2025 Senior Bowl Standouts

The Draft starts in Mobile, as the marketing department says.

They’re not wrong. The 2024 Senior Bowl produced 110 of the 257 NFL Draft picks last year, which is why more than 2,000 scouts and media descend upon Mobile, Alabama for college football’s longest-running annual all-star game.

A great week of practice at the Senior Bowl can make a massive difference in a prospect’s Draft stock. Here are a handful of Draft hopefuls who stood out this year.

1. Mississippi QB Jaxson Dart

The competition for QB3 behind Miami’s Cam Ward and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders is wide open. While Dart didn’t dominate the Senior Bowl, he didn’t lose his momentum from an outstanding Gator Bowl performance either. He has the look of a solid Day 2 selection.

2. Texas Christian WR Jack Bech

Bech hauled in the game-winning touchdown as time expired and came away with MVP honors as a result, but had impressed scouts long before that. At 6-2, 215, Bech has ideal size and has proven to be a productive and reliable target in a Power 4 conference. He seems likely to be drafted in the latter part of Day 2.

3. Miami TE Elijah Arroyo

Similar to the QB position, TE3 is up for grabs in this Draft class. Penn State’s Tyler Warren and Michigan’s Colston Loveland are first-round talents, but Arroyo may not be far off the pace. Arroyo is built for the modern NFL with size and athleticism to create mismatches, along with demonstrated positional flexibility to line up just about anywhere on the field. Another strong showing at the NFL Scouting Combine could assure him of a Day 2 selection - or higher.

4. North Dakota State OL Grey Zabel

Don’t let the FCS tag fool you - Zabel is a first-round talent. The All-American and two-time national champion at NDSU can play every position along the offensive line and his performance at the Senior Bowl showed he can do it against some of the best competition in the country.

5. Marshall EDGE Mike Green

Green might end up being the biggest winner from Senior Bowl week. Once a 215-pound linebacker at the University of Virginia, Green developed into a 250-pound pass-rushing machine who led the FBS with 17 sacks at Marshall University in 2024. He cemented his status as a first-round pick with his performance in 1-on-1s at the Senior Bowl.

6. Texas A&M EDGE Shemar Stewart

Stewart’s freakish measurables alone (6’5⅛” with an 83½” wingspan) will land him among the first 32 players drafted in April. While his production wasn’t all that impressive at A&M - just 4.5 sacks over 37 games - one scout reportedly told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that Stewart “stamped himself as the best player” at the Senior Bowl.

7. Mississippi DT Walter Nolen

Nolen showed up at the Senior Bowl weighing 293 pounds - 12 pounds lighter than his playing weight in 2024. That was an exciting development for scouts, who are increasingly enamored by the disruptive defensive tackle’s explosiveness at the point of attack. It would be difficult to imagine Nolen falling out of the top 25 picks.

8. Florida State CB Azareye'h Thomas

A bigger, boundary-type corner, Thomas is a raw, but physically gifted prospect who could be a real difference-maker in the right system. He’s not a burner but can hold his own and isn’t afraid of contact. He’ll find a home on Day 2.