The 2025 NFL draft is less than three weeks away, and Ohio State is still on track to tie the record for the most players selected in a seven-round draft.
Ohio State would match Georgia’s record if it has 15 players drafted later this month, and it’s still projected to have 15 players selected in nearly all seven-round mock drafts.
How many first-round picks Ohio State will have remains more questionable. No Buckeyes are unanimously projected as first-round picks in this year’s draft, but five different Buckeyes have drawn first-round projections in recent mocks. Eight different Buckeyes are unanimously projected to be drafted in the first three rounds, with three others projected to join them as Day 2 picks in some mock drafts. Four others are widely projected as Day 3 picks, as tight end Gee Scott Jr. and offensive tackle Josh Fryar are Ohio State’s only two 2025 NFL draft prospects who aren’t currently projected to be drafted.
As the pre-draft process begins to wind down and the 2025 NFL draft (April 24-26) drawing ever closer, we’ve compiled 30 mock drafts from around the Web – all of which have been updated within the last two weeks – for another look at where draft prognosticators think each of Ohio State’s likely draft picks could end up.
The list of mock drafts included in this roundup, which includes five seven-round mocks, one five-round mock, one four-round mock, four three-round mocks, two two-round mocks and 17 single-round mocks:
- Bleacher Report Scouting Department (1 round)
- CBS Sports' Kyle Stackpole (1 round)
- CBS Sports’ Chris Trapasso (1 round)
- Dallas Morning News’ Calvin Watkins (1 round)
- Daft on Draft's Cory Kinnan (3 rounds)
- Draft Countdown's Paul Guillemette (1 round)
- Draft Tek (7 rounds)
- Draftwire's Curt Popejoy (3 rounds)
- ESPN’s Field Yates (2 rounds)
- ESPN’s Matt Miller (7 rounds)
- NFL.com’s Charles Davis (1 round)
- NFL.com's Eric Edholm (1 round)
- NFL.com's Maurice Jones-Drew (1 round)
- NFL.com’s Chad Reuter (5 rounds)
- NFL.com's Lance Zierlein (1 round)
- Palm Beach Post's Joe Schad (1 round)
- Pro Football Focus’ Simulator Consensus (1 round)
- Pro Football Network’s Reese Decker (7 rounds)
- Pro Football Network's Jacob Infante (3 rounds)
- Pro Football Network's Cameron Sheath (2 rounds)
- Pro Football Network’s Brentley Weissman (7 rounds)
- San Diego Union-Tribune’s Eddie Brown (3 rounds)
- SB Nation's James Dator (1 round)
- Sporting News' Vinnie Iyer (7 rounds)
- Tankathon (4 rounds)
- The 33rd Team’s Kyle Crabbs (1 round)
- The 33rd Team’s Ian Valentino (1 round)
- The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman (1 round)
- USA TODAY’s Tyler Dragon (1 round)
- Yahoo Sports’ Nate Tice and Charles McDonald (1 round)
Players are listed in order of their average draft projection in the mocks in which they are listed. The plus/minus next to each player’s average indicates whether their average has improved or fallen since our March mock draft roundup.
OT Josh Simmons
- Round 1, No. 11, San Francisco 49ers: 2 (Infante, Sheath)
- Round 1, No. 16, Arizona Cardinals: Yahoo
- Round 1, No. 18, Seattle Seahawks: Valentino
- Round 1, No. 20, Denver Broncos: Schad
- Round 1, No. 25, Houston Texans: 9 (Brooke, Dator, Decker, Draft Tek, Jones-Drew, Miller, Popejoy, Stackpole, Weissman)
- Round 1, No. 26, Cleveland Browns: Feldman
- Round 1, No. 26, Los Angeles Rams: Tankathon
- Round 1, No. 27, Baltimore Ravens: Edholm
- Round 1, No. 28, Detroit Lions: 2 (Guillemette, Watkins)
- Round 1, No. 29, Washington Commanders: Brown
- Round 1, No. 31, Kansas City Chiefs: 4 (B/R, Davis, Trapasso, Zierlein)
- Round 1, No. 32, Philadelphia Eagles: PFF
- Round 2, No. 34, New York Giants: Iyer
- Round 2, No. 37, Kansas City Chiefs: Yates
- Round 2, No. 38, New England Patriots: 2 (Kinnan, Reuter)
Average Draft Projection: 26.5 (-2.25)
Simmons is Ohio State’s most widely projected first-round pick, appearing in the first round of all but five of the 30 mock drafts included in this roundup. He’d likely be unanimously projected as a first-round pick if not for the knee injury that ended his final season as a Buckeye prematurely, but it would still be a big surprise if he doesn’t go in Round 1 after he proved himself healthy enough to go through a brief workout at Ohio State’s pro day.
