- The Browns lead the way: Cleveland added 3.203 WAA, with TE Harold Fannin Jr. (0.818) and QB Shedeur Sanders (0.777) leading the charge. The Browns doubled up at quarterback and landed elite production at tight end and on the defensive interior.
- The Titans take second: Tennessee added 3.099 WAA, led by QB Cam Ward (1.225) — the No. 1 overall pick and a top-20 player on PFF’s big board. They followed up with intriguing contributors such as edge rusher Oluwafemi Oladejo (0.170) and WR Chimere Dike (0.152), blending premium position focus with athletic upside.
- Subscribe to PFF+: Get access to player grades, PFF Premium Stats, fantasy football rankings, all of the PFF fantasy draft research tools and more!
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes
In any conversation about how good a football player is, there will always be some degree of disagreement — whether it’s casual fans debating their favorite team’s picks, scouts evaluating a player’s strengths and weaknesses or coaches considering scheme fit. Opinions vary, and that’s part of the process.
Wins Above Average (WAA) is designed to help cut through that subjectivity. It estimates how many wins a player is worth above an average college football player, offering a standardized, data-driven method of assessing performance. The metric combines a player’s PFF grades across various facets of play with the relative value of each facet to winning football games. The result is a first-of-its-kind metric that enables cross-positional comparisons and offers predictive insight into a player’s future value. You can read more about PFF WAA and the process by clicking here.
WAA has several applications, but here we are using it to evaluate and rank each team’s 2025 draft class. However, it is very important to note that this isn’t a black-and-white verdict on which team “won” the draft. Because WAA is based on positional value and snap volume, the rankings naturally skew toward teams that made more picks and targeted premium positions. Teams that drafted multiple quarterbacks or invested in high-impact roles like wide receiver or edge defender are more likely to rank near the top. Meanwhile, teams that focused on lower-value or more stable positions, such as interior offensive line or tight end, may fall lower in the standings, even if they added long-term contributors.
And for context, WAA reflects a player’s on-field performance and value from last season in college — it’s not a projection, but a summary of what they’ve already put on tape.
Click here to jump to a team:
CLE | NYG | PHI | IND | SF | PIT | TEN | LAC | JAX | NO | DEN | NE | SEA | ARZ | HOU | LV | BAL | ATL | BUF | TB | CAR | KC | GB | LAR | NYJ | CHI | MIA | CIN | MIN | WAS | DAL | DET
1. Cleveland Browns: 3.203 WAA added
2. New York Giants: 2.941 WAA added
3. Philadelphia Eagles: 2.514 WAA added
This news was originally published on this post .
About the author
Pirates suspend employee after video shows him punching, whipping fan with belt in postgame altercation
A Pittsburgh Pirates gameday employee has been suspended by the team following a postgame altercation with a fan that was caught on video, per CBS Pittsburgh's Barry Pintar.The altercation reportedly occurred at PNC Park following Sunday's game, a 4-0 loss to the San Diego Padres. Per CBS, it started when the fan and his friend allegedly started harassing a female concession stand employee.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe gameday employee, who has not been identified, reportedly intervened and diverted the two men away from his coworker, at which point the situation got heated with a face-to-face argument. Video taken by a bystander shows the employee trying to walk away while being followed and taunted by the fan, but he eventually responds by throwing punches.The employee appears to land five punches to the head of the fan, who stays on his feet. Later, the fan is […]
Pirates suspend employee after video shows him punching, whipping fan with belt in postgame altercation
A Pittsburgh Pirates gameday employee has been suspended by the team following a postgame altercation with a fan that was caught on video, per CBS Pittsburgh's Barry Pintar.The altercation reportedly occurred at PNC Park following Sunday's game, a 4-0 loss to the San Diego Padres. Per CBS, it started when the fan and his friend allegedly started harassing a female concession stand employee.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe gameday employee, who has not been identified, reportedly intervened and diverted the two men away from his coworker, at which point the situation got heated with a face-to-face argument. Video taken by a bystander shows the employee trying to walk away while being followed and taunted by the fan, but he eventually responds by throwing punches.The employee appears to land five punches to the head of the fan, who stays on his feet. Later, the fan is […]
