NFL Draft 2026: The best players available for Day 2
The 2026 NFL Draft began as expected, with Fernando Mendoza coming off the board with the first-overall selection by the Las Vegas Raiders.
From there, however, the night did not go to script.
By the time the dust settled, we had seen trades between division rivals — the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys pulled one off as did the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots — Ty Simpson come off the board much earlier than anyone anticipated, and 32 players had begun their NFL journeys.
However, we still have six more rounds remaining, with over 200 players yet to be drafted. That means there is a lot of talent left on the board. That starts with Jermod McCoy, considered one of the top cornerbacks in the entire draft. But McCoy has faced serious injury questions in the past few days, stemming from an ACL surgery prior to this season.
Other top talents include Washington WR Denzel Boston, Ohio State defensive tackle Kayden McDonald, and Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, who could come off the board early on Friday night.
Here is our list of the best players remaining ahead of Day 2 of the 2026 NFL Draft. In the first column you will see where they ranked overall on our Big Board, and in the second you will see where they rank among the remaining players.
Rank (Overall) Rank (Remaining) Player Position School Position Rank (Overall) 14 1 Jermod McCoy CB Tennessee CB2 20 2 Denzel Boston WR Washington WR4 22 3 Avieon Terrell CB Clemson CB3 26 4 Kayden McDonald DT Ohio State DT1 28 5 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren S Toledo S3 29 6 Colton Hood CB Tennessee CB4 32 7 Zion Young EDGE Missouri EDGE5 33 8 Cashius Howell EDGE Texas A&M EDGE6 34 9 CJ Allen LB Georgia LB3 35 10 Jacob Rodriguez LB Texas Tech LB4 40 11 Anthony Hill Jr. LB Texas LB5 41 12 Germie Bernard WR Alabama WR7 43 13 T.J. Parker EDGE Clemson EDGE8 44 14 Emmanuel Pregnon IOL Oregon IOL2 45 15 Lee Hunter DT Texas Tech DT4 46 16 Brandon Cisse CB South Carolina CB6 48 17 Keionte Scott CB Miami CB7 49 18 Chase Bisontis IOL Texas A&M IOL3 50 19 Jake Golday LB Cincinnati LB6 51 20 Christian Miller DT Georgia DT5 52 21 Gabe Jacas EDGE Illinois EDGE9 53 22 Eli Stowers TE Vanderbilt TE2 54 23 R Mason Thomas EDGE Oklahoma EDGE10 55 24 D’Angelo Ponds CB Indiana CB8 56 25 A.J. Haulcy S LSU S4 57 26 Treydan Stukes CB Arizona State CB9 58 27 Chris Brazell WR Tennessee WR8 59 28 Zachariah Branch WR Georgia WR9 61 29 Chris Bell WR Louisville WR10 62 30 Derrick Moore EDGE Michigan EDGE11 63 31 Max Klare TE Ohio State TE3 64 32 Josiah Trotter LB Missouti LB7 65 33 Connor Lew IOL Auburn IOL4 66 34 Caleb Tiernan OT Northwestern OT8 67 35 Domonique Orange DT Iowa State DT6 68 36 Mike Washington Jr RB Arkansas RB3 69 37 Antonio Williams WR Clemson WR11 70 38 Keith Abney II CB Arizona State CB10 71 39 Gennings Dunker OT Iowa OT9 72 40 Dani Dennis-Sutton EDGE Penn State EDGE12 73 41 Gracen Holton DT Oklahoma DT7 74 42 Romello Height EDGE Texas Tech EDGE13 75 43 Kyle Louis LB Pitt LB8 76 44 Davison Igbinosun CB Ohio State CB11 77 45 Malachi Fields WR Notre Dame WR12 78 46 Darrell Jackson Jr. DT Florida State DT8 79 47 Elijah Sarratt WR Indiana WR13 80 48 Sam Hecht IOL Kansas State IOL5 81 49 Joshua Josephs EDGE Tennessee EDGE14 82 50 Ted Hurst WR Georgia State WR14 83 51 Garrett Nussmeier QB LSU QB3 84 52 Jonah Coleman RB Washington RB4 85 53 Kamari Ramsey S USC S5 86 54 Carson Beck QB Miami QB4 87 55 Skyler Bell WR UConn WR15 88 56 Dametrious Crownover OT Texas A&M OT10 89 57 Keyron Crawford EDGE Auburn EDGE15 90 58 Oscar Delp TE Georgia TE4 91 59 Jaishawn Barham LB Michigan LB9 92 60 Markel Bell OT Miami OT11 93 61 Daylen Everette CB Georgia CB12 94 62 Devin Moore CB Florida CB13 95 63 Bryce Lance WR North Dakota State WR16 96 64 Taylen Green QB Arkansas QB4 97 65 Genesis Smith S Arizona S5 98 66 Julian Neal CB Arkansas CB14 99 67 Bud Clark S TCU S6 100 68 Jalon Kilgore CB South Carolina CB15
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