The NFL Draft is one of the most anticipated events on the football calendar, shaping the future of teams and fantasy rosters alike. At FantasyPros, we provide unparalleled draft insights, from in-depth prospect profiles to expert mock drafts, to help you stay ahead of the curve. Below we share the latest consensus 2026 NFL Draft Big Board and prospect rankings.
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2026 NFL Draft Big Board & Prospect Rankings
Here is our latest consensus 2026 NFL Draft Big Board and prospect rankings.
| RK | PLAYER NAME | POS | BEST | WORST | AVG. | STD.DEV |
| 1 | Fernando Mendoza (Indiana) | QB1 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Rueben Bain Jr. (Miami) | EDGE1 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 3 | Caleb Downs (Ohio State) | S1 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 4 | Arvell Reese (Ohio State) | LB1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Jordyn Tyson (Arizona State) | WR1 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| 6 | Spencer Fano (Utah) | OT1 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| 7 | Francis Mauigoa (Miami) | OT2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | Carnell Tate (Ohio State) | WR2 | 5 | 10 | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| 9 | Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame) | RB1 | 8 | 9 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Jermod McCoy (Tennessee) | CB1 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 11 | Mansoor Delane (Virginia Tech) | CB2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | David Bailey (Texas Tech) | DT1 | 8 | 17 | 12.5 | 4.5 |
| 13 | Makai Lemon (USC) | WR3 | 12 | 13 | 12.5 | 0.5 |
| 14 | Avieon Terrell (Clemson) | CB3 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| 15 | Ty Simpson (Alabama) | QB2 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 6 |
| 16 | Denzel Boston (Washington) | WR4 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 17 | Kenyon Sadiq (Oregon) | TE1 | 15 | 22 | 18.5 | 3.5 |
| 18 | Cashius Howell (Texas A&M) | EDGE2 | 16 | 21 | 18.5 | 2.5 |
| 19 | Sonny Styles (Ohio State) | LB2 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
| 20 | Kadyn Proctor (Alabama) | OT3 | 19 | 20 | 19.5 | 0.5 |
| 21 | T.J. Parker (Clemson) | EDGE3 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| 22 | K.C. Concepcion (Texas A&M) | WR5 | 19 | 22 | 20.5 | 1.5 |
| 23 | C.J. Allen (Georgia) | LB3 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 1 |
| 24 | Caleb Lomu (Utah) | OT4 | 20 | 25 | 22.5 | 2.5 |
| 25 | Olaivavega Ioane (Penn State) | OG1 | 17 | 29 | 23 | 6 |
| 26 | Romello Height (Texas Tech) | EDGE4 | 26 | 33 | 29.5 | 3.5 |
| 27 | Brandon Cisse (South Carolina) | CB4 | 26 | 33 | 29.5 | 3.5 |
| 28 | Colton Hood (Tennessee) | CB5 | 27 | 32 | 29.5 | 2.5 |
| 29 | LT Overton (Alabama) | DT2 | 23 | 37 | 30 | 7 |
| 30 | Anthony Hill Jr. (Texas) | LB4 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| 31 | Chris Bell (Louisville) | WR6 | 30 | 36 | 33 | 3 |
| 32 | R Mason Thomas (Oklahoma) | EDGE5 | 30 | 42 | 36 | 6 |
| 33 | Dillon Thieneman (Oregon) | S2 | 34 | 40 | 37 | 3 |
| 34 | Gennings Dunker (Iowa) | OT5 | 34 | 40 | 37 | 3 |
| 35 | Emmanuel Pregnon (Oregon) | OG2 | 28 | 47 | 37.5 | 9.5 |
| 36 | Akheem Mesidor (Miami | DT3 | 29 | 52 | 40.5 | 11.5 |
| 37 | Dani Dennis-Sutton () | EDGE6 | 27 | 56 | 41.5 | 14.5 |
| 38 | D’Angelo Ponds (Indiana) | CB6 | 37 | 49 | 43 | 6 |
| 39 | Isaiah World (Oregon) | OT6 | 35 | 53 | 44 | 9 |
| 40 | Keith Abney II (Arizona State) | CB7 | 39 | 49 | 44 | 5 |
| 41 | Gabe Jacas (Illinois) | EDGE7 | 28 | 62 | 45 | 17 |
| 42 | Kamari Ramsey | S3 | 39 | 51 | 45 | 6 |
| 43 | Monroe Freeling (Georgia) | OT7 | 32 | 60 | 46 | 14 |
| 44 | Deontae Lawson (Alabama) | LB5 | 41 | 52 | 46.5 | 5.5 |
| 45 | Elijah Sarratt (Indiana) | WR7 | 42 | 51 | 46.5 | 4.5 |
| 46 | Germie Bernard (Alabama) | WR8 | 38 | 56 | 47 | 9 |
| 47 | Ja’Kobi Lane | WR9 | 45 | 50 | 47.5 | 2.5 |
| 48 | Chris Johnson (San Diego State) | CB8 | 35 | 61 | 48 | 13 |
| 49 | Joshua Josephs (Tennessee) | EDGE8 | 38 | 60 | 49 | 11 |
| 50 | Eli Stowers (Vanderbilt) | TE2 | 36 | 69 | 52.5 | 16.5 |
| 51 | Caleb Tiernan (Northwestern) | OT8 | 43 | 62 | 52.5 | 9.5 |
| 52 | Connor Lew (Auburn) | OG3 | 53 | 54 | 53.5 | 0.5 |
