2025 NFL draft comps: Our favorite prospect-to-pro matches

Every year around this time, it’s normal to hear of NFL draft prospects being compared to past and present stars. These comps are helpful because they can give a sense (for better or worse) of how players project to the next level, and we get an idea of a player’s style of play.

We asked 14 draft analysts and experts — Aaron Schatz, Adam Rittenberg, Ben Solak, Bill Connelly, Dan Orlovsky, Field Yates, Jeff Legwold, Jordan Reid, Matt Bowen, Matt Miller, Mel Kiper Jr., Mike Tannenbaum, Steve Muench and Turron Davenport — to join in on the discussion and pick their favorite prospect-to-player comparison for the 2025 class. Their comps were made based on style of play, physical measurements, production and versatility — or some combination of all those traits.

So who does North Carolina running back Omarion Hampton remind us of? Who are good matches for star defenders such as Michigan’s Mason Graham and East Carolina’s Shavon Revel Jr.?

Let’s get into our favorite prospect-to-pro comps for this year’s draft class.

Running backs with larger frames are usually “ground-and-pound” types, but Skattebo (5-foot-10, 219 pounds) led all prospects at the position in receiving yards per game in 2024 at Arizona State (46.5). That makes him similar to Kamara, another sturdy back (5-foot-10, 215 pounds) who excels as a runner and a receiver. Kamara led all NFL running backs in receiving yards per game (38.8) last season. — Aaron Schatz, NFL analyst

Egbuka was overshadowed by Marvin Harrison Jr. and Jeremiah Smith at Ohio State, but he still eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in 2022 and 2024 — the only two full seasons he played. He has a similar build (6-1, 202 pounds) to St. Brown (6-0, 202 pounds), who played second fiddle to Michael Pittman Jr. at USC before turning into a No. 1 wideout with the Lions. — Adam Rittenberg, college football reporter

Kupp is a lofty comparison for about any wide receiver, but Bech wins in shockingly similar ways to Kupp. Bech (TCU) is tough as nails and catches everything over the middle of the field. He becomes a fast runner immediately after the catch. Kupp and Bech excelled in agility tests, like the three-cone and short shuttle, as 200-plus pound receivers, highlighting their unique blend of big-bodied change of direction. — Ben Solak, NFL analyst

I’ve seen a lot of Deebo Samuel Sr. comps for Burden, and understandably so — both are dangerous near and far from the line of scrimmage, and both are strong runners….