Complete 2025 NFL Draft C Rankings:

You are currently viewing our center rankings for the 2025 NFL Draft. The 2025 C class didn’t have any stars immediately stand out, but how will that change over the coming months and years?

Our top center prospects are selected after thousands of hours carefully scouting the most talented interior offensive linemen in college football. Even though only about 10 will get selected in the draft, a lot more are signed as free agents, and many more receive a training camp invite.

We’ll provide you with inside information to help you know which linemen will be stars, who will be a bust, and which sleepers will shock the world.

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(Last Updated: April 17, 2025)

1. Jared Wilson, Georgia

C/RG | 6’3″ | 310 lbs | 4th Year

Jared Wilson ascended from nowhere this season. The redshirt junior had never started a game prior to this season, but was probably the best center in college football this year.

Wilson was consistent as a pass blocker and run blocker, showcasing truly elite athletic ability for the position. He’s twitchy, gets out of his stance very fast, and can keep pace with some of the running backs when he gets out in the screen game.

Wilson has enough size and held up decently well against power. He needs some more improvement identifying stunts and assisting in pre-snap reads, but that should come with more experience. 

Jared Wilson 2024 Stats

12 games: 12 starts (all at C), 0 sacks allowed, 1 hit allowed, 5 hurries allowed, 98.8% pass block success rate

2. Grey Zabel, North Dakota State

T/G/C | 6’6″ | 312 lbs | 5th Year
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Grey Zabel is next in line for NDSU’s NFL offensive line pipeline. Zabel played exclusively left tackle for the Bison this past season, but has played all 5 O-line positions in his college career, and his high school experience as a center will likely lead NFL teams to push him back to the pivot in the NFL.

Zabel has good size and is especially fluid in the open field. He’s a smooth athlete who easily climbs to the second level, has no lower body tightness, and gets off the line fast.

He could still use some improvement with his hands, and drew too many penalties over his two full healthy seasons as a starter. Teams will love Zabel’s experience, football IQ, toughness, athleticism, and most importantly his versatility at the next level.

Grey Zabel 2024 Stats

16 games: 16 starts (all at LT), 1 sack allowed, 2 hits allowed, 4 hurries allowed, 98.5% pass block success rate

3. Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State

C | 6’4″ | 304 lbs | 5th Year

Seth McLaughlin spent his first four seasons at Alabama, where he was a spot starter before becoming their full time option in 2023. Despite some flashes, a streak of struggling to properly deliver the snap itself caused some discontentment in the fan base.

McLaughlin transferred to Ohio State where, unsurprisingly, the snaps issues were in the past and he started to reach his full potential. 

McLaughlin has solid athletic traits, with a good combination of size, strength, and mobility. He has good flexibility in his knees and ankles, and puts on a clinic with his footwork. He still struggles with allowing his pads to get high from time to time and needs to improve his leverage to create more push in the run game.

Seth McLaughlin 2024 Stats

10 games: 10 starts (all at C), 0 sacks allowed, 0 hits allowed, 7 hurries allowed, 97.6% pass block success rate

4. Jonah Monheim, USC

C | 6’4″ | 302 lbs | 5th Year

Jonah Monheim has played all over the field for USC, excelling at left tackle in 2023 before shifting inside to center in 2024 and having a solid season.

The athletic ability is obvious for Monheim, and if it wasn’t for length concerns he likely would have stayed at left tackle and been a fairly highly touted draft prospect at tackle. From the center spot he did a great job of utilizing his athletic ability to climb to the second level or get out on screens.

Monheim has a flexible lower body and good grip strength to go along with his quick feet. The problem for Monheim is a lack of core strength, which was especially apparent in matchups with big nose tackles like Kenneth Grant of Michigan. He’ll get a ton of those matchups in the NFL, and will need to prove to NFL teams that he can get better holding up against power.

Jonah Monheim 2024 Stats

12 games: 12 starts (all at C), 0 sacks allowed, 2 hits allowed, 12 hurries allowed, 97.3% pass block success rate

5. Jake Majors, Texas

C | 6’3″ | 306 lbs | 5th Year

Jake Majors is an exceptionally experienced center who dominated throughout Texas’ run through the college football playoff. The lefty center played a remarkable 3,748 career snaps, all at center, and has gone roughly 2000 snaps since last allowing a sack.

