Texas Football NFL Draft Hub: All-Time Picks, Scouting Reports, Projections, and More

Get to know the Longhorns that will soon be calling the NFL home. With the 2025 NFL Draft upon us, find everything you need to know for Texas this season, including scouting reports, their full list of prospects, projections, and real-time landing spots as they happen.

Texas Football NFL Draft Prospects

• Kelvin Banks Jr., OT
• Matthew Golden, WR
• Jahdae Barron, CB
• Cameron Williams, OT
• Isaiah Bond, WR
• Andrew Mukuba, S
• Alfred Collins, DT
• Gunnar Helm, TE
• Quinn Ewers, QB
• Jake Majors, OC
• Jaydon Blue, RB
• Vernon Broughton, DT
• Barryn Sorrell, EDGE
• David Gbenda, LB
• Hayden Conner, OG
• Ethan Burke, EDGE
• Gavin Holmes, S

Texas Football Scouting Reports

Kelvin Banks Jr., OT

Kelvin Banks Jr. has all the physical attributes needed to be a high-level starting offensive lineman at the NFL level. He has the athletic traits that scouts drool over at the offensive tackle position. He’s a natural mover with quick feet and impressive short-area explosiveness.

Thanks to his low center of gravity and determined tenacity, he’s capable of driving defenders off the ball. He still stands to improve his hand usage and timing, as premature punches can contribute to lurches and lapses in balance.

Nevertheless, there’s plenty to like with Banks. He’s a former five-star recruit, a team captain, and a translatable talent at both tackle and guard, and his ability to get out in space and finish separates him from most.

Matthew Golden, WR

Though he broke out late as a 2025 NFL Draft prospect, Matthew Golden has plenty of desirable qualities as a potential high-end movement-Z and impact starter at the NFL level.

At 5’11”, 191 pounds, Golden’s 4.29 40-yard dash has caused many to bill him as a speed WR primarily, but that’s a misconception. He certainly has high-end speed and burst, but he wins with his fluid and twitched-up mobility as a separator, and his liquid-smooth catch-point skills.

With a vast route tree, a prolific separation framework, slippery RAC ability, and stalwart conversion skills, Golden is a complete offensive catalyst, in the mold of Chris Olave or T.Y. Hilton.

Jahdae Barron, CB

Jahdae Barron’s impact was visible on a snap-to-snap basis for the Longhorns’ impressive SEC debut. Primarily playing as an outside corner, Barron was not only a lockdown player in coverage but also a turnover machine with five interceptions in 2024.

While he was a successful playmaker on the outside, Barron best projects as a slot defender due to a lack of length. Nevertheless, Barron can be a dynamic and at times dominant slot defender, in an era where slot defenders are being valued more and more — and he still maintains his boundary versatility in zone schemes.

With his shorter arms and relatively sparse press experience, Barron won’t be for every defensive coordinator, but his two-phase playmaking imprint is unique to him, and his football IQ magnifies his blistering play pace. He’s the kind of “glue guy” who can change a secondary, and ultimately a defense.

Andrew Mukuba, S

Andrew Mukuba is a valuable coverage safety who brings an intriguing combination of ball skills, route recognition, and range. He’s a quick processor whose brisk responsiveness is maximized his fluidity and short-area energy. During his time at Clemson, he showed he could break up passes and track down the deep ball.

At Texas, he finally had the interception production to back that up. His skinnier frame could make it difficult to be a consistent tackler at the NFL level, and if he does add more weight to his frame, it could take him some time to adjust appropriately. In man coverage, physicality can be an issue for Mukuba.

But when he’s able to manage space and pin his ears back as a heat-seeking missile, he appears to be in his element. As a versatile two-phase playmaker with elite coverage mobility and sharp eyes, Mukuba has impact starter upside.

Alfred Collins, DT

Alfred Collins has enigmatic qualities as a 2025 NFL Draft prospect. He accumulated just seven career sacks in five seasons at Texas, and as expected, he struggles to attack independently on pass-rushing downs, despite his physical tools. However, he is extremely effective as a run defender — perhaps the most effective in the class.

His style will not suit every team, but Collins’ high floor in the run game, combined with his athletic upside, makes him an extremely compelling Day 2 investment. At 6’5″, 332 pounds, with long levers for arms, Collins is a pure space-eater who also has the explosiveness to reset the line and hit blockers with jarring power. He can slab blocks, stack-and-shed with violence, and snuff out carries, and his power profile and motor imply untapped potential on later downs.

Cameron Williams, OT

Cameron Williams has rare physical tools with his size and length, and NFL teams will want to get their hands on him. With that said, he is just a one-year starter at right tackle with the Longhorns and his play was inconsistent overall.

In the run game, Williams primarily wins by using his size to seal and wall off defenders. He can quickly engulf ensuing defenders at the point of attack, and has the width and core strength to absorb opposing power. He has good initial pop at the point of attack and can control and steer defenders. In the passing game, he uses his size and length to create a wide path between the rusher and the quarterback.

