Scouting Notebook: The 2025 carryovers

Let's talk about some prospects who I already have notes on from last year who opted to return to school.

It’s time to dive into 2026 NFL Draft tape after taking a few weeks off to recover and rest.

While I’ve been busy knocking out some quarterback content (look at the homepage, it’s all quarterbacks!), it’s time to diversify the content again and hit some other positions. To start here, though, let’s talk about some guys that I already have notes on from the 2024 season.

Every year, I’ll write a handful of prospect profiles up on players who end up going back to school. That is no different this year. For the first Scouting Notebook article of the 2026 cycle this summer, let’s talk about some of those guys.

In this edition of the Daft on Draft Scouting Notebook, I hit on a talented receiving tight end, the four upperclassmen quarterbacks who returned to school, another Alabama defensive lineman, and a Big 10 defensive back who had high grades this past cycle despite deciding to return to school.