2025 NFL DRAFT

MOST TRUSTED WRITERS

// Aggregate view · stable writer ids across job moves

Single-year pages answer who nailed this draft. This page answers who tends to score best across every season we have published, using the same trust index. The main table lists writers with at least two published years; their career tier uses stricter trust cutoffs on mean trust than a single-season leaderboard (see methodology). The section below lists single-year writers with season tier rules on that one score.

# Writer Outlet Career tier Years Mean trust Median Latest
1 Dane Brugler The Athletic A 2023, 2024, 2025 84 82 69
2 PFF Draft Team Pro Football Focus C 2023, 2024, 2025 65 64 72
3 Todd McShay The Ringer D 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 48 54 66
4 Mel Kiper Jr. ESPN D 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 47 48 67
5 Daniel Jeremiah NFL Network D 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 44 47 54
6 Chad Reuter NFL.com D 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 39 45 34

Single-year writers (below multi-year threshold)

Season trust thresholds apply to the mean column (one year of data). Sorted the same way as the main table when multiple rows exist.

Writer Outlet Season tier Years Mean trust Per-year links
Field Yates ESPN B 2025 64 2025 rankings
Jordan Reid / ESPN Draft Team ESPN C 2024 43 2024 rankings
Trevor Sikkema PFF D 2022 12 2022 rankings