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)
Eric FisherCentral MichiganOT - 2 (2)
Luke JoeckelTexas A&MOT - 3 (3)
Dion JordanOregonOLB - 4 (4)
Lane JohnsonOklahomaOT - 5 (5)
Ezekiel AnsahBYUDE - 6 (6)
Barkevious MingoLSUDE - 7 (7)
Jonathan CooperNorth CarolinaOG - 8 (8)
Tavon AustinWest VirginiaWR - 9 (9)
Dee MillinerAlabamaCB - 10 (10)
Chance WarmackAlabamaOG - 11 (11)
D.J. FlukerAlabamaOT - 12 (12)
D.J. HaydenHoustonCB - 13 (13)Sheldon RichardsonMissouriDT
- 14 (14)
Star LotuleleiUtahDT - 15 (15)
Kenny VaccaroTexasS - 16 (16)
EJ ManuelFlorida StateQB - 17 (17)
Jarvis JonesGeorgiaOLB - 18 (18)
Eric ReidLSUS - 19 (19)
Justin PughSyracuseOT - 20 (20)
Kyle LongOregonOG - 21 (21)
Tyler EifertNotre DameTE - 22 (22)
Desmond TrufantWashingtonCB - 23 (23)
Sharrif FloydFloridaDT - 24 (24)
Bjoern WernerFlorida StateDE - 25 (25)Xavier RhodesFlorida StateCB
- 26 (26)
Datone JonesUCLADE - 27 (27)
DeAndre HopkinsClemsonWR - 28 (28)
Sylvester WilliamsNorth CarolinaDT - 29 (29)Cordarrelle PattersonTennesseeWR
- 30 (30)Alec OgletreeGeorgiaILB
- 31 (31)
Travis FrederickWisconsin - 32 (32)
Matt ElamFloridaS
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