With the 2025 NFL regular season kicking off on Thursday, Sept. 4, ESPN released its annual top 100 players prediction for the upcoming year, with five former Iowa football legends ranked among the league's premier stars. Elite talents that have emerged out of Kirk Ferentz's group in Iowa City in the past decade have ESPN's attention.

Despite being loaded on both sides of the ball, just two Vikings will make the NFL's top 100 players list from ESPN.

Our list of the 101 best players in the NFL today continues with the best “system quarterback” around, and several stars who need more schematic help.

However, there will be plenty of MLB action, WNBA games, soccer, and another full week of college football between now and then. The Sunday MLB schedule features some big rivalry matchups like Padres vs.

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