2025 NFL draft: Team fits for 10 college football prospects - ESPN

The first nine weeks of the 2024 college football season have seen some big performances from the 2025 NFL draft's top prospects. But where could those players land in April?

We asked draft analysts Mel Kiper Jr., Matt Miller, Steve Muench, Jordan Reid and Field Yates to pick the best NFL team fit for 10 intriguing 2025 prospects and then identify an under-the-radar pro team that could be a potential fit for each player. They broke down landing spots for five quarterbacks, Heisman Trophy front-runner Ashton Jeanty, Colorado dual-threat dynamo Travis Hunter and others.

To close, our analysts also emptied their notebooks with everything they have seen and heard over the past few weeks.

Jump to a prospect:
Sanders | Ward | Milroe | Beck | Ewers
Hunter | Johnson | McMillan | Jeanty | Carter
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Kiper's perfect fit: Las Vegas Raiders. Sanders will obviously go early, and the Raiders should be near the top of the draft. And I think about how new minority owner Tom Brady might impact the team's draft decisions. Brady was super accurate, tough and excellent in the pocket during his playing career — which sounds a lot like the 6-foot-2, 215-pound Sanders. The senior's 73.3% completion rate is fourth in the country, and his 82.3 QBR from inside the pocket is 15th.

It seems like a really good fit for a Raiders team that needs a young starter under center. After missing out on all six first-round QBs in the 2024 class, Las Vegas has gotten mediocre play from Gardner Minshew and Aidan O'Connell this season. It's time for a long-term fix.

Kiper's sneaky fit: Cleveland Browns. Jordan picked Sanders to go to Cleveland in our latest mock a few weeks ago, so I'm not sure how sneaky I'm really being. But Deshaun Watson