2025 Draft Board: Linebackers

2025 Draft Board: Linebackers

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 LB: 88.61

My LB Draft Board

Players College Score Rounds
Jihaad Campbell Alabama 61.42 Day 2
Teddye Buchanan California 60.32 Day 2
Carson Schwesinger UCLA 59.84 Day 2
Jay Higgins Iowa 57.60 Day 2
Demetrius Knight Jr. South Carolina 55.32 Day 2
Carson Bruener Washington 55.07 Day 2
Danny Stutsman Oklahoma 53.80 Day 2
Smael Mondon Jr. Georgia 53.53 Day 2
Francisco Mauigoa Miami 52.49 Day 3
Nickolas Martin Oklahoma State 51.01 Day 3
Kain Medrano UCLA 49.86 Day 3
Power Echols North Carolina 49.77 Day 3
Chris Paul Jr. Ole Miss 49.10 Day 3
Bam Martin-Scott South Carolina 49.06 Day 3
Barrett Carter Clemson 49.04 Day 3
Jackson Woodard UNLV 48.41 Day 3
Eugene Asante Auburn 48.02 Day 3
Jeffrey Bassa Oregon 46.64 Day 3
Jack Kiser Notre Dame 45.66 Undrafted
Cody Simon Ohio State 45.31 Undrafted
Shemar James Florida 43.36 Undrafted
Tyreem Powell Rutgers 41.02 Undrafted
Kobe King Penn State 39.48 Undrafted
Cody Lindenburg Minnesota 38.39 Undrafted
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Kentucky 37.74 Undrafted
Karene Reid Utah 35.60 Undrafted

Things worth noting:

-Campbell is the top dog after a great close out to his college career and a very good showing at the Combine, but Smael Mondon Jr. is the guy that helped himself out the most. He went from bottom 5 on my board to 8th. He only ran the forty and did the broad jump, but he had fantastic numbers with both, and his 10-yard split also helped give him a boost.

-Jay Higgins is this year's production warrior. He was a beast at Iowa, and while his Combine performance was not good, it wasn't bad enough to drop the bottom out. He likely won't ever be a premier player at the position, but athletically he's in the same vein as T.J. Edwards who has carved out a pretty solid pro career.

-Sleeper: Demetrius Knight. His college production and athleticism were both average to slightly above average, but that story they told at the Combine about what he had to do when he was playing at Charlotte in order to provide for his family shows what kind of work ethic he has. I'd bump him up to second on my board and take a chance on him in the late second or early third round.

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."

LB Success Rate

Round Grade Success Rate
Day 1 60.00
Day 2 26.92
Day 3 4.17
Undrafted 2.78
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