Each year, every NFL general manager, scout and coach has a personal list of favorite draft prospects — guys to pound the table for when the clock is ticking and a decision must be made about which player to invest precious draft capital in. Well, I’m no different. With the 2025 NFL Draft just around the corner (April 24-26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin), here is my list of prospects I feel most passionately about.

Now, this exercise isn’t all-encompassing. Every year, it’s hard for me to leave out some players I would strongly advocate for, but I don’t want to be pounding the table nonstop. Also, while the list does not exclude players who are likely to hear their names called during Round 1, the vast majority of guys I’ve included here are likely Day 2 (Rounds 2-3) and Day 3 (Rounds 4-7) picks.

Fourteen of the 16 players on last year’s version of this list were drafted. The two undrafted players were brought into camp, and one of them — TE Dallin Holker — ended up starting a couple of games for the New Orleans Saints. Three of the 16 were drafted by the Buffalo Bills, and another three landed with the Saints — I swear I didn’t have access to their draft boards! Ten of the 16 started at least one game in 2024, with two members — Steelers OG Mason McCormick and 49ers S Malik Mustapha — starting at least 12 games. Hopefully, the players mentioned below can replicate — if not exceed — the success of last year’s pound-the-table class!