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ROUND 7

2025 NFL DRAFT HAS ENDED

DRAFT TRACKER

Round 1 • Pick 15 (15) • EDGE Jalon Walker

Round 1 • Pick 26 (26) • EDGE James Pearce Jr.

Round 3 • Pick 32 (96) • SAF Xavier Watts

Round 4 • Pick 16 (118) • SAF Billy Bowman Jr.

Round 7 • Pick 2 (218) • OT Jack Nelson

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Pick 15 (15)

Jalon Walker

EDGE Georgia

6-1 243 LBS

2022: Played in all 15 games as a reserve and on special teams for the national champions (9 tackles, 2 TFLs with 1 sack).
2023: Led team with 5 sacks. Played in all 14 games as a reserve (20 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, FF).
2024: Third-team Associated Press All-American. Second-team All-SEC. Won the Butkus Award (nation's top LB). Led team with 10.5 TFLs. Tied for the team lead with 6.5 sacks. Played in all 14 games with 11 starts (60 tackles, 2 PBUs). Played on punt coverage teams throughout the season.
Miscellaneous: Father, Curtis, was an All-American LB at Division II Catawba and coached at the college (including as the head coach at his alma mater) and high school levels for years. Brother, Curtis Jr. ("Deuce"), plays CB at Georgia State.

-- by Chad Reuter

Pick 26 (26)

James Pearce Jr.

EDGE Tennessee

6-5 245 LBS

From Rams

High school: Top 15 overall prospect nationally.
2022: Played in all 13 games as a reserve (5 tackles, 2 sacks).
2023: First-team All-SEC. Led team with 14.5 TFLs. Tied for eighth in the FBS with 10 sacks. Played in all 13 games with 3 starts (28 tackles, INT returned for a TD, PBU, 2 FFs). Arrested in December for disobeying orders from police after being stopped for speeding and driving on a suspended license. Charges were eventually dropped after he showed proof he successfully obtained a driver’s license and paid court costs for a speeding ticket.
2024: First-team All-SEC. Led team with 13 TFLs, 7.5 sacks. Played in all 13 games with 9 starts (38 tackles, PBU, FF).

-- by Chad Reuter

Pick 32 (96)

Xavier Watts

SAF Notre Dame

5-11 204 LBS

From Eagles

2020: Redshirted. Played in 2 games as a reserve WR (no statistics).
2021: Played in 11 games as a reserve DB (15 tackles).
2022: Played in all 13 games with starts in the final 4 contests (39 tackles, 2 TFLs with 1 sack, 4 PBUs).
2023: Won the Nagurski Trophy (nation's top defender). First-team Associated Press All-American. Tied for the FBS lead with 7 INTs. Started all 13 games (52 tackles, 3 TFLs, 4 PBUs, FF).
2024: First-team Associated Press All-American. Joined Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter (Colorado WR/CB) as the only consensus All-Americans in both 2023 and 2024. Tied for second in the FBS with 6 INTs. Sugar Bowl Defensive MVP (7 tackles, TFL) in the playoff quarterfinal win over Georgia. Set school record with a 100-yard INT returned for a TD against USC. Started all 16 games (82 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 10 PBUs, FF). Team captain.
Father, Jeff, was a victim of a drive-by shooting in 2003 and was paralyzed from the waist down.

-- by Chad Reuter

Pick 16 (118)

Billy Bowman Jr.

SAF Oklahoma

5-9 192 LBS

2021: Played in 11 games with 7 starts (22 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, 2 PBUs, FF). Enrolled in January.
2022: Honorable Mention All-Big 12. Played in 11 games with 9 starts (60 tackles, 2 TFLs, 3 INTs, 5 PBUs, FF).
2023: First-team All-Big 12. Tied for fourth in the FBS with 6 INTs, led the FBS with 3 INTs returned for TDs. Started all 13 games (63 tackles, 3 TFLs, 4 PBUs).
2024: Third-team All-SEC. Started 12 games (54 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 2 INTs, 3 PBUs). Did not play in the team’s Armed Forces Bowl loss to Navy.

-- by Chad Reuter

Pick 2 (218)

Jack Nelson

OT Wisconsin

6-7 314 LBS

From Browns through Chargers

2020: Redshirted. Played in 1 game as a reserve.
2021: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten Conference. Started all 13 games at RG.
2022: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten. Started 12 games at LT.
2023: Started all 13 games at LT. Injured during the team's ReliaQuest Bowl loss to LSU.
2024: Started all 12 games at LT.
Miscellaneous: Father, Todd, played OL at Wisconsin and was drafted in the 12th round by the Phoenix Cardinals in 1989. Brother, Barrett, joined the Badgers as an OL in 2022.

-- by Chad Reuter

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