Josh Simmons, five months removed from tearing his patellar tendon, did a brief workout at Ohio States pro day. pic.twitter.com/I5I4W6vbU6
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) March 26, 2025
The most popular projection has Simmons going to the Houston Texans, as he’s projected as their 25th overall pick in 30% of these mock drafts. Should that forecast come to fruition, he’d be tasked with providing improved pass protection for former Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, who was sacked 52 times last season.
WR Emeka Egbuka
- Round 1, No. 12, Dallas Cowboys: Watkins
- Round 1, No. 18, Seattle Seahawks: Reuter
- Round 1, No. 20, Denver Broncos: 2 (Dragon, Draft Tek)
- Round 1, No. 23, Green Bay Packers: 2 (Iyer, PFF)
- Round 1, No. 24, Minnesota Vikings: Schad
- Round 1, No. 25, Houston Texans: 2 (Crabbs, Trapasso)
- Round 1, No. 26, Los Angeles Rams: 2 (Guillemette, Infante)
- Round 1, No. 29, Washington Commanders: 2 (Dator, Davis)
- Round 1, No. 30, Buffalo Bills: 2 (Jones-Drew, Sheath)
- Round 1, No. 32, Philadelphia Eagles: 3 (B/R, Popejoy, Weissman)
- Round 1, No. 32, Jacksonville Jaguars: Stackpole
- Round 1, No. 32, Las Vegas Raiders: Feldman
- Round 2, No. 34, New York Giants: 2 (Miller, Tankathon)
- Round 2, No. 35, Tennessee Titans: 2 (Decker, Kinnan)
- Round 2, No. 36, Jacksonville Jaguars: Brown
- Round 2, No. 39, Chicago Bears: Yates
Average Draft Projection: 28.2 (-3)
Just as in last month’s roundup, Egbuka is projected to be a first-round pick in exactly two-thirds of the mock drafts in this roundup.
The most optimistic projection for Egbuka comes from longtime Dallas Cowboys beat writer Calvin Watkins, who believes the Cowboys should draft Egbuka to address their need for an offensive playmaker. Egbuka reportedly made a pre-draft visit with the Cowboys last week.
A majority of mock drafts, however, have Egbuka going in the final 10 picks of Round 1. The most repeated projection for Egbuka has him going with the very last pick of Round 1 to the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who could build the NFL’s best starting trio of wide receivers by pairing Egbuka with A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith.
OL Donovan Jackson
- Round 1, No. 14, Indianapolis Colts: Trapasso
- Round 1, No. 16, Arizona Cardinals: Kinnan
- Round 1, No. 19, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Dragon
- Round 1, No. 25, Houston Texans: 2 (Yates, Zierlein)
- Round 1, No. 26, Los Angeles Rams: Davis
- Round 1, No. 27, Baltimore Ravens: 2 (Edholm, Yahoo)
- Round 1, No. 31, Kansas City Chiefs: Guillemette
- Round 2, No. 36, Jacksonville Jaguars: 2 (Iyer, Sheath)
- Round 2, No. 38, New England Patriots: 2 (Tankathon, Weissman)
- Round 2, No. 42, New York Jets: Brown
- Round 2, No. 45, Indianapolis Colts: 2 (Decker, Miller)
- Round 2, No. 48, Miami Dolphins: Popejoy
- Round 2, No. 49, Cincinnati Bengals: 2 (Infante, Reuter)
- Round 2, No. 59, Baltimore Ravens: Draft Tek
Average Draft Projection: 34.75 (-0.45)
Some mock drafts have Jackson as the first Buckeye off the draft board after his spectacular performance as Ohio State’s left tackle during its College Football Playoff run, but a majority of mock drafts still have Jackson going in the second round.
