2025 Week Five Prospect Watch

Week five has by far the largest list of prospects' matchups for any week so far. It starts with a belter Friday slate, featuring all three games, and an incredible 12:00 slate with five games! My first iteration of this watch list, week two, only had eight games total. This week has double that with 16 games, and some massive ones too. The biggest games when it comes to matchups are:

Alabama at Georgia: 26 Prospects

Oregon at Penn State: 25 Prospects

Auburn at Texas A&M: 22 Prospects

Check out some of my other writing before looking at the watch list for the week

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Each entry will include the teams in the game, the time the game kicks off, and the channel to find the game on, all in the first line. The following lines will be one for each team with a list of each player to watch, their number on the field, their position, and their ranking in the 2026 Consensus Big Board as provided by the NFL Mock Draft Database, which can be found here.

Weekday Games

Florida State at Virginia, Friday 7:00 EST, ESPN

Florida State: #6 Darrel Jackson Jr DL | Ranked 69th — #1 Thomas Castellanos QB | Ranked 276th

Virginia: #77 Noah Josey IOL | Ranked 143rd — #14 Fisher Carmac EDGE | Ranked 146th — #52 McKale Boley IOL | Ranked 278th

TCU at Arizona State, Friday 9:00 EST, FOX

TCU: #10 Josh Hoover QB | Ranked 105th — #21 Bud Clark S | Ranked 217th — #95 Markis Deal DL | Ranked 287th — #56 Ben Taylor-Whitfield OT | Ranked 299th

Arizona State: #0 Jordyn Tyson WR | Ranked 12th — #1 Keith Abney III CB | Ranked 68th — #10 Sam Leavitt QB | Ranked 78th — #58 Max Iheanachor OT | Ranked 147th — #6 Kanye Udoh RB | Ranked 227th

Houston at Oregon State, Friday 10:30 EST, ESPN

Houston: #9 Tanner Koziol TE | Ranked 245th

Oregon State: #88 Riley Williams TE | Ranked 327th

Weekend Games

USC at Illinois, 12:00 EST, FOX

USC: #6 Makai Lemon WR | Ranked 35th — #8 Ja'Kobi Lane WR | Ranked 50th — #7 Kamari Ramsey S | Ranked 93rd — #6 Anthony Lucas EDGE | Ranked 103rd — #10 Braylyn Shelby EDGE | Ranked 334th

Illinois: #14 Xavier Scott S | Ranked 64th — #17 Gabe Jacas EDGE | Ranked 65th — #7 Matthew Bailey S | Ranked 199th — #85 Tanner Arkin TE | Ranked 202nd — #9 Luke Altmyer QB | Ranked 253rd — #74 JC Davis OT | Ranked 290th — #88 Davin Stoffel TE | Ranked 314th — #75 Brandon Henderson IOL | Ranked 323rd

Notre Dame at Arkansas, 12:00 EST, ABC

Notre Dame: #4 Jerimayah Love RB | Ranked 17th — #59 Aamil Wagner OT | Ranked 154th — #24 Jadarian Price RB | Ranked 174th — #56 Charles Jagusah IOL | Ranked 176th — #5 Boubacar Traore DL | Ranked 183rd — #34 Drayk Bowen LB | Ranked 205th — #74 Billy Schrauth IOL | Ranked 318th

Arkansas: #97 Quincy Rhodes Jr EDGE | Ranked 98th — #55 Fernando Carmona IOL | Ranked 286th

Rutgers at Minnesota, 12:00 EST, Big Ten Network

Rutgers: #99 Eric O'Neill EDGE | Ranked 234th

Minnesota: #1 Darius Taylor RB | Ranked 162nd — #65 Greg Johnson IOL | Ranked 283rd

Louisville at Pitt, 12:00 EST, ESPN2

Louisville: #0 Chris Bell WR | Ranked 60th — #7 Miller Moss QB | Ranked 214th — #17 Adonijah (AJ) Green DL | Ranked 237th — #90 Rene Konga DL | Ranked 256th

Pitt: #19 Kyle Louis LB | Ranked 161st — #70 Ryan Baer IOL | Ranked 212th — #10 Eli Holstein QB | Ranked 244th — #55 BJ Williams IOL | Ranked 293rd

Cincinnati at Kansas, 12:00 EST, TNT

Cincinnati: #2 Dontay Corleone DL | Ranked 81st — #11 Joe Royer TE | Ranked 180th — #11 Jake Golday LB | Ranked 228th

