NFL Draft 2026 Positional Rankings

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QUATERBACKS

1. FERNANDO MENDOZA INDIANA
2. TY SIMPSON ALABAMA
3. GARRETT NUSSMEIER LSU
4. CARSON BECK MIAMI
5. SAWYER ROBERTSON BAYLOR
6. TAYLEN GREEN ARKANSAS
7. CADE KLUBNIK CLEMSON
8. DREW ALLAR PENN STATE
9. COLE PAYTON NORTH DAKOTA STATE
10. JOEY AGUILAR TENNESSEE
11. HAYNES KING GEORGIA TECH
12. DIEGO PAVIA VANDERBILT
13. LUKE ALTMYER ILLINOIS
14. BEHREM MORTON TEXAS TECH
15. JALON DANIELS KANSAS
16. JOE FAGNANO UCONN
17. MILLER MOSS LOUISVILLE
18. MARK GRONOWSKI IOWA
19. ATHAN KALIAKMANIS RUTGERS
20. JACK STRAND MSU MOOREHEAD

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RUNNING BACKS

1. JEREMIYAH LOVE NOTRE DAME
2. JADARIAN PRICE NOTRE DAME
3. JONAH COLEMAN WASHINGTON
4. EMMETT JOHNSON NEBRASKA
5. MIKE WASHINGTON JR ARKANSAS
6. KAYTRON ALLEN PENN STATE
7. ELI HEIDENREICH NAVY
8. DEMOND CLAIBORNE WAKE FOREST
9. ROBERT HENRY JR. UTSA
10. KAELON BLACK INDIANA
11. J’MARI TAYLOR VIRGINIA
12. LE’VEON MOSS TEXAS A&M
13. ADAM RANDALL CLEMSON
14. ROMAN HEMBY INDIANA
15. NICHOLAS SINGLETON PENN STATE
16. SETH MCGOWAN KENTUCKY
17. JAYDEN OTT OKLAHOMA
18. DESMOND REID PITTSBURGH
19. JAMAL HAYNES GEORGIA TECH
20. JAMARION MILLER ALABAMA
21. NOAH WHITTINGTON OREGON
22. DEAN CONNORS HOUSTON
23. CJ DONALDSON OHIO STATE
24. CHIP TRAYANUM TOLEDO
25. KEJON OWENS FIU

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WIDE RECEIVERS

1. CARNELL TATE OHIO STATE
2. JORDYN TYSON ARIZONA STATE
3. MAKAI LEMON USC
4. KEVIN CONCEPCION TEXAS A&M
5. OMAR COOPER JR. INDIANA
6. DENZEL BOSTON WASHINGTON
7. CHRIS BELL LOUISVILLE
8. CHRIS BRAZZELL II TENNESSEE
9. GERMIE BERNARD ALABAMA
10. ANTONIO WILLIAMS CLEMSON
11. BRYCE LANCE NORTH DAKOTA STATE
12. TED HURST GEORGIA STATE
13. KENDRICK LAW KENTUCKY
14. SKYLER BELL UCONN
15. ELIJAH SARRATT INDIANA
16. CJ DANIELS MIAMI
17. ZACHARIAH BRANCH GEORGIA
18. BRENEN THOMPSON MISSISSIPPI STATE
19. JA’KOBI LANE USC
20. MALIK BENSON OREGON
21. De’ZHAUN STRIBLING OLE MISS
22. KEVIN COLEMAN JR. MIZZOURI
23. JOSH CAMERON BAYLOR
24. DEION BURKS OKLAHOMA
25. AARON ANDERSON LSU
26. VINNY ANTHONY II WISCONSIN 
27. JORDAN HUDSON SMU
28. JEFF CALDWELL CINCINNATI
29. HARRISON WALLACE III OLE MISS
30. CYRUS ALLEN CINCINNATI 
31. MALACHI FIELDS NOTRE DAME
32. TYREN MONTGOMERY JOHN CARROLL
33. ERIC RIVERS GEORGIA TECH
34. ERIC MCALISTER TCU
35. CAULLIN LACY LOUISVILLE
36. J. MICHAEL STURDIVANT FLORIDA
37. REGGIE VIRGIL TEXAS TECH
38. BARION BROWN LSU
39. DANE KEY NEBRASKA
40. ROMELLO BRINSON SMU

