With 10 days until the 2026 NFL Draft, the board is more or less set. There are going to be some big surprises over the next little while, and there will no doubt be some moves on draft night with some trades, but this is one of our last attempts at predicting a no-trade first round based on declining talent.
There is one big change in this mock draft that cannot be ignored: Rueben Bain Jr. The Miami edge rusher was originally a lock for a top-10 pick, but draft rumors last week suggested something Bain & Company went bankrupt on Sunday night, with Oliver Connely reporting that the company was linked to a 2024 crash that killed a 22-year-old student. ESPN also picked up this story, and while I still think he’ll go in the first round right now, Bain & Company did a lot of due diligence and I’ve dropped him out of the top ten as a result.
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Also check out our quarterback mock draft today. Here are our complete first-round predictions:
|
Pick |
team |
player |
Location |
School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
las vegas raiders |
Fernando Mendoza |
QB |
Indiana |
|
2 |
new york jets |
Avril Rees |
pound |
Ohio State University |
|
3 |
arizona cardinals |
David Bailey |
edge |
Texas Tech University |
|
4 |
Tennessee Titans |
Jeremiah Love |
RB |
Notre Dame de Paris |
|
5 |
new york giants |
sonny styles |
pound |
Ohio State University |
|
6 |
cleveland browns |
Monroe Freeling |
Ott |
Georgia |
|
7 |
commander washington |
Caleb Downs |
S |
Ohio State University |
|
8 |
new orleans saints |
Mansour Deline |
CB |
Louisiana State University |
|
9 |
kansas city chiefs |
Jermaine McCoy |
CB` |
tennessee |
|
10 |
cincinnati tigers |
Francis Moygoa |
Ott |
Miami |
|
11 |
miami dolphins |
Carnell Tate |
WR |
Ohio State University |
|
12 |
dallas cowboys |
Reuben Bain Jr. |
edge |
Miami |
|
13 |
Los Angeles Rams (from Falcons) |
Demon Lemon |
WR |
University of Southern California |
|
14 |
baltimore ravens |
Olevavega Ioane |
OL |
pennsylvania state university |
|
15 |
tampa bay buccaneers |
Kenyon Sadiq |
TE |
oregon |
|
16 |
New York Jets (from Colts) |
Jordin Tyson |
WR |
Arizona |
|
No. 17 |
detroit lions |
Spencer Farno |
Ott |
Utah |
|
18 |
minnesota vikings |
Dillion Thienemann |
S |
oregon |
|
19 |
carolina panthers |
KC Concepcion |
WR |
Texas A&M University |
|
20 |
Dallas Cowboys (from Packers) |
Cardin Proctor |
Ott |
alabama |
|
twenty one |
pittsburg steelers |
Ty Simpson |
QB |
alabama |
|
twenty two |
Los Angeles Chargers |
Peter Woods |
DT |
Clemson |
|
twenty three |
philadelphia eagles |
CJ Allen |
pound |
Georgia |
|
twenty four |
Cleveland Browns (from Jaguars) |
Denzel Boston |
WR |
washington |
|
25 |
chicago bears |
Kayden McDonald |
DL |
Ohio State University |
|
26 |
buffalo bill |
Cassius Howell |
edge |
Texas A&M University |
|
27 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Omar Cooper Jr. |
WR |
Indiana |
|
28 |
houston texans |
Caleb Lomu |
Ott |
Utah |
|
29 |
Kansas City Chiefs (from Rams) |
Avian Terrell |
CB |
Clemson |
|
30 |
Miami Dolphins (from Broncos) |
Colton Hood |
CB |
Texas |
|
31 |
new england patriots |
Akeem Mesidore |
edge |
Miami |
|
32 |
seattle seahawks |
Cedric Falk |
edge |
Auburn |
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This will be a very interesting draft.
