NFL Draft: Sanders falls out of Round 1, Jags take Travis Hunter at No. 2
USA TODAY Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon breaks down the biggest storylines from Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft.
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The final day of the 2025 NFL Draft is set. Who will walk away with Day 3 steals?
With this year’s draft class dealing with wild variation when it comes to talent evaluation, Day 3 is as much if not more unpredictable than years past. That, of course, is headlined by Shedeur Sanders’ slide down the draft order.
The Colorado passer has yet to be taken as Day 3 gets underway. He was widely anticipated to be a late-first or early-second-round selection, so his fall has sent shockwaves through the NFL ecosystem as many wonder why Sanders hasn’t yet been drafted.
Sanders isn’t the only talented players still on the board entering the 2025 NFL Draft’s final day. He is joined by a handful of quarterbacks who led their teams on deep College Football Playoff runs – Ohio State’s Will Howard, Texas’ Quinn Ewers and Notre Dame’s Riley Leonard.
Talented running backs Cam Skattebo, Dylan Sampson and Bhayshul Tuten also remain on the board while talented defenders like Kyle Kennard, Danny Stutsman and Jack Sawyer are yet to be selected. As such, there will still be plenty of impact players who come off the board over the final 155 picks of the 2025 NFL Draft.
USA TODAY’s Ayrton Ostly provides the best available players remaining from his big board of top 200 best players this year below.
- Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
- Kyle Kennard, edge, South Carolina
- Cameron Williams, OT, Texas
- Danny Stutsman, LB, Oklahoma
- Deone Walker, DL, Kentucky
- Jalen Royals, WR, Utah State
- Dylan Samson, RB, Tennessee
- Barrett Carter, LB, Clemson
- Gunnar Helm, Tea, Texas
- Marcus Mbow, IOL, Purdue
- Jared Ivey, edge, Ole Miss
- Bradyn Swinson, edge, LSU
- Jordan Phillips, DL, Maryland
- Damien Martinez, RB, Miami
- Bhayshul tututen, rb, virginia tech
- Cameron Skattebo, RB, Arizona State
- Devin Neal, RB, Kansas
- Quincy Riley, CB, Louisville
- Carson Vinson, OT, Alabama A&M
- Cobee Bryant, CB, Kansas
- TY ROBINSON, DT, Nebraska
- Jeffrey Bassa, LB, Oregon
- Elic Ayomanor, WR, Stanford
- Latham Ransom, S, Ohio State
- Shemar James, LB, Florida
- Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State
- Billy Bowman, S, Oklahoma
- Zy Alexander, CB, LSU
- Barryn Sorrell, edge, Texas
- Smael Mondon Jr., LB, Georgia
- Jordan James, RB, Oregon
- Seth McLaughlin, IOL, Ohio State
- Joshua Farmer, DT, Florida State
- Malachi Moore, S, Alabama
- Jimmy Horn Jr., WR, Colorado
- Chris Paul Jr., LB, Ole Miss
- Chase Lundt, OT, UConn
- Jack Sawyer, edge, Ohio State
- Tory Horton, WR, Colorado State
- Phil Mafah, RB, Clemson
- DJ Giddens, RB, Kansas State
- Xavier Restrepo, WR, Miami
- Jaydon Blue, RB, Texas
- Jalen Travis, OT, Iowa State
- Brashard Smith, RB, SMU
- Dorian Strong, CB, Virginia Tech,
- Quinn Ewers, QB, Texas
- Jermari Harris, CB, Iowa
- Jalen Rivers, OL, Miami
- Tez Johnson, WR, Oregon
- Kobe King, LB, Penn State
- Thomas Fidone II, Te, Nebraska
- Mello Dotson, CB, Kansas
- Jackson Slater, IOL, Sacramento State
- Jaylen Reed, S, Penn State
- Jah Joyner, edge, Minnesot
- C.J. West, DT, Indiana
- Elijah Roberts, edge, SMU
- Nick Nash, WR, San Jose State
- Logan Brown, Ot, Kansas
- Kain Medrano, LB, UCLA
- Kyle McCord, QB, Syracuse
- Fadil Diggs, Edge, Syracuse
- Trevor Etienne, RB, Georgia
- Will Howard, QB, Ohio State
- Zah Frasier, CB, Utsa
- Maxen Hook, S, Toledo
- Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, Edge, Georgia
- David Walker, Edge, Central Arkansas
- Jay Toia, DT, UCLA
- Jackson Hawes, TE, Georgia Tech
- Ty Hamilton, DT, Ohio State
- Joshua Gray, IOL, Oregon State
- Tyler Baron, Edge, Miami
- Bilhal Kone, CB, Western Michigan
- Ajani Cornelius, OL, Oregon
- Aeneas Peebles, DT, Virginia Tech
- LeQuint Allen, RB, Syracuse
- Myles Hinton, OT, Michigan
- J Pages, DT, Ole Miss
- Dont’e Thornton Jr., WR, Tennessee
- Jarquez Hunter, RB, Auburn
- Mitchell Evans, Te, Notre Dame
- Drew Kendall, C, Boston College
- Tommi Hill, Cb, Nebraska
- Woody Marks, RB, USC
- Jalin Conyers, TE, Texas Tech
- Jabbar Muhammad, CB, Oregon
- Antwaun Powell-Ryland, Edge, Virginia Tech
- Jack Huber, IOL, Wisconsin
- Jaylin Lane, WR, Virginia Tech
- Oronde Gadsden II, Te, Syracuse
- Ollie Gordon II, RB, Oklahoma State
- Cam Jackson, DT, Florida
- Warren Brinson, DT, Georgia
- Kaimon Rucker, Edge, North Carolina
- Rylie Mills, DT, Notre Dame
- Jack Nelson, OT, Wisconsin
- Kitan Crawford, S, Nevada
- Jake Briningstool, TE, Clemson
- Cody Simon, LB, Ohio State
- Yahya Black, DT, Iowa
This section will be updated.
USA TODAY Sports’ Jacob Camenker contributed to this piece.
