{"id":17173,"date":"2025-05-02T05:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/17173\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T05:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:57:07","slug":"meet-the-players-with-michigan-ties-entering-the-nfl-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/17173\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the players with Michigan ties entering the NFL in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 NFL Draft <\/a>is officially a week in the books.<\/p>\n

Picks are getting settled into their new cities, though many are still signing with teams as undrafted free agents or finding temporary homes as rookie minicamp invites, hoping to turn a weekend stay into something longer.<\/p>\n

In the 2025 draft, 10 players came from Michigan collegiate programs, with the University of Michigan leading the way with seven selections<\/a>, including three in the first round and five the fist two days of the draft.<\/p>\n

But, when it comes to ties to the Great Lakes State, plenty more will soon be entering the NFL. A total of 24 former Michigan high school football standouts were either drafted, signed as an undrafted free agent (UDFA) following the draft or received a tryout invite to an NFL rookie camp.<\/p>\n

MORE: Lions GM explains why they drafted more Georgia players than any other team<\/a><\/p>\n

The Detroit area dominated the list, with many hailing from the Motor City or just north up I-75.<\/p>\n

Below you’ll find a complete (and growing) list of football players who played college or high school ball in Michigan and will be embarking on the NFL as part of the 2025 class.<\/p>\n

NFL rookie mini camps will begin this weekend (May 3) and continue throughout the following week, with most taking place between May 9-11, which is when the Detroit Lions will hold camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MICHIGANPlayerPos.NFLRd.Mich. HSMason GrahamDTBrowns1 (5)Colston LovelandTEBears1 (10)Kenneth GrantDTDolphins1 (13)Will JohnsonDBCardinals2 (47)Grosse Point SouthJosaiah StewartDERams3 (90)Kalel MullingsRBTitans6 (188)Myles HintonOLEagles6 (191)Donovan EdwardsRBJetsUDFAWest BloomfieldWilliam WagnerLSBengalsUDFAJosh PriebeOLDolphinsUDFAEdwardsburgMakari PaigeDBGiantsUDFAWest Bloomfield<\/p>\n

MORE: These dozen Michigan football players could hear their name called in 2026 NFL draft<\/a><\/p>\n

MORE: How many Michigan players have signed as NFL undrafted free agents? A full list<\/a><\/p>\n

MICHIGAN STATEPlayerPos.NFLRd.Mich. HSLuke NewmanOLBears6 (195)Brother RiceTanner MillerOLRaidersUDFALejond CavazosDBBucsInviteKhris BogleDEGiantsInviteMaverick HansenDLColtsInviteFarmington Hills HarrisonJordan TurnerLBBroncosInviteFarmingtonD’Quan DouseDT49ersInviteMontorie Foster Jr.WRBrownsInvitesNate CarterRBFalconsUDFAJonathan KimKBearsUDFAKay’Ron Lynch-AdamsRBPanthersUDFA<\/p>\n

MORE: Michigan State OL Luke Newman goes to Chicago Bears in Round 6 of 2025 NFL Draft<\/a><\/p>\n

MORE: Couch: When Michigan State football is back, you’ll see it in the NFL draft<\/a><\/p>\n

EASTERN MICHIGANPlayerPostionNFL TeamRoundCole SnyderQBLionsInviteCENTRAL MICHIGANPlayerPositionNFL TeamRoundDonte KentDBSteelers7 (229)WESTERN MICHIGANPlayerPositionNFL TeamRoundBilhal KoneDBRavens6 (178)Tedi KushiOLDolphinsUDFAAddison WestOLDolphinsUDFAAROUND THE NCAAPlayerPos.CollegeNFLRd.Mich. HSJaylen ReedDBPenn StateTexans6 (187)Detroit KingKobe KingLBPenn StateVikings6 (201)Cass TechDerrick HarmonDTOregonSteelers1 (21)Detroit LoyolaSpencer BrownOLOklahomaBucsInviteWalled Lake WesternPeny BooneRBUCFPanthersInviteDetroit KingIsaac TeSlaaWRArkansasLions3 (70)Hudsonville Unity ChristianTyrone BrodenWRArkansasSeahawksUDFAWest BloomfieldMaliq CarrTEHoustonEaglesInviteOak ParkAustin McKinneyDBNW Missouri StateBrownsInviteBattle Creek CentralCaden PrieskornTEOle MissLionsUDFAOrchard Lake St. Mary’sMaxwell HairstonDBKentuckyBills1 (30)West BloomfieldDeone WalkerDLKentuckyBills4 (109)Cass TechDorian MausiLBAuburnVikingsUDFAU-D JesuitKam ArnoldLBBoston CollegeWash.UDFAOrchard Lake St. Mary’sIan KennellyDBGrand Valley StateLionsUDFAUtica EisenhowerGarrett DellingerOLLSURavens7 (243)ClarkstonAnthony Tyus IIIRBOhioLionsUDFAPortage Northern<\/p>\n

Contact or send game stats\/info to Sports Editor Drew Kochanny at dkochanny@petoskeynews.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DrewKochanny,\u00a0and Instagram, @drewkochanny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NFL Draft is officially a week in the books. Picks are getting settled into their new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3689,247,265,318,331,321,3690,7,1149,2682,3688,5264,8841,957,248,267,49,48,88,6,152,245,537,530,2546,325,9,266,678,3691,381,76],"class_list":{"0":"post-17173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-american","10":"tag-american-football","11":"tag-college","12":"tag-college-football","13":"tag-content","14":"tag-enabled","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-high","17":"tag-high-school-football","18":"tag-highlights","19":"tag-mi","20":"tag-mi-content-sharing","21":"tag-michigan","22":"tag-national","23":"tag-national-sports","24":"tag-ncaa","25":"tag-ncaa-football","26":"tag-news","27":"tag-nfl","28":"tag-of","29":"tag-overall","30":"tag-overall-positive","31":"tag-positive","32":"tag-school","33":"tag-sharing","34":"tag-sports","35":"tag-sports-news","36":"tag-story","37":"tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","38":"tag-university","39":"tag-university-of-michigan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114436704999982819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}