2026 NFL Draft Prospects are updated by Shane P. Hallam as needed throughout the season and offseason. If you want more in depth reasoning for rankings, tweet him @ShanePHallam. See his 2024 and 2025 Rankings as well for insight into those NFL Draft classes. Here are the 2026 NFL Draft Prospects
2026 Rankings
Big Board | QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | iOL | EDGE | DL | LB | CB | S | K | P | LS
Rank Position Name School Year Height Weight
1
QB
Malachi Nelson
Southern Cal
1
6-3
182
2
EDGE
Keon Keeley
Alabama
1
6-5
242
3
EDGE
Adepoju Adebawore
Oklahoma
1
6-4
240
4
CB
Desmond Ricks
Alabama
1
6-1
170
5
WR
Zachariah Branch
Southern Cal
1
5-10
172
6
WR
Carnell Tate
Ohio State
1
6-2
180
7
CB
Cormani McClain
Colorado
1
6-2
165
8
DL
Jordan Hall
Georgia
1
6-3
317
9
EDGE
Matayo Uiagalelei
Oregon
1
6-5
265
10
OT
Kadyn Proctor
Alabama
1
6-7
330
11
QB
Arch Manning
Texas
1
6-4
215
12
S
Caleb Downs
Alabama
1
5-11
197
13
QB
Dante Moore
UCLA
1
6-2
210
14
RB
Cedric Baxter
Texas
1
6-1
215
15
WR
Jurrion Dickey
Oregon
1
6-3
210
16
QB
Nico Iamaleava
Tennessee
1
6-5
195
17
CB
AJ Harris
Georgia
1
6-1
180
18
LB
Raylen Wilson
Georgia
1
6-2
213
19
TE
Duce Robinson
Southern Cal
1
6-6
225
20
TE
Lawson Luckie
Georgia
1
6-3
225
21
S
Joenel Aguero
Georgia
1
6-0
195
22
CB
Jermaine Mathews
Ohio State
1
6-0
175
23
OT
Zalance Heard
LSU
1
6-5
310
24
LB
Suntarine Perkins
Mississippi
1
6-3
205
25
WR
Brandon Inniss
Ohio State
1
5-11
198
26
OT
Francis Mauigoa
Miami (FL)
1
6-5
330
27
iOL
Alex Birchmeier
Penn State
1
6-5
285
28
QB
Jackson Arnold
Oklahoma
1
45078
205
29
iOL
Luke Montgomery
Ohio State
1
6-4
295
30
DL
David Hicks
Texas A&M
1
6-4
290
31
OT
Monroe Freeling
Georgia
1
6-6
294
32
EDGE
Damon Wilson
Georgia
1
6-3
225
33
RB
Justice Haynes
Alabama
1
5-11
200
34
TE
Nyckoles Harbor
South Carolina
1
6-5
225
35
WR
Johntay Cook II
Texas
1
6-0
175
36
CB
Ja'Keem Jackson
Florida
1
6-1
180
37
EDGE
Samuel M'Pemba
Georgia
1
6-3
240
38
iOL
Chase Bisontis
Texas A&M
1
6-5
290
39
OT
Charles Jaguash
Notre Dame
1
6-6
308
40
RB
Roderick Robinson II
Georgia
1
6-1
230
41
LB
Anthony Hill
Texas
1
6-2
225
42
DL
Jason Moore
Ohio State
1
6-6
280
43
OT
Samson Okunlola
Miami (FL)
1
6-5
305
44
LB
CJ Allen
Georgia
1
6-1
217
45
S
Javien Taviano
LSU
1
6-0
185
46
DL
James Smith
Alabama
1
6-3
310
47
WR
Hykeem Williams
Florida State
1
6-3
200
48
RB
Rueben Owens
Texas A&M
1
5-11
190
49
CB
Christian Gray
Notre Dame
1
6-0
175
50
iOL
Roderick Kearney
Florida
1
6-4
300
51
WR
Makai Lemon
Southern Cal
1
6-0
180
52
DL
Peter Woods
Clemson
1
6-3
270
53
EDGE
Dashawn Womack
LSU
1
6-4
240
54
TE
Jelani Thurman
Ohio State
1
6-5
230
55
S
Tony Mitchell
Alabama
1
6-1
205
56
LB
Samuel Omosigho
Oklahoma
1
6-1
208
57
CB
Calvin Simpson-Hunt
Ohio State
1
6-0
175
58
TE
Pearce Spurlin
Georgia
1
6-6
240
59
S
Peyton Bowen
Oklahoma
1
6-0
185
60
QB
Jaden Rashada
Arizona State
1
6-4
175
61
DL
Vic Burley
Clemson
1
6-5
276
62
RB
Dontavius Braswell
South Carolina
1
5-11
200
63
CB
Malik Muhammad
Texas
1
5-11
175
64
LB
Troy Bowles
Georgia
1
6-1
205
65
OT
J'ven Williams
Penn State
1
6-4
285
66
S
Derek Williams
Texas
1
6-2
185
67
iOL
Kelton Smith
Georgia
1
6-5
300
68
CB
Jahlil Hurley
Alabama
1
6-2
170
69
TE
Riley Williams
Miami (FL)
1
6-6
240
70
WR
Jalen Hale
Alabama
1
6-1
185
71
LB
Tony Rojas
Penn State
1
6-1
200
72
RB
Cameron Seldon
Tennessee
1
6-2
215
73
TE
Ka'Morreun Pimpton
LSU
1
6-6
220
74
OT
Cayden Green
Oklahoma
1
6-5
315
75
DL
Kelby Collins
Florida
1
6-4
265
Rank Position Name School Year Height Weight
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