2025 NFLHC Draft
2025 NFL Draft | |||
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General information | |||
Date(s) | July 16-18, 2021 | ||
Time | 6:00 EDT | ||
Location | |||
Network(s) (US) | The MailHam Network | ||
Picks | |||
First selection | Matt Ballard, QB, Navy | ||
Mr. Irrelevant | Christian Gray, DE, Temple | ||
Most selections | Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 14 | ||
Fewest selections | Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints, 4 | ||
Overall selections | 253 | ||
NFL Draft
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The 2025 NFL Draft will be the 12th annual meeting of NFLHC franchises to select newly eligible football players.
Contents
Early entrants
The 2025 draft had 74 early entrants, significantly up from the record of 45 in 2024.
Selection order
The selection order for the first round was as follows. Four teams do not have their own first-round selection: Buffalo, who traded the pick to move up in 2024 and select Elijah Williams; Indianapolis, who traded the pick to Denver for J.B. Blacknall; Denver, who traded the pick to Miami for Brian Brown; and and Chicago, who traded the pick to Denver to move up in 2024 to select Jordan Butler. The selection order for subsequent rounds will follow the order of the first round, except that teams with the same record and same playoff result will rotate among their respective groups (these groups are indicated by the bold gray lines in the table below).
Selection Number |
Team |
2024 record |
Schedule strength |
Playoff result |
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1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1-15 | .484 | |
2 | Arizona Cardinals | 1-15 | .523 | |
3 | Houston Texans | 3-13 | .520 | |
4 | Los Angeles Chargers | 3-13 | .531 | |
5 | Cleveland Browns | 4-12 | .488 | |
6 | Carolina Panthers | 4-12 | .508 | |
7 | New England Patriots | 4-12 | .539 | |
8 | Minnesota Vikings | 5-11 | .504 | |
9 | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-9 | .477 | |
10 | New York Jets | 7-9 | .527 | |
11 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7-9 | .531 | |
12 | Miami Dolphins | 7-9 | .539 | |
13 | New York Giants | 8-8 | .480 | |
14 | Los Angeles Rams | 8-8 | .484 | |
15 | Atlanta Falcons | 8-8 | .488 | |
16 | Indianapolis Colts | 8-8 | .539 | |
17 | San Francisco 49ers | 9-7 | .504 | |
18 | Dallas Cowboys | 9-7 | .520 | |
19 | New Orleans Saints | 9-7 | .473 | WC |
20 | Chicago Bears | 9-7 | .520 | WC |
21 | Green Bay Packers | 10-6 | .480 | WC |
22 | Kansas City Chiefs | 11-5 | .488 | WC |
23 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12-4 | .457 | WC |
24 | Tennessee Titans | 12-4 | .473 | WC |
25 | Denver Broncos | 9-7 | .461 | Div |
26 | Seattle Seahawks | 10-6 | .500 | Div |
27 | Buffalo Bills | 11-5 | .516 | Div |
28 | Detroit Lions | 12-4 | .492 | Div |
29 | Las Vegas Raiders | 12-4 | .496 | Conf |
30 | Washington Football Team | 12-4 | .508 | Conf |
31 | Baltimore Ravens | 12-4 | .449 | Lost SB |
32 | Philadelphia Eagles | 12-4 | .500 | Won SB |
Player selections
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Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2024 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round one
- No. 1: Tampa Bay -> Arizona (PD). This selection was traded to Arizona for their first-round (#2) and fourth-round (#125 from DET) selections, their 2026 fourth-round selection, RB Davey Jones, and TE Brian Engle.
- No. 2: See No. 1: Tampa Bay -> Arizona (PD).
- No. 7: New England -> Houston (PD). This selection was traded to Houston with a conditional 2026 third-round selection for QB Alex Leshoure.
