THE NFL 2025 draft is almost there, and the sports experts of Yahoo Nate Tice and Charles McDonald decompose the position of the superior prospects by position. Here are the wide receivers. Discover Nate and Charles' Big Board consensus herewith Nate's large final board And Final Big Board de Charles.
Other prospects rankings: Qbs | RBS
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5. Luther Burden III, Missouri
Here are the first five prospects of the broader receiver of the NFL 2025. (Davis Long / Yahoo Sports)
1. Tetairo McMillan, Arizona
Nate Tice: A monster outside, McMillan is a fluid athlete with excellent skills of hands and bullets which give it a real X receptor. He constantly creates meters with the ball in his hands because of his strength and balance, and a lot of bursting in such a large setting. He is also a good route runner who can constantly sink on his route breaks, with the ability to create a separation from the intermediate levels.
McMillan was dominant in 2024 when the ball was anywhere in its surroundings and was created a match nightmare at the next level. He also already has experience in work from the slit, not only vertically, but also on routes under the routes, with his ability to enter and get out of breaks that really shine on these routes.
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McMillan is a large receiver that most importantly plays big. His history of volleyball and basketball appear constantly in his game; He is very comfortable to expand for the jets of his frame (which has often happened in Arizona) and he does not lose speed when he catches the ball in motion because of his confidence in his hands.
McMillan does not have a long -speed elite, but he still has enough speed – and especially the skills of frame and ball – to regularly win vertically. McMillan brings a lot to the table and can be an instantaneous contributor at the next level because of his varnish and high -road skills. I am very optimistic about McMillan.
Charles McDonald: There is not many real on day 1 in good faith starting outside the wide receivers in this class, but McMillan has the profile of one. He led the Big 12 in the reception yards without the clearest quarter of a quarter and regularly displayed his skills as a potential n ° 1 receiver of the NFL.
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McMillan raised the eyebrows by choosing not to execute a 40 yards dashboard in this recovery season, but the WR with a big full -bodied man has shown enough talent and ability to be one of the most coveted players in the class.
2. Travis Hunter, Colorado
Charles McDonald: Put Hunter anywhere, but first place looks like too much reflection, even if it does not respect the high media threshing that it has set itself after a unique university career.
In addition to the Heisman trophy, Hunter won the Bednarik Prize for the best defensive university football player And won the Biletnikoff Prize, which is up to the best wide receiver in the country. Hunter is a legitimate prospect of first round with a large receiver and the cornerThanks to certain ball skills from another world and general athletics that make him an impact player on both sides of the ball. So far, Hunter is categorical on both directions in the NFLWhich will be difficult, but it is difficult to doubt someone who has already done so far on their talents.
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Hunter is perhaps a little more ready for the cornerback at the moment, when his instinct and athletics can make him a nuisance for the matches that pass, but a game with the wide receiver is also completely defensible (and exciting).
The term “generational” is too launched in the cover project, but for someone like Hunter, it really applies.
Nate Tice: As a most dynamic player in the country, Hunter changed the situation to the cornerback and the wide receiver at university. However, I think that his best path as a professional is as a full -time defender with a good duty in attack – a use of his coach / mentor deion Sanders when he played with the Dallas cowboys in 1996.
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Hunter can always remain sticky to his coverage assignment, showing speed and body control to prosper in man to man situations, with the excellent burst to play on football and cancel the receiver. He plays with a high level of intelligence for the position, and will take the calculated games to fall from his coverage assignment and even bait the quarter-rear in interception opportunities. Hunter's ball skills and the feeling for the position are rare. His athletics is unlocked by his innate ability to always find – and to descend – football. Hunter seems to make a big game every quarter of the game.
Ballet skills, speed and body control all appear when Hunter also plays a wide receiver, but it is gross in position, without refinement than it shows on the other side of the ball – and, yes, it quickly improved this season. He also plays larger than his listed size (6 feet, 188 pounds) because of his hands and his coordination, while being able to create with the ball in his hands. This makes bidirectional game at the next level a real possibility, even if it is for a small packet of parts.
The moderate volume of Hunter does not present itself as a plateau; He is a physical defender. But it is also a reason why I have a few The hesitation about Hunter is a full -time player on both sides at the next level (with the pure mental charge, but it is something that can come over time). Anyway, Hunter is a Helluva football player and any team writes him, he obtains a revolutionary talent.
3. Durking, Ohio State
Nate Tice: Egbuka is old reliable at the wide receiver. He checks a lot of boxes as a perspective, even if none of his tools is elite. It is high in good size, and is a clean and clean runner of road which can play in the slit and outside with a great sensation against the area and how to get friendly with the quarter-arre.
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Egbuka has good hands, speed and body control to regularly create yards after taking with the bursting to divide the defenders. He may not have the highest ceiling for a perspective, but he is an extremely intelligent player with a very high floor – with enough athletics to continue to draw. In the end, Egbuka is useful and an ideal n ° 2 in today's NFL which can fill a lot of roles.
Charles McDonald: Egbuka is a prototype perspective of slots. He is ready to do all the dirty work in the medium and lower areas of the field and has no qualms about playing with tenacity if necessary. Egbuka was perhaps not as flashy as his teammate Jeremiah Smith last season, but he is a starter of day 1 in the slit, who has a lot of value in today's match.
4. Matthew Golden, Texas
Charles McDonald: Golden shot large boards over the 2024 season, including mine, and its big week in Indy did not slow it down. It is a fluid runner and road operator who can beat the press with its balance, its brilliance and its strength.
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Golden has no overwhelming size, but he maximizes it with tenacity and comfort by extending for the football balls of his body. It has the capacity to line up inside and outside, and is effective below and in the field due to its bodily control and its eye-to-look coordination. He may not have the real n ° 1 upwards, but he can be a very good secondary receiver for someone because of his workforce in a variety of different roles. He plays a lot like DJ Moore.
Nate Tice: Golden struck the national spotlight with a large race through the university football playoffs. He played quite well all the season when he deserved consideration in the first round before. Golden has speed for days and can be a threat from day 1 in the right offense.
5. Luther Burden III, Missouri
Nate Tice: Large receiver of the explosive slot machine which can create first stockings and affected from nothing, Burden has a good frame and is a weapon on the keys made and below. He can also win deeply because of his very good speed and his coordination eye-hand.
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Burden must still show more as a road runner and if he can gain regularly outside and against the press (he especially played from the slit or after being set in motion), but he has the capacity to create explosive games that the nFL teams covet, with the ball skills to pick football from various angles. He endured an inconsistent QB game in 2024, which hampered part of his progress.
Burden's role has been rationalized in his career. He can be an exciting player if he goes somewhere who can extend his itinerary tree and his overall skills.
Charles McDonald: Burden has been the victim of a bad quarter of a quarter this season, but that should not change a lot of what people think about his projection of the NFL. It is a quality wide receiver perspective that has a good speed and the ability to be a nuisance in the open field.
Burden may not be looming as a large stereotypical receiver n ° 1, but he is the perfect player for having started for a team because he collects wide receiver talents.
