{"id":773390,"date":"2026-02-24T14:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773390\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:37:16","slug":"nfl-mock-draft-2026-round-1-players-selected-for-las-vegas-raiders-new-orleans-saints-dallas-cowboys-and-houston-texans-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773390\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Mock Draft 2026 Round 1: Players selected for Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, and Houston Texans | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NFLNFL Mock Draft 2026 Round 1: Players selected for Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, and Houston Texans (Image via Getty [clockwise]: Las Vegas Raiders logo, Dallas Cowboys logo, Houston Texans logo, New Orleans Saints logo) NFL Draft 2026 Round 1 is scheduled for April 23 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Las Vegas Raiders have the No. 1 overall pick, and the New Orleans Saints have the No. 8 pick for Round 1. Jerry Jones\u2019 Dallas Cowboys have two first-round picks at No. 12 and No. 20 [acquired through the Micah Parsons trade to the Green Bay Packers]. Cal McNair\u2019s Houston Texans have a first-round pick at No. 28.<\/p>\n

First round picks include Fernando Mendoza for Raiders and Mansoor Delane for Cowboys<\/p>\n

NFL Mock Draft 2026 Round 1 may feature quarterback Fernando Mendoza of the Indiana Hoosiers for the Las Vegas Raiders. Wide receiver Makai Lemon of the USC Trojans could go to the New Orleans Saints. Cornerback Mansoor Delane of the LSU Tigers may be picked by the Dallas Cowboys. Running back Jadarian Price of Notre Dame Fighting Irish could join the Houston Texans.ESPN\u2019s Mel Kiper Jr. has listed Mendoza as a Round 1 pick for Tom Brady\u2019s part-owned franchise because Geno Smith\u2019s trade after Derek Carr left for New Orleans did not solve Las Vegas\u2019s QB issues. Their new head coach, Super Bowl LX winner Klint Kubiak, wants a signal caller to build his offense around.Kiper Jr. said Makai Lemon would be a productive player for quarterback Tyler Shough in Shough\u2019s second year with the Saints. The Trojans\u2019 wideout attacks the ball in the air. And he collected 1,156 yards in 2025.Coming to Dallas, Mansoor Delane of LSU can shut down opposing receivers and make plays on the ball. He broke up 11 passes and had two interceptions in 2025.Jadarian Price of Notre Dame is perfect for Houston because he is a powerful runner who plays a one-cut-and-go style. In 2025, he had 11 rushing touchdowns, caught two touchdown passes, and scored twice on kickoff returns.<\/p>\n

NFL Mock Round 1 picks for Texans<\/p>\n

Alabama Crimson Tide offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor [NFL Network]Texans Longhorns linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. [Sports Illustrated].<\/p>\n

NFL Mock first round picks for Cowboys<\/p>\n

Texans A&M linebacker Taurean York [The Landry Hat]Auburn Tigers defensive tackle Keldric Faulk [The Athletic].<\/p>\n

NFL Mock Round 1 picks for Saints<\/p>\n

Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker Alex \u201cSonny\u201d Styles [Sports Illustrated]Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love [Canal Street Chronicles].<\/p>\n

NFL Mock first round picks for Raiders<\/p>\n

Penn State Nittany Lions guard Olaivavega \u201cVega\u201d Ioane [A to Z Sports]Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza [CBS Sports].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Mock Draft 2026 Round 1: Players selected for Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[257,3619,75439,7,253,2883,393,491,896,55,2572,2571,6,79087,397,1369],"class_list":{"0":"post-773390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-fernando-mendoza","10":"tag-first-round-picks","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-jerry-jones","14":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","15":"tag-micah-parsons","16":"tag-new-orleans","17":"tag-new-orleans-saints","18":"tag-neworleans","19":"tag-neworleanssaints","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-nfl-mock-draft-2026","22":"tag-saints","23":"tag-tom-brady"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116126120799756457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773390","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=773390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}