Nate Tice’s 2025 Big Board SNEAK PEAK: Mykel Williams, Abdul Carter and more | Football 301

all right enough breakout players we'll get last section here my 2025 Big Board drops on Yahoo this Thursday morning so make sure you check it out I sent Charles a little sneak peek because I haven't fully solidified like who's going where it's either be top 30 or top 40 as well haven't figured out how deep I'm getting into that uh but I do have my kind of short list and my overall takeaways I'll I'll L off my top 10 how about that then that's going to be my one little spoiler on here which is kind of not as fun but my top 10 is as follows I have Michael Williams The Edge from Georgia at number one I have a duel Abdul Carter Edge from Penn State at number two and I I feel pretty good about that one uh three I have will Johnson corner from Michigan four I have will Campbell tackle from lscu five I have Mason Graham defensive tackle from Michigan six I have emry Jones tackle from LSU we're going to talk about that seven I have alai Starks safety from Georgia 8 I have Travis Hunter Jr uh corner from Colorado and I strictly see him as a corner I'll talk about that in a sec nine I have Kelvin Banks Jr uh tackle actually I see him more as a guard from Texas and then 10 I'm still up in the air on who I have at 10 but just a couple names I'm looking at Benjamin Morrison a corner from Notre Dame James Pierce and Edge from Tennessee nick scen uh changed his name but he's an edge for Texas A&M he was at Purdue Kenneth Grant D tackle from Michigan Deion Walker D Lyman from Kentucky I'm not saying tackle he because he plays at freaking D end anyone that's saying that he's a big nose tackle hasn't watched him uh and then that's yeah that's kind of that's the rest of my list that I'm looking at for the top 10 but thoughts takeaways on the list I sent you and really I have some more thoughts to go from that but I have talked enough what a blessed life Jaden Daniels lived last year right right two first round receivers a top 10 pick in receiver you got two Top 10 Prospects offensive tackle that LSC offense was loaded last year but yeah I I I went back and I watched some clips last night when you you sent this to me and I think dude both those guys like their talent absolutely merits being here uh in the top 10 at offensive tackle like Will Campbell to me there are some guys where you start running through the draft prospect dra draft and like there are some guys where it's like oh five plays I'm good I get it I get it and I think I think I think he's one of those guys like I feel the same way the about Michael Williams and especially about will Johnson the corner from Michigan I only need to see like five 10 plays and I get it and I'm good he's such an easy eval yeah yeah he will Johnson has a lot of Patrick certan to him PS2 to him yeah he's I have him at three and really it's like if you put him at one for this class I actually wouldn't even B an ey Cuz he's as clean as a corner Prospect and get size ball skills understanding hands um turning like loose hips using the size and uh and just actually like like smothering guys yeah I'm he's sick ever since we've had the uh was the co season where like Michael Parson Jamar Chase panol they all skipped out and they came in and it didn't matter really my dad like whenever we're you know we're home for the holidays or whatever we're watching like the playoff games he's he's started saying a bunch like ask me yo what what year is that guy because it started with Brock Bowers right this the Brock Bowers game versus Michigan he asked me he's like what year is that guy so he's a freshman he's like oh if that was you you would this would be your last college football game like you're going on ice for two years until NFL and now there's like a bunch of guys like where that thought process comes back into my head basically like when you're watching sophomores which one of these guys doesn't need to play any more college football will Johnson will probably be number one on my list for that one yep and Will Campbell probably be too right of the these class even though they're three and four for me Campell it's I'm trying to he he's kind of funky because he he has a weird stance like he stands upright he has his hands like there which is I know some Modern teaching to that but it's he plays better than he looks like he's a better athlete than he looks uh just as far as his stance because the stance looks unathletic to me uh but yeah no he's he's clean that's the best way I can describe him is he an overwhelming yeah this guy is a freak tackle one maybe not but it's like he's very very good at the very least and maybe I'm under selling and I want to see maybe another year of it but it's like I see what this guy is this is a starting tackle emry Jones the other tackle who plays right side for him probably has more upside than Campbell which is pretty nuts but it it's that's he's a little bit more freaky has the longer arms it looks like to me um has some kind of more trait stuff to him but it's like his is a little more project but it's easy projection it's like these are this is what a top 10 tackle looks like uh even if it's not all 100% clean I wanted to talk to you about Malachi Starks the safety from Georgia he might should even be higher for that dude talk about football players football player what's your thoughts on Malachi Starks yeah give me give me the Georgia fan synopsis of Malachi Starks um I I was really hoping that Caleb DS was going to come to Georgia so cuz they were they were on the one yard line but so that I could claim that Georgia had the best safety duo in the history of college football and I think that I would have had some Merit to that if they could have got Caleb DS because Malai Starks the other half of you know the would be Duo is really that good and and it really started because I I think he I want to say he was recruited as a cornerback coming into Georgia and the first game that they played against Oregon his first game in college he pulled off