The Los Angeles Rams didn’t pick on Day 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft but have two picks in the first 57 selections on Day 2. With a few obvious needs left, this is a good spot for the Rams to shore up positions of need.
While it’s hard to predict which direction the Rams will go with either pick, history gives us a little glimpse of what Les Snead and company could do Friday night.
According to NFL.com’s Draft IQ tool, Snead used 31.2% of his Day 2 picks on either a running back or receiver. That’s the second-highest rate of any NFL general manager since 2012.
Those players included WR Brian Quick and RB Isaiah Pead (2012), WR Stedman Bailey (2013), RB Tre Mason (2014), WR Cooper Kupp (2017), RB Darrell Henderson (2019), RB Cam Akers and WR Van Jefferson (2020), WR Tutu Atwell (2021) and RB Blake Corum (2024). All of them had varying degrees of success, with Kupp being the best of the bunch but Atwell and Corum still having time to improve on the current roster.
Receiver makes sense for L.A. given they reportedly tried to trade up for Tetairoa McMillan and/or Emeka Egbuka. There are bevy of solid players left on Day 2, too. Whether or not the Rams use one of their picks on a receiver remains to be seen, though.
Running back likely wouldn’t make sense for the Rams. Kyren WIlliams is the team’s clear-cut starter who will likely remain in L.A. if the two sides agree on a new contract before the end of the league year in 2026 and Corum was a third-round pick in 2024.
Snead’s infatuation with drafting Day 2 running backs was perhaps more about finding a long-term answer at the position (which they did in the first round of the 2015 draft with Todd Gurley until his release in 2020) rather than stockpiling at the position. None played more than 54 games with the Rams, either. With Williams and Corum already on the roster, a Day 2 running back would be a surprise unless the Rams don’t intend to keep Williams past this season.
The Rams have other needs as well at cornerback and inside linebacker. Either position could be addressed with one or both picks if the Rams don’t want to go offense on Day 2.
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