College Football 2025 NFL Draft Stock Up Week 12: Jahdae Barron, Mike Green & Armand Membou

Let's take a look at 20 prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft who helped themselves this week

We’re digging into 20 prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft who popped during my review of this week’s college football action. A few new players put together impressive performances to make their debut in this column, including several talented prospects who might return to school for 2025.    

Here’s a friendly reminder that I only write Stock Up segments on players with room to advance up draft boards. Consensus or near-consensus top 32 prospects like Travis Hunter, Ashton Jeanty, and Tyler Warren don’t qualify since they’re already operating at the top of the class.

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Stock Up: Armand Membou, RT Missouri (Scouting Report)

Membou has only surrendered six pressures and three penalties on 361 pass blocking snaps this season. Keep in mind, he has faced future NFL pass rushers from Alabama, Auburn, Boston College, Texas A&M, and now South Carolina. Membou projects as a guard at the next level but deserves the chance to fail outside before getting kicked inside.

Membou is shorter than your traditional offensive tackle (6'3") but is thick and powerfully built. His explosive and sudden kick step helps him gain the width and depth to counter star defenders like South Carolina’s Dylan Stewart. Stewart is a superstar in the making but didn’t have the power to break Membou’s stout anchor.

Membou framed his blocks well in pass protection. He didn’t match up against the explosive Kyle Kennard much but completely contained Stewart. Membou’s framing trapped Stewart when he entered his half-man rush and prevented the underclassman from countering or turning the corner.  

Membou occasionally struggles to redirect inside for spins or other B-gap counters, which showed up once or twice on tape against the Gamecocks.

Membou sometimes fails to play to his size in the run game and takes a more passive approach, but that hasn’t been the case in recent weeks. He’s overpowering defenders and finishing through the whistle more often. Membou drove Stewart out of a few plays to create a massive run lane through the B-gap. He also showed off his movement skills by pulling and working to the second level.

Stock Up: Mike Green, Edge Marshall (Scouting Report)

Green is a bendy and explosive edge rusher who now leads the nation with 15 sacks. He applied nine pressures against Coastal Carolina, including two sacks. Green also forced a fumble and recovered one as well. He’s produced seven sacks as part of 19 pressures over the last three weeks.

Green is applying pressure on 18.71% of his pass rush snaps this year. His pass rush plan includes two-handed swipes, swipe-rips, swims, club-swims, and spins. Green sometimes converts speed into power to drive linemen back into the pocket, blow open the B-gap, or play through contact on his way to the quarterback.

Green also uses his speed rush and bend to whip around the arc and into the pocket. He alters his rush tempo to lull the offensive tackle into a false sense of security before dropping his inside shoulder and hitting the accelerator.

Green offers less value as a run defender because of his lean frame. He’s a high motor player who tries to stack and shed offensive linemen with a long-arm, but he lacks the power to hold the point of attack consistently against NFL-caliber prospects. Green redirects to pursue the football and uses his burst to make plays as a backside run defender.

Stock Up: Jahdae Barron, CB Texas

I entered 2024 nervous about Barron’s transition from his nickel/safety role in 2023 to playing outside cornerback. His height, length, and top speed didn’t seem like an ideal fit to play outside. Man, do I feel stupid. Barron is trending toward All-American status after recording an interception, sack, and additional tackle for loss against Arkansas.

Barron will probably kick inside to the slot at the NFL level, but there’s a slim chance he gets the Mike Sainristil treatment and sticks on the outside. Barron is a do-everything defensive back who reads the quarterback and anticipates throws to put himself in the right place at the right time. He baits passers into bad throws and is an instinctive playmaker.

Barron is a high-motor defender who enjoys opportunities to work downhill, including as a slot blitzer. He hits above his weight in run defense and quickly identifies and challenges screens. This aggressiveness carries over to his physicality at the catch point. Barron has worked himself into the Day 2 discussion after opening the season as more of a fourth round projection.

Stock Up: Brashard Smith, RB SMU

Smith is a wide receiver transfer from Miami who converted to running back for the 2024 season. He’s an undersized player who still looks like and wide receiver and needs to add weight, but that build gives him excellent versatility. Smith returns kicks for SMU, and the way he sets up and uses his run blocks resembles a return man.

Smith didn’t have a ton of room to work with during the first half against Boston College but displayed a good feel for run lanes and space. He found and slipped through narrow gaps, bounced runs off tackle into space, and made defenders miss one-on-one in the hole. Among the SMU games I’ve watched, this was the most natural he looked as a runner.

