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2025 NFL draft order: How Seahawks win on ‘TNF’, Christmas games shuffles order

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2025 NFL draft order: How Seahawks win on ‘TNF’, Christmas games shuffles order

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The race to the bottom of the 2025 NFL draft is tightly packed, but as long as the New York Giants continue to lose, they will take home the No. 1 pick in the draft.

The Giants were battling the Las Vegas Raiders for the No. 1 pick entering Week 16. However, a Raiders win over the Jacksonville Jaguars allowed New York to become the only two-win team in the NFL. Las Vegas moved to the No. 6 overall pick because of its win, and the Raiders may continue to shift around given the sheer amount of three- and four-win teams league-wide.

The Chicago Bears ensured they would stay within that group by losing to the Seattle Seahawks on “Thursday Night Football.” That didn’t impact the draft order too much, but it did shift the top 10 selections ever so slightly.

Meanwhile, the playoff teams in action on Christmas also caused the back end of the order to change mildly. Those picks are based on predictions of when playoff teams will be eliminated, so NFL fans shouldn’t read into the end-of-draft jockeying too much. Nonetheless, some teams are establishing themselves as threats to win the Super Bowl, while others may find themselves hoping to land a quality pick once eliminated.

With the season’s final “Thursday Night Football” game now over, here’s how the draft order looks.

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2025 NFL draft order

Here’s the projected 2025 NFL draft order after Week 17’s Christmas doubleheader and “Thursday Night Football” contest, according to Tankathon.com:

  1. New York Giants: 2-13 record; .554 strength of schedule
  2. New England Patriots: 3-12; .461 SOS
  3. Jacksonville Jaguars: 3-12; .477 SOS
  4. Tennessee Titans: 3-12; .508 SOS
  5. Cleveland Browns: 3-12; .531 SOS
  6. Las Vegas Raiders: 3-12; .544 SOS
  7. Chicago Bears: 4-12; .560 SOS
  8. Carolina Panthers: 4-11; .494 SOS
  9. New York Jets: 4-11; .500 SOS
  10. New Orleans Saints: 5-10; .508 SOS
  11. San Francisco 49ers: 6-9; .568 SOS
  12. Miami Dolphins: 7-8; .420 SOS
  13. Indianapolis Colts: 7-8; .456 SOS
  14. Cincinnati Bengals: 7-8; .481 SOS
  15. Dallas Cowboys: 7-8; .512 SOS
  16. Arizona Cardinals: 7-8; .535 SOS
  17. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 8-7; .510 SOS
  18. Seattle Seahawks: 9-7; .508 SOS
  19. Atlanta Falcons: 8-7; .516 SOS
  20. Houston Texans: 9-7; .488 SOS
  21. Los Angeles Chargers: 9-6; .475 SOS
  22. Denver Broncos: 9-6; .500 SOS
  23. Los Angeles Rams: 9-6; .508 SOS
  24. Washington Commanders: 10-5; .434 SOS
  25. Pittsburgh Steelers: 10-6; .496 SOS
  26. Baltimore Ravens: 11-5; .525 SOS
  27. Green Bay Packers: 11-4; .529 SOS
  28. Philadelphia Eagles: 12-3; .455 SOS
  29. Buffalo Bills: 12-3; .463 SOS
  30. Minnesota Vikings: 13-2; .475 SOS
  31. Detroit Lions: 13-2; .525 SOS
  32. Kansas City Chiefs: 15-1; .484 SOS

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2025 NFL draft: Who are the top prospects?

Below is a look at the consensus top 40 prospects in the 2025 NFL draft as of mid-December, per USA TODAY Sports’ Ayrton Ostly:

  1. Travis Hunter, CB/WR, Colorado
  2. Will Johnson, CB, Michigan
  3. Mason Graham, DT, Michigan
  4. Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State
  5. Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
  6. Malaki Starks, S, Georgia
  7. Abdul Carter, EDGE, Penn State
  8. Will Campbell, OL, LSU
  9. Jalon Walker, LB/EDGE, Georgia
  10. Nic Scourton, EDGE, Texas A&M
  11. Cam Ward, QB, Miami
  12. Luther Burden III, WR, Missouri
  13. James Pearce Jr., EDGE, Tennessee
  14. Kelvin Banks Jr., OL, Texas
  15. Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
  16. Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia
  17. Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan
  18. Benjamin Morrison, CB, Notre Dame
  19. Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State
  20. Walter Nolen, DT, Ole Miss
  21. Tyleik Williams, DT, Ohio State
  22. Shavon Revel Jr., CB, East Carolina
  23. Jalen Milroe, QB, Alabama
  24. Omarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina
  25. Kenneth Grant, DT, Michigan
  26. Tre Harris, WR, Ole Miss
  27. Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State
  28. Aireontae Ersery, OL, Minnesota
  29. Isaiah Bond, WR, Texas
  30. Elic Ayomanor, WR, Stanford
  31. Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio State
  32. Landon Jackson, EDGE, Arkansas
  33. Kaleb Johnson, RB, Iowa
  34. JT Tuimoloau, EDGE, Ohio State
  35. Deone Walker, DT, Kentucky
  36. Jahdae Barron, CB, Texas
  37. Wyatt Milum, OL, West Virginia
  38. Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama
  39. Jonah Savaiinaea, OL, Arizona
  40. Derrick Harmon, DL, Oregon
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