Three-year starting offensive tackle Will Campbell declares for 2025 NFL Draft

Having already cemented himself as a top offensive tackle in LSU football history, three-year starter and former high four-star recruit Will Campbell has officially declared for the 2025 NFL Draft.

Starting LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell declares for 2025 NFL Draft

Offensive tackle Will Campbell first joined the LSU football program as a big-bodied, four-star recruit during the class of 2022. Three years later, and he’s set to leave as a three-year starter for the Tigers, and one of the best offensive tackles to ever suit up for the purple and gold.

After enrolling early in January of 2022, Campbell found his way into the lineup as a day one starter, making a name for himself as one of the most consistent offensive linemen in the SEC from an incredibly early age. From there, he’d go on to play 1,687 snaps over his first two seasons with the program, allowing just three total sacks over that span.

As a junior, he only continued that level of dominance, consistently giving quarterback Garrett Nussmeier plenty of time to survey the field, while opening up lanes for running backs Josh Williams and Caden Durham in the running game.

With all that said, it came as very little surprise when the leader of LSU’s 2024 offensive line group announced Tuesday afternoon that he has officially declared for the 2025 NFL Draft.

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Expected landing spots for the Tiger legend

Following in the foot steps of several other members of last year’s elite offensive unit, Campbell already looks like a potential lock for the first-round of the 2025 draft, being projected as high as a top-five overall selection.

That said, after some recent struggles from the LSU football offensive line as a whole during the 2024 season, it’s not uncommon to see other offensive linemen throughout the country competing for that top draft selection spot. Some names to keep in mind include Kelvin Banks Jr out of Texas, Tyler Booker out of Alabama and Aireontae Ersery out of Minnesota.

Because of this recent uptick in competition, as well as some serious talent at other positions, it’s becoming more and more frequent that we see the star tackle dropping into the late teens, or even as far as 24th to the Baltimore Ravens, in recent mock drafts.

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Regardless of where he ends up being drafted, it can likely be expected that he’ll be starting for an NFL team some time next season, once again making him a day one starter and an immediate impact player for his team.

With his announcement on Tuesday, eyes have now shifted to a slew of other draft eligible players from this year’s LSU football roster, including the likes of quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, tight end Mason Taylor, offensive tackle Emery Jones Jr and linebacker Harold Perkins Jr.

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