While there’s still room for Smith to grow more comfortable operating against crowded boxes, he’s at home in space. He makes defenders miss with tight spins and strung together cuts. Smith finds cutback opportunities and has an eye for green grass.

Smith has the quick footwork and acceleration to outpace second level defenders and pull away from trailing defensive linemen. He beats defenders to the corner before turning upfield and is a one-cut threat between the tackles who erases pursuit angles with his burst.

Stock Up: Carson Beck, QB Georgia

This season obviously hasn’t gone the way Beck intended. He went from potentially being a top ten pick to being a questionable top 100 pick. All Beck can do is reset each week and try to salvage his season as Georgia eyes a playoff berth. He got things trending in the right direction against Tennessee.

Beck completed 25 of 40 passes for 347 yards and two touchdowns and carried the ball three times for 32 yards and an additional score as Georgia beat Tennessee 31-17. It was pretty clear from early in the game that Beck was playing with an increased level of intensity and was ready to play like a man with nothing to lose.

Once Beck settled in, he made several tight window throws with ball placement that forced his target to sit down and avoid drifting into nearby coverage. Beck’s first touchdown pass was an incredible frozen rope over the middle of the field that showed off his anticipation and placement. His ability to put throws where only his receiver could make a play on the ball stood out for the first time in weeks.

Beck also did a good job quickly working through his progressions with clear vision and getting the ball to his checkdown when no one came open downfield. His average time to throw was only 2.34 seconds, which appeared to frustrate and wear down Tennessee’s pass rushers as the game went on. Beck remained poised during instances when he faced pressure on extended dropbacks and avoided the catastrophic decisions that plagued him in previous weeks.

Stock Up: Omarion Hampton, RB North Carolina

I underestimated Hampton’s explosiveness when I completed his initial evaluation. After this game against Wake Forest and his performance two weeks ago against Florida State, I’m reevaluating my view of Hampton’s maximum acceleration and speed. He’s firmly in consideration for a second round selection.

Hampton carried the ball 35 times for 244 yards and a touchdown on Saturday. Seven of his runs went for ten or more yards. Back-to-back seasons with a heavy workload can lead to a lot of wear and tear, but Hampton has been very durable.

Hampton’s muscular build limits his creativity and elusiveness in space, but he overcomes that stiffness to make some defenders miss one-on-one with dead legs and jump cuts. He’s shown more ability to erase safety angles, outrace linebackers, and generate runs of 30+ or 40+ yards this season than in past years.

Hampton’s play strength and contact balance continue to make him a chore to bring down. He moves the pile with his leg drive and carries smaller defenders for extra yards. The junior plays a limited role as a pass catcher but is superb in pass protection.

Stock Up Week 12 Honorable Mentions

Lander Barton, LB Utah

Barton is one of the top linebackers in the upcoming draft because of his mobility and versatility in coverage. Check out how he swivels his hips and stays underneath this route against Colorado, leading to Shedeur Sanders’ seventh interception of the season. Every NFL defense is looking for linebackers who can carry pass catchers up the seam and operate at depth. Barton easily checks those boxes.  

Barton has a natural feel for routes developing behind him, which allows him to keep his eyes on the quarterback while cutting off throwing lanes. He can also turn and run with his back to the quarterback against slot fades and posts. There isn’t a more loose, natural coverage linebacker in the class.

Barton’s acceleration and top speed give him excellent range. He’s competitive against the run and has the burst to make an impact as a blitzer. Barton engages his arms to lock out, stack, and shed blocks, but his frame limits his play strength and ability to anchor against climbing linemen.

Jasheen Davis, Edge Wake Forest

Davis moved into third all-time in sacks in Demon Deacon history with 2.5 against North Carolina. He finished the game with six total pressures, an additional tackle for loss, and a forced fumble. Davis’ high-cut frame limits his bend, but he wins with rips, long-arms, two-handed swipes, club-swims, speed to power, and B-gap counters.

Davis’ lean lower half makes it difficult for him to anchor at the point of attack. His motor is always revved up, and his closing burst gives him value in pursuit. Davis uses long, powerful strides to cover ground quickly and exchange gaps when he works inside.

Davis lacks ideal bend in his hips but uses his version of a ghost move to drop his pad level under the tackle’s hands and accelerate around the corner. He’s best suited for a rotational pass rushing role at the NFL level and projects as a mid-to-late Day 3 pick.

