2026 NFL draft information
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When is the NFL draft?
The 2026 NFL draft will begin with Round 1 on April 23. Rounds 2-3 will be April 24, and Rounds 4-7 will be April 25. The draft will be 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 (85)
Tony TolbertUTEPDE - 2 (86)
Ray CrockettBaylorDB - 3 (87)
Jeff GrahamLong Beach StateQB - 4 (88)
Stanley PetryTCUDB - 5 (89)
Kerry OwensArkansasLB - 6 (90)
Anthony FlorenceBethune-CookmanDB - 7 (91)
Jerrol WilliamsPurdueLB - 8 (92)
David HolmesSyracuseDB - 9 (93)
Lewis TillmanJackson StateRB - 10 (94)
Jim WahlerUCLADT - 11 (95)
Markus PaulSyracuseDB - 12 (96)
Maurice HurstSouthernDB - 13 (97)
Richard McCulloughClemsonDE - 14 (98)
Ron StallworthAuburnDE - 15 (99)
Pat TomberlinFlorida StateOG - 16 (100)Michael TimpsonPenn StateWR
- 17 (101)
Travis McNealChattanoogaTE - 18 (102)
Jeff CarlsonWeber StateQB - 19 (103)James HenrySouthern MissDB
- 20 (104)
Rod HarrisTexas A&MWR - 21 (105)Brad HenkeArizonaDT
- 22 (106)
Mike MayesLSUDB - 23 (107)
Andrew StewartCincinnatiDE - 24 (108)
Darryl IngramCaliforniaTE - 25 (109)
John KolesarMichiganWR - 26 (110)
Erik AffholterUSCWR - 27 (111)Rob WoodsArizonaOT
- 28 (112)
Mike BarberMarshallWR
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