DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk 2025 NFL Draft UDFA Thread

I'd expect us to sign a lot of guys at positions we didnt address in the draft (WR, OL, Secondary)

Yep, and the FO can start calling player’s agents (to offer if they don’t get drafted) since their draft is done.

Guys I like as UDFA

TezJohnson Wr Oregon
Xavier Restrepo Wr miami

CJ Dippre TE Alabama
Luke Lachey TE Iowa
Jake Briningstool TE Clemson

LaQuint Allen Rb Syracuse
Donovan Edwards Rb Michigan
Raheim Sanders Rb South Carolina

Mitch Richmond LT Iowa

Chandler Martin Lb Memphis

Jared Ivy Edge Mississippi

Nazeer Stackhouse FT Georgia

Zy Alexander Cb LSU
Cobee Bryant Cb Kansas

Willie Lampkin C UNC

I'm with you on Restrepo, Ivey and Lampkin.

Others I like:

Jah Joyner DE
Nick Nash WR
Maxen Hook - S
Logan Brown - OT
Cam Horsley - DT
Seth McLaughlin - C (a guy to stash on the roster with his injury)

C Seth McLaughlin or WR Isiah Bond from Tx would be another hope to add

UDFA additional list
WR
Isaiah Bond Texas off the field issues kept off the draft list. UDFA will be less press. If the kid really didn't do what they said he needs a home.
Xavier Restrepo Miami I hope they are on the phone with Restrepo as we speak
Nick Nash San Jose State
Kobe Hudson Central Florida

OT
Logan Brown Kansas

OG
Joe Huber Wisconsin
Joshua Gray Oregon State
Seth McLaughlin tOSU C
Jake Majors Texas C

Edge
Jared Ivey Ole Miss
Jah Joyner Minnesota

LB
Eugene Asante Auburn

Browns signed him

Anybody know anything about the dudes we signed?

I’m clueless.

Restrepo reunited with Cam Ward. The Titans signed him.

Hey, IrishDawg (and any others inclined to be helpful) where do you go or how do you proceed with forming these UDFA lists? Fascinated by the number of names you generate, and how numbers get signed. Blind to the process, but interested in the processing and screening. Thanx! Bard

ESPN has a list of names that were available draft picks, then they remove them as they get drafted. Unfortunately, this list is based on ESPN analysts rankings, so we really don't know who is better than who in the eyes of actual NFL scouts.

As for the process, it really is every man for themselves.

It's up to the clubs to get in touch with prospects as soon as the draft closes. Then it's a race, for the teams to get the guys you had predetermined to be draft possibilities and then for the prospects to grab a contract before a team closes their doors. The ones on the fringe of being drafted can actually take calls, more than likely they will have several options. Others who didn't get a good prognosis on their predraft analysis need to sign with the first team that comes calling.

They can continue signing until they reach 90 players signed. Then it is a matter of waiving a player if you want to add another one.

There is any number of sites out there that track the UDFA lists also...

At any given time the team will still need to keep their top 53 contracts under the salary cap...

The Browns should bring in Tez to give Gabriel a familiar set of hands during camp.

I believe he was drafted in the 7th

Yep. Tampa Bay drafted him.

I was saying the same thing but with Traeshon Holden. (Signing with Dallas, though)

Dom Jones looks the most interesting to me so far. Wonder if he could be a safety convert.





Guard with the Musketeer name from Cinci has some tools, but needs to clean up the technical stuff. Looks the part size wise and was getting to the second level pretty well in the game I watched.

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Great link, trying to keep it where it is easily found

Andrew Armstrong WR Arkansas, is still available I believe.

Huntington is an interesting prospect

We seem to have prioritized speed on the DL more recently. I’m good with adding power.

None of these guys seem like they were real prospects who barely missed being drafted. They aren’t on the lists of top updraft Ed prospects that I am seeing. Maybe we really scouted deep.

Ja'Seem Reed, WR from San Diego looks interesting. One of the 13 UDFA's we signed per the official team app.

It'll be interesting to see how well he can work against a higher level of defender.

A tryout guy makes the 90...."Kent State wide receiver Luke Floriea has earned himself a contract on the 90-man roster with the Cleveland Browns." Old saying, where there is will, there is a way......hope he does well as competition ramps up.....Go Browns!!!!

We are going to need the extra bodies at WR with all the QB work that needs done.

It’s be nice to see a tryout TE - or a guy at any other position - make the team. We need a couple tight ends with KS’s system.

Honest question, what UDFA players have made the roster and made a significant contribution for the Browns in the last bunch of years, anyone know?

Hickman played a decent bit last year and looks in line to start this year. DeAnthony Bell was a core special teamer. Diabate played some as well.

Those are just off the top of my head.

Lol can say the same thing about drafted players last few years

Off the top I don't know...Hickman maybe.

In the end it doesn't matter. Those guys aren't being signed because we hope to find a star. Well, ok, we hope.

Roster building isn't just from the top down. It's also about building from the bottom up. If you can get better at the bottom of the roster as well, you have a better team.

Lets see a few over the years off the top of my head

Phil Dawson
Josh Cribbs
Shaun O Hara
Leigh Bodden
Tashaun Gipson
Jamel White
D’Ernest Johnson
Craig Robertson
Isaiah Crowell


Current Players

Corey Bojorquez
Tony Brown
Mohamoud Diabate
Ronnie Hickman
Sam Kamara
Winston Reid
and don't forget about Rex Sunahara

Here's the thing about the last 3 years... We only had (1) second round pick and zero first round picks.

The draft classes consisted of:
2024 (1) second, (1) third, (1) fifth, (1) sixth and (2) seventh
2023 (2) third, (2) fourth, (2) fifth and (1) sixth
2022 (3) third, (2) fourth (one of which was K Cade York), (1) fifth, (1) sixth and (2) seventh

% of success (become regular starters) in rounds 3-7
1 50% or 16 players
2 33% or 11 players
then
3 16% or 5 players
4 8% or 3 players
5 5% or 1.6 players
6 2% or .64 players
7 1% or .32 players

Edit: Currently 12% of NFL starters are UDFA.... food for thought


As you can imagine, with teams signing upwards of 5-15 UDFA players each off season, it is more common than you think to get a UDFA to pan out than it is to hit on your single pick at a position in one of these later rounds. They come to camp basically on a tryout. Same as draft picks of course, but the draft picks have a leg up because the draft capital was spent on them. If an UDFA player is outperforming a draft pick in camp, it becomes pretty likely that player was just missed in the process. Easy to do with approximately 16,000 prospects available and only 257 draft picks made.

If anyone is going to get excited about a 5th round draft pick before camp starts, it's just as valid for someone to get excited about an UDFA getting signed.