Nfl Draft Scout Big Board And More By Frank Cooney

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-Nov 17, 2025, 6:48 PM

nfl draft scout big board and more by frank cooney

After the dissemination of an unofficial but unavoidable record amount of information and misinformation, 32 teams will put their opinions on the line Thursday in one of recent memory’s most controversial and confusing Player... The previous drafts honored the popularity and importance of the almighty quarterback, with three and six taken in the respective first rounds. This year, minds seem to turn to mush as pro and amateur draftniks mumble words such as edge rusher, offensive lineman, and an archaic term once the darling of the sport — running backs. Remember them? We will get back to that subject. The most dominant positions in this draft include:

Pass rushers: Nine first-round prospects, 16 who could go in the first two rounds, then 20 of the top 100, with 52 who are draftable. Every Saturday gives us new tape. Every Sunday changes what teams need. And every week, the gap between what fans think they know and what the league is actually preparing for gets a little wider. The Draft Scout’s Top 25 Big Board isn’t a snapshot of one Saturday afternoon or a reaction to one highlight clip—it’s a living, evolving evaluation built on full-game study, coach and scout calls, and... And as the college football season settles into the stretch run, the board is shifting in real time.

Some prospects are locking in Round 1 résumés. Some are fading. And a few are about to make the kind of late-season jump that only shows up if you’re watching every snap. If you want the full positional breakdowns, expanded scouting reports, and weekly movement as the draft picture crystallizes, make sure you’re subscribed. This is where the draft conversation starts—and where you’ll stay a step ahead of everyone else. Subscribe to The Draft Scout to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

We interrupt our focus on the 2025 Draft to bring an update on the fast action during the NFL’s Legal Tampering period. It began with a rush Monday and continues until Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET, when the new season officially begins. We will return to the draft, and NFL Draft Scout has released Big, Big Board 1.0 —350 players complete with Indy Combine data and Pro Day dates. First, let’s look at the tampering news, which agents leak to their favorite media outlet to feed the frenzy before anything becomes official on Wednesday. As always, attention was focused on quarterbacks.

As we near midnight Monday (ET, of course), Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson still seem available; the NFL’s unofficial mouthpiece, Adam Schefter, has not announced anything to the contrary. I know — I have the app for that, which has buzzed all day. Since 2001, made Public in 2003, Draft Scout has been the Gold Standard Industry Leading Database Build for Compiling & Charting College Football Prospects from Prep to Pro. The Draft Scout Database provides Many different Functions, Sorts, Exports & More for more than 25 Major Clients the past 15 Years. From Major Media Outlets to NFL Team Personnel. Holding over 150 Data Rows Per Prospect, Over 3,000 Players per Draft Year, 12K Per Draft Cycle.

Historically holding over 98K, Built with Forward & Backward Compatibility. Approaching 1.8 Million in Cross Link Click Capabilities & Organization, the Draft Scout Database is a CPC and Search Engine Magnet for All things College Football Player Related Content ... Past, Present & Future! Journalist, Football Historian. Founder/Publisher of The Sports Xchange, NFL Draft Scout and HallofFootball.com It may not be the quarterback class we'd hoped for, but it still looks like a step up from last year.

After that, though, there aren't a ton of position groups I'd call "loaded" relative to recent expectations. It's part of why we've already seen so many teams feel comfortable unloading their first-rounders. That doesn't mean there isn't talent to be had, however. It simply means scouts are going to have to work overtime to parse through a less clear-cut draft order than we've seen in recent years. If you're looking for position groups with quality depth -- even if they aren't traditionally drafted highly -- interior offensive line and linebacker are where I'd start. There are 13 interior offensive linemen and nine linebackers represented in the top 100 below, both large numbers compared to the typical yearly crop that goes in the top three rounds.

With that context in mind, let's dive into how the class stacks up in early November. Bain is putting together the best season for a defensive end at the collegiate level since Aidan Hutchinson. Like Hutchinson, Bain isn't a cookie-cutter edge prospect. The Hurricanes defender has a defensive tackle build with shorter arms than ideal on the edge. It's no matter -- he already has 44 pressures this season. Woods has been on scouting radars since he was a true freshman.

He's as powerful a true junior defensive tackle as you'll see and won't turn 21 until a month before the draft. He'll be even more disruptive in the pros than he is in Clemson's defense. As we count down the last hours and minutes to the 2024 NFL Draft, it is now or never to go on the record very clearly about a few things. We've mentioned them here and there, but before Roger Goodell says "With the first pick. . .

." I want to be very Frank. Why does almost everybody buy into whatever reason it is that the Chicago Bears should take USC quarterback Caleb Williams? I don't get it. He's a marvelous person and an entertaining quarterback, but sending him to Chicago, which plays 11 games outdoors this season, is as smart as drafting Bryce Young to the Carolina Panthers, another outdoor team... How well is that working out? Yes, we heard that Chicago is planning to build a swell domed stadium.

But we doubt that will happen in time to help shield the ~6-1, 200-pound Williams from the wind, the rain, the wind, the cold, the wind, the snow. ... and did we mention the wind? If Williams is indeed drafted by Chicago -- which seems certain -- we have one important question: Based on the history of Chicago getting projects done, which will be finished first, the domed stadium... We wish Williams the very best, but we point out some red flags in his profile Maybe Carl Sandberg should help the Bears draft a player for the, ah, Windy City, or as he called it, the City of the Big Shoulders.

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