2025 Prospects I Like

[kccrow]

A bit of a play on what Direkshun put together the past couple of seasons. I'll reserve the round grading, especially as of now. I'll keep adding to this as I progress through.


QB Kurtis Rourke, Indiana - Prototypical size with a plus arm and great accuracy to the short and intermediate areas. Good pocket awareness and feet. Smooth mechanics. Can get caught watching the pressure at times and can be late with throws. Looks like a great backup with the chance to develop into more. Major negative is he'll be a 24-year-old rookie.

RB Omarion Hampton, North Carolina - Extremely complete RB with great NFL size and enough speed to make teams pay. Great burst. Good contact balance, good vision. Can catch the football but not dynamic. Good blocker.

WR Kyren Lacy, LSU - I love LSU WRs because they get taught the right way and Lacy is no exception. He beats man with a good release and quickness in/out of breaks. Attacks the defender. Good awareness and ball skills.

WR Tai Felton, Maryland - Outstanding route runner, excellent release. Sideline awareness. Can create after the catch. Lacks elite speed and has a smaller frame.

WR Elic Ayomanor, Stanford - Shows all of the tools with great hands and good route running. Worried slightly about his ability to consistently separate, especially when he makes the jump to the pros.

LT Wyatt Millum, West Virginia - Athletic left-tackle. Elite pass blocker. Smart and durable, multiple academic All-Conference honors. A prototype for a passing offense like KCs IMO. Reminds me of Eric Fisher.

OT Anthony Belton, NC State - Pretty solid at everything and has a thick frame. Shows displacing power. Aggressive. Lacks the agility and footwork to remain out a LT in my opinion, but would make an exceptional conversion project to LG.

RG Connor Colby, Iowa - Solid all-around OG but is not an OT (spent some atrocious time at RT). Good pass sets with good hand placement. Adapts well to twists and stunts. Great on double-teams. Smart, Academic All-Big 10. Has some anchor. Needs to reduce waist-bending tendencies. Not a power blocker, won't generate great push upfield. A movement, zone run blocker.

DE J.T. Tuimoloau, Ohio State - Very complete, NFL-sized DE. You'll be able to trust this kid to lock down his lanes and shut down the run. He needs to improve his hand usage and pass-rush plan but he shows flashes of dominant ability.

ER Mike Green, Marshall - Good get-off, good bend. Shows ability to put the heat on the QB with regularity. A bit on the small side and an ankle-biter. Needs to bulk up but should end up a quality 3-4 OLB sooner than later. Reminds me a bit of Nik Bonitto.

DE Kyle Kennard, South Carolina - Good length. Good speed-to-power. Solid bend. Needs more strength and more consistency. Concerning lack of tackles compared to his last season at Georgia Tech. Going to be a 23-year-old rookie.

DT Omarr Norman-Lott, Tennessee - Outstanding burst off the LOS. Shows the ability to be a one-man wrecking crew. Needs to learn to play under control and stay off the ground.

DT Yahya Black, Iowa - Space-eating NT. Good strength and impressive mass to lock down the interior against the run. Not much of a pass rusher. Might be a two-down player.

CB Denzel Burke, Ohio State - Good length and solid hips and transitional footwork. Great man/press skillset. Lacks elite speed. Not as physical as you want at times.

CB Jason Marshall Jr., Florida - See Burke above.

LB Jalon Walker, Georgia - Might be a 1st round LB. Exceptional athlete with solid skills at most everything and has the speed to play sideline-to-sideline. Needs more experience but he's just tipping the iceberg.

LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Kentucky - A downhill banger with enough speed and agility to play 3 downs. Playcaller, leader. Won't ever be great in coverage. Has some bouts with missed tackles. Similar to Nick Bolton but a little bigger.

LB Lander Barton, Utah - Rangy, sideline-to-sideline, coverage LB. Looks the part of a prototypical weakside LB. Playmaker. NFL bloodline. Needs to strengthen his ability against the run and put on some pounds.

FS Andrew Makuba, Texas - Clemson transfer with high-end athleticism and functioned as a Swiss Army knife at both stops. Can play nickel, high, box, and everywhere in between. Needs work on man coverage.

SS Jonas Sanker, Virginia - Versatile safety but at his best in the box in a Justin Reid role. Very good and aggressive tackler. Makes plays in the backfield. Disrupts the intermediate throwing lanes over the middle of the field. Not as good of a player the further off the line he gets. Loses the battle to shiftier WRs.

[O.city]

The LT from WVU is intriguing.

[Hoover]

Awesome list. I like a lot of these guys too.

I don't know why, but this seams like a great year to spend some mid-round draft capital (Which we have thanks to the Snead trade) on LB, RB, and WR, which would do wonders to keeping our championship window wide open.

I love WRs like Felton!

[RunKC]

Loved Bucky Irving and wanted him badly. Getting the same vibes from KU RB Devin Neal this year.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Loved Bucky Irving and wanted him badly. Getting the same vibes from KU RB Devin Neal this year.

I might put RBs in their own thread at some point because there's going to be a lot of them. This class is absolutely stacked and most of them fit what Reid likes at the position.