Week 0 of the 2025 college football season marks the arrival of highly regarded incoming freshmen from the 2025 ESPN 300. Assessments cover the top 10 ESPN 300 prospects, detailing early campus progress, fall-camp status and projected roles for their debut seasons. Five-star newcomers are distributed across eight programs, including Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Alabama and Ohio State. Several freshmen, including Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood, Oregon wide receiver Dakorien Moore and Tennessee offensive tackle David Sanders Jr., are positioned to start immediately. Michigan enters the season needing more quarterback stability, with redshirt senior Davis Warren and Fresno State transfer Mikey Keene among veteran options.
We're highlighting the top 10 prospects from the 2025 ESPN 300, diving into how they've fared across their initial months on campus, where they stand at the close of fall camp and projecting the roles they'll fill in their debut seasons. That group of five-star newcomers is spread across eight schools, including each of the programs -- Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Alabama and Ohio State -- that made up the top five of ESPN's 2025 recruiting class rankings.
Some freshmen, such as Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood, Oregon wide receiver Dakorien Moore and Tennessee offensive tackle David Sanders Jr., are in line to step into starting roles from day one this fall. Others have the potential to be impact newcomers who could ultimately help swing the trajectories of some College Football Playoff hopefuls. We spent the summer speaking to coaches and team personnel across the country to understand where the nation's top freshmen stand entering the 2025 season.
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