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TIGHT ENDS

1. OSCAR DELP GEORGIA
2. KENYON SADIQ OREGON
3. ELI RARIDON NOTRE DAME
4. MAX KLARE OHIO STATE
5. SAM ROUSH STANFORD
6. ELI STOWERS VANDERBILT
7. MICHAEL TRIGG BAYLOR
8. MARLIN KLEIN MICHIGAN
9. JUSTIN JOLY NC STATE
10. JOE ROYER CINCINNATI
11. DALLEN BENTLEY UTAH
12. JACK ENDRIES TEXAS
13. MATTHEW HIBNER SMU
14. WILL KACMAREK OHIO STATE
15. JOSH CUEVAS ALABAMA
16. Dae’QUAN WRIGHT OLE MISS
17. TANNER KOZIOL HOUSTON
18. JOHN MICHAEL GYLLENBORG WYOMING
19. NATE BOERKIRCHER TEXAS A&M
20. MAX BREDESON MICHIGAN (FB)
21. DJ ROGERS TCU
22. JACK VELLING MICHIGAN STATE
23. BAUER SHARP LSU
24. JAREN KANAK OKLAHOMA
25. JAMESON GEERS MINNESOTA

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OFFENSIVE TACKLE

1. FRANCIS MAUIGOA MIAMI (Rt)
2. SPENCER FANO UTAH (Rt)
3. KADYN PROCTOR ALABAMA (Lt)
4. MONROE FREELING GEORGIA (Lt)
5. MAX IHEANACHOR ARIZONA STATE (Rt)
6. CALEB LOMU UTAH (Lt)
7. BLAKE MILLER CLEMSON (Rt)
8. ISAIAH WORLD OREGON (Lt)
9. JUDE BOWRY BOSTON COLLEGE (OT)
10. CALEB TIERNAN NORTHWESTERN (Lt)
11. AUSTIN BARBER FLORIDA (Lt)
12. MARKEL BELL MIAMI (Lt)
13. JC DAVIS ILLINOIS (Lt)
14. TRISTAN LEIGH CLEMSON (Lt)
15. DREW SHELTON PENN STATE (Lt)
16. KEAGEN TROST MISSOURI (Rt)
17. FERNANDO CARMONA JR. ARKANSAS (Lt)
18. TRAVIS BURKE MEMPHIS (Rt)
19. DAMETRIOUS CROWNOVER TEXAS A&M (Rt)
20. ALAN HERRON MARYLAND (Rt)
21. DIEGO POUNDS OLE MISS (Lt)
22. CARVER WILLIS WASHINGTON (Rt)
23. AAMIL WAGNER NOTRE DAME (Rt)
24. ALEX WOLLSCHLAEGER KENTUCKY (Rt)
25. RILEY MAHLMAN WISCONSIN (Rt)
26. NOLAN RUCCI PENN STATE (Rt)

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OFFENSIVE GUARDS

1. OLAIVAVEGA IOANE PENN STATE (G)
2. EMMANUEL PREGNON OREGON (Lg)
3. KEYLAN RUTLEDGE GEORGIA TECH (Rg)
4. CHASE BISONTIS TEXAS A&M (G)
5. GENNINGS DUNKER IOWA (Rg)
6. FEBECHI NWAIWU OKLAHOMA (Rg)
7. BEAU STEPHENS IOWA (Lg)
8. KAGE CASEY BOISE STATE (Lg)
9. ANEZ COOPER MIAMI (Rg)
10. JALEN FARMER KENTUCKY (Rg)
11. FA’ALILI FA’AMOE WAKE FOREST (Rg)
12. JAEDEN ROBERTS ALABAMA (Rg)
13. JEREMIAH WRIGHT AUBURN (Rg)
14. TOMAS RIMAC VIRGINIA TECH (OL)
15. BILLY SCHRAUTH NOTRE DAME (G)
16. MICAH MORRIS GEORGIA (Lg)
17. DJ CAMPBELL TEXAS (Rg)
18. GIOVANNI EL-HADI MICHIGAN (Lg)
19. JOSH THOMPSON LSU (Rg)
20. ETHAN ONIANWA OHIO STATE (OL)

