A lot of love out there for Elic Ayomanor.
Field Yates put out a list today of his favorite picks by round from the 2025 NFL Draft. Two members of the Tennessee Titans draft class made the list. The first was third round safety Kevin Winston, Jr. from Penn State. I was pretty low on this pick when it was announced, but I have started to come around. Winston is a guy that a lot of people loved. My biggest critique is that he is coming off an injury. Jon Robinson fell in love with getting injured players at a discount, and it didn’t work out a lot of times, but at least Winston is just coming off an ACL and not, say, a couple of major back surgeries.
Here were Yates’s comments on Winston:
It’s impossible to state precisely where Winston would have been drafted if he didn’t tear an ACL in September, but it definitely would’ve been sooner than this. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound safety has undergone a fast recovery. Just six months after his ACL repair surgery, Winston ran a 4.5 in the 40-yard dash at Penn State’s pro day. He appears to be on track as an early contributor for Tennessee.
The second member of the Titans’ class to make the list is Elic Ayamanor, the receiver out of Stanford. Ayamanor was a very productive player in college, putting up 1,844 yards and 12 touchdowns in two seasons. Here were Yates’s comments on Ayamanor:
Tennessee added three pass catchers for No. 1 pick Cam Ward early on Day 3, but Ayomanor was my favorite pick of them all. I had a third-round grade on him because he has one of the best combinations of size and speed in this receiver class. His ability to separate at the top of routes downfield pairs well with Ward, who threw 12 touchdown passes and zero interceptions on throws of 20-plus air yards in 2024.