2025 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

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.

NOTE: Unlike in season's past, with the addition of the Slot WR group, you will see a third board below. How I decided what players ended up on what board is simple: If a player received an undrafted grade on one board, but not the other, then they only show up on the board they received a "Day" grade on, if they got an undrafted grade on both boards, then I listed them on the board that they played the majority of their snaps at in college.

This will be updated as pro day results become available.

High Score for WR: 69.32

My WR Draft Board

High Score for Slot WR: 74.75

My Slot WR Draft Board

High Score for TE: 71.62

My TE Draft Board

Things worth noting:

-As you can see, the Slot role isn't reserved for guys that played exclusively out of the slot in college. There are several players listed on both sets of boards above. Really, the Slot WR board is just a look at who has a chance to make their money playing a majority of their snaps out of the slot.

-I think I should comment on Travis Hunter first. Had he ran, with what he projects out to athletically, he would've shot himself up this board and the CB board. The fact that he split time at two different positions and sits where he does on my WR board based on his production is insane. Had he just focused on one position he would've been far and away the top guy on that specific board. All of that just to say he's incredibly difficult to grade in this manner, and while the numbers don't line up above, he would be my WR1 and CB1 if I was a GM.

-Tetairoa McMillan's forty time at his pro day showed enough athleticism to move him up to the #1 spot on the Receiver board.

-Jalen Royals gets a Day 2 grade at both WR and Slot. Sure, Burden gets a Day 1 and Day 2 grade, but Royals is the bigger surprise between the two. He'd definitely be an intriguing pick in the second round if I was calling the shots somewhere.

-I love the Iowa State Receivers, but if I'm picking a sleeper at WR it has to be Kyle Williams. He had a great season at Washington State this year and a very solid showing in his athletic testing. He might not have "prototypical size" (he measured in at 5'11, 190) but Receivers come in all shapes and sizes.

-I don't have a whole lot to say about the Tight Ends, except that, whoever told Mason Taylor not to do the athletic testing, or if he made that decision than whoever in his camp wasn't pushing him to run, was in the wrong. Maybe he wouldn't have blown the doors off Lucas Oil stadium, but he certainly could've hung with this group. I'd really like to see him test at his pro day cause I firmly believe he's way better than the current "undrafted" grade he carries on my board.

-If I had to pick a sleeper from the Tight Ends I guess I'd go the safe route and take Thomas Fidone. He's got a Day 2 grade, which bodes well based on my success rate board below, and he held onto the Day 2 grade after performing every athletic test at the Combine.

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." There isn't anything for Slot Receivers yet, so no board below.

WR Success Rate

TE Success Rate