my updated ranking of the top 25 players in the 2025 class. (Underclassmen are marked with an asterisk.)

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Height: 6-foot-1 | Weight: 185 pounds

Hunter has been the best player in college football this season, flexing the rare ability to master two positions. He ranks seventh in the FBS in receiving yards with 1,036, and he has added three interceptions on defense. I expect that Hunter will want to play both positions at the NFL level, and while there was a time earlier in the process when I was dubious that would become a reality, I'm now looking at him as a two-way player at the next level, at least in some capacity. On offense, Hunter glides through his routes and shows exceptional hands. On defense, he is instinctive and always seems to find the football.

Height: 6-3 | Weight: 259

Carter transitioned from a standup linebacker role to an edge role