The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone but the action doesn’t stop there. With just 257 selections and a draft pool of over 1,000 athletes, the undrafted free agent market is almost as exciting.
Which players from the Penn State Nittany Lions are set to make a splash in their new homes?
Penn State Football Draft Picks
Below is the full list of Penn State’s picks in the 2025 NFL Draft. Included are the player, their position, their draft slot, and the NFL team that selected them.
The round and position numbers indicated are the round and overall pick numbers. For instance, 5.175 is Round 5, Pick No. 175, or 3.92 is Round 3, Pick No. 92, etc.
- Abdul Carter, EDGE – 1.3, New York Giants
- Tyler Warren, TE – 1.14, Indianapolis Colts
- Kevin Winston Jr., S – 3.83, Tennessee Titans
- Jaylen Reed, S – 6.187, Houston Texans
- Kobe King, LB – 6.201, Minnesota Vikings
Penn State Football UDFA Signings
Below is the full list of Penn State’s undrafted free agent signings. This list will be updated as soon as signings become official.
To view every team’s undrafted free agent signings: 2025 NFL Draft UDFA Signings by School
- Julian Fleming, WR – Green Bay Packers
Penn State Football Draft Grades
Thanks to our friends at Pro Football & Sports Network, we can take a look at how the Penn State players were graded with their landing spots. Below is the letter grade and subsequent analysis when provided for each pick. All without analysis will be listed below.
- Round 6, Pick 187
Jaylen Reed, S | Houston Texans
Grade: B+ - Round 6, Pick 201
Kobe King, LB | Minnesota Vikings
Grade: B+
Abdul Carter NFL Draft Grade
- Round 1, Pick 3
Abdul Carter, EDGE | New York Giants
Grade: A+
It was essentially chalk for weeks leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft that the New York Giants were the favorites to land Abdul Carter. Now they’ve made that official, selecting one of two bona fide blue-chip talents in the class with the third overall pick.
The 2024 season was just Carter’s first year as a full-time EDGE, and he amassed 12 sacks and 24 tackles for loss, earning All-American honors in the process. At his 6’3”, 250-pound size, he has perhaps the most dynamic explosiveness of any EDGE prospect of the last five cycles – at least – and his combined burst, bend, hand strength, pursuit speed, and motor can overwhelm.
In the short term, the Giants have an abundance of EDGE talent with Carter, Brian Burns, and Kayvon Thibodeaux, but Thibodeaux’s long-term future is murky, emphasizing Carter’s value. Carter can be a game-wrecker off the line, and his off-ball background grants him additional versatility.
Tyler Warren NFL Draft Grade
- Round 1, Pick 14
Tyler Warren, TE | Indianapolis Colts
Grade: A+
In the lead-up to the 2025 NFL Draft, you got the sense that the Indianapolis Colts would’ve been willing to trade up for a top-10 tight end talent like Tyler Warren. Instead, Warren fell right into their lap at 14th overall. This pick gets the highest grade possible, as the ideal confluence of need and best player available.
At around 6’5” and 256 pounds, Warren has the requisite size and athleticism, but he distinguished himself at Penn State with his all-encompassing usage versatility, grueling physicality, and “Alpha” mentality, as well as his hyper-elite catching instincts, hand strength, and clutch gene on high-pressure downs.
Warren is the type of TE who gives you value in every phase at every level. He can be schemed RAC targets, work up the seam and in the red zone, have surprisingly efficient route running ability, and get after it as a blocker. Warren will be a staple early for whoever starts at quarterback, just like he was at Penn State in 2024.
Kevin Winston Jr. NFL Draft Grade
- Round 3, Pick 82
Kevin Winston Jr., S | Tennessee Titans
Grade: A
The Titans are still early in a prospective rebuild, so drafting for long-term potential in Day 2 is an acceptable strategy. They followed that philosophy at the safety position by taking Kevin Winston Jr. with the 82nd overall pick.
Winston only played in three games in 2024 before missing the rest of the campaign with an injury, but at 6’2”, 215 pounds, he’s already one of the best run support safeties in the class. He tackles like an apex predator coming downhill and closes ground with voracity, and he flashes inspiring coverage mobility and field vision at his size.
Down the road, Winston could replace Xavier Woods alongside Amani Hooker and give the Titans a true two-phase enforcer on the back end.
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