Jackson, who told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine that most teams see him as a guard like he was for most of his Ohio State career, said at last month’s Ohio State pro day that he had pre-draft visits lined up with the Las Vegas Raiders, Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, among other teams. Sportskeeda’s Tony Pauline reported that Jackson will also visit the Philadelphia Eagles.
DT Tyleik Williams
- Round 1, No. 30, Buffalo Bills: 3 (Guillemette, Kinnan, Schad)
- Round 2, No. 33, Cleveland Browns: Iyer
- Round 2, No. 39, Chicago Bears: Draft Tek
- Round 2, No. 40, Philadelphia Eagles: Popejoy
- Round 2, No. 42, New York Jets: 2 (Infante, Miller)
- Round 2, No. 43, San Francisco 49ers: Tankathon
- Round 2, No. 48, Miami Dolphins: 2 (Brown, Weissman)
- Round 2, No. 52, Seattle Seahawks: Sheath
- Round 2, No. 63, Kansas City Chiefs: Reuter
- Round 3, No. 66, Kansas City Chiefs: Decker
Average Draft Projection: 43.3 (-1.1)
According to this round of mock drafts, Williams’ chances of being a first-round pick could depend on whether the Buffalo Bills use their No. 30 overall pick on the former Ohio State defensive tackle. Three different mock drafts in this roundup have the Bills drafting Williams with the 30th pick, but all of the other mock drafts have Williams going on Day 2.
The consensus has Williams as a second-round pick, as only two mocks in this roundup that include at least two rounds have Williams falling into Round 3.
RB TreVeyon Henderson
- Round 1, No. 10, Chicago Bears: Jones-Drew
- Round 2, No. 37, Las Vegas Raiders: Miller
- Round 2, No. 39, Chicago Bears: Decker
- Round 2, No. 41, Chicago Bears: Sheath
- Round 2, No. 44, Dallas Cowboys: 3 (Reuter, Tankathon, Yates)
- Round 2, No. 47, Arizona Cardinals: Weissman
- Round 2, No. 51, Denver Broncos: Infante
- Round 2, No. 59, Baltimore Ravens: Brown
- Round 2, No. 63, Kansas City Chiefs: Kinnan
- Round 3, No. 76, Dallas Cowboys: 2 (Iyer, Popejoy)
- Round 3, No. 79, Houston Texans: Draft Tek
Average Draft Projection: 50.7 (+7.4)
Henderson draws the highest singular projection of any Buckeye in this mock draft roundup as former NFL running back and current NFL Network analyst Maurice Jones-Drew has the Chicago Bears drafting Henderson 10th overall. That’s the only first-round projection Henderson draws in this roundup, however, as he’s unanimously projected as either a second- or third-round pick in all 13 mocks in this roundup that include at least two rounds.
The team most commonly projected to draft Henderson is the Cowboys, who also hosted Henderson for a visit last week and are in the market for an early-round running back after parting ways with fellow former Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott before the end of last season.
RB Quinshon Judkins
- Round 2, No. 37, Las Vegas Raiders: Brown
- Round 2, No. 39, Chicago Bears: Weissman
- Round 2, No. 41, Chicago Bears: 3 (Popejoy, Reuter, Yates)
- Round 2, No. 44, Dallas Cowboys: Decker
- Round 2, No. 51, Denver Broncos: 2 (Iyer, Miller)
- Round 2, No. 55, Los Angeles Chargers: Tankathon
- Round 2, No. 61, Washington Commanders: Infante
- Round 3, No. 63, Kansas City Chiefs: Sheath
- Round 3, No. 68, Las Vegas Raiders: Kinnan
- Round 3, No. 85, Denver Broncos: Draft Tek
Average Draft Projection: 52.1 (+2.7)
Like Henderson, Judkins is projected as either a second- or third-round pick in all 13 mock drafts in this roundup that include at least two rounds.
The most popular projection for Judkins has him going to the Bears with one of their two early second-round picks as they’re expected to target an early-round running back to pair with returning starter D’Andre Swift.
