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Boise State's Ashton Jeanty has shot up the charts to #1 on the 2025 BDFL Pony Draft Watch List |
The BDFL's 2025 Pony Draft Watch List
TITLETOWN
- The BDFL is built on integrity,
but thrives on innovation. The BDFL invented the Pony Draft. The
BDFL drafts incoming college players even before the NFL does.
Along these lines, the BDFL monitors the college game and the
players that will be eligible for the upcoming NFL
Draft in April of 2025. The 2025 BDFL Pony Draft class will have some superstars
for sure, but it can be difficult to
project stardom at this stage of the draft evaluation process.
However, the league offers up their official "2025 BDFL Pony Draft
Watch List" for the Class of 2025 consisting of the top 32 college prospects
who the media experts believe will have the best chance of being selected in the 2025
BDFL Pony Draft. Each prospect has been assigned an NFL team that the
BDFL media experts believe would be a good fit. 32 players. 32 NFL
teams. No duplication. No BS. Listed below are the best fantasy football
prospects for now for the 2025 NFL Draft and from this list should come the BDFL's final 16 BDFL Pony Draft
picks in April of 2025. These are the 32 players the BDFL's media
experts have identified as "Pony-worthy" going into the 2025
BDFL Pony Draft. For
the sake of simplicity and it keep it fair and square,
Iron Hand limits one Pony prospect per one NFL team. It will be
interesting to keep an eye on this 2025 BDFL Pony Draft class to see where they go in the 2025
NFL Draft and which 16 make opening day rosters for the 2025
BDFL season. Lots of shuffling since our last post, so check out
the new rankings...
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2025 BDFL Pony Draft Watch List |
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Jeanty has shot up the 2025 BDFL Pony Draft Watch List rankings with the comparisons to Alvin Kamara being pretty accurate. The BDFL's media experts see him going to the rushing-starved Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 NFL Draft. |
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He's a vagabond and South Beach seems to be his last stop before entering the 2025 NFL Draft. Ward is a familar name on the BDFL's Pony Draft Prospectus going back to the 2023 list when he was at Washington State and could have entered the NFL Draft back then. |
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Gordon has been one of the nation's leading rushers the last two years and he should be an excellent player in the NFL and in fantasy football. No other team in the NFL runs through more running backs than the Niners and they would love to have this Pony in their stable. |
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On the BDFL's 2025 Pony Watch List, you can play your way up the chart, or play your way down the list. Hunter has moved up and should be a decent two-way player in the NFL with a starting nod at cornerback and spot duty as a wide receiver in Jacksonville. |
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Sanders is a polarizing player. Great at times, but mediocre most of the time. A season in the Big 12 should help his numbers and draft stock. Desperate teams, do desperate things and the Giants will be desperate come April. |
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Aiden O'Connell has been a nice surprise in Las Vegas, but he's no franchise quarterback. Ewers has some swagger that will be hard for the Raiders to pass on, if they get the chance. We see Quinn as a long-term solution to the Raiders recent QB woes. |
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The Panthers have been in search of a true #1 receiver since Steve Smith. Burden may be the best wide receiver in this class and Bryce Young needs all the weapons he can get. The BDFL media experts see Burden as the first WR off the board in the 2025 NFL Draft. |
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For now, the BDFL media experts have McMillian as the 2nd best wide receiver in the Class of 2025. The Cardinals have been losing some pretty good receivers over the last couple of years, so McMillian staying in Arizona makes a lot of sense. |
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Judkins was hurt at Ole Miss last season, so he fell off the radar, so he jumped off the Lane Train with the Rebels and took his game to Ohio State where he played with TreVeyon Henderson. We think this Pike Road product will look good in Packers green. |
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Penn State's #10 running back reminds us of another #10 - Isiah Pacheco. Like Pacheco, Singleton runs with his hair on fire. The Viks running game really hasn't been the same since cutting ties with Dalvin Cook, so Singleton makes a lot of sense in Minnesota. |
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Milroe's NFL stock slipped a little bit under the Crimson Tide's new head coach - Kalen DeBoer. Milroe is a world-class athlete and weith the proper grooming could be an NFL starter in the mold of Lamar Jackson, or Jalen Hurts. This would be an Ozzie Newsome move. |
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Warren is a special talent. A hybrid type player in the mold of an old H-Back, some fullback with some carries, but mostly projected as a tight end in the NFL. He'll be a good fit wherever he goes and could add to the legacy of tight ends for the Indigenapolis Colts. |
 #14 RB-Cam Skattebo ASU This guy is Billy Badass and his blue-collar running style and mentality would fit in perfectly in Cleveland with the legendary Dog Pound. Lord knows the Browns need more depth at running back and Skattebo would be a crowd favorite from Day One. |
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Golden shot up the BDFL Pony Draft Watch List with his impressive play in the College Football Playoffs (CFP). The Falcons will need more weapons on the outside to go with Pitts, Robinson, London and Mooney for their new starting QB in 2025. |
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His name is a handful, but he's made his name with his hands. Egbuka is the next in a long line of productive wide receivers from Ohio State. The BDFL's media experts see him teaming up with his former Buckeye teammate (C.J. Stroud) down in Houston town. |
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Fannin could be the best tight end in this draft class and that's saying a lot since this draft in TE heavy. Fannin led the nation in receptions with 117 and will a match-up problem for safties and linebackers in the NFL, plus the Seahawks have needed a tight end for awhile now. |
