Las Vegas Raiders: 2025 NFL Draft Class
Las Vegas Raiders
2025 Draft Class
Eleven (11) Players Drafted
- 1.06 — Ashton Jeanty
RB, Boise State - 2.26 — Jack Bech
WR, TCU - 3.04 — Darien Porter
CB, Iowa State - 3.34 — Caleb Rogers
OG, Texas Tech - 3.35 — Charles Grant
OT, William & Mary - 4.06 — Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR, Tennessee - 6.04 — JJ Pegues
DT, Ole Miss - 6.37 — Tommy Mellott
WR, Montana State - 6.39 — Cam Miller
QB, North Dakota State - 7.06 — Cody Lindenberg
LB, Minnesota
Sports Info Solutions
Below, I've clipped intel from each prospects reports on the SIS NFL Draft Site, including their overall grade, how they graded in certain critical and positional factors, as well as scouting notes.
- Overall Grade: Each player was graded based on how the scout thought they would perform in the NFL by the beginning of their second year. Their projected role by Year 2 is shown in (parentheses) alongside their scouting grade and a brief description.
- Critical and Positional Factors: Each factor is graded on a scale from 1-9. If a player has no below the line or above the line grades, meaning they graded out as sufficient (5) or good (6) in all factors, they won't have a callout in their profile below.
Ashton Jeanty, RB
SIS Grade: 6.9 (Strong Starter): 3-down Starter level player
Jack Bech, WR
SIS Grade: 6.4 (Role-playing starter): 3rd WR - Lacks I/O flex
Darien Porter, CB
SIS Grade: 6.4 (Role-playing starter): 3rd CB - Lacks I/O flex
Caleb Rogers, OG
SIS Grade: 6.2 (Multi-Position Backup): Backup OL that can play multiple positions
Charles Grant, OT
SIS Grade: 6.3 (#3 OT Backup): Swing OT that can play both RT and LT
Dont'e Thornton Jr., WR
SIS Grade: 5.8 (#5 Backup w/SPT): Quality depth level 5th WR with SPT ability
JJ Pegues, DT
SIS Grade: 6.2 (DE/DT Flexion Backup): Non-starter versatile reserve DL
Tommy Mellott, WR
SIS Grade: Not scouted / Did not make the SIS Draft Site
Kalyn Kahler
Cam Miller, QB
SIS Grade: 5.8 (Eventual #2): Backup QB who with pro coaching will improve, but still has a clearly defined ceiling.
Cody Lindenberg, LB
SIS Grade: 5.9 (Top Backup): Top depth level LB, but non-starter - quality SPT player
UDFA Signings
WR Zakhari Franklin, Illinois
TE Carter Runyon, Towson
TE Pat Conroy, Old Dominion
C Jarrod Hufford, Iowa State
T Parker Clements, Virginia Tech
DI Treven Ma'ae, Baylor
EDGE Jah Joyner, Minnesota
LB Jailin Walker, Indiana
LB Matt Jones, Baylor
CB Greedy Vance Jr., USC
CB John Humphrey, USC
CB Mello Dotson, Kansas
S Hudson Clark, Arkansas
Minicamp Invites
QB Hajj-Malik Williams, UNLV
RB Devyn Ford, Notre Dame
WR Dorian Singer, Utah
TE Jake Roberts, Oklahoma
DI Kevin Pointer, Wake Forest
CB Jordan Taylor, James Madison
S Camby Goff, Air Force
3-Round Mock Draft
2025 Las Vegas Raiders Mock
3-Round Mock Draft Logic
- 1.06 (06)
Jalon Walker, ED/LB - 2.05 (37)
Jacob Parrish, NB - 3.04 (68)
Kyle Williams, WR
SIS Scouting Reports — Grade (Scale)
- Jalon Walker, ED — 6.7 (Strong Starter)
- Jacob Parrish, CB — 6.4 (Limited Starter or Multi-Position Backup)
- Kyle Williams, WR — 5.9 (Backup)
First and foremost, how can you not love Pete Carroll?
Here he is two weeks ago already calling GM John Spytek the familiar "Johnny":
“Johnny and I are totally arm in arm in figuring that out here,” Carroll said Monday when asked about how he’s collaborated with Spytek in the roster-building process. “Every opportunity we’ve had so far, we feel like we’ve exhausted the best shot to get the toughest, most physical guys that love the game.”
Spytek comes from the Buccaneers, an organization known for drafting, developing, and re-signing their guys — including now 35-year-old LB Lavonte David, whom they drafted in the second round back in 2012.
It wouldn't be a surprise to hear Roger Goodell announce Jalon Walker as a linebacker on the stage in Green Bay, even if that would be considered very early to draft a linebacker in 2025 and most draftniks and front offices are projecting Walker to be more of an EDGE rusher at the NFL level.
But the Raiders lost tackle-machine Robert Spillane in free agency and they play in the YACkiest division in football, the AFC West, where Walker could immediately step in and (hopefully) have an Andrew Van Ginkel–like impact hawking down quick, short-area receivers like a goddamn pterodactyl.
In the second round, the Raiders make one of the more surprising picks of the draft and select Jacob Parrish, nickelback, Kansas State.
Parrish is ranked closer to 100 than 32 on most big boards, but after listening and reading so many different analysts throughout the process, as well as insider-backed and sourced-up front office executives, there is perhaps no player more people agree on than Jacob Parrish. He seems destined to succeed, destined to be a foundational piece, destined to fit like a glove in Carroll and Patrick Graham's defense.
“The nickel position is a critical spot in Pete’s and PG’s defense, so it’s something that we’ve got to figure out,” Spytek said at the NFL’s annual league meeting.
In the third round, the Raiders grab a downfield separator for Geno Smith in Kyle Williams, whom they hope to develop into Zoomer Tyler Lockett — whose elder millennial-ass just so happens to be a free agent and would be a hell of a mentor in Las Vegas.
Editor's Note: Tyler Lockett signed with the Titans after this was published. So it goes.
Brad Beatson
Other Potential Picks
- Day 1: Mason Graham, Will Campbell, Ashton Jeanty, Will Johnson, Tetairoa McMillan, Shedeur Sanders, Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe
- Day 2: Luther Burden III, Malaki Starks, Benjamin Morrison, Carson Schweisnger, Kaleb Johnson, Jaylin Noel, Darius Alexander, Femi Oladejo, Jeffrey Bassa, Nick Emmanwori, Maxwell Hairston, Charles Grant, Tyler Shough, Josaiah Stewart
- Day 3: Zah Frazier, Quinn Ewers, Will Howard, Caleb Rogers, Teddye Buchanan, Arian Smith, Yahya Black, Jestin Jacobs, Caleb Etienne, B.J. Mayes, Cam Miller