James Pearce Jr. Goes Top Three in Latest Mock Draft

The latest NFL 2025 mock draft has Tennessee football player James Pearce Jr. going inside of the top three in the first round. The 2024 college football season hasn't even started but that hasn't stopped 2025 NFL mock drafts from rolling in. The Tennessee Volunteers have a major name for fans to watch on NFL draft boards this season as edge rusher James Pearce Jr. is projected to be one of the first names off the board, and one of the latest mocks agrees. The Draft Wire recently released a two-round mock draft that featured Pearce Jr. going third overall to the New England Patriots with Missouri's Luther Burden and Michigan's Will Johnson going ahead of him.