UFL 2025: Every touchdown from Week 6
<!--> Week 6 of the 2025 UFL season had a couple of close matchups and a pair of decisive victories, in which the winning teams' offenses showed out. Let's take a look at every touchdown scored in Week 6. Friday's Renegades-Battlehawks matchup in St. Louis was a tight, defensive battle. The game's lone touchdown came late in the first half when Battlehawks quarterback Max Duggan decided to go for it all when facing a third-and-6 from the Renegades' 30-yard line coming out of the two-minute warning. He dropped a dime to Hakeem Butler, who made a snag at the goal line over a Renegades defender for a 30-yard score.ADVERTISEMENT -->The Roughnecks opened the scoring in Saturday's game when Jalan McClendon threw a dart over the middle to Justin Hall on a second-and-8 play from the Showboats' 13-yard line. Hall was able to […]
Inter Milan stuns Barcelona in epic comeback, returns to Champions League final
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist <!--> Barcelona’s return to the Champions League final will have to wait.After erasing an Inter Milan lead on Tuesday for the third time across the two-legged semifinals, Barça took its first lead of the total-goals-wins series and then almost immediately squandered it, conceding twice more to the hosts in Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium and losing in extra time 4-3 and 7-6 on aggregate.Still, it’s hard to say that Inter didn’t deserve its victory. The Nerazzurri were unlucky not to leave Spain with a win in last week’s opener, but the 3-3 tie in Barcelona meant all they had to do was win Tuesday’s rematch — Inter went into the decisive contest having never lost a Champions League semi at home — to return to the biggest stage in global club soccer for the second time […]
Defense attorney challenges E.M. in Hockey Canada trial: ‘You weren’t scared’
LONDON, Ont. – The complainant in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial was grilled about whether she was actually scared in the early-morning hours of June 19, 2018, during the second day of cross-examination.David Humphrey, a defense attorney for Michael McLeod, also pressed E.M. on whether she encouraged any of the alleged sexual acts that are covered in her allegations.AdvertisementShe was also repeatedly asked about her feelings toward McLeod after the alleged acts took place, with the defense asserting that she was upset that he rushed her out the door at the end of the night.McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote are all facing sexual assault charges stemming from the alleged incident while players were in town for a Hockey Canada event celebrating their 2018 World Juniors championship. All five players pleaded not guilty to charges […]
Akron loses bowl eligibility due to low Academic Progress Report score
Akron football will be ineligible for the postseason in 2025 due to its Academic Progress Report (APR) score, according to the NCAA’s APR database, marking the first time in more than a decade that a Football Bowl Subdivision team has been penalized for such.The Zips, who have not played in a bowl game since 2017, had a multi-year score of 914, which measures a four-year timeframe and is below the required threshold of 930. The NCAA briefly suspended APR in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and paused issuing penalties for APR scores until last year.AdvertisementThis is the first year that postseason eligibility penalties are back on the table, which is why Akron only received a reduced practices penalty last year despite a 925 score.The school did not immediately respond to The Athletic’s request for comment.Akron would be the first […]
Related
Pirates suspend employee after video shows him punching, whipping fan with belt in postgame altercation
A Pittsburgh Pirates gameday employee has been suspended by the team following a postgame altercation with a fan that was caught on video, per CBS Pittsburgh's Barry Pintar.The altercation reportedly occurred at PNC Park following Sunday's game, a 4-0 loss to the San Diego Padres. Per CBS, it started when the fan and his friend allegedly started harassing a female concession stand employee.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe gameday employee, who has not been identified, reportedly intervened and diverted the two men away from his coworker, at which point the situation got heated with a face-to-face argument. Video taken by a bystander shows the employee trying to walk away while being followed and taunted by the fan, but he eventually responds by throwing punches.The employee appears to land five punches to the head of the fan, who stays on his feet. Later, the fan is […]
