2025 Draft Board: Edge Rushers

2025 Draft Board: Edge Rushers

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each.

If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'll see below, but there is a slight change. If you haven't read them, quick explanation, I use stats, athletic testing, past performance from current pro players, and formulas to try and determine the chances a prospect in the current draft has at succeeding as a pro. In the past I used a "PSR", and an "A Met" and "S Met" to give every player a round grade. Now, it all comes down to a Score. The scores differ by position, so before each draft board I will put what the high score was between the 2020-2023 drafts at that position. And at the bottom you will see a small blurb I wrote up for each position.

This will be updated as pro day results become available.

High Score for Edge: 73.42

My Edge Draft Board

Players College Score Rounds
Mike Green Marshall 78.48 Day 1
Donovan Ezeiruaku Boston College 58.17 Day 1
David Walker Central Arkansas 58.08 Day 1
Ashton Gillotte Louisville 55.62 Day 1
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Virginia Tech 54.92 Day 2
Collin Oliver Oklahoma State 54.21 Day 2
Landon Jackson Arkansas 53.13 Day 2
Abdul Carter Penn State 52.90 Day 2
James Pearce Jr. Tennessee 51.41 Day 2
Jordan Burch Oregon 50.38 Day 2
Kyle Kennard South Carolina 50.33 Day 2
Bradyn Swinson LSU 49.56 Day 2
Princely Umanmielen Ole Miss 49.01 Day 2
Jalen McLeod Auburn 48.85 Day 2
Jalon Walker Georgia 47.90 Day 2
Tyler Batty BYU 47.62 Day 2
Shemar Stewart Texas A&M 45.98 Day 3
Ahmed Hassanein Boise State 45.93 Day 3
Fadil Diggs Syracuse 45.20 Day 3
Barryn Sorrell Texas 45.18 Day 3
Oluwafemi Oladejo UCLA 45.07 Day 3
Tyler Baron Miami 44.72 Day 3
Ethan Downs Oklahoma 41.71 Undrafted
Steve Linton Baylor 40.98 Undrafted
Jack Sawyer Ohio State 39.76 Undrafted
Jah Joyner Minnesota 38.53 Undrafted
Josiah Stewart Michigan 37.28 Undrafted
Sai'Vion Jones LSU 36.86 Undrafted
JT Tuimoloau Ohio State 36.86 Undrafted
Nic Scourton Texas A&M 35.20 Undrafted
Jared Ivey Ole Miss 33.14 Undrafted
Kaimon Rucker North Carolina 32.23 Undrafted
Quandarrius Robinson Alabama 31.85 Undrafted
Mykel Williams Georgia 29.47 Undrafted

Things worth noting:

-I'm assuming size concerns got Jalen McLeod and Jalon Walker into the Combine at Linebacker instead of Defensive Line with the other Edge Rushers. Although, Walker was off-ball more often than off the Edge by a few snaps at Georgia, so maybe that was why he went as a Linebacker. I kept them on both boards to track how it worked out and they both measured in big enough to play off the Edge (standing up in a 3-4 preferably). They also both graded out far and away better at Edge Rusher (Day 2 for both versus undrafted at off-ball Linebacker). Which is why you'll only see them on this board.

-Shemar Stewart at Day 3 might look like his crazy Combine outing had no bearing on his ranking, but that would be incorrect. His lack of college production had him at the bottom of the board going into the Combine, then he jumped (pun intended) up 17 spots to a borderline Day 2 guy.

-If Abdul Carter runs at his pro day, he'd likely jump up to a Day 1 grade. He also likely won't run because he's a lock to go early, but I can dream.

-Sleeper: Collin Oliver. Overshadowed by Shemar Stewart and Landon Jackson, Oliver had an impressive testing performance at the Combine. He's a little undersized, and figures to be more of a pass rush specialist, which is why I would happily target him in the 3rd round, but based on things I've seen in projections and mocks, he's not supposed to go until much later than that.

I've been tracking the success rate of each position individually based on my grades from 2020-2022, and I'm going to include that for each position. It might help shine a light on some of my "things worth noting."

Edge Success Rate

Round Grade Success Rate
Day 1 53.85
Day 2 20.00
Day 3 6.90
Undrafted 0.00
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