The Jacksonville Jaguars’ 2025 NFL draft class ranks in the top 10 in this intriguing metric from Pro Football Focus.
In an effort to help quantify and compare draft classes without any subjectivity, PFF utilized its Wins Above Average (WAA) metric, which is similar to Wins Above Replacement (WAR) in baseball.
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“Wins Above Average (WAA) is designed to help cut through that subjectivity,” wrote PFF. “It estimates how many wins a player is worth above an average college football player, offering a standardized, data-driven method of assessing performance.”
Of the 32 NFL teams, the Jaguars‘ draft class ranked ninth in this metric, with 1.784 WAA added. At the top of the list were the Cleveland Browns with a WAA of 3.203, followed by the New York Giants, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and San Francisco, rounding out the top five.
As you’d expect, Travis Hunter, with a WAA of 0.86, provided the biggest jolt for the Jaguars. Wyatt Milum, Jack Kiser, Jalen McLeod, and Rayuan Lane all provided modest boosts to Jacksonville’s overall score, while Bhayshul Tuten, Jonah Monheim, and LeQuint Allen hovered around the average mark to varying degrees.
Hunter, of course, was a two-way star, but Milum, Kiser, McLeod, and Lane all graded out well by PFF’s metrics in specific areas that helped increase their WAA. Milum was all-around dominant last season at left tackle. Kiser graded out well as a tackler and run defender, Lane was very good in coverage, according to PFF, and McLeod was a top-graded pass rusher.
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As PFF also noted, WAA is not a projection of what each team’s draft class will do, but instead measures what they’ve already done.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 2025 NFL draft: Jaguars’ class ranks top 10 in intriguing PFF metric