Which 10 NFL Rookies Are Set To Make an Impact During The 2025 Season?

Each season, there are always a handful of rookies who excel and outproduce their expectations, lifting NFL teams to unexpected success.

In recent seasons, rookies like Jayden Daniels, Brock Bowers and Bo Nix have boosted their teams significantly because of their ability to quickly adapt from the NCAA to the NFL. 

With a new class of rookies set to embark on their first season, who will make an immediate impact on their team?

FOX Sports Research compiled the list of the 10 first-year players who are likely to make the biggest splash.

Omarion Hampton #8 of the Los Angeles Chargers carries the ball during the first quarter of the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

The Chargers want to be a ground-and-pound team under head coach Jim Harbaugh. They were successful in doing so last season and beefed up that running back position coming into this year by selecting Hampton with the 22nd overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. For a run-centric team to spend a first-round pick on a running back, it must mean they have tremendous confidence in that player. Hampton rushed for over 3,164 yards and 30 touchdowns over the course of his sophomore and junior seasons at North Carolina. It'll be crucial for the Chargers that he quickly carries that production into the NFL, as their other backfield addition, Najee Harris, could miss the start of the season. 

Georgia defensive back Malaki Starks poses after being selected 27th overall by the Baltimore Ravens during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

Baltimore has every opportunity to have the best secondary in the NFL in 2025. To fulfill that projection, Starks would have to make a significant