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CENTERS

1. TREY ZUHN III TEXAS A&M (OL)
2. CONNOR LEW AUBURN
3. PARKER BRAILSFORD ALABAMA
4. BRIAN PARKER II DUKE (OL)
5. LOGAN JONES IOWA
6. JAKE SLAUGHTER FLORIDA
7. MATT GULBIN MICHIGAN STATE (iOL)
8. JAGER BURTON KENTUCKY
9. SAM HECHT KANSAS STATE
10. BRYCE FOSTER KANSAS
11. JAMES BROCKERMEYER MIAMI
12. JOSH KREUTZ ILLINOIS
13. DELBY LEMIEUX DARTMOUTH
14. GAVIN GERHARDT CINCINNATI
15. PAT COOGAN INDIANA

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DEFENSIVE TACKLES

1. PETER WOODS CLEMSON
2. CHRISTEN MILLER GEORGIA
3. KAYDEN McDONALD OHIO STATE
4. LEE HUNTER TEXAS TECH
5. CALEB BANKS FLORIDA
6. DARRELL JACKSON FLORIDA STATE
7. GRACEN HALTON OKLAHOMA
8. DOMONIQUE ORANGE IOWA STATE
9. RAYSHAUN BENNY MICHIGAN
10. DONTAY CORLEONE CINCINNATI
11. KALEB PROCTOR SE LOUISIANA
12. CHRIS McCLELLAN MISSOURI
13. LANDON ROBINSON NAVY
14. RENE KONGA LOUSIVILLE
15. ZANE DURANT PENN STATE
16. TIM KEENAN III ALABAMA
17. ZXAVION HARRIS OLE MISS
18. JORDAN VAN DEN BERG GEORGIA TECH
19. NICK BARRETT SOUTH CAROLINA
20. SKYLER GILL-HOWARD TEXAS TECH
21. TYLER ONYEDIM TEXAS A&M
22. UAR BERNARD NIGERIA
23. DeMONTE CAPEHART CLEMSON
24. JOSIAH GREEN DUKE
25. DEVEN EASTERN MINNESOTA
26. AARON GRAVES IOWA
27. TAVIAN COLEMAN COLORADO
28. BRYSON EASON TENNESSEE
29. COREY WALKER WISCONSIN
30. ALBERT REGIS TEXAS A&M

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EDGE RUSHERS

1. RUBEN BAIN JR. MIAMI 
2. ARVELL REESE OHIO STATE
3. DAVID BAILEY TEXAS TECH
4. AKHEEM MESIDOR MIAMI
5. ZION YOUNG MISSOURI
6. T.J. PARKER CLEMSON
7. MALACHI LAWRENCE  UCF
8. KELDRIC FAULK AUBURN
9. R MASON THOMAS OKLAHOMA
10. DERRICK MOORE MICHIGAN
11. GABE JACAS ILLINOIS
12. JAISHAWN BARHAM MICHIGAN
13. CASHIUS HOWELL TEXAS A&M
14. DANI DENNIS-SUTTON PENN STATE
15. VINCENT ANTHONY JR. DUKE
16. JOSHUA JOSEPHS TENNESSEE
17. MAX LLEWELLYN IOWA
18. LT OVERTON ALABAMA
19. MASON REIGER WISCONSIN
20. ROMELLO HEIGHT TEXAS TECH
21. ANTHONY LUCAS USC
22. NYJALIK KELLY UCF
23. KEYRON CRAWFORD AUBURN
24. NADAME TUCKER WESTERN MICHIGAN
25. PATRICK PAYTON LSU
26. CADEN CURRY OHIO STATE
27. TYREAK SAPP FLORIDA
28. MIKAIL KAMARA INDIANA
29. JOSHUA WERU KENYA
30. TREY MOORE TEXAS
31. TJ GUY  MICHIGAN
32. CIAN SLONE NC STATE 
33. WESLEY WILLIAMS DUKE
34. GEORGE GUMBS JR. FLORIDA
35. CAMERON ROBERTSON SMU