Majors has the football IQ you’d expect out of a top-tier center, consistently ID’ing defensive plays pre-snap and identifying stunts. He’s got enough short area quickness to mirror quicker defenders, and the size to withstand stronger d-linemen.

He doesn’t generate a ton of movement as a run blocker, but does a nice job with combo blocks. He routinely gets to the second level in the run game and is used a lot as a puller.

Jake Majors 2024 Stats

16 games: 16 starts (all at C), 0 sacks allowed, 2 hits allowed, 13 hurries allowed, 97.5% pass block success rate

Complete 2025 C Draft Rankings

RANK NAME SCHOOL AGE HT WT
1 Jared Wilson Georgia 4th 6'3" 310
2 Grey Zabel North Dakota State 5th 6'6" 312
3 Seth McLaughlin Ohio State 5th 6'4" 304
4 Jonah Monheim USC 5th 6'4" 302
5 Jake Majors Texas 5th 6'3" 306
6 Drew Kendall Boston College 4th 6'4" 308
7 Eli Cox Kentucky 6th 6'4" 306
8 Gus Hartwig Purdue 5th 6'5" 312
9 Cooper Mays Tennessee 5th 6'2" 305
10 Ben Scott Nebraska 6th 6'5" 306
11 Thomas Perry Middlebury 4th 6'2" 311
12 Dylan Poirier New Hampshire 6th 6'3" 306
13 Jacob Gardner Colorado State 5th 6'4" 293
14 Mose Vavao Fresno State 5th 6'2" 305
15 Jacob Bayer Arkansas State 4th 6'3" 315
16 Ethan Miner Mississippi State 6th 6'2" 295
17 CJ James UTSA 6th 6'2" 286
18 Zeke Correll NC State 6th 6'3" 303
19 Jarrod Hufford Iowa State 6th 6'4" 318
20 Joe Michalski Oklahoma State 6th 6'4" 297
21 Zach Carpenter Miami (FL) 6th 6'4" 298
22 Jacob Gideon Western Michigan 6th 6'3" 309
23 Weston Franklin Georgia Tech 4th 6'3" 318
24 Kaden Moore Virginia Tech 5th 6'2" 299
25 Gus Miller South Dakota State 5th 6'2" 297
26 Connor Pay BYU 5th 6'4" 310
27 Brandon Yates West Virginia 6th 6'3" 294
28 Tanner Miller Michigan State 6th 6'1" 283
29 Leif Fautanu Arizona State 6th 6'1" 298
30 Vershon Lee South Carolina 5th 6'3" 304
31 Josh Kaltenberger Maryland 5th 6'6" 311
32 Jakai Clark SMU 6th 6'2" 305
33 Brian Stevens Virginia 6th 6'2" 295
34 Maurice Smith Florida State 5th 6'2" 296
35 Federico Maranges Florida Atlantic 6th 6'3" 302
36 Mike Katic Indiana 6th 6'5" 320
37 Trent Holler Memphis 5th 6'2" 291
38 Ben Wrather Northwestern 5th 6'6" 302
39 Vincent Murphy Tulane 6th 6'2" 300
40 Levi Rogers Stanford 5th 6'4" 301
41 Eric Brown South Carolina State 5th 6'1" 304
42 Nofoafia Tulafono Wyoming 5th 6'2" 317
43 Tuli Teuhema Tarleton State 6th 6'2" 294
44 Ethan Crowe Ball State 5th 6'5" 295
45 Ethan Hagler Sam Houston State 5th 6'1" 301
46 Brock Gingrich Delaware 5th 6'2" 303
47 Josh Baker Arizona 5th 6'3" 300
48 Logan Osburn Marshall 6th 6'2" 302
49 Branson Hickman Oklahoma 5th 6'2" 290
50 Logan Zschernitz Northern Illinois 6th 6'3" 304
51 Landon Burton Louisiana 6th 6'2" 304
52 Falepule Alo Utah State 5th 6'2" 294
53 Caleb Warren Ole Miss 6th 6'5" 305
54 Hayden Amos Northern Iowa 5th 6'4" 320
55 Kevin Burkett Elon 4th 6'3" 325
56 Ed Gatling Monmouth 6th 6'3" 335
57 Chayse Todd Texas State 6th 6'2" 316
58 Arelious Dunn Alabama State 4th 6'2" 291
59 Tyler Elsbury Iowa 5th 6'5" 318
60 Jack Hasz UNLV 6th 6'3" 293
61 Chase Evans Southern Illinois 6th 6'4" 300
62 D'Angalo Titialii Washington 5th 6'0" 308
63 Cole Sain Montana State 7th 6'4" 300
64 Joey Lombard South Dakota 6th 6'5" 312
65 Bardhyl Gashi Colgate 5th 6'3" 301
66 Parker Titsworth Ohio 6th 6'0" 288
67 Mason Williams Incarnate Word 6th 6'2" 293
68 Reece McIntyre Ole Miss 6th 6'5" 313
69 Jake Picard Villanova 5th 6'4" 310
70 Dustyn Hall East Carolina 6th 6'3" 297
71 Canaan Yarro New Mexico State 6th 6'0" 302
72 Jakob James Toledo 5th 6'5" 300
73 Luke Smith ETSU 6th 6'0" 297
74 Tanner Morris James Madison 6th 6'3" 310
