Deke’s 2025 Final Mock

I woke up today a man with a large amount of “pep” in his step. The air felt crisp, the bed was surprisingly comfier than normal and for some reason my sniffles, which had been on a full-on attack since Day One of arriving in Tennessee, had subsided.

As I rolled over I realized, today is the day. Today, 32 college athletes will make the transition to professional athletes on my 32nd year on planet earth, a kismet (let’s hope I’m using that right) example of this days weird significance to me.

We have stopped publishing as much content at Thoughts From The Bench as the old days and for positive reasons to be honest. Vo and Elsass have babies, Ben is a college soccer coach, Mac is a writer for DK sports, Smalls just took an overseas trip to see freaking Wrexham (not even a vlog man, come on!), Moorhead and Dre are domesticated, I haven’t heard from the sweet prince Brooksy in centuries and Chip felt like as the head of HR, he needed to let me know that the business model of “not making money” wasn’t a great one.

Fair advice in hindsight.

The draft though will always be something, whether it be a live show or a get together. From the origins of TFTB and the Draft Day Podcast, drafting stuff was really how this all started. Six Penn Kitchen, drafting point guards who were left-handed with the final boss of Yinzer’s David Sekely was really the origin as we filled the hours on slow Tuesday evenings.

This is all to say, if youo see a year where I don’t publish a Mock Draft then you better attend my funeral because I see no reason to stop pretending I know more than everyone else about this process. If that were true, I’d be in a front office but for a short window of time I really can believe that Mel Kiper would be lucky to have my brain.

If you’d like to see just how wrong people can be, check out the last mock I published back in December…growth is an important attribute people.

Deke’s NFL Mock Draft 1.0

Here is my final 2025 Mock Draft. See yinz tonight!

1. Tenneessee Titans	Cam Ward – QB – Miami
2. Cleveland Browns	Travis Hunter – DB/WR – Colorado
3. New York Giants	Abdul Carter – DE – Penn State
4. New England Patriots	Will Campbell – OT – LSU
5. Jacksonville Jaguars	Ashton Jeanty – RB – Boise State
6. Las Vegas Raiders	Kelvin Banks Jr. – OT – Texas
7. New York Jets	Mason Graham – DT – Michigan
8. Carolina Panthers	Jalon Walker – LB – Georgia
9. New Orleans Saints	Jaxson Dart – QB – Ole Miss
10. Chicago Bears	Armand Membou – OT – Missouri
11. San Francisco 49ers	Walter Nolen – DT – Ole Miss
12. Dallas Cowboys	Tetairoa McMillan – WR – Arizona
13. Miami Dolphins	Will Johnson – DB – Michigan
14. Indianapolis Colts	Tyler Warren – TE – Penn State
15. Atlanta Falcons	Shemar Stewart – EDGE – Texas A&M
16. Arizona Cardinals	Mike Green – EDGE – Marshall
17. Cincinnati Bengals	Mykel Williams – EDGE – Georgia
18. Seattle Seahawks	Matthew Golden – WR – Texas
19. Tampa Bay Buccanneers	Jahdae Barron – DB – Texas
20. Denver Broncos	Omarion Hampton – RB – UNC
21. Pittsburgh Steelers	Derrick Harmon – DT – Oregon
22. Los Angeles Chargers	Colston Loveland – TE – Michigan
23. Green Bay Packers	Maxwell Hairston – DB – Kentucky
24. Minnesota Vikings	Malaki Starks – S – Georgia
25. Houston Texans	Tyler Booker – OG – Alabama
26. Los Angeles Rams	Jihaad Campbell – LB – Alabama
27. Baltimore Ravens	Nick Emmanwori – S – South Carolina
28. Detroit Lions	Grey Zabel – OG – North Dakota State
29. Washington Commanders	James Pearce Jr. – DE – Tennessee
30. Buffalo Bills	Kenneth Grant – DT – Michigan
31. Kansas City Chiefs	Josh Simmons – OT – Ohio State
32. Philadelphia Eagles	Donovan Ezeiruaku – DE – Boston College
33. Cleveland Browns	Shadeur Sanders – QB – Colorado
34. New York Giants	Jalen Milroe – QB – Alabama
35. Tennessee Titans	Emeka Egbuka – WR – Ohio State
36. Jacksonville Jaguars	Trey Amos – DB – Ole Miss
37. Las Vegas Raiders	Luther Burden III – WR – Missouri
38. New England Patriots	Nic Scourton – DE – Texas A&M
39. Chicago Bears	TreVeyon Henderson – RB – Ohio State
40. New Orleans Saints	Shavon Revel – DB – East Carolina
41. Chicago Bears	J.T. Toimoloau – DE – Ohio State
42. New York Jets	Josh Conerly – OT – Oregon
43. San Francisco 49ers	Benjamin Morrison – DB – Notre Dame
44. Dallas Cowboys	Quinshon Judkins – RB – Ohio State
45. Indianapolis Colts	Donovan Jackson – OG – Ohio State
46. Atlanta Falcons	Tyliek Williams – DT – Ohio State
47. Arizona Cardinals	Jaylin Noel – WR – Iowa State
48. Miami Dolphins	Jonah Savaiinaea – OG – Arizona
49. Cincinatti Bengals	T.J. Sanders – DT – South Carolina
50. Seattle Seahawks	Aireontae Ersery – OT – Minnesota
51. Denver Broncos	Tre Harris – WR – Ole Miss
52. Seattle Seahawks	Azareye’h Thomas – DB – Florida State
53. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Xavier Watts – S – Notre Dame
54. Green Bay Packers	Landon Jackson – DE – Arkansas
55. Los Angeles Chargers	Darius Alexander – DT – Toledo
56. Buffalo Bills	Carson Schwesinger – LB – UCLA
57. Carolina Panthers	Jared Wilson – OC – Georgia
58. Houston Texans	Marcus Mbow – OT – Purdue
59. Baltimore Ravens	Tate Ratledge – OG – Georgia
60. Detroit Lions	Oluwafemi Oladejo – DE – UCLA
61. Washington Commanders	Darien Porter – DB – Iowa State
62. Buffalo Bills	Kyle Williams – WR – Washington State
63. Kansas City Chiefs	Omarr Norman-Lott – DT – Tennessee
64. Philadelphia Eagles	Wyatt Milum – OG – West Virginia