{"id":723904,"date":"2026-02-02T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/723904\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:44:17","slug":"2026-nfl-mock-draft-broncos-add-rb-to-backfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/723904\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL mock draft: Broncos add RB to backfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of Super Bowl LX next weekend and the conclusion of the 2025 season, Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy released an updated three-round 2026 NFL mock draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Denver Broncos<\/a> hold their original selections in the first three rounds<\/a>, and Popejoy has Denver adding a pair of defenders before adding a spark to the team’s backfield.<\/p>\n

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First, the Broncos<\/a> select Tennessee cornerback Colton Hood in the first round. Hood spent time at Auburn, Colorado and Tennessee during his three-year college career, totaling 77 tackles, 14 pass breakups, three interceptions (one returned for a touchdown) and one fumble recovery (returned for a touchdown).<\/p>\n

In the second round, Denver adds Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez. In his final two seasons with the Red Raiders, Rodriguez totaled 255 tackles, 10 pass breakups, 10 forced fumbles, six sacks, five interceptions and four fumble recoveries (two returned for touchdowns).<\/p>\n

To wrap up the three-round mock draft, Popejoy has the Broncos selecting Penn State running back Nicholas Singleton. Playing in a shared backfield with Kaytron Allen, Singleton rushed 123 times for 549 yards and 13 touchdowns last fall. In four seasons at PSU, Singleton totaled 4,448 yards from scrimmage and scored 54 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

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The 2026 NFL draft will be held in Pittsburgh from April 23-25.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Broncos Wire: 2026 NFL mock draft: Denver Broncos add RB Nick Singleton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of Super Bowl LX next weekend and the conclusion of the 2025 season, Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[232,68580,23888,231,258,2426,7,35794,16855,4002,6,15,6958,520,526],"class_list":["post-723904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-broncos","tag-broncos","tag-colton-hood","tag-curt-popejoy","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-denverbroncos","tag-football","tag-jacob-rodriguez","tag-kaytron-allen","tag-mock-draft","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-nicholas-singleton","tag-pittsburgh","tag-tennessee"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116001575152280104","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723904","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=723904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}