Pirates suspend employee after video shows him punching, whipping fan with belt in postgame altercation
A Pittsburgh Pirates gameday employee has been suspended by the team following a postgame altercation with a fan that was caught on video, per CBS Pittsburgh's Barry Pintar.The altercation reportedly occurred at PNC Park following Sunday's game, a 4-0 loss to the San Diego Padres. Per CBS, it started when the fan and his friend allegedly started harassing a female concession stand employee.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe gameday employee, who has not been identified, reportedly intervened and diverted the two men away from his coworker, at which point the situation got heated with a face-to-face argument. Video taken by a bystander shows the employee trying to walk away while being followed and taunted by the fan, but he eventually responds by throwing punches.The employee appears to land five punches to the head of the fan, who stays on his feet. Later, the fan is […]
UFL 2025: Every touchdown from Week 6
<!--> Week 6 of the 2025 UFL season had a couple of close matchups and a pair of decisive victories, in which the winning teams' offenses showed out. Let's take a look at every touchdown scored in Week 6. Friday's Renegades-Battlehawks matchup in St. Louis was a tight, defensive battle. The game's lone touchdown came late in the first half when Battlehawks quarterback Max Duggan decided to go for it all when facing a third-and-6 from the Renegades' 30-yard line coming out of the two-minute warning. He dropped a dime to Hakeem Butler, who made a snag at the goal line over a Renegades defender for a 30-yard score.ADVERTISEMENT -->The Roughnecks opened the scoring in Saturday's game when Jalan McClendon threw a dart over the middle to Justin Hall on a second-and-8 play from the Showboats' 13-yard line. Hall was able to […]
Inter Milan stuns Barcelona in epic comeback, returns to Champions League final
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist <!--> Barcelona’s return to the Champions League final will have to wait.After erasing an Inter Milan lead on Tuesday for the third time across the two-legged semifinals, Barça took its first lead of the total-goals-wins series and then almost immediately squandered it, conceding twice more to the hosts in Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium and losing in extra time 4-3 and 7-6 on aggregate.Still, it’s hard to say that Inter didn’t deserve its victory. The Nerazzurri were unlucky not to leave Spain with a win in last week’s opener, but the 3-3 tie in Barcelona meant all they had to do was win Tuesday’s rematch — Inter went into the decisive contest having never lost a Champions League semi at home — to return to the biggest stage in global club soccer for the second time […]
Defense attorney challenges E.M. in Hockey Canada trial: ‘You weren’t scared’
LONDON, Ont. – The complainant in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial was grilled about whether she was actually scared in the early-morning hours of June 19, 2018, during the second day of cross-examination.David Humphrey, a defense attorney for Michael McLeod, also pressed E.M. on whether she encouraged any of the alleged sexual acts that are covered in her allegations.AdvertisementShe was also repeatedly asked about her feelings toward McLeod after the alleged acts took place, with the defense asserting that she was upset that he rushed her out the door at the end of the night.McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote are all facing sexual assault charges stemming from the alleged incident while players were in town for a Hockey Canada event celebrating their 2018 World Juniors championship. All five players pleaded not guilty to charges […]
Akron loses bowl eligibility due to low Academic Progress Report score
Akron football will be ineligible for the postseason in 2025 due to its Academic Progress Report (APR) score, according to the NCAA’s APR database, marking the first time in more than a decade that a Football Bowl Subdivision team has been penalized for such.The Zips, who have not played in a bowl game since 2017, had a multi-year score of 914, which measures a four-year timeframe and is below the required threshold of 930. The NCAA briefly suspended APR in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and paused issuing penalties for APR scores until last year.AdvertisementThis is the first year that postseason eligibility penalties are back on the table, which is why Akron only received a reduced practices penalty last year despite a 925 score.The school did not immediately respond to The Athletic’s request for comment.Akron would be the first […]
Be the first to leave a comment