{"id":862106,"date":"2026-04-09T06:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862106\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T06:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:03:37","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-top-12-of-top-100-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862106\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL draft: Top 12 of Top 100 prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Cardinals<\/a> have the third overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft. While they perhaps could trade back, it won’t likely be further back than the 12th overall pick.<\/p>\n

NFL.com’s Eric Edholm released his updated list of the 100 prospects<\/a> in the 2026 draft. The Cardinals are guaranteed to be able to get one of the top 12 if they want.<\/p>\n

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Let’s see who is on the list.<\/p>\n

12 of the top 100 prospects in the 2026 draft<\/p>\n

Ohio State EDGE\/LB Arvell Reese<\/p>\n

Ohio State LB Sonny Styles<\/p>\n

Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza<\/p>\n

Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love<\/p>\n

Texas Tech EDGE David Bailey<\/p>\n

Miami EDGE Rueben Bains Jr.<\/p>\n

Ohio State WR Carnell Tate<\/p>\n

Reese as the No. 1 prospect in the draft? Some compare him to Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n

One interesting thing to see is that no O-lineman is listed before No. 10. There is a report that the Cardinals want to trade down to draft a tackle, as they don’t feel any tackle is worth the No. 3 pick. These rankings agree with that.<\/p>\n

Get more Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from Cards<\/a> Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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