2025 Draft Safety Rankings: Malaki Starks, Nick Emmanwori and Xavier Watts headline class

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4.7 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The 2025 NFL Draft safety class is shaping up to be a dynamic group of physical playmakers. Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs break down their top prospects, including Malaki Starks, Nicki Emmanwori, and Xavier Watts. The hosts discuss the importance of tackling ability, versatility, and special teams value for NFL safeties. They highlight under-the-radar prospects like Jonas Sanker and J.J. Roberts, who bring intriguing athleticism and playmaking potential. The episode explores how different defensive schemes and roles impact safety evaluations, from single-high ball hawks to interchangeable box defenders. Tune in for expert analysis on which safeties could make the biggest impact at the next level and how teams might utilize their unique skill sets.

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1:05.1	Joe, we're about seven days away from needing to have a top 100 big board to provide to our friends over at the Huddl report.
1:16.5	Have you thought about that at all?
1:18.6	I have slightly thought about it because my total number of prospects evaluated is going to be 150.
1:24.2	And I feel pretty decent about that.
1:26.4	So we could probably take consensus out of that group and then just kind of talk about
1:30.9	the last 20 spots on the list.
1:34.1	Yeah.
1:35.4	Finalize.
1:36.7	Go from there.
1:38.1	And final mock drafts.
1:40.3	Yeah.
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