| 53 | Zachariah Branch (Georgia) | WR10 | 44 | 65 | 54.5 | 10.5 |
| 54 | Chris Brazzell II (Tennessee) | WR11 | 45 | 69 | 57 | 12 |
| 55 | Malik Muhammad (Texas) | CB9 | 50 | 67 | 58.5 | 8.5 |
| 56 | A.J. Haulcy | S4 | 46 | 72 | 59 | 13 |
| 57 | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren (Toledo) | S5 | 41 | 78 | 59.5 | 18.5 |
| 58 | Taurean York (Texas A&M) | LB6 | 44 | 76 | 60 | 16 |
| 59 | Davison Igbinosun (Ohio State) | CB10 | 48 | 74 | 61 | 13 |
| 60 | Zion Young (Missouri) | EDGE9 | 48 | 79 | 63.5 | 15.5 |
| 61 | Max Klare (Ohio State) | TE3 | 61 | 67 | 64 | 3 |
| 62 | Jonah Coleman (Washington) | RB2 | 57 | 73 | 65 | 8 |
| 63 | Jake Golday () | LB7 | 47 | 84 | 65.5 | 18.5 |
| 64 | Carter Smith (Indiana) | OT9 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 2 |
| 65 | Austin Barber (Florida) | OT10 | 46 | 87 | 66.5 | 20.5 |
| 66 | Jake Slaughter (Florida) | OG4 | 55 | 79 | 67 | 12 |
| 67 | Josiah Trotter (Missouri) | LB8 | 59 | 76 | 67.5 | 8.5 |
| 68 | Antonio Williams (Clemson) | WR12 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 2 |
| 69 | Harold Perkins Jr. | LB9 | 43 | 96 | 69.5 | 26.5 |
| 70 | Trinidad Chambliss () | QB3 | 55 | 89 | 72 | 17 |
| 71 | Carson Beck (Miami) | QB4 | 58 | 88 | 73 | 15 |
| 72 | Julian Neal () | CB11 | 65 | 83 | 74 | 9 |
| 73 | Michael Trigg (Baylor) | TE4 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 1 |
| 74 | Garrett Nussmeier | QB5 | 71 | 83 | 77 | 6 |
| 75 | Omar Cooper Jr. (Indiana) | WR13 | 63 | 92 | 77.5 | 14.5 |
| 76 | Kaytron Allen (Penn State) | RB3 | 68 | 92 | 80 | 12 |
| 77 | Domani Jackson (Alabama) | CB12 | 54 | 108 | 81 | 27 |
| 78 | Deion Burks (Oklahoma) | WR14 | 74 | 89 | 81.5 | 7.5 |
| 79 | Blake Miller (Clemson) | OT11 | 57 | 107 | 82 | 25 |
| 80 | Jadarian Price (Notre Dame) | RB4 | 72 | 93 | 82.5 | 10.5 |
| 81 | Drew Allar (Penn State) | QB6 | 59 | 107 | 83 | 24 |
| 82 | Derrick Moore (Michigan) | EDGE10 | 75 | 91 | 83 | 8 |
| 83 | Devin Moore () | CB13 | 78 | 88 | 83 | 5 |
| 84 | Dontay Corleone (Cincinnati) | DT4 | 77 | 90 | 83.5 | 6.5 |
| 85 | Chase Bisontis (Texas A&M) | OG5 | 70 | 101 | 85.5 | 15.5 |
| 86 | Daylen Everette (Georgia) | CB14 | 63 | 112 | 87.5 | 24.5 |
| 87 | Jack Endries (Texas) | TE5 | 82 | 93 | 87.5 | 5.5 |
| 88 | Brian Parker II () | OT12 | 86 | 95 | 90.5 | 4.5 |
| 89 | Nicholas Singleton (Penn State) | RB5 | 84 | 98 | 91 | 7 |
| 90 | Chandler Rivers (Duke) | CB15 | 81 | 102 | 91.5 | 10.5 |
| 91 | Lander Barton (Utah) | LB10 | 90 | 101 | 95.5 | 5.5 |
| 92 | Keionte Scott () | CB16 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 0 |
| 93 | Mikail Kamara (Indiana) | EDGE11 | 80 | 116 | 98 | 18 |
| 94 | Michael Taaffe (Texas) | S6 | 66 | 133 | 99.5 | 33.5 |
| 95 | Tacario Davis (Arizona) | CB17 | 81 | 118 | 99.5 | 18.5 |
| 96 | Malachi Fields (Notre Dame) | WR15 | 98 | 103 | 100.5 | 2.5 |
| 97 | Max Iheanachor () | OT13 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 0 |
| 98 | Emmett Johnson (Nebraska) | RB6 | 85 | 121 | 103 | 18 |
| 99 | Jamari Johnson () | TE6 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 0 |
| 100 | Will Lee III () | CB18 | 80 | 133 | 106.5 | 26.5 |
History of the NFL Draft
The NFL Draft has a storied history dating back to its inception in 1936. Initially held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia, the draft was a low-key affair compared to the grand spectacle it has become today.
As the NFL grew in popularity, the draft evolved into a cornerstone of the league’s offseason calendar. The introduction of television coverage in the 1980s transformed it from a procedural meeting into a must-watch event, giving fans insight into team strategy, player evaluations, and long-term roster building. Landmark moments—surprise picks, dramatic slides, and franchise-defining selections—helped turn the draft into a storytelling engine that connected college football to the professional game.
Today, the NFL Draft is a multi-day spectacle and one of the league’s most powerful engagement tools. Hosted in rotating cities and attended by hundreds of thousands of fans, it blends live entertainment, analysis, and league-wide optimism as every team resets its future. What began as a simple mechanism for fairness has become a cultural event that shapes the NFL’s competitive landscape for years to come.
