Whether you’re looking to run the ball or cultivate a dominant passing game, neither is possible without talented interior offensive linemen. Whether career guards or offensive tackle transition candidates, our 2025 NFL Draft iOL Rankings help you identify the hog mollies you want your team to select.
10) Anthony Belton, NC State
Anthony Belton is a physically imposing offensive tackle with the strength and length to control defenders at the line of scrimmage. He excels in pass protection, using his size and footwork to keep edge rushers at bay while maintaining balance against power moves.
In the run game, he generates solid push and plays with an aggressive mentality, helping open lanes for ball carriers. His awareness and ability to adjust to stunts make him a dependable presence on the line. However, he can improve his pad level and hand placement to maximize his power and consistency.
With refinement, Belton has a degree of upside at tackle or guard, but he’s also not an elite athlete, nor does he have elite recalibration flexibility. Thus, he may exist more naturally in OL-friendly schemes where help is often available.
9) Jared Wilson, Georgia
Jared Wilson projects as a high-upside starter in the NFL. While he is still raw as just a one-year starting center, the three-star Bulldogs recruit has the athleticism and natural leverage to be one of the first pure center prospects off the board in the 2025 NFL Draft.
The 6’3”, 310-pound starter has a strong base and impressive hand usage while also possessing the fluid mobility to work in space. Despite his athleticism, his footwork can be a bit slow and plodding in pass protection, and overall, he’ll need to up his play pace to survive down in and down out at the NFL level.
But in the Day 2 range, Wilson’s elite physical upside and good baseline awareness is worth taking a gamble on.
8) Tate Ratledge, Georgia
Tate Ratledge’s evaluation involves a lot of back-and-forth, but he undoubtedly has a path to becoming a solid if unspectacular NFL starter. A two-time National Champion with 37 starts at right guard to his name, experience is a strength of Ratledge’s, but the 24-year old rookie also missed time to lower-body injuries multiple times in his career.
He’s an elite athlete with rare explosiveness, agility, and second-level mobility, but at almost 6’7″, with arms just over 32″, his build is a bit unorthodox. He plays taller than preferred, and can be coaxed into lurching with his average reach, and those two issues can impact his balance and leverage.
Nevertheless, Ratledge makes up for these flaws with his athleticism, football IQ, flexibility, and grating physicality, and he should be able to carve out a respectable starting career.
7) Marcus Mbow, Purdue
Marcus Mbow started 12 games at right tackle in 2024 but has also played right guard with the Purdue Boilermakers. He projects best as a center in the NFL, where his natural athleticism and technique as a puller make him one of the top center prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft class.
At 6’4” and 303 pounds, Mbow has eye-popping burst and grappling, inescapable hands as a run blocker. He has awareness and anticipation before the snap. His active hands allow him to counter and reset as a pass protector, where his technique and lower half mobility can allow him to be a starter in year one.
6) Wyatt Milum, West Virginia
Relative to the average prospect heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, Milum is a safe projection. With proper hand placement, a high football IQ, and above-average play strength, he has the intelligence and power needed to slide into a starting NFL offensive line role from Day 1.
His zone-gap versatility as a run blocker should help him out a considerable amount, too. He’s a high-floor prospect, even though he’ll likely need to kick inside to guard due to his shorter arms.
Though his athletic upside isn’t quite elite, he’s far from a liability, with enough explosion and agility to work in small spaces. There are offensive linemen with higher ceilings in the 2025 NFL Draft than Milum, but his floor is one of the highest in the class.
5) Grey Zabel, North Dakota State
- Selected by the Seattle Seahawks
- 18th overall selection
- Fifth offensive lineman selected
Grey Zabel is a versatile lineman with the ability to play just about anywhere along the offensive line, but likely projects best as an interior player in the NFL. With the thin center group in the 2025 NFL Draft – as well as Zabel’s accurate snaps at the Senior Bowl – he could project best as a center in this particular class.
Zabel is a powerful offensive lineman who generates serious push as a blocker on the move. He applies a “take no prisoners” mentality when he locks up at the point of attack. As a shorter-armed blocker who needs to work on his knee bend, Zabel could face some limitations at the NFL, particularly in his rookie year.
Nevertheless, Zabel is a high-end athlete with the combined size, twitch, flexibility, football IQ, violent hands, and mauler mentality to thrive at any interior spot. As he builds up his play strength, his outlook should only improve.
4) Jonah Savaiinaea, Arizona
Jonah Savaiinaea checks a lot of boxes as an early-round offensive line target. He has great size and natural leverage at 6’4″, 324 pounds, with 34″ arms. He’s an elite athlete with a documented 4.95 40-yard dash and 1.72 10-yard split — numbers that are reaffirmed by his energized athleticism and blocking range on tape.
And on top of it all, he has extensive experience at both guard and tackle, and can play both in a pinch.
He’s expressed his desire to play guard at the NFL level, and that’s likely where he projects best with his wide frame, anchor strength, and driving physicality. That said, he has enough length to stick at tackle, and he’s flashed improvement with his hand placement and timing on extensions.
At either spot, Savaiinaea can function as a rangy people-mover with a tone-setting mentality, and sturdiness in pass protection.
3) Donovan Jackson, Ohio State
- Selected by the Houston Texans
- 24th overall selection
- Sixth offensive lineman taken
Donovan Jackson has been on the NFL Draft radar since he joined the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2021 as a five-star recruit. He went on to start 31 games at left guard and the final nine games of his career at left tackle — in a championship run that opened evaluators’ eyes. Jackson’s ability to play tackle in a pinch is extremely valuable, and teams can’t ignore that.
Still, Jackson likely projects better as a guard at the NFL level. He’s not the most flexible in his midsection or on recovery, and that could be a limiting factor outside. On the interior, Jackson has a perfect build. He’s low-to-the-ground and hyper-dense at 6’4″, 315 pounds, with near-34″ arms.
He has great lateral mobility, clean pass sets, forceful and active hands, power in both phases, and the core strength to absorb. With inbuilt security and versatility up front, as well as long-term upside, Jackson is a great prospect to invest in.
2) Tyler Booker, Alabama
- Selected by the Dallas Cowboys
- 12th overall selection
- Fourth offensive lineman selected
If you’re looking for a sturdy anchor at guard who can dish out punishment as well as he can absorb it, Tyler Booker is your guy. With a low center of gravity and a thick, well-proportioned frame, Booker is very tough to move at the point of attack.
His powerful lower half helps him neutralize power rushes along the interior, and his flexibility helps him maximize his power. Booker won’t necessarily wow you in space, though he did look a bit quicker after he lost weight before the 2024 season. His hand placement needs work, though there’s a lot to like in his game elsewhere.
Given his coordination, his length at guard, his IQ and stunt vision, and his power in a phone booth, Booker could end up selected in the middle of the first round. He likely won’t be targeted by wide zone teams, but he has the makings of a quality long-term starter in power, gap, and inside zone looks.
1) Will Campbell, LSU
- Selected by the New England Patriots
- Fourth overall selection
- First offensive lineman selected (announced as OT)
There is a raging debate over Will Campbell’s projection. He is the top overall offensive lineman in this class, but the LSU left tackle has 32 ⅝-inch arms and a wingspan of 77 ⅜-inches and doesn’t meet the necessary thresholds some NFL teams impose. That wingspan is the fifth-shortest recorded since 2003 among offensive tackles.
Nevertheless, Campbell has excellent play strength, natural balance, and elite footwork. His technique is refined and developed, while his hypermobility allows him to retain leverage.
However, the concerns on tape stem from the lack of length, which can be negated with a move inside.
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