As we enter the 2025 college football season, there’s much more than games to be played. There’s stories to be told and opportunity to obtain. Yet at the forefront of everything are the college football athletes who put their mind and body on the line for the entertain of family, friends, and fans. For The League Winners, we’ve created a watch list for some of the most exciting players entering college football this season.
The 2025 League Winners Watch List
Our watch list encompasses not just upperclassmen, but all players within college football. While this list includes big names, it also includes under-the-radar players and programs whose story is yet to be told. This list serves as a stepping stone for our end-of-year list, which will provide first and second team selections for the best players in the nation at their respective position, voted on by our staff.
From elite Power Conference players like Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith, to the G5’s Caden Veltkamp, our watch list brings to light a variety of faces fans and programs can be excited to see as we enter the 2025 college football season.
View the 200 college football players that make up the first-ever League Winners Watch List.
| College | First Name | Last Name | Position | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Parker | Brailsford | IOL | SEC |
| Alabama | Cameron | Calhoun | CB | SEC |
| Alabama | Bray | Hubbard | SAF | SEC |
| Alabama | Tim | Keenan | DL | SEC |
| Alabama | Deontae | Lawson | LB | SEC |
| Alabama | LT | Overton | EDGE | SEC |
| Alabama | Kadyn | Proctor | OT | SEC |
| Alabama | Jaeden | Roberts | IOL | SEC |
| Alabama | Keon | Sabb | SAF | SEC |
| Alabama | Sonny | Styles | LB | SEC |
| Alabama | Ryan | Williams | WR | SEC |
| Arizona State | Sam | Leavitt | QB | Big 12 |
| Arizona State | Jordyn | Tyson | WR | Big 12 |
| Arizona State | Kanye | Udoh | RB | Big 12 |
| Arkansas State | Corey | Rucker | WR | Sun Belt |
| Army | Jaydan | Mayes | CB | American |
| Auburn | Keldric | Faulk | EDGE | ACC |
| Auburn | Connor | Lew | IOL | ACC |
| Auburn | Eric | Singleton | WR | ACC |
| Baylor | Sawyer | Robertson | QB | Big 12 |
| Boston College | Daveon | Crouch | LB | ACC |
| Boston College | Logan | Taylor | OT | ACC |
| California | Brent | Austin | CB | ACC |
| California | Aidan | Keanaaina | DL | ACC |
| California | Cade | Uluave | LB | ACC |
| Central Florida | Kylen | Fox | TE | Big 12 |
| Central Florida | John | Walker | DL | Big 12 |
| Cincinnati | Dontay | Corleone | DL | Big 12 |
| Cincinnati | Joe | Royer | TE | Big 12 |
| Clemson | Joshua | Josephs | EDGE | ACC |
| Clemson | Cade | Klubnik | QB | ACC |
| Clemson | Blake | Miller | OT | ACC |
| Clemson | T.J. | Parker | EDGE | ACC |
| Clemson | Avieon | Terrell | CB | ACC |
| Clemson | Antonio | Williams | WR | ACC |
| Clemson | Peter | Woods | DL | ACC |
| Colorado | Jordan | Seaton | OT | Big 12 |
| Connecticut | Skyler | Bell | WR | Independent |
| Delaware | Jake | Thaw | WR | C-USA |
| Duke | Terry | Moore | SAF | ACC |
| Duke | Chandler | Rivers | CB | ACC |
| Duke | Wesley | Williams | EDGE | ACC |
| East Carolina | Katin | Houser | QB | American |
| Florida | Caleb | Banks | DL | SEC |
| Florida | D.J. | Lagway | QB | SEC |
| Florida | Jake | Slaughter | IOL | SEC |
| Florida | Eugene | Wilson | WR | SEC |
| Florida Atlantic | Cameron | Goggins | CB | American |
