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
- 1 (1)
Irving FryarNebraskaWR - 2 (2)
Dean SteinkuhlerNebraskaOT - 3 (3)
Carl BanksMichigan StateLB - 4 (4)
Kenny JacksonPenn StateWR - 5 (5)
Bill MaasPittsburghDT - 6 (6)
Mossy CadeTexasDB - 7 (7)
Ricky HunleyArizonaLB - 8 (8)
Leonard ColemanVanderbiltDB - 9 (9)
Rick BryanOklahomaDT - 10 (10)
Russell CarterSMUDB - 11 (11)
Wilber MarshallFloridaLB - 12 (12)
Alphonso CarrekerFlorida StateDE - 13 (13)
Keith MillardWashington StateDT - 14 (14)
Jackie ShippOklahomaLB - 15 (15)Ron FaurotArkansasDE
- 16 (16)Pete KochMarylandDT
- 17 (17)
Clyde DuncanTennesseeWR - 18 (18)
Don RogersUCLADB - 19 (19)Ron SoltMarylandOG
- 20 (20)
David LewisCaliforniaTE - 21 (21)John AltIowaOT
- 22 (22)
Terry TaylorSouthern IllinoisDB - 23 (23)
Louis LippsSouthern MissWR - 24 (24)
Todd ShellBYULB - 25 (25)
Billy CannonTexas A&MLB - 26 (26)
Greg BellNotre DameRB - 27 (27)William RobertsOhio StateOT
- 28 (28)Brian BladosNorth CarolinaOT
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