2025 NFL Draft consensus position rankings: Offensive tackle

Photo by Gus Stark/LSU/University Images via Getty Images The draft experts from our 32 NFL team sites ranked their top OTs and we collected the data for you. Similar to the 2024 class of offensive tackles, this year’s crop has a number of talented players at the top. Six tackles were selected in last year’s first round with Notre Dame’s Joe Alt coming off the board first at No. 5 while Oklahoma’s Tyler Guyton rounded out the group at No. 29 to the Cowboys. I don’t think this year’s class hits that number again, but don’t be surprised if at least five hear their name called on opening night this time around. Unlike our offenisve tackle top 10 from 2024, this class has a bit of a drop-off after the first tier. Once the first four or five are off the board, teams might not feel super confident in nabbing a tackle early on day two for risk of reaching just a bit too far. With all of that said, let’s go ahead and dive into our top 10 offensive tackles in the 2025 NFL Draft. A group of SB Nation’s draft analysts from our 32 NFL team communities ranked their top OTs in the draft. 2025 NFL Draft offensive tackle rankings Others receiving votes in the top 10: Charles Grant (William & Mary), Wyatt Milum (West Virginia) 10. Emery Jones Jr., LSU Jones boasts some of the best measurements in the draft class with 34-1/2” arms and 10-3/4” hands while standing 6’5 and 315 pounds. He’s a three-year starter for the Tigers and a two-time second-team All-SEC selection. Jones is s prototypical right tackle prospect with good size and adequate play strength but he must refine his hand usage and movement efficiency to help his chances of becoming a starter at the next level. Speed rushers can fluster him, causing a breakdown of fundamentals on reach blocks and pass pro. He has the lateral mobility to get to his landmarks, but the consistency from down-to-down needs to see a sizable boost. 9. Anthony Belton, North Carolina State Belton is one of the more sizable tackle prospects with nearly 34-inch arms and 10-1/8” hands. He recorded 32 starts for the Wolfpack over the past three seasons and that helped him earn an invite to this year’s Reese’s Senior Bowl where he got to compete against the best talent in the country. His natural length and size will help keep his floor at a reasonable place entering the NFL, but Belton will likely need a few years before he fights for a starting job at the next level. Belton shows a high motor as a run blocker, but he’s a bit of a plodder in his movements. He’s likely pigeonholed to a gap/power scheme. In pass protection, he will get beat by speed too often around the hoop and doesn’t have the ideal agility to mirror inside counters. 8. Ozzy Trapilo, Boston College At 6’8 and 316 pounds, Trapilo is a tall, well-built offensive tackle with NFL bloodlines as his father, Steve, was drafted in the fourth round by the Saints in 1987. Trapilo has plenty of experience with 36 total starts dating back to his redshirt freshman season in 2021. After playing left tackle his first two seasons, he switched to right tackle in 2023 en route to earning back-to-back All-ACC honors, including a first-team nod as a senior. Due to his height, Trapilo needs to work overtime to ensure he’s dropping his pad level enough consistently to maximize his chances of winning the leverage battle. He’ll need to add some good weight, but there’s a lot to like about his projection. He shows a great work ethic down-to-down and at the very least, he offers a lot of experience for a backup tackle early in his career. 7. Cameron Williams, Texas Williams started just one year for the Longhorns but he played well enough to help them to another appearance in the College Football Playoff. A lengthy 6’5 and 335 pounds, Williams is surprising nimble for his size. He can climb to second level defenders quick before smothering their chances at a chase-down tackle. In Texas’ quick-hitting offense, Williams’ biggest shortcomings were able to be glazed over. At the next level, he may need to transition to guard to better cover up his lack of sustain as a pass protector. Still, the tools are there for a team with a confident offensive line coach to invest in. 6. Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota Ersery is fairly green as a football player since he didn’t actually start playing until he was a junior in high school. He’s quickly developed into a mammoth 6’6 and 331 pounds who held down the left tackle spot for the Gophers over his final 38 games. He relies on a strong foundation of fundamentals that helped him succeed in Minnesota’s zone run scheme, but his lack of flexibility will be exploited at the next level against wily veterans who know how to handle larger lineman. He takes great angles and shows notable swiftness in his pass sets, but he could stand to kill some of his excess weight to maximize his efficiency on a play-to-play basis. 5. Josh Conerly Jr, Oregon Conerly is at the top of Tier 2 for this class of offensive

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2025 NFL Draft consensus position rankings: Offensive tackle

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The draft experts from our 32 NFL team sites ranked their top OTs and we collected the data for you.

