2026 NFL draft information
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When is the NFL draft?
The 2026 NFL draft began with Round 1 on April 23 and Rounds 2-3 on April 24. Rounds 4-7 will be Saturday. The draft is being held in Pittsburgh, and you can watch on ESPN, ABC and ESPN App.
Scouts Inc. NFL draft rankings
ESPN Analytics: Draft Day Predictor
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NFL Draft Day Predictor
- 1 (131)
Lamont BurnsEast CarolinaOG - 2 (132)
Jamel WilliamsNebraskaDB - 3 (133)
Marcus WimberlyMiamiDB - 4 (134)
Jeff MitchellFlorida - 5 (135)
Pete ChryplewiczNotre DameTE - 6 (136)
Sam GarnesCincinnatiDB - 7 (137)
Patrick HapeAlabamaTE - 8 (138)
Kenny BynumSouth Carolina StateRB - 9 (139)
Chad CarpenterWashington StateWR - 10 (140)Keith ThibodeauxNorthwestern StateDB
- 11 (141)
Van HilesKentuckyDB - 12 (142)
Eric StokesNebraskaDB - 13 (143)
George McCulloughBaylorDB - 14 (144)
Andre PurvisNorth CarolinaDT - 15 (145)Raymond AustinTennesseeDB
- 16 (146)Paul BradfordPortland StateDB
- 17 (147)
Damon JonesSouthern IllinoisTE - 18 (148)Twan RussellMiamiLB
- 19 (149)
Barron TannerOklahomaDT - 20 (150)
Nate JacquetSan Diego StateWR - 21 (151)
Tony WilliamsMemphisDT - 22 (152)
Ndukwe KaluRiceDE - 23 (153)
Sean WoodsonJackson StateDB - 24 (154)
George JonesSan Diego StateRB - 25 (155)Luther BroughtonFurmanTE
- 26 (156)Carl PowellLouisvilleDE
- 27 (157)Nicholas LopezTexas SouthernDE
- 28 (158)
Taje AllenTexasDB - 29 (159)
Vernon CrawfordFlorida StateLB - 30 (160)
Anthony HicksArkansasLB - 31 (161)Duane AshmanVirginiaDE
- 32 (162)Brad BadgerStanfordOG
- 33 (163)
June HenleyKansasRB
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