The 2025 NFL Draft class is as soon as once more going to be function a cluster of vast receivers chosen within the first couple rounds. Perhaps not fairly as many as 2024, but it surely’s a strong group.
With that being mentioned, there are some nice free brokers in the marketplace at vast receiver, together with a possible No. 1 receiver choice and a slew of ageing numbers twos. We polled a bunch of writers from round SB Nation to assemble consensus rankings concerning the gamers. Whereas there are not any unanimous picks among the many bunch as people worth completely different WR traits, our teams stands out into some outlined tiers.
We’ll take away gamers from the listing as they re-sign with their present groups all the best way as much as the opening of free company in March.
Pending free agent vast receivers heading into 2025
Different receiving votes
Darius Slayton- Donale Moore
- Mike Williams
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TuTu Atwell - Demarcus Robinson
- Olamide Zaccheus
- Tim Patrick
Josh Palmer- Nick Westbrook
- Elijah Moore
10. Zay Jones, Arizona Cardinals
The previous Payments, Raiders, and Jaguars receiver, Jones has been relegated to a supporting position with the Cardinals in 2024. He topped out in 2022 with 823 yards and 5 touchdowns however was phased out in Jacksonville. He’s averaged 9.5 yards per reception the final two seasons. UPDATE: Zay Jones re-signed with the Cardinals.
9. Noah Brown, Washington Commanders
Brown has by no means topped 600 yards in a season, however his per-catch stats are nice. As a complementary piece, he will be superb. He has averaged 13.3 yards per reception in his profession and remains to be on the precise aspect of 30.
8. Diontae Johnson, Baltimore Ravens
The Panthers traded Johnson this 12 months to rid themselves of the distraction after which the Ravens benched him for conduct detrimental to the staff. Let’s simply say he’s a polarizing determine, eh? He has a Professional Bowl and an 1100-yard season on his resume, however can even be becoming a member of his fourth staff in three years. He’s turning 29 this offseason and if a staff can get his head proper, he might be a steal.
7. Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Brown missed a lot of the 2024 season with an harm, so it’s onerous to even qualify his lone season in Kansas Metropolis due to pattern measurement. He turns 28 this offseason, making him one of many youthful gamers on this listing. For his profession, he has averaged 11.6 yards per reception and simply over 50 yards per recreation, and he solely has one 1000-yard season to his identify. Two of our voters had him at third of their rankings, although. UPDATE: Brown re-signed with the Chiefs on a one-year deal.
6. Keenan Allen, Chicago Bears
The previous Chargers receiver spent one season with the Chicago Bears and their offense left lots to be desired. His numbers mirrored that. Allen was the third receiver within the Windy Metropolis, and at this level in his profession, that’s in all probability the place he’s going to be in 2025 at age 33.
5. De’Andre Hopkins, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
The Chiefs traded for Hopkins on the deadline so as to add some firepower and he’s performed very properly for them. Nonetheless, he turns 33 this offseason and has been coping with nagging accidents all 12 months. On three groups in three years, his yards per reception was the bottom of his profession in 2024.
4. Amari Cooper, Buffalo Payments
Cooper was traded to Buffalo in the course of the 2024 season and accidents nagged him by his time with the Payments. One voter had him as excessive as second in our polling, however others had him as little as eight. It could converse to Cooper’s intrinsic motivation, as he tends to take a look at if his staff scenario isn’t the perfect. He turns 31 this offseason and might not be a staff’s high choice anymore.
3. Stefon Diggs, Houston Texans
Diggs is coming off a season-ending knee harm in 2024 and has clearly misplaced a step since his All-Professional seasons in Buffalo. Even earlier than the harm, he was averaging simply 10.6 yards per reception because the third choice in Houston’s passing assault and his success charge was down with numerous receptions behind the road of scrimmage. In case you add him, don’t depend on him to be a monster at age 31, however he can nonetheless be a strong contributor.
2. Chris Godwin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Godwin has benefited from being the second-best receiver on the Bucs for a number of years whereas Mike Evans ate up the bracketed protection. An harm ended his 2024 season, and he’s about to show 29, however he was nonetheless very efficient when wholesome in 2024. UPDATE: Godwin re-signed with the Bucs.
