Isaiah Bond 2025 NFL Draft & Dynasty Profile
Isaiah Bond 2025 NFL Draft & Dynasty Profile
- Position: WR
- School: Texas
- Class: Junior
- Date of Birth: March 15, 2004
- Height: 5-11
- Weight: 180 lbs
Isaiah Bond Bio
Isaiah Bond is a former football and track star from Buford High School in Georgia. He was a four-star recruit in the class of 2022, receiving offers from Miami, Florida, Auburn, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, and others. He signed on with Alabama where he caught just 17 balls as a freshman before leading the team in receptions in 2023. Bond turned his 48 catches in his sophomore season into 668 yards and four touchdowns. Shortly after head coach Nick Saban retired, Bond announced he would be entering the transfer portal ahead of the 2024 season. He was considered a five-star prospect in the portal, ultimately landing with the Longhorns.
In his one and only season at the University of Texas, Bond played in all 14 games and caught 34 passes for 540 yards and five touchdowns. He contributed another 98 yards and a score as a rusher on four carries.
College Stats
Isaiah Bond college stats courtesy of sports-reference
Positives
- Speed
- Acceleration
- Ball Tracking
- Open Field Elusiveness
- Elite Agility
Negatives
- Limited Catch Radius
- Struggles in contested situations
- Underwhelming play strength
- Underwhelming production
- No breakout age
- 3.4 receptions per game (2023)
- 2.1 yards per team pass attempt (2023)
- 17.4% receiving touchdown share (2023)
- 19.5% Dominator Rating (2023)
- No breakout age
Highlight Reel
Archetype: Speed/Slot WR
NFL Comp: Xavier Worthy
Performance Score: Coming Soon
Draft Projection: Second Round
NFL Draft & Dynasty Outlook:
Isaiah Bond is an explosive playmaking wide receiver. He wins with speed both before and after the catch. His elite acceleration allows him to reach his top gear almost instantly while his exceptional lateral quickness and agility makes him almost impossible to get hands on him in space. Bond does an excellent job creating separation on his routes. He does so on all three levels—short, intermediate, and deep. He uses a variety of release tactics to get off the line with ease and find some space for his quarterback to hit him. Bond uses his speed threat to not only get open vertically, but he uses it to his advantage to throttle down and work the underneath areas of the field as well.
Bond’s route running prowess goes beyond his speed and stop-start ability. He is a genuinely good route runner who is creative and crafty. He runs a diverse route tree and can do it from anywhere in the formation.
Once he has the ball in his hands, Bond uses those same athletic traits to gain additional yardage after the catch as one of the most elusiveness playmakers among the 2025 wide receiver class. That translates to manufactured looks as well. His offenses found multiple ways to get the ball in his hands—underneath routes in space, screens, jet sweeps, pop passes, end arounds, etc.
It’s hard not to get excited about the potential of a player like Isaiah Bond when you watch him play. However, he certainly doesn’t come without questions. For one, Bond’s production profile is extremely underwhelming. He never reached 700 yards in any of his three seasons or had a dominator rating reach 20%. He should be commanding more opportunities but the numbers tell a different story. He’s also not a guy who is ever going to win with physicality. That’s at the line, during the route, and at the catch point. A strong defender who gets hands on Bond will be a problem for the young receiver. His limited catch radius will keep him from snagging some of the tougher out of frame targets and inaccurate passes.
Projecting to the NFL, Bond can become a team’s No. 2 or No. 3 in a timing based passing offense. He will fit well with a quarterback who is accurate and gets the ball out on time. Bond will provide NFL offenses with a versatile playmaker who can win on all three levels and provide some electricity with the ball in his hands.
Not only will he create easy separation in the short and intermediate areas of the field, but Bond will act as a team’s top vertical threat as well. He can score from anywhere and that’s always a coveted trait in today’s NFL. He will be used from both the slot and out wide, and as a guy to put in motion before the snap. In the right offense with the right quarterback, there’s a real chance Bond garners more volume and high-percentage opportunities than he ever did in college. He certainly has the physical traits to become that guy.
Bond will likely be a second round pick in April’s draft but a good showing at the NFL Combine could vault him into the back end of the first, a la Xavier Worthy. In dynasty, Bond will be a second or third rounder in rookie drafts with the upside to become a high-end WR2 in fantasy football.
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