The ESPN draft guru has Carter ranked as the second-best player in the 2025 class on his big board. He also came away with his third-best player, Mason Graham, with the top pick in the second round in the snake-draft mock. "Up the gut pressure bothers a quarterback. Mason Graham provides that," Kiper said of the Michigan standout.

ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. dropped his final mock draft of the 2025 cycle and in it he threw the Vikings a bone along the offensive line.

In his latest two-round mock draft released on April 8, ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. has the Ravens selecting safety Malaki Starks out of Georgia with the No. 27 overall pick in the first round. This is the same pick Kiper had the Ravens making in his mock draft a few weeks ago.