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Who Did the Los Angeles Rams Select in the 2025 NFL Draft?
The Los Angeles Rams selected Terrance Ferguson (TE, Oregon) with the No. 46 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
The Rams also selected:
- Josaiah Stewart (EDGE, Michigan)
- Jarquez Hunter (RB, Auburn)
- Ty Hamilton (DL, Ohio State)
- Chris Paul Jr. (LB, Ole Miss)
- Konata Mumpfield (WR, Pittsburgh)
Los Angeles Rams Needs: Top Positions of Need in 2025
- Defensive Back
- Linebacker
- Offensive Line
What Picks Do the Los Angeles Rams Have in 2025?
The Los Angeles Rams have 8 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, including:
- Round 1 (26)
- Round 3 (90)
- Round 3 (101)
- Round 4 (127)
- Round 6 (190)
- Round 6 (195)
- Round 6 (201)
- Round 6 (202)
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Los Angeles Rams 2025 Draft Capital Stats
The Rams have the 27th-most draft capital according to our Sharp Football Draft Value.
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Los Angeles Rams Draft Value vs. Other Teams:
The Rams’ draft value is 22% lower than the league average of all 32 teams.
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Los Angeles Rams Strength of Schedule, 2025
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Los Angeles Rams Offense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Rich Hribar breaks down the offensive depth chart by position for the Los Angeles Rams, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.
Quarterback Depth Chart, Rams:
- Matthew Stafford
- Jimmy Garoppolo
- Stetson Bennett
There were whispers that the Rams were exploring a potential trade of Matthew Stafford earlier this offseason, but the two sides agreed on a restructured contract that would keep him with the team at least through this season.
Stafford just turned 37 in February.
He had a tale of two seasons centered around the health of this offense in 2024.
Getting Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp back in Week 8, Stafford was 10th in EPA per dropback (0.16) after sitting 24th through seven games (-0.07) with those wideouts banged up.
He threw 17 touchdowns to 4 interceptions over his final 10 games.
The Rams know what they have with Stafford.
The only question is how aggressively they prepare to move forward without him when the time comes.
With the Rams not having a second-round pick, they are unlikely to make a move on finding his replacement in this draft.
Behind Stafford, Jimmy Garoppolo is signed for 2025, and Stetson Bennett has two years on his rookie contract.
Running Back Depth Chart, Rams:
- Kyren Williams
- Blake Corum
- Ronnie Rivers
- Cody Schrader
Kyren Williams has proven to be one of the better workhorse backs of the past two seasons.
In 2024, he handled 350 touches for 1,481 yards and 16 touchdowns.
He is not overly electric but continues to accrue a high rate of touches with a nose for the end zone.
Out of 46 running backs with 100 or more attempts, Williams was 34th in yards per carry (4.1 YPC) with a run of 10 or more yards on 8.5% of his runs (39th).
However, he failed to gain yardage on only 14.6% of his runs (8th) while turning 26.9% of his runs into first downs or touchdowns (7th).
Williams has found the end zone 31 times over the past two seasons.
Even after they selected Blake Corum in the third round (83rd overall) last spring, Williams dominated touches in the backfield.
Williams averaged 19.8 runs per game, which was third in the league.
He handled 82.2% of the backfield touches in his games played.
Williams had issues with ball security last season, fumbling six times (losing four).
The question with Williams is what type of extension is he looking for, and are the Rams willing to pay for that?
He is in the final season of his rookie contract.
Corum's selection could have been early preparation for those negotiations going south.
Still, Corum also did not do much as a rookie to prevent the Rams from potentially adding another player here.
Corum only averaged 4.1 yards per touch on 65 touches as a rookie.
Wide Receiver Depth Chart, Rams:
- Puka Nacua
- Davante Adams
- Tutu Atwell
- Jordan Whittington
- Quintez Cephus
- Xavier Smith
- Drake Stoops
No team leaned on its wide receivers more than the Rams last season.