Kansas: #61 Bryce Foster IOL | Ranked 149th — #5 Dean Miller EDGE | Ranked 223rd — #75 Calvin Clements OT | Ranked 289th

Ohio State at Washington, 3:30 EST, CBS

Ohio State: #2 Caleb Downs S | Ranked 4th — #17 Carnell Tate WR | Ranked 21st — #0 Sonny Styles LB | Ranked 25th — #86 Max Klare TE | Ranked 56th — #8 Arvelle Reese LB | Ranked 82nd — #1 David Igbinosun CB | Ranked 99th — #98 Kayden McDonald DL | Ranked 109th — #7 Jermaine Mathews Jr CB | Ranked 120th — #97 Kenyatta Jackson EDGE | Ranked 136th — #16 Keenan Nelson Jr S | Ranked 201st

Washington: #12 Denzel Boston WR | Ranked 32nd — #1 Jonah Coleman RB | Ranked 75th — #8 Tacario Davis CB | Ranked 92nd

LSU at Ole Miss, 3:30 EST, ABC

LSU: #18 Garret Nussmeier QB | Ranked 1st — #4 Mansoor Delane CB | Ranked 34th — #7 Harold Perkins LB | Ranked 62nd — #40 Whit Weeks LB | Ranked 72nd — #4 Nic Anderson WR | Ranked 87th — #1 Aaron Anderson WR | Ranked 128th — #6 Patrick Payton EDGE | Ranked 168th — #6 Barion Brown WR | Ranked 204th — #1 Ashton Stamps CB | Ranked 242nd — #56 Josh Thompson IOL | Ranked 271st — #61 Braelin Moore IOL | Ranked 285th

Ole Miss: #4 Suntarine Perkins LB | Ranked 47th — #51 Zxavian Harris DL | Ranked 206th — #1 Princewill Umanmielen EDGE | Ranked 275th — #61 Diego Pounds OT | Ranked 296th — #8 Antonio Kite CB | Ranked 329th — #9 Luke Hasz TE | Ranked 335th — #15 Da'Shawn Womack EDGE | Ranked 341st

Auburn at Texas A&M, 3:30 EST, ESPN

Auburn: #15 Keldric Faulk EDGE | Ranked 10th — #75 Connor Lew IOL | Ranked 39th — #65 Xavier Chaplin OT | Ranked 41st — #1 Eric Singleton Jr WR | Ranked 66th — #77 Jeremiah Wright IOL | Ranked 247th — #72 Izavion Miller OT | ranked 295th — #11 Jackson Arnold QB | Ranked 313rd — #13 Raion Strader CB | Ranked 319th

Texas A&M: #4 Will Lee III | Ranked 55th — #9 Cashius Howell EDGE | Ranked 70th — #7 Kevin (KC) Concepcion WR | Ranked 85th — #71 Chase Bisontis IOL | Ranked 104th — #8 Le'Veon Moss RB | Ranked 123rd — #60 Trey Zuhn III OT | Ranked 127th — #55 Ar'maj Reed-Adams IOL | Ranked 130th — #25 Dalton Brooks S | Ranked 134rd — #21 Taurean York LB | Ranked 135th — #78 Dametrious Crownover OT | Ranked 172nd — #17 Theo Melin Ohrstrom TE | Ranked 184th — #7 Tyreek Chappell CB | Ranked 248th — #17 Albert Regis DL | Ranked 306th — #5 DJ Hicks DL | Ranked 338th

Indiana at Iowa, 3:30 EST, Peacock

Indiana: #15 Fernando Mendoza QB | Ranked 7th — #1 Amare Ferrell S | Ranked 107th — #13 Elijah Sarratt WR | Ranked 133rd — #5 D'Angelo Ponds CB | Ranked 153rd — #6 Mikail Kamara EDGE | Ranked 156th — #4 Aidan Fisher LB | Ranked 173rd — #1 Roman Hemby RB | Ranked 179th — #15 Nicolas Radicic K | Ranked 255th — #78 Pat Coogan IOL | Ranked 301st

Iowa: #67 Gennings Dunker OT | Ranked 74th — #58 Kade Pieper IOL | Ranked 96th — #95 Aaron Graves DL | Ranked 100th — #1 Xavier Nwankpa S | Ranked 157th — #65 Logan Jones IOL | Ranked 182nd — #48 Max Llewellyn EDGE | Ranked 195th

