Best 5 Projected College Football Players of 2025

We are under four months away from the college football season and the hype is building. There’s a lot of players looking to make a splash and take their team to a national title.

Here are the best 5 projected college football players of 2025. Check out the players below and use the best DFS sites to bet on their games.

Jeremiah Smith: WR, Ohio State

Jeremiah Smith is easily one of the best 5 projected college football players of 2025. As a freshman, Smith was one of the key playmakers, who helped OSU win the national title.

Smith scored in 12 of his first 16 career games and made the clinching catch to win the national title. He also had 48 catches that earned him 865 passing yards.

Jeremiah has pro-level size and potential and could easily become a contender for this year’s Heisman Trophy.

Arch Manning: QB, Texas

Arch Manning didn’t play a lot as a freshman, but he showed sparks of excellence. There were calls to start him over Quinn Ewers, but the Texas coaching staff made the right call to wait.

Now in his sophomore year, Manning has the reins of a Longhorns team loaded with talent. When Manning played last year, we saw that he has the same playmaking abilities of his brothers Peyton and Eli.

He threw for 939 yards  on 107 pass attempts and scored 13 TDs in his few outings. With Arch in the driver’s seat this year, the Longhorns are a threat to get to the national title.

Ryan Williams: WR Alabama 

Smith wasn’t the only freshman wideout to make a splash last year. Alabama’s Ryan Williams was the only other receiver to appear on all 10 of ESPN’s top 2025 receivers list.

Williams played a big part in Alabama’s early surge last year, but went quiet at the end of the season. With QB Ty Simpson likely starting, Ryan will be the #1 target for this Crimson Tide offense.

Drew Allar, QB, Penn State

The biggest news of the off-season was Penn State RBs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen were returning. The Nittany Lions also have one of best 5 projected college football players in 2025 in QB Drew Allar.

Last year, Allar took big steps as the team’s QB and helped them get to the playoffs. Allard completed 71.6 % of his throws and threw 24 touchdowns.

The Penn State captain has a lot of weapons on offense and could take his team to the championship.

Cole Simmons, EDGE, Texas

Texas has another one of the best 5 projected college football players of 2025 on defense. Last year’s Cole Simmons won Shawn Alexander Freshman of the Year award after a great season.

As a freshman, Simmons played the entire year and made 48 tackles, 9 sacks, and forced 3 fumbles. Cole showed that he’s a dual threat that can play multiple positions on defense.

He will be playing on the other side of pro prospect Anthony Hill on this dangerous Texas defense.