one of the craziest interceptions that I've seen over the past few years and I was like oh my God who the hell is this guy then you go back you see oh five star top five Prospect in the country blah blah blah blah and he plays just like it like he looks like it it's one of those no-brainer things where he can play in the Box he can play deep he can play like linebacker occasionally he can play outside corner occasionally but he's just he's like the Lynch pin in what Georgia wants to do defensively because he does everything at such a high level like again he's one of those guys I don't think he need to play son but I appreciate you ser dogs he he you said lynchpin I was going to say he's a keystone player like he he he makes everything else work for them he it's not one where it's like oh he's so smart and that's why it's like no he's a freak and he's big and he's like yeah you can play truck yeah he's a modern Defender like he's a modern backend Defender that could do a little bit of everything so I I love him he was such a fun watch so anyone that doesn't know who Caleb DS is he was the safety ofama he is Josh D or yeah Josh Josh DS is the slot player slot receiver for the Colts who play at North Carolina so Caleb DS was a safety for Bama anyone saw him in the uh postseason against Michigan he looks like the best player on the field as a true freshman playing safety uh ends up had a bidding war ends up transferring to Ohio State and that's why I think Ohio State should be the easiest favorite not just because of downs but because their defense has I don't know four or five guys that could be first round consideration and their offense has four or five guys that could be first round consideration uh and they're they have depth they have vets they have young guys yeah but yeah how stes my my college football prediction for Champion which as a Wisconsin guy pains me but it's just being real about it but yeah I about say a guy that will be I'm I'm sure very high on the Big Board number one for me already on 2026 like it's not a big list right now but he's number one at safy K Downs yeah even just away from Ohio State's defense like you go to the offense and I I've you know playing a ton of colb 25 and quinon jins like there have been debates literally like Reddit forms about if is this player too overpowered and that player is joining the backfield with Trayvon Henderson who could have been a top 100 pick last year like a day two running back yeah right and they're going with an offensive coordinator Chip Kelly who loves having two running backs and and and a quarterback that could run a little bit even if he's not the greatest and Chip cleared his schedule for this right he said y I'm done with the coaching D I just want to call plays give me a bunch of 99 overall guys again a bunch of fast guys and let's let's dial some stuff up again and then I just GNA call plays and go home man that's all I want to do that's it I yes dude I saw him at the Kentucky Derby and he looked giddy uh yeah uh but yeah Judkins I he's the only running back I have a blue grade on right now um which to me means a easy top 20 guy a lottery pick grade and he God he is just so zero I don't know what his long end speed is like what his fifth and sixth gear is but his acceleration from 0 to four and 0 to five is exceptional like his patience to get through holes and burst through holes and I call it temping runs like he's so good at that the feel and then he's can just get real quick like he's going to be a doubles hitter like but just awesome at it I he's so good running back class is really good I will say that um I also love the guy from Boise State um Ashen zti g g g g from Boise State he's really really good olly Gordon from Oklahoma State I'm a little lower than other but I still see him as a second rounder then there's like Devon Neil from Kansas amarian Hampton from North Carolina there's some oh Jaden OD from Cal there's some really really good backs uh but what else I want to say oh yeah oh yeah before we wrap this up uh other overall takeaways just for everybody else other positions they awesome Edge class awesome defensive line class Michael Williams and yeah oh yeah Michael Williams and Abdul Carter are both freaky freaks uh Abdul Carter was more of he's gone through the Michael Parson's thing he wears number 11 they had him an off ball linebacker and rushed to pass her a little bit he was still productive when he did it they're making him mostly just an edge player this year this dude is a freak can bend can spin can one arm single arm guys all offens tackles all the way back in the back field he's a monster on the inside when they had him rush on the inside uh so this was a little bit of projection for me but uh same with Michael Williams cuz Georgia just has five stars everywhere so they rotate these guys but when he's on the field he looks like a dude and it's different than Trevon Walker from a few years ago with Trayvon because Trayvon is just a freak but doesn't know how to use it Michael Williams knows how to use it like he is productive on those snaps he knows how to he can line up inside they're going to have him more outside this year which is great for his projection but this dude can line up inside and like take it two guards he can two Gap one Gap he's got freaky traits I'm I'm super high on him so I had seven Edge players in my top 30 short list at least seven and I had 10 defensive linan and Edge players in my top 30 so a third of these guys are defensive lineman or edges that which is and I'm I'm not even stretching there there might be even more that others are considering in there um good Corner tackle class QB receiver class eh I had know shadur my top 30 uh shider Sanders from Colorado Travis Hunter for me I see as a corner Twitchy just gets it just moves different receiver I don't think he kind of gets receiver as well like he had a lot of botches uh and that let some sacks actually for shadur Sanders so that's why I see him as a corner so thank you for letting me get my big board in