UCLA at Northwestern, 3:30 EST, Big Ten Network

UCLA: #9 Nico Iamaleava QB | Ranked 139th

Northwestern: #4 Anto Saka EDGE | Ranked 79th

Utah at West Virginia, 3:30 EST, FOX

Utah: #8 Lander Barton LB | Ranked 121st — #5 Tao Johnson S | Ranked 132nd

West Virginia: #1 Jaheim White RB | Ranked 317th

San Diego State at Northern Illinois, 3:30 EST, ESPN+

San Diego State: #2 Trey White EDGE | Ranked 325th

Northern Illinois: #97 Roy Williams EDGE | Ranked 218th

Tennessee at Mississippi State, 4:15 EST, SEC Network

Tennessee: #17 Chris Brazzell WR | Ranked 150th

Mississippi State: #2 Isaac Smith S | Ranked 349th

Arizona at Iowa State, 7:00 EST, ESPN

Arizona: #63 Alexander Doost IOL | Ranked 192nd — #2 Treydan Stukes CB | Ranked 258th

Iowa State: #95 Domonique Orange DL | Ranked 48th — #84 Gabe Burkle TE | Ranked 263rd — #18 Benjamin Brahmer TE | Ranked 312th — #3 Rocco Becht QB | Ranked 330tth

Oregon at Penn State, 7:30 EST, NBC

Oregon: #10 Matayo Uiagalelei EDGE | Ranked 22nd — #18 Kenyon Sadiq TE | Ranked 26th — #76 Isaiah World OT | Ranked 27th — #31 Dillon Thieneman S | Ranked 33rd — #5 Dante Moore QB | Ranked 61st — #75 Emmanuel Pregnon IOL | Ranked 86th — #20 Mahki Hughes RB | Ranked 159th — #72 Iapani Laloulu IOL | Ranked 189th — #7 Evan Stewart WR | Ranked 266th — #71 Alex Harkey OT | Ranked 288th — #44 Teitum Tuioti EDGE | Ranked 310th — #28 Bryce Boettcher LB | Ranked 333rd

Penn State: #15 Drew Allar QB | Ranked 14th — #33 Dani Dennis-Sutton EDGE | Ranked 24th — #4 AJ Harris CB | Ranked 36th — #10 Nick Singleton RB | Ranked 44th — #66 Drew Shleton OT | Ranked 52nd — #71 Olaivavega Ioane IOL | Ranked 71st — #28 Zane Durant DL | Ranked 77th — #13 Kaytron Allen RB | Ranked 97th — #6 Zakee Wheatley S | Ranked 122nd — #8 Trebor Pena WR | Ranked 169th — #24 Amare Campbell LB | Ranked 196th — #68 Anthony Donkoh OT | Ranked 320th — #9 Elliot Washington II CB | Ranked 347th

Alabama at Georgia, 7:30 EST, ABC

Alabama: #74 Kadyn Proctor OT | Ranked 16th — #22 LT Overton EDGE | Ranked 28th — #1 Domani Jackson CB | Ranked 54th — #72 Parker Brailsford IOL | Ranked 67th — #0 Deontae Lawson LB | Ranked 76th — #3 Keon Sabb S | Ranked 89th — #5 Germie Bernard WR | Ranked 110th — #77 Jaedan Roberts IOL | Ranked 116th — #96 Tim Keenan II DL | Ranked 119th — # 26 Jamarion (Jam) Miller RB | Ranked 148th — #18 Bray Hubabrd S | Ranked 213rd — #17 Kelby Collins DL | Ranked 224th — #9 Cameron Calhoun CB | Ranked 229th — #23 James Smith DL | Ranked 231st — #4 Qua Russaw ESGE | Ranked 345th

Georgia: #3 CJ Allen LB | Ranked 29th — #1 Zachariah Branch WR | Ranked 40th — #52 Christen Miller DL | Ranked 49th — #6 Daylen Everette CB | Ranked 59th — #4 Oscar Delp TE | Ranked 11th — #7 Lawson Luckie TE | Ranked 126th — #92 Brett Thorson P | Ranked 140th — #5 Noah Thomas WR | Ranked 142nd — #5 Raylen Wilson LB | Ranked 167th — #71 Earnest Greene OT | Ranked 193rd — #57 Monroe Freeling OT | Ranked 297th

BYU at Colorado, 10:15 EST, ESPN

BYU: #2 Chase Roberts WR | Ranked 185th — #4 LJ Martin RB | Ranked 191st — Keanu Tanuvasa DL | Ranked 208th

Colorado: #8 DJ McKinney CB | Ranked 43rd — #96 Jehiem Oatis DL | Ranked 198th

Thanks again for reading the list, and let me know if I missed anything, or if there are any matchups you are really looking forward to!