The first 18 picks of the 2025 NFL Draft have been finalized after the results of Week 18. The Cincinnati Bengals will have the 17th pick in the draft come April.
The full seven-round order of the draft will not be finalized until the spring when the NFL awards compensatory picks that will affect the order from the third round on. The Tennessee Titans hold the first pick in the draft, and the rest of the order will be determined as teams get eliminated throughout the playoffs until the Super Bowl champion finishes the round with the 32nd pick. The order then repeats itself for the remaining six rounds.
The Bengals have selected 17th four times in their history, most recently in 2012 when they selected CB Dre Kirkpatrick.
Cincinnati selected 18th in the 2024 NFL Draft when it took Georgia OT Amarius Mims. Mims served as a stalwart in the trenches right off the bat for the Bengals, playing 15 games in his rookie season and starting 13. The rookie found his groove late in the year, allowing just two pressures over the last four games.