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LINEBACKERS

1. SONY STYLES OHIO STATE
2. JACOB RODRIGUEZ TEXAS TECH
3. C.J. ALLEN GEORGIA
4. ANTHONY HILL JR. TEXAS
5. JOSIAH TROTTER MISSOURI
6. JAKE GOLDAY CINCINNATI
7. KYLE LOUIS PITTSBURGH
8. DEONTAE LAWSON ALABAMA
9. HAROLD PERKINS JR. LSU
10. JACK KELLY BYU
11. AIDEN FISHER INDIANA
12. TAUREAN YORK TEXAS A&M
13. JIMMY ROLDER MICHIGAN
14. KALEB ELARMS-ORR TCU
15. LANDER BARTON UTAH
16. NAMDI OBIAZOR TCU
17. BRYCE BOETTCHER OREGON
18. KENDAL DANIELS OKLAHOMA
19. ERIC GENTRY USC
20. JUSTIN JEFFERSON ALABAMA
21. ERNEST HAUSMANN MICHIGAN
22. KEYSHAUN ELLIOTT ARIZONA STATE
23. RED MURDOCK BUFFALO
24. XAVIAN SOREY JR. ARKANSAS
25. WHIT WEEKS LSU

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CORNERBACKS

1. MANSOOR DELANE LSU
2. JERMOD McCOY TENNESSEE
3. AVIEON TERRELL CLEMSON
4. COLTON HOOD TENNESSEE
5. D’ANGELO PONDS INDIANA
6. BRANDON CISSE SOUTH CAROLINA
7. KEITH ABNEY II ARIZONA STATE
8. CHRIS JOHNSON SAN DIEGO STATE
9. DEVIN MOORE FLORIDA
10. DAVISON IGBINOSUN OHIO STATE
11. TACARIO DAVIS WASHINGTON
12. MALIK MUHAMMAD TEXAS
13. CHANDLER RIVERS DUKE $
14. JULIAN NEAL ARKANSAS
15. WILL LEE III TEXAS A&M
16. HEZEKIAH MASSES CALIFORNIA
17. DAYLEN EVERETTE GEORGIA
18. EPHESIANS PRYSOCK WASHINGTON
19. THADDEUS DIXON NORTH CAROLINA
20. DEVON MARSHALL NC STATE $
21. CHARLIE DEMMINGS (STEPHEN F. AUSTIN)
22. DOMANI JACKSON ALABAMA
23. ANDRE FULLER TOLEDO
24. COLLIN WRIGHT STANFORD $
25. PRESTON HODGE COLORADO $
26. TJ HALL IOWA
27. BRYCE PHILLIPS SAN DIEGO STATE $
28. MARCUS ALLEN NORTH CAROLINA
29. RICARDO HALLMAN WISCONSIN
30. DONTAE BALFOUR TEXAS TECH
31. THERAN JOHNSON OREGON
32. JEADYN LUKAS CLEMSON
33. BRENT AUSTIN CALIFORNIA
34. JAYLON GUILBEAU TEXAS
35. DeVonta SMITH NOTRE DAME

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SAFETIES

1. CALEB DOWNS OHIO STATE
2. DILLON THIENEMAN OREGON
3. A.J. HAULCY LSU
4. EMMANUEL McNEIL- WARREN TOLEDO
5. JALON KILGORE SOUTH CAROLINA $
6. KEIONTE SCOTT MIAMI $
7. BUD CLARK TCU
8. TREYDAN STUKES ARIZONA $
9. GENESIS SMITH ARIZONA
10. MICHAEL TAAFFE TEXAS
11. KAMARI RAMSEY USC $
12. LOUIS MOORE INDIANA
13. VJ PAYNE KANSAS STATE $
14. ZAKEE WHEATLEY PENN STATE
15. DUCE CHESTNUT SYRACUSE $
16. LORENZO STYLES JR. OHIO STATE $
17. BISHOP FITZGERALD USC
18. JALEN HUSKEY MARYLAND
19. DeSHON SINGLETON NEBRASKA $
20. DEVAN BOYKIN INDIANA
21. WYDETT WILLIAMS JR. OLE MISS
22. COLE WISNIEWSKI TEXAS A&M
23. XAVIER NWANKPA IOWA
24. JAKOBE THOMAS MIAMI
25. AHMAAD MOSES SMU
26. SHYHEIM BROWN FLORIDA STATE
27. DALTON JOHNSON ARIZONA
28. KAPENA GUSHIKEN OLE MISS
29. JACOB THOMAS JAMES MADISON
30. MILES SCOTT ILLINOIS