Williams makes it very difficult for defenders to go around or through him with his overall size and athleticism alone, but he’s still refining his anchor footwork, hand placement, and leverage maintenance. Early NFL starts could expose his deficiencies, but he has great potential.

Gunnar Helm, TE

Don’t make the mistake of judging Gunnar Helm solely from his subpar athletic testing at the NFL Combine. Helm sprained his ankle on his first 40-yard dash attempt, and that injury impacted his testing. Trust the film with Helm; it conveys his upside well enough.

While Helm isn’t at the level of the top athletes in this year’s tight-end class, he still has enough burst and bend at 6’5″ and 241 pounds to sear up seams and make himself available on the vertical plane. Additionally, Helm can make plays underneath with his soft hands and rumbling RAC ability.

Helm can continue to add mass to his frame, despite not having the high-end quickness to be a viable route runner against man coverage. Nevertheless, he’s a valuable two-pronged receiving threat, and a high-effort blocker who can play with leverage.

Quinn Ewers, QB

From being the top-rated high school recruit to being an SEC Championship and CFB Playoff contender, Quinn Ewers had a storied college football career. He’s coming off his best season, having thrown for 3,472 yards, 31 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions in 2024. Yet, Ewers’ NFL projection is much more complicated than his collegiate projection was.

Ewers was a solid CFB starter, but there are clear limitations for him as a prospect. He doesn’t have elite size or athleticism as a creator. His processing, mechanics, and pocket habits all remain too inconsistent. Ewers’ saving grace is his arm talent. He has a reasonably strong arm, and he can make throws at any arm angle, from any platform.

Those qualities will make him a valuable QB2 or QB3 on a depth chart, but he needs further refinement to develop beyond that.

Jake Majors, OC

Jake Majors is a five-year player at Texas who has started four seasons and has improved in each of those. While he is a very experienced player with over 3700 career snaps, he only has experience with lining up at center but has played against the top competition in the country.

Major has an average frame and length, plays low to the ground, and has excellent leverage as a pass blocker. He is a fluid athlete who can fire off the ball and moves well in space allowing him to climb to the second level of a defense and win consistently. Majors is a smart offensive lineman who has consistently shown the ability to pick up stunts and twists.

Isaiah Bond, WR

Isaiah Bond is an explosive wide receiver with game-breaking speed and the ability to stretch the field vertically or create separation underneath. He accelerates quickly off the line and is a threat to score any time he touches the ball, especially on deep routes and screens. Bond has smooth footwork, sharp route-running instincts, and shows flashes of tracking the ball well over the shoulder. He’s also a dangerous returner, adding special teams value.

However, his route tree is still developing, and he can struggle against physical corners at the line of scrimmage. Adding strength and refining his timing will elevate his game. There are also off-field concerns that make him a wild card in terms of where could be selected.

Jaydon Blue, RB

Jaydon Blue might’ve declared before he ever had a chance to monopolize production at Texas, but he shouldn’t go overlooked because of that. Blue still eclipsed 1,000 total yards from scrimmage in 2024, with 368 yards and six touchdowns coming as a pass-catcher.

At 5’9″, 196 pounds, he’ll never be mistaken for a bruiser, but his 4.38 40-yard dash does well to illustrate the dynamic field-flipping, seam-stretching speed he brings to the table when he has space. An electric lane-runner with lower-body flexibility and third-down versatility, Blue can provide a valuable spark to an NFL offense.

Vernon Broughton, DT

Vernon Broughton is a solid overall pass rusher who can win his reps and make an impact in the backfield. In true pass sets, he had a very respectable 18.1% pass rush win rate in 2024, which was higher than any other Texas interior defender. An above-average athlete who can close on the ball quickly in space.

Broughton plays low to the ground with a good pad level. He is an average run defender who struggles with double teams and meets physicality at the point of attack. Broughton is an average tackler who doesn’t always convert the opportunities created for him.

2025 Draft Projections for Texas

Based on the last seven-round 2025 NFL Mock Draft from College Sports Network’s James Fragoza, the following Texas players were selected:

• Jahdae Barron, CB
  Round 1, Pick 11; San Francisco 49ers
• Kelvin Banks Jr., OL
  Round 1, Pick 18; Seattle Seahawks
• Matthew Golden, WR
  Round 3, Pick 33; Cleveland Browns
• Isaiah Bond, WR
  Round 2, Pick 57; Carolina Panthers
• Alfred Collins, DT
  Round 2, Pick 64; Philadelphia Eagles
• Cameron Williams, OT
  Round 3, Pick 96; Philadelphia Eagles
• Andrew Mukuba, S
  Round 4, Pick 106; New England Patriots
• Jake Majors, OC
  Round 4, Pick 118; Atlanta Falcons
• Gunnar Helm, TE
  Round 5, Pick 163; Carolina Panthers
• Vernon Broughton, DT
  Round 6, Pick 189; Indianapolis Colts
• Quinn Ewers, QB
  Round 6, Pick 190; Los Angeles Rams
• Barryn Sorrell, EDGE
  Round 6, Pick 195; Los Angeles Rams
• Jaydon Blue, RB
  Round 6, Pick 203; Baltimore Ravens

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