2025 NFL Draft position rankings: IDL prospects are Big Ten-heavy,

The 2025 NFL Draft is practically here, and Yahoo Sports experts Nate Tice and Charles McDonald are breaking down the leading potential customers position by position. Here are the quarterbacks. Check out Nate and Charles’ consensus big board here, in addition to Nate’s final big board and Charles’ final big board.Other possibility rankings: QBs|RBs|WRs|TEs|Edges|CBs

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1. Mason Graham, Michigan

2. Derrick Harmon, Oregon

3. Kenneth Grant, Michigan

4. Walter Nolen, Ole Miss

5. Tyleik Williams, Ohio State

Here are the top five interior protective line

potential customers in the 2025 NFL Draft.( Davis Long/Yahoo Sports )1. Mason Graham, Michigan Nate Tice: The human hand grenade, Graham is constantly exploding off the ball and developing havoc in the middle of an offense. Graham’s outstanding primary step, quick hands, balance and strength will get him in the backfield in the blink of an eye, letting him end plays or require them to go off script, right after the snap.Graham does not have

perfect arm length (32 inches) and weighed in at 298 pounds at the integrate, 20 pounds lower than his listed weight at Michigan. Neither are precisely dealbreakers, considering Graham’s strength and ability to be disruptive, however that lack of length and bulk do show up with his lack of consistency in holding up versus double-teams and longer and more powerful guards in college.Advertisement Having said that, Graham was still an explosive play device for Michigan in 2023 and for flashes in 2024, although he did fight an injury for most of the season. Graham would be best if he was enabled to fire off the ball in a four-down defense operating mainly as a 3-technique with the ability to cross the defense on passing downs and in various fronts because of his athleticism and how harmful he is on protective stunts and twists.Charles McDonald: Graham spent a great portion of last season playing through injury, however when he is on he is a real difference-maker on the interior. Speed, power, technique– Graham has all of it and when he was healthy in 2023 he looked poised to be possibly the very first overall pick this year.Graham won’t be going that high in this year’s class, however he has whatever groups are trying to find in a real permeating game wrecker on the interior of a defense.2. Derrick Harmon, Oregon Charles McDonald: An ox is the ideal method to explain Harmon’s technique to the game. He is here to beat the hell out of offensive linemen and stuff the run, while also being a quality pass rusher

from the interior.Advertisement Harmon displayed his athleticism at the combine, running a 4.95 40-yard dash at 313 pounds. He’s a load on the interior and checks a great deal of boxes for a team searching for a plugger who can start right away.Nate Tice

: Harmon transferred from Michigan State and made a huge influence on Oregon’s line in 2024. He lined up throughout the protective line for the Ducks and is a strong defender versus both the run and pass.It’s Harmon’s capability to impact the game in various ways, and on every down, that makes me like him a lot. He has the size to play in the interior, with the strength to two-gap and adequate explosive athleticism to produce impatience along the

offending line when asked to slant across a lineman’s face or shoot the gap. Harmon has the foot speed and balance to be a rusher as a looper and can stay on the field for all four downs since he is a general feasible pass rusher. He even has winning snaps from a wide-end position, however primarily wins with his strength and burst.Advertisement Harmon’s ability to contribute in many ways and on every down makes him a fit on any type of defense.3. Kenneth Grant, Michigan Nate Tice: Mason Graham is sitting higher on the board, however Grant was a skilled player in his own right on Michigan’s front.Grant will not always fill up package

rating with his play,

however he’s a 330-plus-pound nose tackle who can devour blockers with his size and strength, but has light feet and plenty of

quickness to do more than simply

push the pocket or lean into the block.Grant is directly developed with a big trunk but isn’t an overall plodder. He has fun with the dexterity to backtrack on screens and ferret out plays down the field, too. He wasn’t regularly productive at Michigan, however there are genuine stretches of games where Grant controlled (ask USC and Ohio State). Grant is an intriguing combination of size and athleticism, with enough good film to make skill

evaluators optimistic that he is starting to just come together as a player.Advertisement Charles McDonald: Grant was the perfect running mate for Mason Graham. Where Graham was more of a penetrator, Grant is just a big old wall on the line of skirmish. He’s really hard to move and has surprising burst for a player his size, which permits him to contribute as a pass rush occasionally.For teams looking to improve their run defense in one move, Grant’s your guy. He’s got big-time capability and a high flooring.4. Walter Nolen, Ole Miss Charles

McDonald: Nolen had

a quality year for Ole Miss as a transfer protective lineman, notching 6.5 sacks and looking like a trustworthy interior penetrator for excellent chunks of the season. He has work to do with consistency safeguarding the run, however he’ll be able to get up the field in a hurry for his new team.Advertisement Nate Tice: A part of the Rebels’solid front

, Nolen has lastly begun to refine his talent into more constant play after moving to Oxford from Texas A&M. Nolen is a great professional athlete whose surge, balance and bend stick out. He is consistently able to keep his feet while resolving and shedding blocks and is a true weapon on defensive line twists and games.Nolen can get out of position too frequently, making him a non-factor on plays where he does not acquire advantage immediately and– he’s still irregular in diagnosing blocks.

Nolen stays an appealing mix of athleticism and size who’s hard to discover, and might be an enjoyable project for a team with a strong defensive line coach to maximize his package of tools.5. Tyleik Williams, Ohio State Nate Tice: Williams was a monster in the middle for Ohio State’s defense. He has very good size (334 pounds at the combine)and is a strong run protector who hardly ever gets put out of position by the blocker.Advertisement Williams is a quick mover for his size. He is important on protective line games and twists, and can loop around the edge and get in the backfield at a quicker rate than most players with his frame. That quickness likewise applies to his hands. He is an active pass rush who truly works and will also get his hands up when quarterbacks want to throw quickly.Players with size and ability on the interior like Williams will

grow on every evaluator.Charles McDonald: Williams is a huge, athletic defensive tackle whose primary task in the NFL will be plugging the run and maximizing plays for his linebackers. Williams will not be a real pass-rush danger in the NFL, however he can a minimum of help his group get to pass-rush downs

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