NFL Draft tracker: Who the Cincinnati Bengals selected in 2025
The 2025 NFL Draft is underway, with the Cincinnati Bengals entering the three-day event with six picks.
Those picks began with the No. 17 selection in the first round Thursday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Follow below for a full list of the Bengals바카라 게임 웹사이트 picks in 2025, as well as analysis and key details about each player joining the Bengals.
First Round (No. 17): DE Shemar Stewart
The Bengals solidified their defense with their first pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, selecting Texas A&M edge rusher Shemar Stewart at No. 17 overall.
At 6-foot-6 and 290 pounds, Stewart바카라 게임 웹사이트s measurables and physicality are among the best at his position in the class.
Stewart had 1.5 sacks and two passes defended last season for the Aggies. The Florida native also had 31 total tackles.
ESPN draft analyst Steve Muench praised Stewart's speed and explosiveness, saying his film is better than the production he had in college.
"He is a physical and explosive player who gets off the ball well, shoots his hands and uses his long arms to press blockers off his frame," Muench said about Stewart.
Second Round (No. 49): LB Demetrius Knight Jr.
The Bengals added another piece to their defense in the 2025 NFL Draft, selecting South Carolina linebacker Demetrius Knight Jr. with the No. 49 overall pick.
Knight played six seasons of college football for Georgia Tech, Charlotte and South Carolina.
He spent the 2024 season with South Carolina, recording 82 tackles, eight tackles for loss, two sacks and an interception.
Third Round (No. 81): G Dylan Fairchild
The Bengals bolstered their offensive line with their third round pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, selecting Georgia guard Dylan Fairchild at No. 81 overall.
Listed at 6-foot-5, 318 pounds, Fairchild is rated by ESPN as the ninth-best guard in the class and the No. 118 overall player.
Fairchild was teammates with Bengals right tackle Amarius Mims at Georgia.
Fourth Round (No. 119): LB Barrett Carter
The Bengals went beyond the confines of the SEC for the first time this draft in the fourth round, when they took Clemson linebacker Barrett Carter with the 119th overall pick.
A third-team All-American by both the Associated Press and Phil Steele as a senior in 2024, Carter recorded 82 total tackles (42 solo) for the Tigers this past season, the second-most on the team.
He recorded 3.5 sacks, the third-most for the Tigers.
The second linebacker of the draft for Cincinnati, the Bengals are essentially ushering in the post-Germaine Pratt era. has both Carter and second-round pick Demetrius Knight Jr. in the Bengals' middle linebacker position.
Fifth Round (No. 153): G Jalen Rivers
For their second Day 3 pick, the Bengals again doubled up on a position of need. In the fifth round, Cincinnati selected Miami (FL) guard Jalen Rivers.
A Florida native, Rivers was an All-ACC honorable mention in 2025 as part of an offensive line that paved the way for the No. 1 offense in the country both in terms of points and yards per game.
He was part of an offensive line that helped protect Cam Ward, the No. 1 overall draft pick in this year's draft.
With Fairchild slotted into the left guard position, expect Rivers to compete with Cody Ford for meaningful snaps as the Bengals' right guard.
Sixth Round (No. 193): RB Tahj Brooks
With the depth of the running back room a little bit up in the air, the Bengals used their scheduled final pick of the 2025 draft on Texas Tech tailback Tahj Brooks.
Brooks is the Red Raiders' all-time leading rusher and is the only player in program history to record multiple 1,500+ yard rushing seasons, doing so in 2023 and 2024.
He excelled off the field in Lubbock, too, being a four-time Academic All-Big 12 first team member and was just the sixth player in Texas Tech history to be a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete.
While Chase Brown carries the load, the Bengals look at Brooks as someone who could make an immediate impact in the backfield. Zack Moss will be returning from injury in 2025 and the Bengals have reunited with Samaje Perine, but he's made a career out of being a third-down specialist.