With our eyes now solely on the 2025 NFL Draft class, dozens of talented prospects have already begun to crowd at the top of the board. Based on the early weeks of the 2024 college football season, what does the 2025 class have in store?

Pearce is one of five 2025 NFL Draft prospects the Detroit Lions should be paying close attention to this weekend. Let’s take a closer look now at Pearce and those four other draft prospects taking the field Saturday.

The 2018 Maxwell Football Club Offensive National High School Player of the Year broke through in 2022 with Josh Heupel ’s aerial offense for 52 catches, 667 yards, and 4 TDs before having his 2023 cut short (5 games played) due to an ankle injury.

The Detroit News' Richard Silva takes a look at some college prospects who could be of interest to the Lions in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Can the 2025 NFL Draft QBs live up to the promise of the 2024 group? The 2024 class had six passers go in Round 1, as well as three with the first picks off the board. The signal-callers in the coming class have more work to do to leave their mark — the 2025 NFL Draft QB class appears to be much weaker than its preceding group in the early stages.