But, as he heads into 2025, Verse admitted he knows what he needs to correct. And he told reporters at training camp that he was instructed by former Florida State and NFL defensive tackle Cory Simon to specifically watch all of his bad plays from the 2024 season.

The 2025 NFL preseason schedule opens Thursday night with the Chargers and Lions. Here are the schedules for every NFL team.

Here at Athlon Sports, we’re ready to ramp up the football coverage as well. Since 2019, the Bills have come closer to the Super Bowl without actually getting there than anybody could imagine. Tre’Davious White was perhaps the NFL’s best

Dalton Wasserman and Trevor Sikkema have Myles Garrett, Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow as the top three players on their list. Denver Broncos star cornerback Patrick Surtain II was also recognized, landing at No. 27 on the list. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year got a lot of praise from the two writers.

Franklin also anticipates Penn State a huge 2026 NFL draft class. “When it comes to player development, we expect to have anywhere between 10 and 12 guys drafted this year,” Franklin said, referring to 2026. “We’ve averaged over five draft picks per year in my 12 years at Penn State, a stat that we’re very, very proud of.”

Former Wisconsin standout Zack Baun was included in ESPN’s list of the top 10 off-ball linebackers ahead of the 2025 NFL season earlier this month.

Robinson's best year to date remains his junior season with the Longhorns. In his most prolific college campaign, Robinson racked up 1,580 yards with 18 touchdowns, and he has yet to top those marks despite playing through a larger single-season sample size in the NFL. The best may be yet to come, however, for the reigning Pro Bowler.

Not many people watch the UFL in the spring, but Lions coach Dan Campbell says it's a place to see some talented professional football players — and he'd like to see it become an official NFL farm system.

Meanwhile, Hodges is a retired NFL quarterback. He went undrafted out of Samford in 2019, and signed with the Steelers as a free agent. He was with the team through 2020, making several starts. He signed with the Rams in 2021 and also played with the Canadian Football League’s Ottawa Redblacks in 2021 before calling it a career.