They targeted their wide receivers at a league-high 74.5% rate.
As a byproduct, Los Angeles wideouts caught a league-high 269 passes and led the league with 3,357 yards.
They only caught 17 touchdowns (13th) in relation to that volume.
After returning in Week 8 from an early-season knee injury, Puka Nacua led all wide receivers in target rate per route (38.9%) and yards per route run (3.65).
He averaged 7.5 receptions for 95.5 yards per game over that stretch with 3 touchdowns receiving.
Nacua led all wide receivers with a target on 37% of his routes.
That is the highest rate for a wide receiver running 100-plus routes in a season over the past 10 years.
Nacua had a gaudy 41.1% of the team’s targets when he was on the field.
Part of why Nacua’s target share jumped to all-time highs was the decline of Cooper Kupp to close the season.
Moving on from Kupp this offseason, the Rams added Davante Adams.
Adams will turn 33 this December, but unlike Kupp, his 2024 season ended positively.
After joining the Jets in Week 7, Adams averaged 6.1 receptions (10th) for 77.6 yards (11th) per game to go along with 7 touchdowns (7th).
He posted 2.17 yards per route over that stretch (WR19).
Adams found new life with the Jets, moving into the slot for 51% of his snaps, the highest rate of his career.
He caught 38 passes (3rd) for 427 yards (4th) from the slot over his time with the Jets.
That is a natural fit here since Kupp played 63.2% of his snaps inside.
Adams still won outside over that span, averaging 2.26 yards per route when he wasn’t in the slot.
Kupp was at 1.70 yards per route when he was lined up outside last season.
The other area where Adams fills a void is near the end zone.
With Demarcus Robinson leaving in free agency, he leaves a team-high 12 end zone targets on the table.
If Adams does not work out, the Rams are only tied to him for one season.
He has a $28 million cap hit in 2026, but the Rams can recoup $14 million in cap space if they are forced to move on after one season.
The Rams retained Tutu Atwell on a one-year contract, who should slide into the vacated role open with Robinson leaving.
Atwell averaged 2.20 yards per route compared to 0.99 for Robinson last season.
It was odd that Atwell never outright jumped Robinson, considering he was the top target for the offense when both Nacua and Kupp missed time.
When both wideouts missed time, Atwell led the team with 23.2% of the team targets and 36% of the air yards.
Jordan Whittington flashed in his small sample when called upon, catching 22 of 28 targets for 293 yards as a rookie
Although he only ran 117 routes on the season, Whittington was targeted on 23.9% of his routes, which ranked him fourth among rookie wide receivers who ran 100 or more routes.
The potential short-term contracts for Adams and Atwell keep the door open for the Rams to add another rookie to this unit, but that also allows them the flexibility to pick their spots in the draft should they address it.
Tight End Depth Chart, Rams:
- Tyler Higbee
- Colby Parkinson
- Davis Allen
The Rams did not involve their tight ends in the passing game last season until late in the year.
Los Angeles targeted their tight ends 15.3% of the time, 28th in the league.
As a result, their tight ends combined for 51 catches (29th) for a league-low 459 yards and 3 touchdowns (25th).
Tyler Higbee did not return until Week 16 from an ACL injury that forced him to miss most of the season.
Higbee closed the season with games of 5-46-1 (7 targets), 5-58-0 (5 targets), and 7-54-1 (10 targets) over the final three games of the season.
Higbee turned 32 in January and is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent after 2025.
That leaves this position open for a rookie to come in and compete for targets in 2025, with the potential runway of taking over the job moving forward.
Colby Parkinson has two years remaining on his contract, but he could not take advantage of Higbee's absence for most of the season, along with Nacua's and Kupp's absences.
Parkinson was targeted on 16.4% of his routes (TE34) with 0.99 yards per route run (TE45).
