The Cincinnati Bengals will strive to supplement their roster in the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay with players who can help them win games in the rugged AFC North. The team has several positions that must be bolstered to make a run at a divisional title. Upgrading the defense with impact players is priority number one, with a focus on the defensive line. The men in stripes need to generate more pressure on opposing quarterbacks from EDGE rushers and up the middle from interior DL. The secondary and linebacker corps also had issues with poor communication all season. Finally, the never-ending quest to adequately protect franchise quarterback Joe Burrow continues. The bookends are solid with Orlando Brown Jr. and Amarius Mims, but much like the defense, the interior needs work. Drafting athletic guards who move well in space has to be seriously considered in the early rounds. With this being said, let’s take a look at our last version of a three-round Bengals Mock Draft.
Cincinnati Bengals Three-Round Mock Draft 3.0
Round One (Pick 17) – DT | Derrick Harmon / Oregon
Don’t be surprised if the Bengals have Derrick Harmon from Oregon highly ranked on their draft board. Harmon has excellent size at 6′ 4 1/2″, 313 pounds with 34 3/8″ arms and 10 3/8″ hands. He is coming off his best collegiate season after transferring from Michigan State to play for the Ducks, where he immediately turned heads in 2024. While in Eugene, he started all 14 games while earning second-team all-America honors from three outlets. He was also an all-Big Ten second-team selection by the media and a third-team selection by the league’s coaches as he racked up a career-high 10.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks while finishing the season with 45 total tackles (27 solo).
Harmon has positional versatility, which Cincinnati typically covets, and is a wide-bodied, powerful player at the point of attack. He is effective as a space-eater against the run and has an impressive ability to rush the passer when he has some swarming help. Harmon is very athletic and always seems to know where the quarterback is moving, and led all DTs last season with an astounding 49 QB pressures.
Round Two (Pick 49) – OT | Jonah Savaiinaea / Arizona
An intriguing prospect whom the Bengals have had their eyes on and met with is Jonah Savaiinaea from Arizona. Even though he played right tackle in college, NFL teams likely see him better suited to kick inside to right guard, where Cincinnati does have an opening with the departure of Alex Cappa in free agency to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Savaiinaea has proven to be a durable, well-built player who consistently performs. He has shown he can be an asset in both run blocking and pass protection, and had an impressive 82.7 pass-blocking grade while allowing just four sacks across 738 snaps in his final season.
Round Three (Pick 81) – S | Andrew Mukuba / Texas
In this run, the Bengals get a solid football player in Andrew Mukuba, who left Clemson to play his senior season for the Longhorns. He is a four-year starter with a high football IQ and is no stranger to big moments. Mukuba led the SEC with five interceptions and is widely regarded as one of the best coverage safeties in this class, with the potential to be a day one starter in his rookie campaign.
*Stats and research provided courtesy of the Pro Football Network (PFN) and NFL.com
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