Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\nThird round – CB Malik Muhammad – Texas<\/p>\n
Third round – G Kage Kasey – Boise State<\/p>\n
Fourth round – DT Landon Robinson – Navy<\/p>\n
Fourth round – OT Jude Bowry – Boston College<\/p>\n
Fifth round – DT Zane Durant – Penn State<\/p>\n
Sixth round – WR Chase Roberts – BYU<\/p>\n
Seventh round – TE Dan Villari – Syracuse<\/p>\n
Rather than breakdown each pick individually, let’s look at what we liked and what we didn’t.<\/p>\n
We are big fans of cornerback Keionte Scott in the second and guard Kage Kasey in the third. Both guys have rookie starter potential and depending on how free agency goes, could fill significant positions of need.<\/p>\n
However, beyond that, there isn’t much to get excited about. Concepcion is too much like guys already on the roster to be thrilled about and the idea of doubling up at cornerback and defensive tackle in the same draft feels like they let the simulator take over the picks. Also, the idea of Carson Beck in the Top 100 picks is a scary thought, considering how inconsistent he was last season. Not addressing safety, inside linebacker and running back are also misses here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 14, 2026, 3:36 p.m. ET One of the most challenging parts of doing a seven-round mock draft…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,96718,96719,95882,97710,95896,95888,95895,95897,95906,96720,96099,95883,97438,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-753426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","13":"tag-sstsnsteelers","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagfantasy-sports","16":"tag-tagnational-sports","17":"tag-tagnfl","18":"tag-tagnfl-hub","19":"tag-tagoverall-negative","20":"tag-tagoverall-positive","21":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","22":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-tagtexas","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116073525606056133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753426","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=753426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}