Offensive Line Depth Chart, Rams:
LT: Alaric Jackson, AJ Arcuri
LG: Steve Avila, Justin Dedich
C: Beaux Limmer, Coleman Shelton, Dylan McMahon
RG: Kevin Dotson, KT Leveston
RT: Rob Havenstein, Warren McClendon
The Rams were forced to work around several injuries up front last season.
Their most-frequently used combination across the line was on the field for only 23.3% of the snaps, which ranked 29th in the league.
Rob Havenstein, Jonah Jackson, and Steve Avila all missed multiple games.
As a result, the Rams ranked 30th in pass blocking grade per Pro Football Focus and 20th in pass block win rate (59%) at ESPN.
The run game was not as impacted.
They ranked 12th in ESPN’s run block win rate (72%) and sixth in run blocking grade per PFF.
The Rams have four projected starters on the line signed for multiple seasons, so they are just looking for better fortune on the injury front this year.
The one player here who is only signed for 2025 is Havenstein.
Havenstein will turn 33 this May, having missed multiple games in the past two seasons.
The Rams should be looking at his future replacement.
Left guard and center are possible additions for competition.
Beaux Limmer started 14 games as a sixth-round rookie.
He allowed a 4.6% pressure rate (35th) with 10 penalties (43rd) out of 44 centers to play 100-plus snaps.
The Rams brought back Coleman Shelton to compete at center.
Shelton was with the Rams from 2019 to 2023.
Avila finished 41st among guards in overall grade per Pro Football Focus.
Los Angeles Rams Defense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Raymond Summerlin breaks down the defensive depth chart by position for the Los Angeles Rams, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.
Defensive Line Depth Chart, Rams:
- Braden Fiske
- Kobie Turner
- Poona Ford
- Larrell Murchison
- Tyler Davis
- Desjuan Johnson
- David Olajiga
- Jack Heflin
The Rams were not great against the run in 2024, finishing 24th in yards per attempt allowed to running backs (4.5) and 29th in negative runs forced against running backs (13.6%).
To be fair, they were not as bad as Saquon Barkley made them look, but it still was not surprising to see the Rams bolster their run defense by adding Poona Ford in free agency.
Ford is coming off a bounce back season with the Chargers in 2024, and the Rams will hope he can upgrade on the snaps they got last year from Bobby Brown, who left in free agency.
Braden Fiske and Kobie Turner will occupy the other starting spots along the line and focus on getting after the quarterback, which both did well in 2024.
A 2024 second-round pick, Fiske led the team with 8.5 sacks as a rookie, recording a solid 12.6% pressure rate.
A 2023 third-round pick, Turner was just behind with 8 sacks in 2024 on an 11% pressure rate.
Turner now has 17 sacks through just two seasons in the league.
With the top three under contract for multiple seasons and Larrell Murchison coming back from injury, the Rams appear to be in a great spot along the defensive line, both in the short and long term.
EDGE Depth Chart, Rams:
- Jared Verse
- Byron Young
- Nick Hampton
- Brennan Jackson
- Keir Thomas
The Rams lagged behind a bit in sacks, finishing with 38 (21st), but they ranked a better 17th in pressure rate (34.5%).
That result is surprising given how much they got from their defensive line and the success of Jared Verse in his rookie season.
Verse finished with just 4.5 sacks, but his 17.1% pressure rate ranked sixth among qualified pass rushers.
That was just one spot behind Trey Hendrickson, who led the league in sacks a season ago.
There is every reason to expect more sack production from Verse moving forward.
Beyond that, Verse also made plays in the running game, leading the team with 13 run stuffs and getting a tackle on 17% of his run defense snaps.
Verse was the deserved Defensive Rookie of the Year.
A 2023 third-round pick, Byron Young had another good season on the other side, finishing with 7.5 sacks after 8 takedowns as a rookie.
Young upped his pressure rate to 12.9% as a sophomore, a number that ranked 31st among qualified pass rushers.
Verse and Young give the Rams a fantastic young duo on the edge, but the depth behind them is unproven at best after Michael Hoecht left in free agency.
