Bengals Add Georgia Safety Malaki Starks in 2025 CBS Sports NFL Mock Draft

CINCINNATI — CBS Sports writer Kyle Stackpole dropped a 2025 NFL mock draft entering the weekend as free agency fervor dies down.
Cincinnati has not made any moves at safety so far, and Stackpole thinks they will add to that spot with the 17th overall pick. He has the Bengals taking Georgia safety Malaki Starks.
"Having addressed the interior defensive line in free agency -- and assuming they find a way to keep Trey Hendrickson -- the Bengals can take one of the best players available in big-play safety Malaki Starks," Stackpole wrote.
Starks is the consensus big board's 25th-best player and top safety at 6-1, 197 pounds. He is most often mocked to the Vikings at No. 24 overall after playing since his true freshman season in 2022.
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