Marcus Wehr, RG Montana State (Scouting Report)

Wehr delivered constant and considerable push against UC Davis’ defensive front. He doesn’t have ideal length but had no issues getting into the defenders’ pads and generating the initial pop to clear run lanes or build a clean pocket for his quarterback. UC Davis didn’t have a defender who could test Wehr’s anchor in pass protection.

The UC Davis game gave Wehr a chance to cut loose with his power and play bully ball. I wish he went for pancakes more often because he has the strength and leverage to overpower defenders.

Wehr is a sudden mover coming off the line, so the Bobcats ask him to frequently pull across the formation to eliminate backside defenders. He also works to the second level to pick off linebackers and can reach block to wall off 1- or 0-techs.

Outside of one game last season, Wehr played almost exclusively right tackle in 2022 and 2023 after converting from the defensive side of the ball. He looked uncomfortable at his new home at right guard to start the year but is settling in nicely down the stretch. Wehr projects as a mid-to-late Day 3 selection. His testing, measurables, and All-Star game performance will be very important.

Alfred Collins, IDL Texas

Collins has some of the best measurables among any defender in the 2025 NFL Draft. He’s 6-5 1/4, close to 320 lbs., and sports 35 1/4-inch arms. Collins has been on a role the past few weeks. He picked up three pressures, including a sack, an additional tackle for loss, and a forced fumble against Arkansas.

Collins, who deploys everywhere along the line for Texas, split the B-gap with a swim move from his 3-tech role for his sack. His pass rush plan includes two-armed bull rushes, two-handed swipes, swims, rips, club-swims, club-rips, push-pulls, and converting speed to power. Collins is a surprisingly loose and explosive athlete for a player his size.

Collins’ length impacts the game in several ways. It helps him keep his frame clean as a pass rusher, stack and shed blocks in the run game, swat passes at the line of scrimmage, and extend to make tackles outside his frame. That’s how he forced a fumble on a diving tackle attempt.

T.J. Sanders, IDL South Carolina (Scouting Report)

Sanders was the No. 40 prospect on my November top 250 big board. He’s on the lighter side for an interior player, but that makes him an explosive and athletic mismatch against guards. Sanders doesn’t have a deep bag of pass rush moves yet, but he’s winning at a high level with his raw athleticism, swipes, rips, and spins.

Sanders has 15 pressures in the past three weeks, including a sack and five additional pressures against Missouri. His violent and sudden hands attack the offensive lineman’s hands to create separation. Sanders has the bend and burst to finish plays in the backfield once he gets even with the guard’s shoulder.

Harold Fannin Jr., TE Bowling Green (Scouting Report)

If you’ve been reading my Stock Up column this year, you know Fannin has decimated Penn State and Texas A&M, so Western Michigan was easy pickings on Tuesday. Fannin caught ten of 12 targets for 137 yards and two touchdowns. He only trails San Jose State’s Nick Nash for the national lead in receiving yards (1,170) at the FBS level.

Fannin is too undersized to excel as a blocker, but he’s a dynamic athlete who can break down and shake defenders in space. He has excellent hands to make catches through contact over the middle of the field, is an athletic mismatch for linebackers in coverage, shows some route running savvy, and creates plenty of bonus yards after the catch.

Fannin has elevated himself to the level of a top 100 selection but might be a role-specific prospect because of his build.

Elijhah Badger, WR Florida

I first watched Badger during summer scouting ahead of the 2023 season. I thought he could’ve been an eventual top 100 pick. Things have gone that way, but an NFL future is still in the cards for Badger. He made six receptions for 131 yards and a touchdown to account for more than half of Florida’s yards through the air in an upset win over LSU.

Badger was primarily a YAC threat at Arizona State in 2022 and 2023. He created on shallow and intermediate routes with his contact balance, jump cuts, spins, and shiftiness. The Gators are relying less on that element of his game and are using him as a field stretcher. Badger has the speed to separate late in vertical routes and stack cornerbacks out of press coverage.

Badger also manipulates off-man cornerbacks with fluid route running to create space for himself and has the catch radius and concentration to make plays at the catch point.

Smael Mondon Jr., LB Georgia

Mondon was another player that I had a top 100 grade on in the summer of 2023. He missed a massive chunk of this season with a leg injury but made his presence felt in his full-time return to action against Tennessee. He finished the game with a sack and pass defensed as part of a seven-solo tackle effort.

