Two safeties stand above the rest in the 2025 NFL draft, but it’s unclear which of them will be picked first.
Georgia’s Malaki Starks is a slight -120 favorite to be the first safety picked at DraftKings. Just behind him is South Carolina’s Nick Emmanwori at -115.
Starks and Emmanwori were both All-Americans last year and both three-year starters in the SEC.
The long shots to be the first safety drafted are Notre Dame’s Xavier Watts at +4500, Penn State’s Kevin Winston Jr. at +12000, Iowa’s Sebastian Castro at +18000 and Ohio State’s Lathan Ransom at +18000.
