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 | 88.90 | Day 1 |
| Ashton Gillotte | Louisville | 61.97 | Day 1 |
| Donovan Ezeiruaku | Boston College | 58.17 | Day 1 |
| David Walker | Central Arkansas | 58.08 | 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 |
| JT Tuimoloau | Ohio State | 48.11 | 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 | 45.91 | 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 | 44.47 | Day 3 |
| Ethan Downs | Oklahoma | 41.71 | Undrafted |
| Jack Sawyer | Ohio State | 39.76 | Undrafted |
| Jah Joyner | Minnesota | 38.53 | Undrafted |
| Josiah Stewart | Michigan | 37.28 | Undrafted |
| Nic Scourton | Texas A&M | 35.20 | Undrafted |
| Kaimon Rucker | North Carolina | 32.23 | Undrafted |
| Quandarrius Robinson | Alabama | 31.85 | Undrafted |
| Mykel Williams | Georgia | 29.47 | Undrafted |
| Jared Ivey | Ole Miss | 0.00 | Undrafted |
| Sai'Vion Jones | LSU | 0.00 | Undrafted |
| Steve Linton | Baylor | 0.00 | 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.
-Mike Green is the best looking Edge prospect since I started this project, and it's not close. I just hope this past season wasn't a fluke, one-off ordeal. Will he be more like Khalil Mack, or Marcus Davenport?
-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: I've got two. 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. And Ashton Gillotte. I don't understand why Gillotte isn't getting more attention. He's got good size, he produced at Louisville and he backed it all up with a very good athletic testing performance (pro day included).
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."
