College football's highest-ranked players in 2025 at every position

As it does every year, college football says farewell to another class of elite, blue-chip players on both sides of the ball.

But the cupboards aren’t exactly empty when looking over the returning talent across the country heading into the 2025 season.

And not all of those returning players are created equally, when looking over who is considered the most important at every position, according to the most recent Pro Football Focus grades.

Predictably, it’s national title hopefuls like Ohio State, Alabama, and Clemson who dominate those player rankings, and it’s those big-time stars who will likely play an outsized role in what teams play themselves into the national championship picture.

Let’s take a look at the highest-graded returning player at every position in college football in the Power Four ranks, according to Pro Football Focus calculations.

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QB: Cade Klubnik