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 (141)
Kamari RamseyUSCS - 2 (142)
Fernando CarmonaArkansasOG - 3 (143)
Reggie VirgilTexas TechWR - 4 (144)
Sam HechtKansas StateC - 5 (145)
Nick BarrettSouth CarolinaDT - 6 (146)
Parker BrailsfordAlabamaC - 7 (147)
Joshua JosephsTennesseeEDGE - 8 (148)
Beau StephensIowaOG - 9 (149)Justin JeffersonAlabamaLB
- 10 (150)
Dalton JohnsonArizonaS - 11 (151)Zakee WheatleyPenn StateS
- 12 (152)
Justin JolyNC StateTE - 13 (153)
Jager BurtonKentuckyC - 14 (154)
Jaden DuggerLouisianaLB - 15 (155)
DeMonte CapehartClemsonDT - 16 (156)
George Gumbs Jr.FloridaEDGE - 17 (157)
Keith Abney IIArizona StateCB - 18 (158)
Michael TaaffeTexasS - 19 (159)
Max BredesonMichiganTE - 20 (160)Billy SchrauthNotre DameOG
- 21 (161)
Emmett JohnsonNebraskaRB - 22 (162)
Chandler RiversDukeCB - 23 (163)Charles DemmingsStephen F. AustinCB
- 24 (164)
Tanner KoziolHoustonTE - 25 (165)Nicholas SingletonPenn StateRB
- 26 (166)
Keyshaun ElliottArizona StateLB - 27 (167)
Jalon KilgoreSouth CarolinaS - 28 (168)Kendrick LawKentuckyWR
- 29 (169)
Riley NowakowskiIndianaTE - 30 (170)Joe RoyerCincinnatiTE
- 31 (171)
Karon PruntyWake ForestCB - 32 (172)
Lorenzo Styles Jr.Ohio StateS - 33 (173)Josh CuevasAlabamaTE
- 34 (174)Adam RandallClemsonRB
- 35 (175)Hezekiah MassesCaliforniaCB
- 36 (176)Cyrus AllenCincinnatiWR
- 37 (177)Kevin Coleman Jr.MissouriWR
- 38 (178)
Cole PaytonNorth Dakota StateQB - 39 (179)Enrique Cruz Jr.KansasOT
- 40 (180)Seydou TraoreMississippi StateTE
- 41 (181)Zane DurantPenn StateDT
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Chad Brinker steps down as Titans' football operations chief
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