- No. 16: Indianapolis -> Denver -> LA Rams -> Denver (PD). This selection was traded to Denver as part of a package for RB J.B. Blacknall. It was later traded to the Rams along with IND's second-round selection (#52, WR Troylen Bolden) for LAR's 2024 first-round selection (#17, RB Amral Brown). It was later traded back to Denver for a package of selections: Denver's first-round selection from Chicago (#20), their seventh-round selection from Buffalo (#236), and their 2026 fourth-round selection.
- No. 20: Chicago -> Denver -> LA Rams (PD). This selection was traded to Denver as part of a package for DEN's 2024 first-round selection (#4, OLB Jordan Butler). Then see No. 16: Indianapolis -> Denver -> LA Rams -> Denver (PD).
- No. 25: Denver -> Miami (PD). This selection was traded to Miami as part of a package for a package including QB Brian Brown.
- No. 27: Buffalo -> NY Giants -> Tampa Bay (PD). This selection was traded from Buffalo to the Giants as part of a package for their 2024 first-round selection (#2, CB Elijah Williams). It was then traded as part of a package to Tampa Bay for RB DeNorris Jackson.
Round two
- No. 42: Jacksonville -> NY Jets -> Cleveland (PD). This selection was traded to the Jets as part of a package for NYJ's 2024 first-round selection (#15, QB Jake Davis). It was then traded with their fifth-round selection (#139) to Cleveland for RB Sean Bell.
- No. 43: Miami -> LA Chargers (PD). This selection was traded with their third-round selection (#74) to the Chargers for LAC's 2024 second-round selection (#45 from NE, OG Raphael Read).
- No. 52: New Orleans -> Arizona (PD). This selection was traded to Arizona as part of a package for OG Doug Aska.
- No. 57: Denver -> Houston (PD). This selection was traded to Houston for SS Frederick Fain and Houston's fifth-round selection (#133).
- No. 63: Baltimore -> New England (PD). This selection was traded to New England for NE's 2024 third-round selection (#76, OT [[Sawyer Dobbs]).
Round three
- No. 70: Cleveland -> Tampa Bay (PD). This selection was traded with CLE's 2024 fourth-round selection (#97, WR Jeremy Bridges) to Tampa Bay for OT Blake Pile.
- No. 71: Carolina -> Baltimore (PD). This selection was traded to Carolina for CB Levern White.
- No. 74: Miami -> LA Chargers (PD). See No. 43: Miami -> LA Chargers (PD).
- No. 79: NY Giants -> Pittsburgh (PD). This selection was traded as a conditional result of a trade with WR Tyron Chambers to Pittsburgh for WRs Samuel Jolley and Harry Whiteside.
- No. 82: Dallas -> NY Jets (PD). This selection was traded to the Jets for ILB Adam Lovelace.
- No. 89: Denver -> Miami (PD). See No. 25: Denver -> Miami (PD).
- No. 90: Seattle -> Denver (PD). This selection was traded to Denver as part of a package for WR Derrick Schwartz.
- No. 94: Washington -> NY Giants (PD). This selection was traded to the Giants as part of a package for NYG's 2024 first-round selection (#22 from BUF, OT Gabe Morrison).
- No. 95: Baltimore -> Jacksonville (PD). This selection was traded to Jacksonville for OT Mahamadou Dennis.
Round four
- No. 99: Arizona -> NY Jets (PD). This selection was traded with FS Jose Ortiz to the Jets for FS Gabriel Allen.
- No. 100: Tampa Bay -> Seattle (PD). This selection was traded with Tampa Bay's 2024 fourth-round selection (#108, TE Brody Faulk) to Seattle for their 2024 third-round selection (#73, DT Olivier Ponder).
- No. 101: LA Chargers -> Houston (PD). This selection was traded with OT/OG Justin Way to Houston for OT Matt Bogle.
- No. 102: Houston -> Las Vegas (PD). This selection was traded with their sixth-round selection (#171) to Las Vegas for OLB Chance Herring and their fourth-round selection (#126).
