Las Vegas has the No. 1 overall pick, followed by the Jets (2), Arizona (3), Tennessee (4) and the Giants (5) in the top five.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz of USA TODAY<\/a> released a final mock draft for the first round. He projects Tennessee defensive back Colton Hood<\/a> to be selected No. 30 overall by Miami.<\/p>\n “If the Dolphins’ new regime has to account for the missteps of previous leadership, that effort will certainly require action in an underdeveloped secondary,” Middlehurst-Schwartz said<\/a>. “Miami can be more patient than most teams in bringing along Hood, who can comfortably carry larger receivers downfield but still must hone his coverage instincts after just one season as a starter.”<\/p>\n Below is a tracker for Tennessee football players selected in the NFL draft.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>More: Where to watch NFL draft: TV, channel, streaming<\/a>Tennessee football NFL draft trackerMore: 2026 NFL draft: Tennessee football best available players<\/a> Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 23, 2026, 10:15 a.m. ET The NFL draft will open on Thursday with the first round in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[95878,7,97322,96358,95882,95892,95893,95896,95888,95906,97623,96721,96099,96100,96008,96071,95883,97081,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-872822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sstssportscollegevolunteersfootball","11":"tag-sstsnfootball","12":"tag-tagamerican-football","13":"tag-tagespn-inc","14":"tag-tagfacebook","15":"tag-tagnational-sports","16":"tag-tagnfl","17":"tag-tagoverall-positive","18":"tag-tagpennsylvania","19":"tag-tagpittsburgh","20":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","21":"tag-tagsec-hub","22":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","23":"tag-tagsmg-timely","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-tagtennessee-volunteers-football","26":"tag-tagtwitter","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116454610944816107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872822","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=872822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89717685007-1191285530.jpeg\")