Mike Band’s Final 2026 NFL Mock Draft
My final predictions for the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft are locked in. This is now the 22nd straight year I’ve assembled a first-round mock draft. First published on FootballsFuture forums, then DraftAce.com, and now RosterWatch and NFL.com. For this projection, I weighed post-free agency needs, scheme fits, front office tendencies, prospect-team connections
Alex Dunlap’s Final 2026 NFL Mock Draft
1. Las Vegas Raiders Fernando Mendoza, QB Indiana 2. New York Jets David Bailey, EDGE Texas Tech 3. Arizona Cardinals Arvell Reese, LB Ohio State 4. Tennessee Titans Sonny Styles, LB Ohio State 5. New York Giants Jeremyiah Love, RB Notre Dame 6. New York Giants via CLE Caleb Downs, S Ohio State 7. Washington
Cody Carpentier’s Final 2026 NFL Mock Draft
1. Las Vegas Raiders Fernando Mendoza, QB Indiana 2. New York Jets David Bailey, EDGE Texas Tech 3. Arizona Cardinals Jeremyiah Love, RB Notre Dame 4. Tennessee Titans Arvell Reese, LB Ohio State 5. New York Giants Caleb Downs, S Ohio State 6. Cleveland Browns Spencer Fano, T Utah 7. Washington Commanders Sonny Styles, LB
Cody Carpentier’s Final 2026 NFL Draft Big Board
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Cody Carpentier’s 2026 NFL Draft Big Board – Top 100
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PRO 2026 Rookie Spotlight: Jadarian Price, RB Notre Dame
Jadarian Price’s game at Notre Dame is enjoyably digestible, with a great feel for the blocking scheme and development, his fluidly creating downhill pressure on almost every carry and trusting what is on the other side of the OL’s rear-end on every carry. Unlike his counterpart, Jeremiyah Love, Price doesn’t make the first defender miss every time, though he did average 3.5 carries per Missed Tackle Forced (the same as Love in 2025).
PRO 2026 Rookie Spotlight: Jeremiyah Love, RB Notre Dame
Jeremiyah Love finished his three-year career at Notre Dame as one of, if not the most prolific Running Back’s with fewer than 500 career touches that we’ve ever evaluated. In 2025, he amassed 1,652 total yards after a second consecutive season with more than 25 receptions. Finishing as a consensus All-American and Third in Heisman Voting behind Fernando Mendoza (QB) and Diego Pavia (QB).
PRO 2026 Rookie Spotlight: Emmett Johnson, RB Nebraska
Emmett Johnson is an interesting cookie to crack in the 2026 NFL Draft class, as a 3-star out of Holy Angels in Minneapolis, MN. Johnson chose Nebraska over the home-state Minnesota Gophers. Redshirting his first fall at Nebraska, it took Emmett two more years to see starting snaps because of guys like Anthony Grant, Dante Dowdell, and Rahmir Johnson. When he took over in 2025, there was no looking back.
Cody Carpentier’s 2026 NFL Draft Big Board – Top 50
RosterWatch Nation, it’s been another maniacal start to draft season and, like you, we’re excited for April’s draft and the ensuing analysis of its fantasy fallout. For now, we present Cody Carpentier’s NFL Draft Big Board. After many hours of Film Analysis, mixed with the results of the Panini Senior Bowl and the Shrine Bowl, Cody’s Top 50 Prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft is here. This list can and will change as new things come in, some would call this a “Bayesian process”.
PRO 2026 Rookie Spotlight: Adam Randall, RB Clemson
Adam Randall is an extremely impressive human, graduating from Clemson in 3 years, before finishing his Senior Season with a Masters degree in Athletic Leadership. Voted by his Clemson teammates as a permanent team captain in 2025, before earning an AFCA Good Works Team selection. On top of all of that, Randall switched positions in January of 2025 from Wide Receiver to Running Back, after playing Wide Receiver throughout High School and College.
