Who Are the Top 100 NFL Free Agents For 2025?

Here are Pro Football Focus' most notable players who could hit free agency when the NFL's New League Year begins on March 12

Feb 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Omar Navarro

Jr. Writer

The NFL's free agency period is rapidly approaching.

The start of the New League Year is less than three weeks away as teams can officially start signing free agents to contracts starting on March 12^th. The legal tampering period starts on March 10.

Pro Football Focus has released their rankings of the Top 100 free agents heading into March, and we'll break that group down into three categories below.

Which Chargers Free Agents Made PFF's List?

A handful of the 30 Chargers free agents appear on PFF's list.

Veteran Khalil Mack is near the top as he is ranked as the top free agent edge rusher in 2025 and No. 5 overall.

Mack is coming off another strong season in powder blue after he tallied his ninth overall season of at least 6.0 sacks. Mack is slated to hit free agency for the first time in his Hall of Fame career.

ESPN's Matt Bowen similarly has Mack ranked highly at No. 9 overall in his most recent Top 50 rankings as the second-best edge rusher on the board.

Cornerback Asante Samuel, Jr., is next on PFF's list at No. 26, as the 2021 second-round pick is also No. 31 overall on Bowen's list.

Rounding out the Bolts in the top 100 rankings are a number of players brought to the team on 1-year deals last offseason in running back J.K. Dobbins (No. 62), defensive lineman Poona Ford (No. 76), safety Elijah Molden (No. 80) and defensive lineman Teair Tart (No. 84).

Who Are PFF's Big-Name Free Agents?

The 2025 free agency class has the potential to be headlined by some talented names.

If we look at the Top 10 list curated by both PFF and Bowen, eight players landed in both rankings.

But the top two players on each list were the same in wide receiver Tee Higgins and guard Trey Smith sit at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.

Both lists also included Mack, wide receiver Chris Godwin, cornerback D.J. Reed, tackle Ronnie Stanley, quarterback Sam Darnold and edge rusher Josh Sweat.

Mack and Sweat are interchanged between both lists at the top, but they lead an edge rusher group that is slated to have some depth this March.

Which Position Groups Are Deepest In Free Agency?

The edge rusher group has 15 players on PFF's list, the most of any position by a decent margin. Whether it's near the top or further down the list, it's a position that will have a number of notable players available.

It's followed by a tie in the secondary between cornerbacks and safeties, with each group have 11 players in the rankings.

PFF's highest-ranked cornerback is Reed at No. 6, while the top-ranked safety is Jevon Holland at No. 3 overall. The two positions combined have 10 players within the first 35 spots on PFF's list.

There are also 11 guards listed in PFF's Top 100 list, the most of any group on the offensive side of the ball.

The aforementioned Smith leads all players at his position but is followed by a group that is ranked close together in Will Fries (No. 24), Teven Jenkins (No. 25), Kevin Zeitler (No. 27) and James Daniels (No. 28).

Other notable positions to reach the double-digit mark in PFF's top 100 rankings were wide receiver, interior defensive line and linebacker.