Here is an alphabetical list of the ten best available players after the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
Skyler Bell, WR, Connecticut – Bell is a technician with inside\/outside versatility. Not the biggest wide out, Bell will go over the middle. It is pretty surprising that Bell is still available, although that might not last for long.<\/p>\n
Brycen Halton, DT, Oklahoma – Halton is undersized, but he explodes upfield and could make an instant impact on throwing downs next year. He might never project as an every down player however.<\/p>\n
Bryce Lance, WR, North Dakota State – Lance’s ball skills are questionable, but his ability to get deep downfield certainly are not. He is big and fast and that is a very good start.<\/p>\n
Kyle Louis, LB, Pitt – Louis flies around the field, but his position at the next level is somewhat unclear. He might be a huge slot defender or a nickel linebacker. Or he might just be a core special teamer.<\/p>\n
Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee – McCoy was on this list a day ago. Unfortunately, considering his immense talent, that probably means that his knee is a medical reject at this point.<\/p>\n
Malik Muhammad, CB, Texas – Muhammad run well and has good length. His tape could use some work, but there are traits here to develop for an outside cornerback at the next level.<\/p>\n
Garrett Nussmeier, QB, LSU – Nussmeier played through a very significant core body injury last season and was a shell of what he was in 2024. But the 2024 version of Nussmeier looked like a future starting quarterback.<\/p>\n
VJ Payne, S, TCU – A very toolsy big-bodied defensive back, Payne already projects well as a guy to battle tight ends. He could develop into much more.<\/p>\n
Elijah Sarratt, WR, Indiana – Sarratt was a key member of Indiana’s national championship team. He is a tough guy that is always in the right place and a chain-mover with good physicality.<\/p>\n
Keionte Scott, S, Miami – Although Scott is overaged, this one is baffling as to why he is still available. He was an instrumental playmaker, mostly as a big slot, on an excellent Hurricanes defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here is an alphabetical list of the ten best available players after the first round of the 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[19,116411,198,7,6,914,520,57,2360,915,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-874316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-draft","9":"tag-draft-central-2026-news","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-non-sponsored","14":"tag-pittsburgh","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","16":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","17":"tag-sights-and-sounds","18":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116465687792827873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874316","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=874316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}