The 2025 NFL Scouting Combine wrapped up on Sunday, with some players seeing their draft stock rise while others may have taken a bit of a tumble.
Let’s take a look at some of the biggest winners and losers of the weekend.
Winners
Matthew Golden, wide receiver, Texas. The big-play target from Texas put on a show at the combine and may have solidified himself as the No. 2 wide receiver prospect in the class. The highlight of his weekend was a blazing fast 4.29 40-yard dash time that paced all players in his position group.
Shemar Stewart, Edge, Texas A&M. Stewart was one of the stars of defensive line day and more than solidified himself as a first-round pick. He ran a 4.59 40-yard dash while also posting a 40-inch vertical leap and nearly an 11-feet broad jump. Those are staggering numbers for a player that is 6-foot-5 and 267 pounds.
Jaxson Dart, quarterback, Mississippi. It is not a particularly good year for quarterbacks, but that might actually work out well for a player like Dart. Desperate teams can make desperate decisions, and Dart might find himself going higher than expected. Especially after actually working out at the combine and measuring in at 6-foot-2, 223 pounds and with the second-largest hands in the quarterback group.
Jalen Milroe’s (quarterback, Alabama) hands. The obsession over quarterback hand size at the combine is a little weird, and it feels weird to always be analyzing it, but it is a thing that NFL people pay attention to. The good news for Milroe is that after his hands measured in under nine niches at the senior bowl, they exceeded that number at the combine. That’s something.
Nick Emmanwori, safety, South Carolina. After a highly productive season in the SEC, Emmanwori showed up in Indianapolis and blew the doors off the place by running a 4.38 40-yard dash at 6-foot-3, 220 pounds. Production against elite combination and great workout numbers turns players into first-round picks.
Losers
Isaiah Bond, wide receiver, Texas. Okay, maybe it is a little unfair to put Bond in the loser category because he did not have a bad workout. He just did not perform at the level he expected. After boasting that he would break the 40-yard dash record he did not even run the fastest 40 among wide receivers …. from Texas.
