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 (222)
Montaric BrownArkansasCB - 2 (223)
Isaiah ThomasOklahomaDE - 3 (224)
Cameron GoodeCaliforniaOLB - 4 (225)
Mark RobinsonOle MissOLB - 5 (226)
Ja'Tyre CarterSouthernOG - 6 (227)
Nick MuseSouth CarolinaTE - 7 (228)
Tariq CarpenterGeorgia TechILB - 8 (229)
Bo MeltonRutgersWR - 9 (230)
Chris PaulTulsaOG - 10 (231)
Baylon SpectorClemsonILB - 11 (232)
Faion HicksWisconsinCB - 12 (233)Dareke YoungLenoir-RhyneWR
- 13 (234)Jonathan FordMiamiDT
- 14 (235)
Daniel HardyMontana StateOLB - 15 (236)
Deane LeonardOle MissCB - 16 (237)
Chase LucasArizona StateCB - 17 (238)
Thayer MunfordOhio StateOT - 18 (239)
Rodney Thomas IIYaleS - 19 (240)Christian HolmesOklahoma StateCB
- 20 (241)Chris OladokunSouth Dakota StateQB
- 21 (242)
Kalon BarnesBaylorCB - 22 (243)
Jaylen WatsonWashington StateCB - 23 (244)
Christian MatthewValdosta StateCB - 24 (245)
Andrew StueberMichiganOG - 25 (246)Dawson DeatonTexas TechC
- 26 (247)Skylar ThompsonKansas StateQB
- 27 (248)
Andre AnthonyLSUDE - 28 (249)Rasheed WalkerPenn StateOT
- 29 (250)Brittain BrownUCLARB
- 30 (251)Isaih PachecoRutgersRB
- 31 (252)
Jeffrey GunterCoastal CarolinaDE - 32 (253)Russ YeastKansas StateS
- 33 (254)Elijah HicksCaliforniaS
- 34 (255)Trenton GillNC StateP
- 35 (256)Jesse LuketaPenn StateOLB
- 36 (257)Marquis HayesOklahomaOG
- 37 (258)Samori ToureNebraskaWR
- 38 (259)Nazeeh JohnsonMarshallS
- 39 (260)Zander HorvathPurdueFB
- 40 (261)AJ ArcuriMichigan StateOT
- 41 (262)
Brock PurdyIowa StateQB
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