DE JT Tuimoloau
- Round 2, No. 41, Chicago Bears: Iyer
- Round 2, No. 46, Atlanta Falcons: Brown
- Round 2, No. 47, Arizona Cardinals: Sheath
- Round 2, No. 50, Seattle Seahawks: Decker
- Round 2, No. 50, Tennessee Titans: Reuter
- Round 2, No. 54, Green Bay Packers: 2 (Infante, Weissman)
- Round 2, No. 55, Los Angeles Chargers: Kinnan
- Round 2, No. 56, Buffalo Bills: Yates
- Round 2, No. 57, Carolina Panthers: 2 (Draft Tek, Tankathon)
- Round 2, No. 60, Detroit Lions: Popejoy
- Round 3, No. 93, New Orleans Saints: Miller
Average Draft Projection: 55.4 (-4.1)
Tuimoloau is also projected as a Day 2 pick in every multi-round mock draft in this roundup, with all but one of those 13 mock drafts slotting Tuimoloau as a second-round pick.
JT Tuimoloau is widely projected to be a second-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft.
DE Jack Sawyer
- Round 2, No. 38, New England Patriots: Sheath
- Round 2, No. 56, Buffalo Bills: Brown
- Round 2, No. 59, Baltimore Ravens: 2 (Kinnan, Tankathon)
- Round 2, No. 60, Detroit Lions: 2 (Draft Tek, Iyer)
- Round 2, No. 64, Philadelphia Eagles: Popejoy
- Round 3, No. 65, New York Giants: Infante
- Round 3, No. 68, Las Vegas Raiders: Weissman
- Round 3, No. 74, Carolina Panthers: Reuter
- Round 3, No. 81, Cincinnati Bengals: Decker
- Round 3, No. 84, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Miller
Average Draft Projection: 64 (+3.3)
Projected to be a Day 2 pick in every mock draft in this roundup that includes at least three rounds, Sawyer appears to sit on the fringe between being a second- or third-round pick. His average draft projection of 64 correlates with being the final pick of Round 2, and a majority of mock drafts in this roundup have Sawyer going in either the final 10 picks of the second round or the first 10 picks of the three rounds.
S Lathan Ransom
- Round 3, No. 97, Minnesota Vikings: Popejoy
- Round 3, No. 98, Miami Dolphins: Weissman
- Round 3, No. 102, Detroit Lions: 2 (Decker, Reuter)
- Round 4, No. 106, New England Patriots: 2 (Iyer, Miller)
- Round 4, No. 114, Carolina Panthers: Tankathon
- Round 4, No. 130, Detroit Lions: Draft Tek
Average Draft Projection: 106.9 (+8.4)
Ransom appears to sit on the fringe between being a third- and fourth-round draft pick as he is projected to land in either Round 3 or Round 4 in every mock in this roundup that includes at least four rounds. Half of Ransom’s projections in this roundup fall in the final six picks of Round 3 while he’s projected as a fourth-round pick in the other half.
The team most commonly projected to draft Ransom is the Detroit Lions, who should be looking to draft a safety in the middle rounds to bolster their depth behind starters Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph.
QB Will Howard
- Round 2, No. 61, New Orleans Saints: Yates
- Round 3, No. 101, Los Angeles Rams: Decker
- Round 4, No. 108, Las Vegas Raiders: 2 (Iyer, Tankathon)
- Round 4, No. 110, New York Jets: Draft Tek
- Round 4, No. 112, New Orleans Saints: Reuter
- Round 4, No. 117, Indianapolis Colts: Weissman
- Round 5, No. 143, Las Vegas Raiders: Miller
Average Draft Projection: 107.5 (-22.5)
Even though Howard had a far better throwing session at Ohio State’s pro day than he did at the NFL Scouting Combine, he’s projected as a Day 2 draft pick in fewer mock drafts now than he was a month ago. ESPN’s Field Yates has Howard going to the New Orleans Saints in Round 2 of his two-round mock as a potential heir apparent to Derek Carr, but no other mocks in this roundup have Howard going before the second-to-last pick of the third round.