| Florida Atlantic | Easton | Messer | WR | American |
| Florida Atlantic | Caden | Veltkamp | QB | American |
| Florida State | Elijah | Herring | LB | ACC |
| Florida State | Randy | Pittman Jr. | TE | ACC |
| Florida State | Jeremiah | Wilson | CB | ACC |
| Georgia | CJ | Allen | LB | SEC |
| Georgia | KJ | Bolden | SAF | SEC |
| Georgia | Zachariah | Branch | WR | SEC |
| Georgia | Oscar | Delp | TE | SEC |
| Georgia | Christen | Miller | DL | SEC |
| Georgia | Ellis | Robinson IV | CB | SEC |
| Georgia Tech | Jamal | Haynes | RB | ACC |
| Houston | Tanner | Koziol | TE | Big 12 |
| Illinois | Kaden | Feagin | RB | Big Ten |
| Illinois | Xavier | Scott | CB | Big Ten |
| Indiana | Mikail | Kamara | EDGE | Big Ten |
| Indiana | Fernando | Mendoza | QB | Big Ten |
| Indiana | D'Angelo | Ponds | CB | Big Ten |
| Indiana | Elijah | Sarratt | WR | Big Ten |
| Iowa | Gennings | Dunker | OT | Big Ten |
| Iowa | Logan | Jones | IOL | Big Ten |
| Iowa | Domonique | Orange | DL | Big Ten |
| Iowa State | Jontez | Williams | CB | Big 12 |
| James Madison | George | Pettaway | RB | Sun Belt |
| Kansas | Jalon | Daniels | QB | Big 12 |
| Kansas | Bryce | Foster | IOL | Big 12 |
| Kansas State | Avery | Johnson | QB | Big 12 |
| Kentucky | Josh | Braun | IOL | SEC |
| Louisville | Isaac | Brown | RB | ACC |
| LSU | Garrett | Nussmeier | QB | SEC |
| LSU | Harold | Perkins Jr. | LB | SEC |
| LSU | Whit | Weeks | LB | SEC |
| Maryland | Jamare | Glasker | CB | Big Ten |
| Miami | Rueben | Bain Jr. | EDGE | ACC |
| Miami | Carson | Beck | QB | ACC |
| Miami | Wes | Bissainthe | LB | ACC |
| Miami | Damari | Brown | CB | ACC |
| Miami | Francis | Mauigoa | OT | ACC |
| Miami | Akheem | Mesidor | DL | ACC |
| Michigan | Rayshaun | Benny | DL | Big Ten |
| Michigan | T.J. | Guy | EDGE | Big Ten |
| Michigan | Jyaire | Hill | CB | Big Ten |
| Michigan | Jordan | Marshall | RB | Big Ten |
| Michigan | Donaven | McCulley | WR | Big Ten |
| Michigan | Rod | Moore | SAF | Big Ten |
| Michigan | Derrick | Moore | EDGE | Big Ten |
| Michigan | Dominic | Zvada | K | Big Ten |
| Michigan State | Aidan | Chiles | QB | Big Ten |
| Michigan State | Nick | Marsh | WR | Big Ten |
| Minnesota | Darius | Taylor | RB | Big Ten |
| Missouri | Cayden | Green | IOL | SEC |
| NC State | Justin | Joly | TE | ACC |
| Nebraska | Dane | Key | WR | Big Ten |
| North Carolina | Thaddeus | Dixon | CB | ACC |
| Northwestern | Caleb | Tiernan | OT | Big Ten |
| Notre Dame | Drayk | Bowen | LB | Independent |
| Notre Dame | Jeremiyah | Love | RB | Independent |
| Notre Dame | Leonard | Moore | CB | Independent |
| Notre Dame | Aamil | Wagner | OT | Independent |
| Notre Dame | Bryce | Young | EDGE | Independent |
| Ohio State | Caleb | Downs | SAF | Big Ten |
| Ohio State | Max | Klare | TE | Big Ten |
| Ohio State | Jeremiah | Smith | WR | Big Ten |
| Ohio State | Lorenzo | Styles Jr. | CB | Big Ten |
| Ohio State | Carnell | Tate | WR | Big Ten |
| Oklahoma | Deion | Burks | WR | SEC |
| Oklahoma | Gracen | Halton | DL | SEC |
| Oklahoma | John | Mateer | QB | SEC |
| Oklahoma | Jaydn | Ott | RB | SEC |
| Ole Miss | Suntarine | Perkins | LB | SEC |
| Oregon | Makhi | Hughes | RB | Big Ten |
| Oregon | Theran | Johnson | CB | Big Ten |
| Oregon | Iapani | Laloulu | IOL | Big Ten |
| Oregon | Emmanuel | Pregnon | IOL | Big Ten |
| Oregon | Kenyon | Sadiq | TE | Big Ten |
| Oregon | Evan | Stewart | WR | Big Ten |
