NFL insider's 2025 Draft stock report: Risers and sliders after Week 13 – ACC prospects surge and slip
It was a wild weekend of games on the college football schedule in what could best be described as “Elimination Saturday.” Two SEC teams took themselves out of the CFP conversation with bad losses.
Alabama was beaten handily by a mediocre Oklahoma squad, while Mississippi lost a tough contest to a resurgent Florida team. With three losses, both will be on the outside looking in when the 12 teams are announced for the playoff bracket.
Indiana also suffered a damaging loss to Ohio State, which put a big dent in its hopes to enter the tournament. Meanwhile, several prospects from the scoring side of the ball, including numerous skill players, continue to impress NFL scouts and improve their draft stock. Here are the risers and sliders for Week 13.
2025 NFL Draft stock: Risers after Week 13 of college football
#1 Oronde Gadsden II (TE/Syracuse)
The Orange are poised to have their best season since 2018 and will go bowling in a few weeks. It’s not a coincidence they are having this success after Gadsden's return.
The former receiver played just two games last season before being sidelined with a Lisfranc injury. Upon his return this season, he made the move to tight end, his more natural position, and he’s having an outstanding campaign.
With one game left in the regular season, Gadsden has a career-high 65 receptions for 810 yards and five TDs. He’s a tall, athletic pass catcher who can split the seam and stretch the field.
Gadsden plays with outstanding balance, and body control and easily grabs the errant pass in contorted positions. He needs to improve his blocking, yet with little depth at the tight end position in the 2025 NFL Draft, Gadsden is sure to compete for a spot on the second day.
#2 Pat Bryant (WR/Illinois)
It was a wild game for the Fighting Illini, who scored 21 fourth-quarter points, including a touchdown with four seconds left, to beat Rutgers. And Bryant was the offensive player of the game for Illinois, as he’s been all season.
He finished with seven receptions for 197 yards and one touchdown. The touchdown was the game-winning score, a 40-yard reception as time was running out. Bryant caught the ball 20 yards off the line of scrimmage and took it into the endzone the other 20 yards after the catch.
He also had an important reception on second-and-14 for a first down just before his touchdown. Bryant had 43 catches for 717 yards and eight TDs entering the game, an average of 16.7 yards per catch.
He’s a nice-sized wideout who measures 6-foot-1.5 and 205 pounds. The grumbling inside the scouting community was that Bryant was not fast, yet with an average of more than 18 yards each reception, that opinion must be revisited.
#3 Jamaal Pritchett (WR/South Alabama)
The Jaguars beat up Southern Mississippi by a score of 35-14 to become bowl-eligible, and it was another terrific performance for Pritchett.
He ended the game with eight receptions, 102 yards, and one TD, which brings his season totals to 81 catches, 1,042 receiving yards, and eight TDs.
A smaller wideout at 5-foot-8.5 and 175 pounds, Prichett makes up for his lack of size with great quickness and terrific speed. He’s estimated to time the 40 in 4.45 seconds, yet he plays significantly faster.
Pritchett is also a terrific route runner who catches everything thrown in his direction. Entering the season graded as a free-agent prospect, Prichett cemented himself as a Day 3 pick with his play and production this season.
#4 Max Iheanachor (T/Arizona State)
The Sun Devils are one of the better stories in college football that few are paying attention to. Predicted to finish dead last in the Big 12, they are on a path to play for the conference championship.
Several players have stood out, yet no Sun Devil has improved his draft stock more than Iheanachor, the team’s right tackle. He’s a large blocker who measures 6-foot-6 and 320 pounds, yet Iheanachor is a solid athlete and more than a small-area lineman.
He’s powerful, drives defenders off the line of scrimmage, and shows ability blocking on the second level. He also possesses a next-level build and has consistently improved his game. Iheanachor entered the season graded as a free-agent prospect, yet he is now receiving fourth-round grades from scouts.
Sleeper Prospects in 2025 NFL Draft class
#1 Jimmori Robinson (Edge/UTSA)
The Roadrunners pounced on a slumping Temple program to become bowl-eligible, and Robinson, one of the most impactful defenders in the nation, was dominant.
He had a season’s worth of stats in one game, as Robinson posted seven tackles, 5.5 TFLs, and four sacks against the Owls. That moved his season totals to 15.5 TFLs and 9.5 sacks.
It’s an improvement from a year ago when he totaled 11 TFLs and 4.5 sacks as a redshirt junior.
Robinson is a natural pass rusher with linebacker size who was not highly rated in the scouting community entering the season, but he has since put his name in the conversation as a potential late-round pick.
Small-school Prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft Class
#1 Ozzie Hutchinson (OL/Albany-NY)
The Great Danes made it to the FCS semifinals a year ago, but they have struggled through the 2024 campaign and will be on the outside when the playoffs start in a few weeks.
Coincidentally, their top offensive lineman, Ozzie Hutchinson, missed the entire month of September with a high ankle sprain when Albany went on a three-game losing streak.
Hutchinson, the team’s left tackle, is rarely mentioned outside the scouting community, but NFL decision-makers understand he has next-level ability.
Well-built and athletic, Hutchinson is powerful as well as mobile and shows ability in pass protection or as a run blocker.
He blocks with a nasty attitude and regularly finishes off defenders. Though he lines up at left tackle for Albany, Hutchinson is likely to move inside to guard in the NFL and is a scheme-versatile lineman who can play in a power gap or zone-scheme offense.
2025 NFL Draft stock: Week 13 Sliders
#1 Jake Briningstool (TE/Clemson)
Entering the season, there was a thought in the scouting community that Briningstool should end up a Day 2 prospect, and why not? At 6-foot-5 and 231 pounds, Briningstool played the tight end position like a receiver, catching 50 passes for 498 yards a year ago.
His production has fallen off this season, and as a result, so has his draft stock. With one game left, Briningstool has 38 receptions as well as 403 receiving yards and has not been targeted much this year. Right now, scouts have dropped Briningstool to a sixth-round prospect.
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