Similar to the 2024 class of offensive tackles, this year’s crop has a number of talented players at the top. Six tackles were selected in last year’s first round with Notre Dame’s Joe Alt coming off the board first at No. 5 while Oklahoma’s Tyler Guyton rounded out the group at No. 29 to the Cowboys.

I don’t think this year’s class hits that number again, but don’t be surprised if at least five hear their name called on opening night this time around.

Unlike our offenisve tackle top 10 from 2024, this class has a bit of a drop-off after the first tier. Once the first four or five are off the board, teams might not feel super confident in nabbing a tackle early on day two for risk of reaching just a bit too far.

With all of that said, let’s go ahead and dive into our top 10 offensive tackles in the 2025 NFL Draft. A group of SB Nation’s draft analysts from our 32 NFL team communities ranked their top OTs in the draft.

2025 NFL Draft offensive tackle rankings

Others receiving votes in the top 10: Charles Grant (William & Mary), Wyatt Milum (West Virginia)

10. Emery Jones Jr., LSU

Jones boasts some of the best measurements in the draft class with 34-1/2” arms and 10-3/4” hands while standing 6’5 and 315 pounds. He’s a three-year starter for the Tigers and a two-time second-team All-SEC selection. Jones is s prototypical right tackle prospect with good size and adequate play strength but he must refine his hand usage and movement efficiency to help his chances of becoming a starter at the next level. Speed rushers can fluster him, causing a breakdown of fundamentals on reach blocks and pass pro. He has the lateral mobility to get to his landmarks, but the consistency from down-to-down needs to see a sizable boost.

9. Anthony Belton, North Carolina State

Belton is one of the more sizable tackle prospects with nearly 34-inch arms and 10-1/8” hands. He recorded 32 starts for the Wolfpack over the past three seasons and that helped him earn an invite to this year’s Reese’s Senior Bowl where he got to compete against the best talent in the country.

His natural length and size will help keep his floor at a reasonable place entering the NFL, but Belton will likely need a few years before he fights for a starting job at the next level. Belton shows a high motor as a run blocker, but he’s a bit of a plodder in his movements. He’s likely pigeonholed to a gap/power scheme.

In pass protection, he will get beat by speed too often around the hoop and doesn’t have the ideal agility to mirror inside counters.

8. Ozzy Trapilo, Boston College

At 6’8 and 316 pounds, Trapilo is a tall, well-built offensive tackle with NFL bloodlines as his father, Steve, was drafted in the fourth round by the Saints in 1987.

Trapilo has plenty of experience with 36 total starts dating back to his redshirt freshman season in 2021. After playing left tackle his first two seasons, he switched to right tackle in 2023 en route to earning back-to-back All-ACC honors, including a first-team nod as a senior.

Due to his height, Trapilo needs to work overtime to ensure he’s dropping his pad level enough consistently to maximize his chances of winning the leverage battle. He’ll need to add some good weight, but there’s a lot to like about his projection. He shows a great work ethic down-to-down and at the very least, he offers a lot of experience for a backup tackle early in his career.

7. Cameron Williams, Texas

Williams started just one year for the Longhorns but he played well enough to help them to another appearance in the College Football Playoff. A lengthy 6’5 and 335 pounds, Williams is surprising nimble for his size. He can climb to second level defenders quick before smothering their chances at a chase-down tackle.

In Texas’ quick-hitting offense, Williams’ biggest shortcomings were able to be glazed over. At the next level, he may need to transition to guard to better cover up his lack of sustain as a pass protector. Still, the tools are there for a team with a confident offensive line coach to invest in.

6. Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota

Ersery is fairly green as a football player since he didn’t actually start playing until he was a junior in high school. He’s quickly developed into a mammoth 6’6 and 331 pounds who held down the left tackle spot for the Gophers over his final 38 games.

He relies on a strong foundation of fundamentals that helped him succeed in Minnesota’s zone run scheme, but his lack of flexibility will be exploited at the next level against wily veterans who know how to handle larger lineman. He takes great angles and shows notable swiftness in his pass sets, but he could stand to kill some of his excess weight to maximize his efficiency on a play-to-play basis.

5. Josh Conerly Jr, Oregon

Conerly is at the top of Tier 2 for this class of offensive tackles and even earned one third-place vote among our experts. He offers great length and athleticism with an NFL frame, but he needs to solidify his body composition to properly handle the power he’ll face at the next level.

Seeing how fast he went from reserve to All-American in his career, an NFL team should feel confident in selecting Conerly to be a future starter for their team, but he may need at least one season in an NFL weight room to get there.

As of now, Conerly will fit well into a zone-heavy with his ability to cutoff backside three-techniques and smother second-level defenders. In pass protection, he likes to win with a snatch trap that catches that punishes defender who want to long-arm him into the quarterback.

4. Josh Simmons, Ohio State

The consensus on Simmons is that, if it wasn’t for a severe injury that limited his playing time as a senior, he may be in the running as the first offensive lineman off the board this year. As it stands, he was fourth on nearly every ballot in our rankings but did reach third on one.

Simmons made a smooth transition from Group of 5 (San Diego State) to the Power 5 (Ohio State) while barely missing a beat. He’s fairly lean with an athletic build for an offensive tackle and the active, fluid footwork to match. He’s a fun watch just for the sake of how natural he looks at the position. He’s quick to his landmarks in pass pro, packs a wallop behind his punches, and knows how to get the job done play in and play out.

I would not be surprised if Simmons eventually ends up with the best career out of the top four tackles on this list.

3. Kelvin Banks, Texas

Rankings note: Listed as high as second on a multiple ballots while receiving one fifth place vote.

You’ll see Banks bounce around amongst the top lineman depending on whose rankings you look at, and one of our experts puth im fifth but multiple had him second. His performance at the NFL combine was just “fine” as he ran a 5.16 in the 40 with jumps of 32 inches in the vertical and 8’8” in the broad.

Still, the floor looks to be fairly high with Banks, who is a smooth operator in pass protection. He doesn’t often get beat by games run by the defensive line as he’s a natural at dissecting stunts/twists up front. He’ll need to strengthen his anchor as power rushers, however.

As a run blocker, he swallows defenders with his massive hands and takes them for a ride. He comes downhill fast to kick out defenders and widen rushing lanes for his running back.

2. Armand Membou, Missouri

The former Missouri right tackle saw a massive bump in his draft stock following a strong performance at this year’s NFL combine. Running a sub-5.0 40 time, paired with his strong showing in the vertical (34 inches) and the broad jump (nine feet, seven inches) helped him go from a fringe top-20 pick to possibly being the first offensive lineman drafted this year.

Membou is an aggressive run blocker who plays with the ideal temperament at the next level. He wants to finish opponents into the dirt in the run game and win as quickly as possible with his strong mitts in pass protection.

He received a few first-place votes from our experts, but he was also slotted third by several.

1. Will Campbell, LSU

There was some talk about Cambell’s best position in the NFL being at guard, but all of that is just silly talk. He re-measured his arms at LSU’s pro day and came out with 33 inches on the dot. That’ll put to rest any discussion about his lack of length.

On film, Campbell is the best left tackle in the class. That should be his position until something shows us that’s no longer the case. He’s battle-tested against the best of the best the past three seasons for the Tigers, whether that’s competing against the elite talent around the conference or practicing against a number of teammates who have gone on to the NFL.

Campbell wins in pass protection with an immensely powerful punch to knock rushers off their spot from the snap before relying on rock-steady fundamentals to keep his quarterback clean.

He was not our unanimous top pick, but he received more than twice as many first-place votes as anyone else and is the only player voted either first or second on every ballot.