The NFL, as always, is in good hands going forward with all the young talent across the league. Just how good? Well, Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman help lay that out by selecting the 24 best players that are 25 years old or younger, not including QBs, on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

Rundown: 0:00 Welcome to the show

1:35 We’re so back

5:50 Stacking the under-25 QBs

6:05 Jayden Daniels vs Caleb Williams

9:03 Will Anderson Jr

10:27 Anderson a top-5 NFL player?

11:13 Puka Nacua

16:00 Byron Murphy II

20:03 Jaxon Smith-Njigba

22:27 Kyle Hamilton

25:26 Jared Verse

29:40 Joe Alt

31:27 Derek Stingley Jr

34:06 Darnell Wright

37:23 Abdul Carter

40:20 Brock Bowers

43:57 Drake London

46:44 Bijan Robinson

48:00 Robert has mind control powers

49:28 Jahmyr Gibbs

52:36 Jalen Carter

56:45 Quinyon Mitchell

58:27 Tyler Smith

1:00:30 Christian Gonzalez

1:00:45 “Why do you hate Christian Gonzalez?”

1:02:07 Malik Nabers

1:04:44 Carson Schwesinger

1:07:25 Devon Witherspoon

1:08:31 Colston Loveland (who is surprised?)

1:10:51 Armand Membou

1:12:55 Jeremiyah Love

1:14:15 George Pickens

1:16:38 Travis Hunter

Host: Robert Mays

Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman

Executive Producer: Michael Beller

Senior Producer: Katy Duffy

Social Producer: Scott Krinch

Follow Robert on Bluesky: @robertmays.bsky.social

Follow Derrik on Bluesky: @qbklass.bsky.social

Follow Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social

Follow Robert on X: @RobertMays

Follow Dave on X: @DaveHelman_

Theme song: Haunted

Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs

Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.