{"id":164112,"date":"2025-06-28T02:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/164112\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T02:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:24:08","slug":"top-player-at-every-position-heading-into-the-cfb-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/164112\/","title":{"rendered":"Top player at every position heading into the CFB season"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the college football season set to kick off in just two months, we decided to update our positional rankings for the 2026 NFL draft. The 2026 draft class is set to be absolutely loaded at some positions, and thin at others. This is the norm, but this year, the positions where the draft is great are those high-profile spots everyone wants.<\/p>\n

Here is our top prospect for the upcoming draft at every position heading into the college football season.<\/p>\n

Quarterback<\/p>\n

Cade Klubnik – Clemson<\/a><\/p>\n

Running back<\/p>\n

Jeremiyah Love – Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Wide receiver<\/p>\n

Jordan Tyson – Arizona State<\/a><\/p>\n

Tight end<\/p>\n

Max Klare – Ohio State<\/p>\n

Offensive tackle<\/p>\n

Kadyn Proctor – Alabama<\/a><\/p>\n

Guard<\/p>\n

Caleb Lomu – Utah<\/p>\n

Center<\/p>\n

Parker Brailsford – Alabama<\/p>\n

Defensive line<\/p>\n

Peter Woods – Clemson<\/p>\n

EDGE defender<\/p>\n

Dani Dennis-Sutton – Penn State<\/p>\n

Linebacker<\/p>\n

Anthony Hill Jr. – Texas<\/p>\n

Cornerback<\/p>\n

Will Lee III – Texas A&M<\/p>\n

Safety<\/p>\n

Caleb Downs – Ohio State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the college football season set to kick off in just two months, we decided to update our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4955,17051,1600,52,2400,247,265,375,387,2343,1681,8168,318,339,2398,1961,378,19,1962,7,1963,147,1184,248,267,88,6,15,1640,1960,641,245,537,1639,1644,530,1602,2517,9,266,376,377,51,2347,2399,790],"class_list":{"0":"post-164112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-17051","10":"tag-aggies","11":"tag-alabama","12":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide-football","13":"tag-american","14":"tag-american-football","15":"tag-arizona","16":"tag-arizona-state-sun-devils-football","17":"tag-au0026m","18":"tag-clemson","19":"tag-clemson-tigers-football","20":"tag-college","21":"tag-college-sports","22":"tag-crimson","23":"tag-dame","24":"tag-devils","25":"tag-draft","26":"tag-fighting","27":"tag-football","28":"tag-irish","29":"tag-lions","30":"tag-listicle","31":"tag-national","32":"tag-national-sports","33":"tag-news","34":"tag-nfl","35":"tag-nfl-draft","36":"tag-nittany","37":"tag-notre","38":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football","39":"tag-overall","40":"tag-overall-positive","41":"tag-penn","42":"tag-penn-state-nittany-lions-football","43":"tag-positive","44":"tag-smg","45":"tag-smg-listicle","46":"tag-sports","47":"tag-sports-news","48":"tag-state","49":"tag-sun","50":"tag-texas","51":"tag-texas-au0026m-aggies-football","52":"tag-tide","53":"tag-tigers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}