Mondon has excellent range and the pre-snap processing to decipher and anticipate plays. He’s an undersized player, so climbing linemen can cause him issues if they make contact. Fortunately, Mondon fits the run well and flows past blocks on his way to the football. He has the athletic tools to be a significant asset in coverage.

This linebacker class is more talented than I anticipated two months ago, but it’s still one of the thinnest position groups. Mondon should at least be a fourth round pick.

Woody Marks, RB USC

Marks crossed the 1,000-yard rushing mark on Saturday with a massive performance. He carried the ball 19 times for 146 yards and caught six passes for 36 yards. Marks will be a top-five running back prospect on my November big board in part because he’s the most impactful pass catcher among the group.

Marks is a sudden and twitchy athlete who makes defenders miss in a phone booth. He also has the acceleration to obliterate pursuit angles. He might lack elite long speed, but that hasn’t really limited him this year. Marks’ combination of burst and wiggle is perfect for a top-two option in a split-carry NFL backfield.

Additional Names to Know

Oluwafemi Oladejo, Edge UCLA

Oladejo began the season as an off-ball linebacker before stepping down to play along the edge full-time. His inexperience shows in his limited pass rush plan and inconsistent use of counters and bend, but the flashes hint he could be a nice Day 3 developmental prospect.

Oladejo dominated against Penn State earlier this year and made a few impressive plays in the run game against Washington on Friday. He’s been at his best versus the run because of his motor and ability to shoot gaps. Oladejo gets skinny and flies through the B-gap to get one-on-one tackle opportunities in the backfield. He also beats tight ends through the C-gap against heavier formations.  

Oscar Delp, TE Georgia (Scouting Report)

Delp found himself in the doghouse early this year because of drops but got his lost season somewhat back on track with four receptions for 56 yards and two touchdowns against Tennessee. Delp is a developmental player who needs more reps to refine his route tree and response to press coverage, but he has an NFL future.

Delp is a smooth mover and explosive athlete who stacks linebackers up the seam and stretches the field to open holes for short or intermediate routes. He’s an athletic mismatch for second-level defenders and creates separation with his acceleration, top speed, and sharp cuts.

Delp will likely return to school in 2025 to rebuild his draft stock.  

Caleb Banks, IDL Florida

I would expect Banks to return to school for his redshirt senior year in 2025, but now is a good time to put him on your radar. He’s a massive defensive tackle unofficially listed at 6'6", 325 lbs. with terrific arm length. Against LSU, Banks applied seven pressures, including a sack, forced two fumbles, and recovered a fumble.

Banks’ pad level rises during his pass rush, but he moves with rare acceleration and burst for a player his size. He’s still learning to maximize his arm length. Banks has the power to bull rush through or discard blocking guards. He’s a developing defensive tackle with premier tools.

Power Echols, LB North Carolina

Echols is undersized to an extreme but is a high motor, aggressive linebacker with the range and burst to fill various roles in coverage. He lacks the play strength to work off blocks in the run game but outduels linemen with his speed and agility to fit the run. Echols reads the quarterback’s eyes to make plays like this ridiculous pick-six against Wake Forest.

Echols projects as a late Day 3 prospect or priority undrafted free agent who will make a living on special teams with the potential to play a subpackage role on defense. Coaches will love his mentality and effort.

Tyreak Sapp, Edge Florida

Sapp had a career night against LSU. He totaled three pressures, including a sack, and three additional tackles for loss. His thick, powerful frame gives him the versatility to reduce inside and take snaps at 4-tech and 3-tech. Sapp lacks outstanding length but drives good power through his hands to walk linemen back into the pocket.

The Gators use Sapp as a disruptor working inside or outside on stunts. When isolated as a 5-tech, Sapp pushes vertically before prying open the B-gap or countering inside immediately with his long strides. I expect Sapp to return to Florida for his redshirt senior season in 2025.

Heisman Ladder

1. Travis Hunter, CB/WR Colorado

2. Ashton Jeanty, RB Boise State

3. Cam Ward, QB Miami

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4. Dillon Gabriel, QB Oregon

5. Shedeur Sanders, QB Colorado

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6. Jalen Milroe, QB Alabama

7. Kurtis Rourke, QB Indiana

8. Omarion Hampton, RB North Carolina

9. Jaxson Dart, QB Ole Miss

10. R.J. Harvey, RB UCF