Indianapolis Colts' 2025 NFL draft class ranks among the best in this PFF metric

The Indianapolis Colts’ 2025 NFL draft class ranks among the best in this intriguing metric from Pro Football Focus.

In an effort to help quantify and compare draft classes without any subjectivity, PFF utilized its Wins Above Average (WAA) metric, which is similar to Wins Above Replacement (WAR) in baseball.

Wins Above Average (WAA) is designed to help cut through that subjectivity,” wrote PFF. “It estimates how many wins a player is worth above an average college football player, offering a standardized, data-driven method of assessing performance.”

Of the 32 NFL teams, the Colts‘ draft class ranked fourth in this category, with 2.231 WAA added. In front of them were Cleveland at No. 1, followed by the New York Giants and Philadelphia.

The biggest WAA boost that the Colts received came from first-round pick Tyler Warren. Not too far behind him was quarterback Riley Leonard, while defensive end JT Tuimoloau ranked well by this metric.

Warren was considered the most well-rounded tight end prospect in this year’s class. Tuimoloau ranked among the best at his position against both the run and the pass, while Leonard helped lead Notre Dame to the National Championship game.

Those three players in particular accounted for 1.96 of the Colts’ draft class WAA. The other five players were all around slightly above average.

As PFF also noted, WAA is not a projection of what each team’s draft class will do, but instead measures what they’ve already done.

This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: 2025 NFL draft: Colts’ class ranks among the best in PFF metric

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