The consensus among recent mock drafts is that Howard will be a fourth-round pick, as that’s where he’s projected to land in five of the seven mocks in this roundup that include at least four rounds. Three mocks in this roundup have Howard going to Las Vegas, where he’d reunite with former Ohio State offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Chip Kelly, now the offensive coordinator of the Raiders.
CB Denzel Burke
- Round 3, No. 100, San Francisco 49ers: Iyer
- Round 3, No. 101, Los Angeles Rams: 2 (Reuter, Weissman)
- Round 4, No. 114, Carolina Panthers: Miller
- Round 4, No. 123, Pittsburgh Steelers: Decker
- Round 4, No. 131, New Orleans Saints: Draft Tek
Average Draft Projection: 111.7 (-37.4)
Like Ransom, all of Burke’s draft projections are in either the third or fourth round, though he was not included in Tankathon’s four-round mock or any of the three-round mocks in this roundup. Of the six mocks that include Burke, three of them have Burke as a third-round pick and three have the former Ohio State cornerback as a fourth-round selection, with all three of those third-round projections falling in the final three picks of Round 3.
The lone projection duplicated across multiple mocks for Burke has him going to the Los Angeles Rams with the second-to-last pick of Day 2.
CB Jordan Hancock
- Round 4, No. 134, Philadelphia Eagles: Weissman
- Round 4, No. 135, Miami Dolphins: Draft Tek
- Round 5, No. 149, Dallas Cowboys: Decker
- Round 6, No. 215, Las Vegas Raiders: Iyer
- Round 7, No. 220, New England Patriots: Miller
Average Draft Projection: 170.6 (-35.6)
Despite his spectacular showing at Ohio State’s pro day, where he ran a 4.42-second 40-yard dash and had a 41.5-inch vertical jump, Hancock isn’t projected to be selected in the first three rounds of any mocks in this roundup. He’s projected to be a Day 3 pick in all five seven-round mocks, but with no consensus on which round as his projections span each of the draft’s final four rounds.
LB Cody Simon
- Round 4, No. 124, Green Bay Packers: Decker
- Round 5, No. 141, Seattle Seahawks: Reuter
- Round 5, No. 160, San Francisco 49ers: Miller
- Round 5, No. 165, Philadelphia Eagles: Iyer
- Round 7, No. 219, New York Giants: Weissman
- Round 7, No. 244, Detroit Lions: Draft Tek
Average Draft Projection: 175.5 (+32.8)
Like Hancock, Simon is unanimously projected to be a Day 3 pick in seven-round mocks. Also like Hancock, there’s no consensus on where he’ll be selected on Day 3, as he’s projected to come off the board as early as Round 4 but as late as Round 7.
C Seth McLaughlin
- Round 3, No. 76, Dallas Cowboys: Reuter
- Round 5, No. 152, Arizona Cardinals: Weissman
- Round 6, No. 187, Minnesota Vikings: Decker
- Round 6, No. 191, Denver Broncos: Draft Tek
- Round 7, No. 217, Dallas Cowboys: Iyer
- Round 7, No. 238, New England Patriots: Miller
Average Draft Projection: 176.8 (-22)
While NFL.com’s Chad Reuter has the Cowboys drafting Seth McLaughlin in Round 3, the consensus among seven-round mock drafts is that the Rimington Trophy winner will be a late-round pick between the fifth and seventh rounds.
DT Ty Hamilton
- Round 4, No. 135, Miami Dolphins: Tankathon
- Round 5, No. 153, Cincinnati Bengals: Draft Tek
- Round 5, No. 158, Los Angeles Chargers: Miller
- Round 6, No. 204, Dallas Cowboys: Weissman
- Round 7, No. 256, Los Angeles Chargers: Iyer
Average Draft Projection: 181.2 (-11.9)
Among Ohio State’s 15 combine invitees, Hamilton is the only one who isn’t unanimously projected to be drafted in this roundup, as Pro Football Network’s Reese Decker excluded Hamilton from his seven-round mock draft. That said, the consensus is that Hamilton will be drafted on Day 3; as with Hancock, Simon and McLaughlin, though, there’s no consensus on what round he’ll be drafted in as his projections range from Round 4 to Round 7.
