2026 NFL Draft: 1st Round Mock

 I’ve prepared a mock draft three ways for you today, the first (left) is my what would I do mock, the second (middle) is my first round mock which is drafted off the averages from 8-10 mocks to get a general idea of how the draft is being talked about, and the third (right) is based on Wide Left Consensus Draft Board which aggregates a whole host of draft boards to make the internet’s big board. The write-ups are all about the mock column and is just some notes on how I felt the board fell. So enjoy the 1^st round I think it’s going to be a bit wild but the lack of elite talent could mean that there isn’t much motivation to move around the first round.

 

Pick	Team	What I'd Do	Mock	Con.BB
1	LVR	Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana	Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana	Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana
2	NYJ	Arvell Reese, Edge, Ohio State	Arvell Reese, Edge, Ohio State	Arvell Reese, Edge, Ohio State
Agreement across all three mocks if you trust the QB draft him, and take the potentially all-pro talent at a premium position.
		-	Trade: ARI gets 7, '27 1st, '27 2nd - WAS gets 3	-
The trade is only in my mock (middle), the rumors of Washington moving up make sense for both sides as Arizona gets more bullets for next year’s draft while not falling out of the range to get a top tier guy this year, and Washington gets a premier player at an incredibly weak position.
3	ARI	David Bailey, Edge, Texas Tech	WAS - Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame	Rueben Bain Jr, Edge, Miami (FL)
4	TEN	Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU	David Bailey, Edge, Texas Tech	Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame
5	NYG	Olaivavega Ioane, G, Penn State	Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miam (FL)	Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miami (FL)
6	CLE	Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State	Spencer Fano, OT, Utah	Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State
7	WAS	Sonny Styles, OBLB, Ohio State	ARI - Reuben Bain Jr, Edge, Miami (FL)	Sonny Styles, OBLB, Ohio State
So Washington gets Love, Tennessee gets the best pure rusher on the board, the Giants get their tackle of the future, Cleveland protects whoever is gonna play QB for them, and Arizona moves down and still gets one of the three Edge players I had starting grade on.
8	NO	Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee	Jordan Tyson, WR, Arizona State	Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU
9	KC	Spencer Fano, OT, Utah	Monroe Freeling, OT, Georgia	David Bailey, Edge, Texas Tech
10	NYG f/CIN	Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miam (FL)	Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU	Spencer Fano, OT, Utah
11	MIA	Chase Bisontis, G, Texas A&M	Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State	Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State
12	DAL	Jacob Rodriguez, OBLB, Texas Tech	Sonny Styles, OBLB, Ohio State	Jermod McCoy, Tennessee
13	LAR f/ATL	Jordan Tyson, WR, Arizona State	Makai Lemon, WR, USC	Makai Lemon, WR, USC
14	BAL	Rueben Bain Jr, Edge, Miami (FL)	Olaivavega Ioane, G, Penn State	Olaivavega Ioane, G, Penn State
15	TB	Malachi Lawrence, Edge, UCF	Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama	Monroe Freeling, OT, Georgia
16	NYJ f/IND	Makai Lemon, WR, USC	Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State	Jordan Tyson, WR, Arizona State
17	DET	Akheem Mesidor, Edge, Miami (FL)	Dillon Thieneman, S, Oregon	Dillon Thieneman, S, Oregon
18	MIN	Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State	Blake Miller, OT, Clemson	Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama
19	CAR	Colton Hood, CB, Texas	Akheem Mesidor, Edge, Miami (FL)	Kenyon Sadiq, TE, Oregon
Freeling isn’t my favorite but he’s liked by a lot of rankers and KC certainly needs to do a better job protecting Mahomes, Dallas gets a stud, and a steal, in styles, Baltimore gets the best lineman in the draft, while Tampa takes a risk on Proctor. The Jets luck into a top five player at a non-premium position, and Minnesota takes a tackle I just plain didn’t like in Blake Miller.
20	DAL f/GB	Keldric Faulk, Edge, Auburn	Keldric Faulk, Edge, Auburn	Keldric Faulk, Edge, Auburn
21	PIT	Caleb Lomu, OT, Utah	Caleb Lomu, OT, Utah	KC Concepcion, WR, Texas A&M
22	LAC	Kayden McDonald, INT, Ohio State	Peter Woods, INT, Clemson	Aveion Terrell, CB, Clemson
23	PHI	KC Concepcion, WR, Texas A&M	KC Concepcion, WR, Texas A&M	Akheem Mesidor, Edge, Miami (FL)
24	CLE f/JAX	Gennings Dunker, IOL, Iowa	Omar Cooper Jr, WR, Indiana	Omar Cooper Jr, WR, Indiana
25	CHI	Peter Woods, INT, Clemson	Kayden McDonald, INT, Ohio State	Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, S, Toledo
26	BUF	R Mason Thomas, Edge, Oklahoma	Denzel Boston, WR, Washington	Denzel Boston, WR, Washington
27	SF	Dillon Thieneman, S, Oregon	T.J. Parker, Edge, Clemson	Caleb Lomu, OT, Utah
28	HOU	Chris Johnson, CB, San Diego State	Colton Hood, CB, Tennessee	Peter Woods, INT, Clemson
29	KC f/LAR	Kenyon Sadiq, TE, Oregon	Malachi Lawrence, Edge, UCF	Blake Miller, OT, Clemson
30	MIA f/DEN	Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama	Max Iheanachor, OT, Arizona State	Max Iheanachor, OT, Arizona State
31	NE	Zion Young, Edge, Missouri	Kenyon Sadiq, TE, Oregon	T.J. Parker, Edge, Clemson
n the back half of the round Philly finds it Brown replacement, I mocked McDonald to Chicago because it’s the pick that would annoy me the most as a Packer fan, Buffalo keeps adding reinforcements for Josh, KC gets my favorite “sleeper” of the draft, and the Pats add a weapon for Drake Maye.
		-	Trade: SEA gets 34 & 143, ARI get 32 & 210	-
Seattle trades back screwing over the Make-A-Wish kid who’s supposed to announce the pick and Arizona picks up their QB of at least the next three years in Simpson securing the 5th year option.
32	SEA	Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame	ARI - Ty Simpson, QB, Alabama	Chris Johnson, CB, San Diego State