A four-year starter with experience at both tackle spots as well as right guard, Monheim is expected to slide inside to center in 2024, showing off a combination of size, agility and versatility that helped earn former Duke blocker Graham Barton Tampa Bay's top pick, No. 26 overall.
The Bengals like to attack needs a year in advance, before they become big problems. That could point to interior offensive line, as starting guards Cordell Volson and Alex Cappa are set to become free agents after the 2025 season. At 6-5 and 335 pounds, Booker is a wide-bodied blocker who has strong hands to help him sustain blocks and generate movement on the first level. During his first season as a full-time starter at left guard in 2023, he surrendered four pressures and one sack.
Tyler Boyd remains a free agent, and Tee Higgins will likely leave in free agency after next season if he isn't traded before then. Egbuka is returning for his senior season after missing three games due to an ankle injury in 2023. He's a smooth route-runner who has a knack for finding the soft spot against zone coverage, and could thrive across the middle while Ja'Marr Chase and Jermaine Burton threaten defenses vertically.
Considered a potential top-40 pick had he entered the 2024 draft class, Tuimoloau returned to school looking to bolster his pro resume and cement himself in the first round.
Cincinnati traded away Joe Mixon, leaving Zack Moss and Chase Brown in the team's running back room. The Bengals dip into what appears to be a loaded 2025 running back class and take the reigning Doak Walker Award winner. Gordon led the nation with 1,732 rushing yards this past season despite receiving only 19 carries in his first three games and running behind the nation's 103rd-ranked run-blocking offensive line.
Tee Higgins is expected to leave in free agency in 2025, so the Cincinnati Bengals will need to draft their No. 2 receiver in the first round next year. Evan Stewart has blazing speed and is one of the best deep threats in the class. He isn't the most dynamic receiver after the catch, but his speed is precisely what the Bengals have been lacking over the last few years.
A former five-star recruit, Stewart could be headed for a highly anticipated breakout season after transferring from Texas A&M. Even though the team took Alabama wideout Jermaine Burton in the third round, Cincinnati's receiving corps will require recalibrating upon Tee Higgins' expected exit at some point down the line.
