# The under-26 non-QB player draft

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Podcast: [The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-football-show-a-show-about-the-nfl-1365826)
Published: 2026-06-17T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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