- No. 105: New England -> LA Chargers -> Detroit (PD). This selection was traded with their 2024 second-round selection (#45, OG Raphael Read (to MIA)) to the Chargers for their 2024 second-round selection (#42, ILB Marcus Coles). It was then traded with QB Mitchell Denton to Detroit for QB Will Chacko.
- No. 113: Seattle -> NY Giants (PD). This selection was traded with DT Jeffrey King to Seattle for DT Christian Okonkwo and their 2026 seventh-round selection.
- No. 115: San Francisco -> NY Jets (PD). This selection was traded with DE Dennis Niland to the Jets for CB Eugene Malone.
- No. 125: Detroit -> Arizona -> Tampa Bay (PD). This selection was traded with WR Artemio Ramirez and their 2026 seventh-round selection to Arizona for WR Marcus Banks. Then see No. 1: Tampa Bay -> Arizona (PD).
- No. 126: Las Vegas -> Houston (PD). See No. 101: LA Chargers -> Houston (PD).
- No. 127: Washington -> Tampa Bay (PD). This selection was traded as part of a package to Tampa Bay for TE Darren Jones and OLB Thomas Barry.
Round five
- No. 131: Tampa Bay -> LA Rams (PD). This selection was traded with OT Demonte Green to the Rams for DE Blake Tipton, ILB Calvin Tucker, and their fifth-round compensatory selection (#166).
- No. 132: Arizona -> Kansas City (PD). This selection was traded to Kansas City for their 2024 seventh-round selection (#243, QB Isaiah Best).
- No. 133: Houston -> Denver -> Tampa Bay (PD). See No. 57: Denver -> Houston (PD). It was then traded with RB Brendan Milton to Tampa Bay for PR D.J. Barnes.
- No. 136: Cleveland -> New England (PD). This selection was traded with their 2024 fourth-round selection (#122 from SF, FB Kualii Tuaolo to LAC) to New England for ILB Mark Craig.
- No. 137: Minnesota -> Kansas City (PD). This selection was traded with their 2026 second-round selection to Kansas City for CB Teddy Walker.
- No. 139: Cleveland -> NY Jets (PD). See No. 42: Jacksonville -> NY Jets -> Cleveland (PD).
- No. 141: Miami -> LA Chargers -> Steelers (PD). This selection was traded as part of a package for QB Matty Swift. It was then traded to Pittsburgh for CB Samuel Shaw.
- No. 142: NY Giants -> Denver -> NY Giants (PD). This selection was traded to Denver for DT Frank Williams. It was then traded back to the Giants with FS Logan Harley for FS D'Qwell Moore and OT Rafael O'Donnell.
- No. 143: Altanta -> Baltimore (PD). This selection was traded with QB Donald Culver to Baltimore for QB Brett Fisher.
- No. 148: Chicago -> Seattle (PD). This selection was traded to Seattle for OG Leon Slack.
- No. 152: Tennessee -> Cleveland (PD). This selection was traded to Cleveland for FS Samuel Porter.
- No. 153: Denver -> Buffalo -> Denver (PD). This selection was traded to Denver for RB Marshawn Matthison. It was then traded back to Denver as part of a package for DT Michael Carroll.
- No. 154: Seattle -> Denver -> Arizona (PD). See No. 90: Seattle -> Denver (PD). It was then traded to Arizona for OLB Asante Willis.
- No. 155: Buffalo -> Denver (PD). See No. 153: Denver -> Buffalo -> Denver (PD).
- No. 156: Detroit -> Jacksonville (PD). This selection was traded with QB Rob LeCount and DET's 2025 seventh-round selection (#237) to Jacksonville for QB Taylor Rodriguez.
- No. 166: LA Rams -> Tampa Bay (PD). See No. 131: Tampa Bay -> LA Rams (PD).
Round six
- No. 168: Arizona -> Miami (PD). This selection was traded with QB Rob LeCount and DET's 2025 seventh-round selection (#237) to Jacksonville for QB Taylor Rodriguez.
