2025 NFL Draft best available players: All the top guys still left for Day 3

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The final day of the 2025 NFL Draft has arrived. Miami quarterback Cam Ward went No. 1 overall to the Tennessee Titans, the Jacksonville Jaguars traded up to acquire two-way threat Travis Hunter and the Las Vegas Raiders selecting game-breaking running back Ashton Jeanty. Shedeur Sanders was finally taken early in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns.

Here are the best available players remaining in this year’s NFL Draft:

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Mbow played tackle at college but should transition inside because of his build and the 32-inch arm length he measured in at the combine. (It should be noted that he measured with 33-inch arms at the Senior Bowl — just to make it really fun and easy on us evaluators.) Mbow is an explosive and violent athlete who can fire out of his stance and can quickly close on defenders in space because of his athleticism and balance. Mbow still needs to add bulk and play strength, especially his lower half, to be able to hold up on the inside against more powerful defenders. He could still get bull-rushed by stronger and longer defenders in college, but moving inside won’t expose him as much on an island, even though defenders are even bigger and stronger there in the NFL. — Nate Tice

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Mbow isn’t the biggest offensive lineman out there, but he’s a fluid mover and has the frame to gain more weight and strength — which he will need to do at the NFL level. He’ll probably be a guard in the NFL and projects well to a zone-blocking scheme that gets their guys on the move. — Charles McDonald

Full scouting report | Player comp: Jake Matthews

Bradyn Swinson, Edge, LSU

Swinson has the combination of length, bend and competitive style that makes him intriguing as a silky Day 2 prospect. He dominates TEs trying to block him, and is able to collapse them into the backfield and into the ball carrier at times. He doesn’t have overwhelming strength and can get knocked off against double-teams and strong offensive tackles. But his length and quickness still make him viable against the run and not an outright negative. Overall, Swinson plays with a high motor, has real NFL athleticism and size (6-4, 255 pounds), and has production to point to in his final season. He can play winning rotational snaps early in his career with a path and upside as a starting edge defender, ideally in a three-down scheme. — Nate Tice

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Player comp: Shaun Phillips

Damien Martinez, RB, Miami

Unlike most power-driven backs, Martinez isn’t a magnet for contact. He has the quickness, agility, and balance to make tacklers miss with a cut as well as running over them. Overall, Martinez has the combination of vision, strength, and burst to take the majority share of early down touches in an NFL backfield. He’s not a home run hitter, but he’s not a slug, either. Martinez is going to get every yard that’s blocked for him, and then some, too. — Nate Tice

Game script (and the existence of Cam Ward) kept Martinez from getting the bulk of carries his talent called for. For teams that want and miss out on Omarion Hampton, Martinez is a great consolation prize. He’s a strong, powerful runner with good vision and speed. There’s legitimate starting potential here. — Charles McDonald

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Player comp: Marshawn Lynch

Shifty is how I would describe Neal. The classic “quicker-than-fast”-type athlete, Neal has just average long speed, but he is a strong runner with good balance and vision. Neal has a great feel for setting up his blocks and knowing when to plant his foot and accelerate through the hole. He is constantly finding ways to get effective yards and knows how to pace his runs on a variety of run concepts (even being frequently used as a wildcat QB at Kansas, too). On passing downs, Neal is a natural pass catcher who knows how to stay friendly to the QB and can get upfield after the catch quickly. He is also a good pass protector already, with both his eyes constantly going to the right assignment and his build, technique and strength allowing him to stonewall blitzers. — Nate Tice

Full scouting report | Player comp: Kareem Hunt, David Montgomery

I’m likely going to be one of the higher people on Leonard. I do think there is a lot to like and tools to work with for a Day 2 dart throw. Leonard has good size and is an excellent athlete who is a weapon on designed runs and in the open field. He has a good feel in the pocket (but can bail outside a bit too quickly at times) with an ability to mitigate sacks and pressure, something he has now shown behind two shaky offensive lines at Duke and then behind a — forgive the pun — green Notre Dame unit. Leonard is an accurate thrower underneath with some real flashes of layering throws (and some downright excellent throws like at the end of the game against Indiana in the CFP), but his deep ball remains a gigantic question mark. Some of that was Notre Dame’s iffy receiving core, but Leonard did shy away from pushing the ball at times.

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Leonard’s tools, toughness and ability to avoid negative plays make him intriguing to me, and his overall passing has picked up as the season went along as Notre Dame’s offense – and personnel – started to mature. But he still has to show that he can execute those complex throws on a more consistent basis, which might never happen and will make him more just an interesting backup option. — Nate Tice

Full scouting report | Player comp: Ryan Tannehill

Tory Horton, WR, Colorado State

A long-legged and productive pass catcher. Horton is a fluid mover despite having such a high-cut build. Horton is a glider who can eat up ground with his strides and is dangerous down the field and on the move with the ball in his hands (he moves a lot like DeVonta Smith). His ability to consistently get upfield in a hurry with the ball in his hands shows up on crossing routes (of which there were plenty in Colorado State’s traditional Air Raid scheme) and as a punt returner (Horton finished with three punt return touchdowns in his college career). — Nate Tice

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Player comp: DeVonta Smith

Kyle McCord, QB, Syracuse

If you asked me if McCord would’ve been here this time last season, there would’ve been no way. However, he legitimately did play good football at Syracuse last year and somehow improved greatly without the services of Marvin Harrison Jr. or Emeka Egbuka. McCord might not be a long-term starter in the NFL, but he showed enough last year to give him a chance to be a top-100 pick come draft weekend. The accuracy, timing and control of Syracuse’s offense was impressive last year. — Charles McDonald

Player comp: Aidan O’Connell

Cameron Williams, OT, Texas

Williams has excellent size (6-5, 335 pounds) and long arms that make him stand out right away. He has to work on his consistency as a player, but there just aren’t many players, at any level that are built like Williams while also being able to bend and move in space as easily as Williams does.

Player comp: Jawaan Taylor

Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State

Ollie Gordon II, RB, Oklahoma State

Mitchell Evans, TE, Notre Dame

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