The Rams do have some young players including 2024 fifth-round pick Brennan Jackson behind the top two, but adding some more depth here makes sense.
Linebacker Depth Chart, Rams:
- Omar Speights
- Troy Reeder
- Nate Landman
- Elias Neal
- Tony Fields II
Christian Rozeboom left in free agency, leaving the Rams with a big hole to fill at linebacker.
They did bring back Troy Reeder, who was a starter to open the year before a hamstring injury ended his season.
Reeder had been more of a factor on special teams in recent seasons, though.
Omar Speights made the team as an undrafted rookie in 2024, and he ended the season as a starter.
He was not outstanding in coverage, but he finished with 8 run stuffs and a tackle on 20.3% of his run defense snaps.
That tackle rate ranked 22nd among qualified linebackers.
Added in free agency, Nate Landman was worse than Speights in coverage last season for the Falcons, but he also made plays in the running game, getting a tackle on 22.9% of his run defense snaps.
Perhaps Los Angeles could piece something together with this trio, but adding at least one starter-quality linebacker would be a big boost for this defense.
That said, the Rams typically do not value linebackers, so it would not be a shock if they just trust this group heading into training camp.
Cornerback Depth Chart, Rams:
- Darious Williams
- Ahkello Witherspoon
- Cobie Durant
- Emmanuel Forbes Jr.
- Derion Kendrick
- Josh Wallace
- Charles Woods
- Cam Lampkin
- A.J. Green
- Shaun Jolly
The Rams did not do well against the pass in 2024, allowing 7.6 yards per attempt (25th), a 9.8% big play rate (29th), and a 5.4% touchdown rate (27th).
They finished 28th in defensive EPA per pass.
Even so, the core group from a season ago is back after the Rams re-signed Ahkello Witherspoon in free agency.
Witherspoon was essentially benched at one point last season, but he returned to the starting lineup and was even a starter for the playoff games.
Overall, though, he ranked 89th among qualifying corners in yards allowed per coverage snap.
Cobie Durant and Darious Williams were the other primary snap takers last year.
Durant was benched himself later in the season, though his per target coverage numbers are the best of the top trio.
Durant allowed 6.2 yards per target and a 71.2 quarterback rating in 2024.
Williams missed the start of the season because of a hamstring injury but held his job the rest of the way despite lackluster coverage numbers.
While he is technically a safety, Quentin Lake also helped out in the slot late in the season and perhaps should be listed with this group.
To add longer term concerns, all of Durant, Lake, and Witherspoon at entering the final year of their contracts.
There is an interesting name behind those four in Emmanuel Forbes, a 2023 first-round pick by the Commanders who has been unplayable to this point in his career but still has the theoretical upside that got him selected in the first.
You could make the case that the Rams are fine here, and perhaps they think they are, but there is also not a single player here who is good enough to have their spot on the depth chart etched in stone.
Safety Depth Chart, Rams:
- Kamren Curl
- Kamren Kinchens
- Quentin Lake
- Jaylen McCollough
- Tanner Ingle
As mentioned above, Lake worked out of the slot at the end of last season, so he perhaps should be listed with corners.
Either way, the Rams should get snaps for each of the top three in this unit.
Kamren Curl signed a low-cost, two-year deal with the Rams last offseason, and he started every game aside from the meaningless season finale in his first year with the team.
He struggled a bit in coverage, allowing 4 touchdowns and a 112.2 quarterback rating.
Kamren Kinchens struggled to get on the field early in his rookie season, but he steadily earned more playing time and was on the field for nearly 80% of the defensive snaps in the playoffs.
Kinchens had his own struggles in coverage, but he at least showed growth as a rookie and could take a step forward in year two.
Like at corner, the Rams could argue they are set here, but they could use a starter-quality addition.
Perhaps that is Kinchens if he takes a step forward, but adding someone makes sense, especially since Curl and Lake are headed to free agency after this season.