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The NFL and college football seasons are both in full swing, which means it is time to update our one-round mock for the 2026 NFL draft. We’ve had a chance to see all of the top prospects<\/a> play this season, and even after just one game, we have had to adjust our expectations for several players. In this latest update, there are some big changes in the first round, with positions being shuffled and some new names in the first round.<\/p>\n

1 – New Orleans Saints<\/a> – EDGE Keldric Faulk – Auburn<\/p>\n

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2 – New York Jets – QB Cade Klubnik – Clemson<\/p>\n

3 – Cleveland Browns<\/a> – S Caleb Downs – Ohio State<\/p>\n

4 – Tennessee Titans – WR Jordyn Tyson – Arizona State<\/p>\n

5 – New York Giants<\/a> – OT Francis Mauigoa – Miami<\/p>\n

6 – Las Vegas Raiders – DT Peter Woods – Clemson<\/p>\n

7 – Carolina Panthers<\/a> – EDGE Rueben Bain – Miami<\/p>\n

8 – Indianapolis Colts – QB LaNorris Sellers – South Carolina<\/p>\n

9 – Cleveland Browns – WR Antonio Williams – Clemson<\/p>\n

10 – Miami Dolphins<\/a> – OT Caleb Lomu – Utah<\/p>\n

11 – Los Angeles Rams – CB Jermond McCoy – Tennessee<\/p>\n

12 – Seattle Seahawks<\/a> – RB Jeremiyah Love – Notre Dame<\/p>\n

13 – Arizona Cardinals – OT Kadyn Proctor – Alabama<\/p>\n

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14 – New England Patriots – EDGE T.J. Parker – Clemson<\/p>\n

15 – Dallas Cowboys – EDGE Dani Dennis-Sutton – Penn State<\/p>\n

16 – Chicago Bears<\/a> – DT Caleb Banks – Florida<\/p>\n

17 – Pittsburgh Steelers – QB Garrett Nussmeier – LSU<\/p>\n

18 – Minnesota Vikings<\/a> – S Dillon Thieneman – Oregon<\/p>\n

19 – Houston Texans<\/a> – LB C.J. Allen – Georgia<\/p>\n

20 – Denver Broncos<\/a> – LB Sonny Styles – Ohio State<\/p>\n

21 – Los Angeles Chargers – OT Spencer Fano – Utah<\/p>\n

22 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> – LB Anthony Hill Jr. – Texas<\/p>\n

23 – Los Angeles Rams – QB Fernando Mendoza – Indiana<\/p>\n

24 – San Francisco 49ers – CB Will Lee III – Texas A&M<\/p>\n

25 – Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> – CB Domani Jackson – Alabama<\/p>\n

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26 – Dallas Cowboys – CB DJ McKinney – Colorado<\/p>\n

27 – Washington Commanders – EDGE LT Overton – Alabama<\/p>\n

28 – Kansas City Chiefs – CB Mansoor Delane – LSU<\/p>\n

29 – Detroit Lions<\/a> – S Jalon Kilgore – South Carolina<\/p>\n

30 – Buffalo Bills<\/a> – EDGE Matayo Uiagalelei – Oregon<\/p>\n

31 – Baltimore Ravens<\/a> – WR Carnell Tate – Ohio State<\/p>\n

32 – Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> – DT Isaiah World – Oregon<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Draft Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Updated mock draft at the start of the regular season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL and college football seasons are both in full swing, which means it is time to update…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6959,390,117,53,5385,30253,613,260,391,256,54,257,6756,258,113,14287,7,7779,1802,253,392,7602,110,5386,393,262,58,7725,216,251,259,249,55,56,255,6,15,109,57,252,261,2239,250,394,111,7485],"class_list":{"0":"post-345986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-antonio-williams","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-cade-klubnik","13":"tag-caleb-banks","14":"tag-caleb-downs","15":"tag-carolina-panthers","16":"tag-chicago-bears","17":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","18":"tag-cleveland-browns","19":"tag-dallas-cowboys","20":"tag-dani-dennis-sutton","21":"tag-denver-broncos","22":"tag-detroit-lions","23":"tag-domani-jackson","24":"tag-football","25":"tag-francis-mauigoa","26":"tag-garrett-nussmeier","27":"tag-houston-texans","28":"tag-indianapolis-colts","29":"tag-jordyn-tyson","30":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","31":"tag-keldric-faulk","32":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","33":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","34":"tag-los-angeles-rams","35":"tag-lt-overton","36":"tag-miami","37":"tag-miami-dolphins","38":"tag-minnesota-vikings","39":"tag-new-england-patriots","40":"tag-new-orleans-saints","41":"tag-new-york-giants","42":"tag-new-york-jets","43":"tag-nfl","44":"tag-nfl-draft","45":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","46":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","47":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","48":"tag-seattle-seahawks","49":"tag-sonny-styles","50":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","51":"tag-tennessee-titans","52":"tag-washington-commanders","53":"tag-will-lee-iii"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345986","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=345986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}