1. Tee Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals
Practically a unanimous primary on our ballots, Higgins is coming off large success because the second choice within the Bengals’ passing recreation. Can he hack it as a primary receiver is the massive query, however his stats are simple. The one factor that has slowed him down are some accidents over time, so he doesn’t have an 1100-yard season on his resume. UPDATE: The Bengals used the franchise tag on Higgins.
Just lately launched vast receivers
These WRs had been launched after our rankings had been put collectively within the lead as much as the 2025 league 12 months.
Davante Adams
The Raiders traded Adams to the Jets for a third-round decide in the course of the 2024 season and he had two big years left on his deal. After shifting on from Adams’ buddy Aaron Rodgers, they did the identical with the WR as an alternative of paying Adams $36.2 million per season. Adams had a 1000-yard receiving season and eight touchdowns regardless of solely taking part in in 14 video games in a contract hold-in. He simply turned 32 and apparently desires to be nearer to the West Coast, however the plan is he’ll preserve taking part in. UPDATE: Adams signed with the Rams.
Tyler Lockett
The ten-year Seahawks receiver was let go by Seattle as an alternative of cashing a $17 million payday in 2025. That is sensible. He turns 33 in September and his manufacturing dropped off from profession highs in 2021 to only 49 catches for 600 yards and two touchdowns in 2024. Lockett joins a listing of ageing vast receivers that would see a one-year deal to see how a lot they’ve left within the tank.
Devin Duvernay
The Jags are remaking their receiver room (once more) and launched Duvernay. He was due $3.4 million in 2024 and after solely catching 11 passes, returning 19 punts, and returning 14 kicks in 2024, that doesn’t make sense. The previous third-round decide is unlikely so as to add a lot within the receiving room, however he’s a former All-Professional returner, so he’ll positively get a glance someplace.
Josh Reynolds
Reynolds was reduce by the Broncos in December, claimed by the Jaguars, and now reduce by the Jaguars. Jacksonville didn’t wish to pay him $4.5 million for 2025. He’s performed for 5 groups because the begin of the 2020 season, however in 2023 he completed with 608 yards and 5 touchdowns for the Lions. We’ll see what sort of market he will get this offseason.
Different free agent vast receivers
- Brandin Cooks
- Robert Woods
- Okay.J. Osborn
- Nelson Agholor
Ashton Dulin- DJ Chark
- Odell Beckham, Jr.
Mack Hollins- Tyler Boyd
- Zach Pascal
Braxton Berrios- Brandon Powell
- Trent Sherfield
- Justin Watson
- Chris Conley
- Steven Sims Jr.
- Jamison Crowder
- Gunner Olszewski
- Khadarel Hodge
- Van Jefferson
- Deonte Harty
- Scotty Miller
Dyami Brown- JuJu Smith-Schuster
- Deandre Carter
- Tyler Johnson
- David Moore
- Mecole Hardman
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling
- Greg Dortch
- Malik Taylor
- Nsimba Webster
- Simi Fehoko
- Tylan Wallace
- Juwann Winfree
- Britain Covey (RFA)
- Anthony Schwartz (RFA)
- D.J. Turner (RFA)
- Irvin Charles (RFA)
- Tim Jones (RFA)
- Kavontae Turpin (RFA)
Free agent vast receivers who had been signed to new offers
- The Bengals positioned the franchise tag on Tee Higgins
- Kavontae Turpin signed his second-round RFA tender with the Dallas Cowboys
- TuTu Atwell signed a one-year take care of the Rams
- Hollywood Brown re-signed with the Chiefs
- Davante Adams signed a two-year take care of the L.A. Rams
- Chris Godwin re-upped with the Buccaneers
- Braxton Barrios agreed to a one-year deal in Houston
- Dyami Brown agreed to phrases with the Jaguars
- Josh Palmer to the Payments on a three-year deal
- Darius Slayton signed an extension with the New York Giants
- Mack Hollins agreed to a two-year take care of the Patriots
- Ashton Dulin agreed to a take care of the Indianapolis Colts
- The cardinals had been in a position to re-sign Zay Jones