Tuesday Morning Pigskin is a little late this week, so let’s get right to it.
TUESDAY MORNING PIGSKIN
CFB IS A WRAP
The D1 regular football season is over. The ARMY/NAVY classic is over with a thrilling one-point Win for Navy by a score of 17-16. It is now onto the Bowling for Dollars season as well as the Championship season for the Top 12 teams.
It also marks the beginning of the All-Star Game series, headed by the East/West Shrine Game and Senior Bowl at the end of January. Then comes the Scouting Combine as we roll toward the NFL Draft. I have good news and bad news for you. Most of the Bowl Games will look more like Spring Practice scrimmages as many of the junior & senior players will head to Performance Camps instead of playing the meaningless Bowl venues, which pretty much means all games not leading up to the Championship games.
As a start to that time of the football year, I decided to compose my present Top 50 Prospect list. Please keep in mind that some players mentioned herein will choose to stay in school rather than declare for the Draft. Notices of who’s heading to the Draft are already rolling in, as well as those staying in school. Just today, it is being reported that ARCH MANNING is returning to Texas for the 2026 college season. Smart move, ARCH. Even tho ARCH improved significantly over the course of the 2025 season, he can still use another collegiate year to climb higher in the QB group rankings for the 2027 Draft. I am also assuming here that TY SIMPSON at Alabama will make a similar decision. They may both make as much money in college as they would as NFL Rookies.
PIGSKIN’s Top 50 2026 NFL Draft prospects
- ARVELL REESE LB Ohio State
- DANTE’ MOORE QB Oregon
- CALEB DOWNS S Ohio State
- JEREMYAH LOVE RB Notre Dame
- KELDRIC FAULK DE/ER Auburn
- RUEBEN BAIN DE Miami (F)
- FERNANDO MENDOZA QB Indiana
- JORDYN TYSON WR Arizona State
- MONSOOR DELANE CB LSU
- KAYDEN McDONALD DT Ohio State
- CARNELL TATE WR Ohio State
- SPENCER FANO OT Utah
- FRANCIS MAUIGOA OT Miami (F)
- MAKAI LEMON WR Southern Cal
- PETER WOODS DT Clemson
- KENYON SADIQ TE Oregon
- MATAYO UIGALAELEI OB/ER Oregon
- LaNORRIS SELLERS QB South Carolina
- DENZEL BOSTON WR Washington
- KADYN PROCTOR OT Alabama
- VEGA IOANE IOL Penn State
- JERMOD McCOY + CB Tennessee
- DAVID BAILEY DE/ER Texas Tech
- AVIEON TERRELL CB Clemson
- CALEB LOMU OT. Utah
- K.C. CONCEPCION WR/RS Texas A&M
- R MASON THOMAS ER/OB Oklahoma
- BRANDON CISSE CB South Carolina
- A’MAURI WASHINGTON DT Oregon
- C.J. ALLEN LB Georgia
- AKHEEM MESIDOR DE/ER Miami (F)
- CHRIS BELL WR Louisville
- EMMANUEL McNEIL-WARREN S Toledo
- DOMINIQUE ORANGE NT Iowa State
- L.J. MARTIN RB BYU
- ZION YOUNG ER/DE Missouri
- JAYDEN MAIAVA QB Southern Cal
- MICHAEL TRIGG TE Baylor
- LEE HUNTER DT Texas Tech
- T.J. PARKER DE/ER Clemson
- TREVOR GOSBY OT Texas
- CHRIS JOHNSON CB San Diego State
- DANI-DENNIS-SUTTON DE/ER Penn State
- DILLON THIENEMAN S Oregon
- SONNY STYLES LB Ohio State
- KAYTON ALLEN RB Penn State
- KAGE CASEY OT Boise State
- COLTON HOOD CB Tennessee
- ANTHONY HILL LB Texas
- CALEB BANKS DT Florida
SENIOR BOWL
If you are wondering where to find the list of player acceptances, you can find them at the Senior Bowl website. As of Tuesday at Noon, the following players from the Top 50 list above have been invited and accepted invites to the game:
33, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 50.
Cheers y’all.