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Lachey has been on the BDFL's patented "Pony Draft Watch List" for two seasons now. The BDFL media experts have Lachey pegged as the next bonified superstar tight end to come out of TEU and eventually be the heir to Travis Kelce in Kansas City. |
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Mike Evans can't play forever and the Bucs will be in the market for another big play wide receiver this upcoming NFL Draft in April. It could be Royals and a couple more as they try to replace the first ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer. |
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The Patriots need help all over and the organization has always valued good tight ends and this won't end with the Mike Vrabel hire at head coach. According to the BDFL's media experts, Loveland is a close fourth to Lachey in this draft class of talented tight ends. |
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Tide transfers to Texas (Hall, Robinson, Billingsley, Nblack, etc.) haven't panned out very well in Austin. Bond left Bama as a #1 to be the #4 receiver at UTA. Buffalo could use his speed to stretch the field for Josh Allen and Amari Cooper to work the middle. |
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Dart exploded during the 2024 season at Ole Miss to move up the BDFL's 2025 BDFL Pony Draft Watch List. We think the Rams will be taking a quarterback for the future and Dart could be the guy to follow Matthew Stafford in Los Angeles. |
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Harris has skyrocketed up the NFL Draft boards recently and therefore he has moved into the Top 25 of the BDFL's 2025 Pony Draft Watch List. The Broncos needs more receivers out in the Mile High City and Harris would make a good one for Peyton and Nix. |
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Running backs are under-valued in the NFL, but not in the BDFL. Rushers like Hampton sometimes shoot up the list overnight during the BDFL's annual Pony Draft. The league's media experts see Hampton as insurance behind Barkley in Philly. |
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The Saints offense hasn't quite been the same since Drew Brees retired and Sean Payton quit on the Who Dat Nation. Gabriel is a nomad, but could fine a home in NOLA as the quarterback of the future once the Carr quits running on Bourbon Street. |
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The BDFL has always been a fan of Fairhope's Riley Leonard. A year, or two, carrying a clipboard would be great for his development. With the Fairhope connection to Phil Savage in the Jets front office, this could be a great steal in the middle rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft. |
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New heach coach Dan Quinn and his offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury will continue to build an offense around their new franchise quarterback, Jayden Daniels. Tight end has been a weakness in DC for a decade now, but that could change dramatically with Evans. |
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The Steelers will probably cut ties with Najee Harris in the off-season and will be in the market for free agent and draft prospects at the running back position. We see Ott as one of those ball carriers behind the new Pittsburgh starter - Jaylen Warren. |
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The BDFL media experts think Edwards can eventually be a three down back in the NFL. With power, speed and explosiveness, don't be surprised to hear his name on the second day of the 2025 NFL Draft and a renuion in LA with Jim Harbaugh. |
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Believe it, or not, Jared Goff and the Lions need more weapons in Detroit Rock City to compliment Gibbs, Montgomery, St. Brown, LaPorta and Williams. This Oregon Duck could have a shiny future in the Motor City. |
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The Lions love to run it behind their talented offensive line, but this past season when Montgomery went down, there wasn't much behind Gibbs. We predict this Jax State Gamecock to be a very good back in the NFL and Detroit would be smart to draft him. |
#11 RB-Nick Singleton PSU 
#18
TE-Luke Lachey UI
#19
W
#21
TE-Colston Loveland UM
#22
#24
WR-Tre Harris OM
#31
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2025 BDFL PONY DRAFT PROSPECTUS DARK HORSES |
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WR-Ja’Corey Brooks UL |
WR-Kyren Lacy LSU |
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WR-Nick Nash SJS |
WR-Oronde Gadsden SYR |
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WR-Barion Brown UK |
WR-Tory Horton CSU |
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WR-Antonio Williams CLM |
QB-Grayson McCall NCSU |
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WR-Tai Felton UMD |
WR-Juice Wells OM |
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RB-RJ Harvey UCF |
RB-Ja'Quinden Jackson ARK |
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WR-Mario Williams TUL |
WR-Brennan Presley OKS |
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RB-Terion Stewart BGU |
RB-Jalen White GSO |
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RB-Mario Anderson MEM |
WR-Elic Ayomanor STAN |
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TE-Oscar Delp UGA |
WR-Tory Horton CSU |
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TE-Terrance Ferguson UO |
QB-Conner Weigman A&M |
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TE-Brant Kuithe UU |
TE-Jake Briningstool CLM |
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TE-Gunnar Helm UTA |
WR-Dorian Singer UU |
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RB-Kaleb Johnson UI |
WR-Xavier Restrepo MIA |
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TE-Eli Stowers UV |
RB-Dylan Sampson UTK |
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WR-Tez Johnson UO |
WR-Jack Bech TCU |
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TE-Mason Taylor LSU |
WR-Kobe Hudson UCF |
| RB-Bayshul Tuten VT | RB-Kyle Monangai RU |
| RB-Bryson Daily ARMY | PK-Graham Nicholson UA |
| QB-Will Howard OSU | RB-Devin Neal KU |
| QB-Kurtis Rourke IU | QB-Kyle McCord SYR |
| WR-Jayden Higgins ISU | WR-Deion Burks OU |
| WR-Pat Bryant ILL | TE-Elijah Arroyo MIA |
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