75 Jonny Bottorff Northern Arizona 6th 6'3" 288
76 Tom Elia Richmond 6th 6'3" 295
77 Evan Henry Jackson State 6th 6'3" 321
78 John Thomas New Haven 4th 6'1" 296
79 Blake Whitmore Western Carolina 6th 6'2" 310
80 Dominic Serapiglia III Central Michigan 5th 6'1" 300
81 John Stone Eastern Kentucky 5th 6'3" 300
82 Bryce Ramsey Marshall 6th 6'2" 318
83 Gabriel Thompson ETSU 6th 6'3" 305
84 Brock Robey Jacksonville State 4th 6'3" 290
85 Josh Atwood Massachusetts 5th 6'2" 334
86 Vance Van Every UT-Martin 5th 6'2" 290
87 Dom Polizzi Buffalo 6th 6'1" 295
88 Garrison Wheatley Norfolk State 4th 6'4" 340
89 Brayden Bryant San Diego State 4th 6'2" 305
90 Hunter Barlow Stony Brook 4th 6'3" 315
91 Ethan Johnson Lindenwood 5th 6'4" 295
92 Will McDonald California 6th 6'2" 295
93 Jack Seelye Eastern Washington 4th 6'1" 290
94 Ralph Paige Towson 5th 6'2" 308
95 Mike Barr Duke 5th 6'4" 305
96 Aidan Parker Youngstown State 5th 6'2" 300
97 Kyler Blake-Jones Grand Valley State 4th 6'2" 293
98 Connor Smith Yale 4th 6'3" 295
99 Drake Heismeyer Missouri 5th 6'3" 300
100 Evan Roussel Nicholls 5th 6'0" 274
101 Anthony Garcia Wofford 4th 6'3" 300
102 Cody Johnson Fordham 5th 6'3" 305
103 Osmar Velez Fresno State 6th 6'1" 310
104 Patch Bennett Presbyterian 4th 6'3" 280
105 Joe Horn Maine 5th 6'1" 300
106 Zack Gieg SE Missouri State 6th 6'1" 295
107 George Padezanin Lehigh 5th 6'3" 285
108 Marlon Westcott Bloomsburg 6th 6'3" 330
109 Jett Duncan North Texas 5th 6'1" 295
110 Bennet Krebs Drake 5th 6'2" 300
111 Desmond Barnes NC Wesleyan 4th 5'11" 299
112 Gilbert Deglau Villanova 5th 6'5" 285
113 Elias Ripley Lamar 4th 6'2" 290
114 Jaxsen Spears Morehead State 5th 6'2" 285
115 Langston Robinson St. Thomas 4th 6'2" 300
116 Jared Achuff Bowie State 5th 6'3" 305
117 Kobe Sixkiller SE Missouri State 4th 6'1" 300
118 Colin Truett Baylor 7th 6'3" 295
119 Jabril Williams Elon 6th 6'1" 300
120 Khalil Spivey Hardin-Simmons 5th 6'0" 325
121 Christon Love Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4th 6'3" 290
122 Jaheim Bassham California (PA) 4th 6'2" 280
123 Andrew Bernard Mercyhurst 6th 6'3" 315
124 Brandon Spencer Montana Tech 5th 6'3" 315
125 Tony Georges Kent State 5th 6'1" 295
126 Brent Self Navy 4th 6'2" 275
127 Blake Feigenspan Princeton 6th 6'3" 295
128 Dylan DeMaison Dayton 4th 6'2" 295
129 TJ Lee Florida A&M 4th 6'3" 315
130 Roderick Carter Jr. Keiser 5th 6'2" 325
131 Anthony Geter Kentucky State 4th 6'0" 310
132 Joshua Trask Jr. Southern 4th 6'5" 315
133 Cade Klimczak Montana 6th 6'1" 285
134 Josh Ilaoa Syracuse 5th 6'3" 320
135 Steve Carter Alcorn State 6th 6'2" 354
136 David Bodden West Georgia 5th 6'3" 300
137 Kaden Richardson Sacramento State 6th 6'3" 285
138 Hayden Olmsted Butler 5th 6'2" 295
139 Dre Doiron Kansas 5th 6'4" 305
140 Rolando Jones Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4th 6'4" 285
141 Tyler Eberhart Valparaiso 5th 6'1" 290
142 Will Angel Indiana Wesleyan 4th 6'1" 285
143 Nate Hodnett Tennessee Tech 5th 6'3" 270
144 Dawson Jaramillo NC State 7th 6'5" 305
145 Addison Penn Penn State 5th 6'2" 290
146 Cole Holtz VMI 5th 6'2" 280
147 Chad Layton Indiana (PA) 5th 6'2" 270
148 Jake Anapol Marist 4th 6'0" 275
149 Marcus Lombard Montana-Western 4th 6'1" 300
150 Riley Adcock Mercer 5th 6'0" 270
151 Keavius Barnes Arkansas-Pine Bluff 5th 6'2" 290
152 Kyree Watkins Friends 4th 6'0" 275
153 Luis Cristobal Jr. Miami (FL) 6th 6'1" 295
154 Mitchell Gildehaus Memphis 5th 6'5" 285
155 Matt Schooley Northern Illinois 5th 6'2" 300
156 Matt Wrather John Carroll 4th 5'11" 250
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Traits That Make a Center Prospect Great