| Oregon | Dillon | Thieneman | SAF | Big Ten |
| Oregon | Matayo | Uiagalelei | EDGE | Big Ten |
| Oregon | Isaiah | World | OT | Big Ten |
| Oregon State | Malik | Murphy | QB | Pac-12 |
| Penn State | Drew | Allar | QB | Big Ten |
| Penn State | Dani | Danis-Sutton | EDGE | Big Ten |
| Penn State | Nick | Dawkins | IOL | Big Ten |
| Penn State | Zane | Durant | DL | Big Ten |
| Penn State | A.J. | Harris | CB | Big Ten |
| Penn State | Nolan | Rucci | OT | Big Ten |
| Penn State | Nick | Singleton | RB | Big Ten |
| Pittsburgh | Rashad | Battle | CB | ACC |
| Pittsburgh | Rasheem | Biles | LB | ACC |
| Pittsburgh | Lyndon | Cooper | IOL | ACC |
| Pittsburgh | Eli | Holstein | QB | ACC |
| Pittsburgh | Kyle | Louis | LB | ACC |
| Pittsburgh | Desmond | Reid | RB | ACC |
| Purdue | Tony | Grimes | CB | Big Ten |
| Rutgers | C.J. | Campbell | RB | Big Ten |
| Rutgers | Bo | Mascoe | CB | Big Ten |
| Rutgers | Eric | O'Neill | EDGE | Big Ten |
| San Jose State | DJ | Harvey | CB | Mountain West |
| SMU | Kevin | Jennings | QB | ACC |
| SMU | Isaiah | Nwokobia | SAF | ACC |
| SMU | Logan | Parr | IOL | ACC |
| South Carolina | Jalon | Kilgore | SAF | SEC |
| South Carolina | LaNorris | Sellers | QB | SEC |
| South Carolina | Dylan | Stewart | EDGE | SEC |
| South Florida | Cartevious | Norton | RB | American |
| South Florida | Wyatt | Sullivan | TE | American |
| Southern Miss | Josh | Moten | CB | Sun Belt |
| Stanford | Sam | Roush | TE | ACC |
| Syracuse | Duce | Chestnut | SAF | ACC |
| Syracuse | Darius | Johnson | WR | ACC |
| Syracuse | Demetres | Samuel | CB | ACC |
| Syracuse | Jack | Stonehouse | P | ACC |
| Syracuse | Yasin | Willis | RB | ACC |
| TCU | Channing | Canada | CB | Big 12 |
| TCU | Bud | Clark | SAF | Big 12 |
| Temple | Jay | Ducker | RB | American |
| Tennessee | Peyton | Lewis | RB | SEC |
| Tennessee | Jermod | McCoy | CB | SEC |
| Texas | C.J. | Baxter | RB | SEC |
| Texas | DJ | Campbell | IOL | SEC |
| Texas | Jack | Endries | TE | SEC |
| Texas | Anthony | Hill Jr. | LB | SEC |
| Texas | Arch | Manning | QB | SEC |
| Texas | Malik | Muhammad | CB | SEC |
| Texas | Michael | Taaffe | SAF | SEC |
| Texas A&M | KC | Concepcion | WR | SEC |
| Texas A&M | Ar'Maj | Reed-Adams | IOL | SEC |
| Texas A&M | Taurean | York | LB | SEC |
| Texas A&M | Trey | Zuhn III | OT | SEC |
| Texas State | Kalil | Alexander | EDGE | Sun Belt |
| Texas Tech | Lee | Hunter | DL | Big 12 |
| Texas Tech | Behren | Morton | QB | Big 12 |
| Toledo | Chip | Trayanum | RB | MAC |
| Tulane | Sam | Howard | LB | American |
| Tulsa | Ray | Coney | LB | American |
| UCLA | Nico | Iamaleava | QB | Big Ten |
| UNLV | Denver | Harris | CB | Mountain West |
| USC | Makai | Lemon | WR | Big Ten |
| USC | Kamari | Ramsey | SAF | Big Ten |
| South Florida | Nico | Gramatica | K | American |
| Utah | Lander | Barton | LB | Big 12 |
| Utah | Spencer | Fano | OT | Big 12 |
| Utah | Caleb | Lomu | OT | Big 12 |
| Utah | Smith | Snowden | CB | Big 12 |
| Vanderbilt | Eli | Stowers | TE | SEC |
| Virginia Tech | Caleb | Woodson | LB | ACC |
| Wake Forest | Nick | Andersen | SAF | ACC |
| Wake Forest | Demond | Claiborne | RB | ACC |
| Washington | Denzel | Boston | WR | Big Ten |
| Washington | Jonah | Coleman | RB | Big Ten |
| Washington | Tacario | Davis | CB | Big Ten |
| Wisconsin | Riley | Mahlman | OT | Big Ten |
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