2025 NFL Draft: WR Prospects

[Clayton]

Honestly, I haven't looked at this position group enough. Did we lose our Bills fan doing these?

NFL MOCK DRAFT DATABASE
1. Travis Hunter, Colorado - 1st round, 3rd overall pick
2. Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona - 1st round, 7th overall pick
3. Luther Burden, Missouri- 1st round, 25th overall pick
4. Matthew Golden, Texas- 1st round, 27th overall pick
5. Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State - 1st round, 28th overall pick
6. Elik Ayomanor, Stanford - 2nd round, 51st overall pick

I'm seeing about 7 or 8 WRs ranked in rd3 and half look like they might go rd2. Probably good value there. Travis Hunter is likely a CB at the next level but he was so good at WR without much knowledge that he could eventually flip or more likely just have occasional WR packages. Hunter is probably the most interesting prospect in the draft. Tet McMillan isnt as polished as Drake London coming out. If he is Tee Higgins-ish then he likely goes 4th, 5th or 6th overall. I think Golden has passed Burden. Likely a top 15 pick imo. Burden is tough. Ive always thought of him as a Percy Harvin type but his 10 yd split is closer to a Ricky Pearsall type. Late 1st sounds right. Egbuka is a rd2 guy if he comes from any other school but Ohio State is a WR factory so I get it. He is likely the safest pick in the draft.

 

[Clayton]

Todd McShay's Big Board:
#2 Travis Hunter
#20 Matthew Golden
#26 Tet McMillan
#27 Emeka Egbuka
#28 Jayden Higgins
#31 Jaylin Noel

Daniel Jeremiah
#2 Travis Hunter
#15 Matthew Golden
#16 Tet McMillan
#17 Emeka Egbuka
#31 Luther Burden

Charlie Campbell
#2 Travis Hunter
#4 Tet McMillan
#14 Luther Burden
#18 Emeka Egbuka
#41 Elic Ayomanor

Seems like there might be some mid round trading if the WR values are fluctuating this much

 

[Xeliou66]

From what I hear Hunter will likely play more on defense than at receiver in the NFL. McMillan will be the next receiver taken from all of the mock drafts that I’ve seen, although Golden seems to be gaining steam. There are some good receivers in this class IMO but it’s not as deep as last year which was really a standout class at receivers. There will likely be some receivers taken in the mid to late 1st round but Hunter and McMillan are the only two I see being selected in the top 15.

 

[Clayton]

From what I hear Hunter will likely play more on defense than at receiver in the NFL.

I feel that in year 1 he almost has to be a CB. Add in some simple offensive concepts year 2. I'm kinda talking out my ass here because there just aren't many comparisons here.

He is massively incentivized to play WR if he can, though. If by the time his rookie contract is up he is going to want to be able to play WR at the NFL level. That said, if he ends up being a pro bowl level CB then no defensive coordinator is going to want him to leave the defense. If he ends up being an average CB, boom other side.

 

[Mebert]

I think Charlie Campbell is closer on Tet McMillan's draft rank. I think he is a better prospect than Drake London was.

 

[Shanemansj13]

From what I hear Hunter will likely play more on defense than at receiver in the NFL. McMillan will be the next receiver taken from all of the mock drafts that I’ve seen, although Golden seems to be gaining steam. There are some good receivers in this class IMO but it’s not as deep as last year which was really a standout class at receivers. There will likely be some receivers taken in the mid to late 1st round but Hunter and McMillan are the only two I see being selected in the top 15.

I think it depends on the team but I do think he is a defense first guy and a situational WR. I believe he could do that for sure. He won’t do what he did in college. He will need a main position and I do think that is DB

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Hunter IMO will play more DB... and he may get 10 snaps a game at most at WR... which the defense will naturally key in on.

You can't have him out there 100 snaps every game, lmao... ridiculous. And if you want to play him at DB he NEEDS to be out there prob. 60-70 snaps a game. So, that leaves him some funky tricky stuff on offense once in a while.

Very talented player. I think he can excel at either position, but pick one. This is not the MLB where you can Ohtani it.

I get the attractiveness because "DUAL THREAT OMFOFMOFMOFMF!" but it doesn't work in the NFL - it's just not that kind of sport. I think he's a good WR or CB prospect, certainly worthy of a top 10, but I don't see him as some elite game changer at either position.