There’s a lot more than goes in to scouting interior offensive linemen than most fans realize. Strength, flexibility in the hips/knees/ankles, and blocking technique are among some of the most important factors of scouting the top center prospects.

Some of the factors we consider when scouting are included below.

Flexibility

Having flexibility in the hips, knees, and ankles is necessary to react to oncoming rushers and quickly recover. Being stiff or upright is a recipe for getting beaten consistently, so being smooth and bendy provides a massive advantage for all offensive linemen.

Quickness

Linemen rarely need to sprint 40 yards, but having quick feet is as important as any trait. While everyone thinks about linemen as mostly big, much of the play in the trenches is decided by footwork. If you don’t have the quickness to properly move your feet, you’re going to find yourself out of position.

Mental Traits

Beyond the traditional roles of offensive linemen, the center has a particular assortment of mental traits they need to have. Overall football IQ, play recognition, effective communication, and consistency in challenging environments are all vital given their role in pre-snap reads and snapping the ball.

Power

Generating power in the run game to open up holes, holding your base against massive nose tackles, and keeping your balance when passing off a block are just a few ways that power is important for a lineman. It isn’t all about bench reps, power is usually generated from the core and lower body.

Overall Opinion of the 2025 C Class

This center class might be the worst position group in the entire draft. The strength of the class will entirely depend on how many players are converted to center from other positions. 

The ascension of Jared Wilson at least gives the class one really solid prospect, but other than that you’ll probably need to convert a guy like Grey Zabel or Marcus Mbow.

In terms of center prospects who actually played mostly center in college, I only have 10 prospects with at least a free agent grade, let alone a draftable grade. With such a thin class, I’d expect teams to start reaching in the 4th round for guys like Majors, Kendall, Monheim, and Cox.