- No. 169: Tampa Bay -> Indianapolis (PD). This selection was traded with RB Ethan Newby to Indianapolis for WR Mosi Bartos and their 2025 sixth-round selection (#183).
- No. 171: Houston -> Las Vegas (PD). See No. 102: Houston -> Las Vegas (PD).
- No. 174: Carolina -> Miami (PD). This selection was traded to Miami for WR Sam Baugh.
- No. 175: Minnesota -> Philadelphia (PD). This selection was traded to Philadelphia for SS Joe Johnson.
- No. 177: Jacksonville -> LA Chargers (PD). This selection was traded to the Chargers for CB Austin Sheppard.
- No. 178: Miami -> Tampa Bay (PD). This selection was traded to Tampa Bay for DE Jacob Kirk.
- No. 179: Cincinnati -> NY Giants (PD). This selection was traded to the Giants for QB David Oates.
- No. 180: LA Rams -> Minnesota (PD). This selection was traded to Minnesota for FS Donovan Faulk.
- No. 183: NY Giants -> Indianapolis -> Tampa Bay (PD). This selection was traded to Indianapolis for RB Shane Strong and FS Ayden Whitaker. Then see No. 169: Tampa Bay -> Indianapolis (PD).
- No. 184: Dallas -> Arizona (PD). This selection was traded with FS Omar Bush to Arizona for SS Chris Brown and FS Chance Finney.
- No. 186: Chicago -> Cincinnati (PD). This selection was traded to Cincinnati for CB Darren Logan and OG Tom Sharpe.
- No. 187: New Orleans -> Arizona (PD). See No. 52: New Orleans -> Arizona (PD).
- No. 189: Kansas City -> Tampa Bay (PD). This selection was traded to Tampa Bay for DT Omar Adcock.
- No. 192: Denver -> LA Chargers -> Indianapolis (PD). This selection was traded to the Chargers for P Luke McHenry and their 2025 seventh-round selection (#213). It was then traded It was then traded with OT Matt Bogle to Indianapolis for their 2026 fourth-round selection.
- No. 194: Buffalo -> Chicago (PD). This selection was traded to Chicago for WR Ryan Mitchell.
- No. 197: Washington -> Miami (PD). This selection was traded to Miami for DT Nigel McKinney.
- No. 201: Seattle -> Cincinnati (PD). This selection was traded to Cincinnati for OLB Mike Hulsey.
- No. 209: Seattle -> Minnesota (PD). This selection was traded with DT Rhad Ryland to Minnesota for DT Joseph Whiteside.
Round seven
- No. 211: Arizona -> Miami -> Atlanta (PD). This selection was traded to Miami for WR Tom Oldham. It was then traded to Atlanta for CB Jabari Thorpe.
- No. 213: LA Chargers -> Denver (PD). See No. 192: Denver -> LA Chargers -> Indianapolis (PD).
- No. 217: Minnesota -> Tampa Bay -> Cleveland (PD). This selection was traded to Tampa Bay for CB Ronyell Buchanon. It was then traded to Cleveland for OT Jack Allen.
- No. 211: Arizona -> Miami -> Atlanta (PD). This selection was traded to Miami for WR Tom Oldham. It was then traded to Atlanta for CB Jabari Thorpe.
- No. 228: New Orleans -> New England (PD). This selection was traded to New England with P Adonis Rosa for P Tony Taylor.
- No. 234: Denver -> Seattle (PD). This selection was traded to Seattle with FS Ayden Whitaker for FS Isaac Watkins.
- No. 236: Buffalo -> Denver -> LA Rams (PD). See No. 153: Denver -> Buffalo -> Denver (PD). Then see No. 16: Indianapolis -> Denver -> LA Rams -> Denver (PD).
- No. 237: Detroit -> Jacksonville (PD). See No. 156: Detroit -> Jacksonville (PD).