NFL mock draft 2026: Top-10 shifts following breaking news
We are 10 days out from the 2026 NFL Draft, and the board is more or less getting set. There are going to be some major surprises down the stretch, and unquestionably some trades on draft night that shake things up, but this is one of our last attempts to predict a trade-free first round based on where the talent is falling.
There is one major change to this mock draft that can’t be ignored: Rueben Bain Jr. The Miami edge rusher was a lock to be a Top 10 pick, but draft rumors last week that something was happening with Bain broke on Sunday night as Oliver Connely reported that Bain has been linked to a 2024 car accident, resulting in the death of a 22-year-old student. ESPN has picked that story as well, and while I still have him being taken in the first round for now, there is a lot of due diligence occurring with Bain that I have him slipping out of the Top 10 as a result.
Check out our QB-only mock draft today, as well. Here’s our full first-round projection:
Pick Team Player Position School 1 Las Vegas Raiders Fernando Mendoza QB Indiana 2 New York Jets Arvell Reese LB Ohio State 3 Arizona Cardinals David Bailey EDGE Texas Tech 4 Tennessee Titans Jeremiyah Love RB Notre Dame 5 New York Giants Sonny Styles LB Ohio State 6 Cleveland Browns Monroe Freeling OT Georgia 7 Washington Commanders Caleb Downs S Ohio State 8 New Orleans Saints Mansoor Delaine CB LSU 9 Kansas City Chiefs Jermod McCoy CB` Tennessee 10 Cincinnati Bengals Francis Mauigoa OT Miami 11 Miami Dolphins Carnell Tate WR Ohio State 12 Dallas Cowboys Rueben Bain Jr EDGE Miami 13 Los Angeles Rams (from Falcons) Makai Lemon WR USC 14 Baltimore Ravens Olaivavega Ioane OL Penn State 15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Kenyon Sadiq TE Oregon 16 New York Jets (from Colts) Jordyn Tyson WR Arizona State 17 Detroit Lions Spencer Fano OT Utah 18 Minnesota Vikings Dillion Thieneman S Oregon 19 Carolina Panthers KC Concepcion WR Texas A&M 20 Dallas Cowboys (from Packers) Kadyn Proctor OT Alabama 21 Pittsburgh Steelers Ty Simpson QB Alabama 22 LA Chargers Peter Woods DT Clemson 23 Philadelphia Eagles C.J. Allen LB Georgia 24 Cleveland Browns (from Jaguars) Denzel Boston WR Washington 25 Chicago Bears Kayden McDonald DL Ohio State 26 Buffalo Bills Cashius Howell EDGE Texas A&M 27 San Francisco 49ers Omar Cooper Jr. WR Indiana 28 Houston Texans Caleb Lomu OT Utah 29 Kansas City Chiefs (via Rams) Avieon Terrell CB Clemson 30 Miami Dolphins (via Broncos) Colton Hood CB Texas 31 New England Patriots Akheem Mesidor EDGE Miami 32 Seattle Seahawks Keldric Faulk EDGE Auburn
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