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Every year, we try to do our best to predict 32 NFL Draft selections (or more) while knowing that once this untamed beast is set free and teams are on the clock, all bets are off, and things can get wild. Well, here’s my first jaunt into the NFL Mock Draft streets (with more to come) with my 2025 NFL Mock Draft 1.0. With this exercise, I’m trying to be predictive while keeping what I would necessarily do with every pick out of the equation. There are no trades in this 2025 NFL Mock Draft, but I’ll likely be adding some trades to future versions.
Ok, that’s enough build-up. Let’s discuss the first round of the NFL Draft and what could happen.
2025 NFL Mock Draft
2025 NFL Draft Scouting Reports
Ashton Jeanty (RB – Boise State)
- Jeanty is an elite rusher of the football. His combination of contact balance and effortless acceleration is incredibly fun to watch. Jeanty doesn’t lose speed when stringing tackle breaking moves together. He has a Batman-level tool belt to deploy against incoming defenders. Jeanty can juke, jump cut, stiff arm, and spin out of wraps.
- In his final collegiate season, defenses knew they were going to receive a heaping dose of Jeanty, and they were powerless to slow him down. He had at least 100 rushing yards in every game in 2024 except his season finale (six games with at least 200 rushing yards).
- Defenders have to attack Jeanty with superb tackling technique, or he’ll make them pay. Jeanty has a unique combo of speed and power packed into a muscled-up frame. He sheds defenders with ease and routinely makes the first would-be tackler miss. It’s rare to see the first defender he encounters actually bring him down.
- Jeanty has a no-nonsense running style. He is quick and decisive, diagnosing how to weave through the offensive line and the second level of a defense. Jeanty has superb vision, as he will also let off the gas at times to allow his blocks to set up in front of him. I have no worries about his speed. His home run gear might not be truly “elite,” but he has plenty of juice to break long runs and snap the spine of a defense in the process.
- If there’s one area that Jeanty can improve in the NFL, it’s his skills as a short-yardage back. He has the leg drive and lower-half power to excel in this role, but at times he runs too upright when there are only a few yards to gain or a goal-line situation. Defenders can get up under his pads and push him back or halt his momentum.
- Jeanty is a pass-game weapon. His usage in the passing game changed drastically from 2023 to 2024. In his final season, Boise State stripped him of his versatility and poured more touches into the early downs. In 2023, he lined up in the slot or out wide with 18.3% of his snaps. In 2024, that figure dropped to only 2.3%.
- Jeanty is fluid in his route running. His smooth hips allow him to turn on a dime. He was utilized mainly on flat routes and as a checkdown option. Jeanty did have an expanded route tree in 2023 with some go routes and outs. He displayed easy separation and superb body control, with these reps securing some back-shoulder targets. Jeanty has the skills as a receiver to see his role expand immensely in this area in the NFL.
- Jeanty still needs to hone his pass-pro skills. He was a chip-only option on plenty of passing downs. He will drop his eyes at times and lunge at defenders. He also needs to square up defenders better and get low to lock them down and anchor. Jeanty has the necessary lower-half strength, tenacity, and play strength to improve in this area in the NFL.
Omarion Hampton (RB – UNC)
- Hampton is a north/south, upright, and linear runner. Hampton has quick acceleration as he gets to top gear quickly. He doesn’t have a high-level second gear or elite long speed. He’ll get caught from behind on long runs, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t be a chunk play artist in the NFL. He has only one year in college where his breakaway percentage eclipsed 40%.
- Hampton isn’t the most fluid runner when changing direction in the open field. He’ll utilize jump cuts at the line to get to a free lane, but in the open field, he is a straight-line runner. His footsteps get choppy, and he loses speed in the second level when attempting to change course. His hips look stiff at times.
- Hampton is a volume-gobbling machine. In his final collegiate season, he had 20 or more carries in 67% of his games. His physical running style can wear down a defense throughout a game. Hampton will lower the boom plenty throughout the course of a game. It serves as a tone-setter. This physical running style doesn’t do much in the realm of gaining him extra yards as he doesn’t fall forward many times when lowering his shoulder and instead gets stood up, but the physicality still isn’t something that defenders want to deal with 20-25 times during a game. He can soften up a defense with these repeated body blows.
- Hampton’s upright running style can get him into trouble at times. His lower half is strong enough to run through weak wraps and defenders diving at his ankles, but if a defender can wrap him up decently, he can get chopped down.
- Hampton is a check-down option only in the passing game. He is reliable in this realm, with only two drops and a 90% catch rate in college, but I don’t see him growing into a pass-game weapon in the NFL. His stiff hips, short-area agility, and raw speed limitations will limit his route-running upside.
- He isn’t a skilled pass protector at this juncture. Hampton has a decent punch but doesn’t engage or anchor in pass protection well right now. He can chip and slow defenders down, but his pass-pro technique is lacking. He drops his eyes and lunges at defenders too often.
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