2026 NFL Prospects
Notable 2026 NFL Draft Prospects
By: Lou Pickney
Here's a list of some of the top potential college football prospects for the 2026 NFL Draft. There is considerable churn right now and situations are fluctuating.
Some of these players have remaining eligibility beyond 2025 and may return to college for 2026.
Browse by position group:
QB | RB | WR | TE | OL | DL | LB | DB
QUARTERBACKS
Drew Allar, Penn State
Luke Altmyer, Illinois
Jackson Arnold, Auburn
Rocco Becht, Iowa State
Carson Beck, Miami
Byrum Brown, USF
Zach Calzada, Kentucky
Tommy Castellanos, Florida State
Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss
Aidan Chiles, Michigan State
Anthony Colandrea, UNLV
Jaden Craig, Harvard
Devon Dampier, Utah
Jalon Daniels, Kansas
Kyron Drones, Virginia Tech
Billy Edwards Jr., Wisconsin
Walker Eget, San Jose State
Noah Fifita, Arizona
Taylen Green, Arkansas
Mark Gronowski, Iowa
Eli Holstein, Pittsburgh
Josh Hoover, TCU
Nico Iamaleava, UCLA
Grayson James, Boston College
Kevin Jennings, SMU
Avery Johnson, Kansas State
Athan Kaliakmanis, Rutgers
Haynes King, Georgia Tech
Cade Klubnik, Clemson
Sam Leavitt, Arizona State
Austin Mack, Alabama
Jayden Maiava, Southern Cal
Arch Manning, Texas (expected to stay for 2026)
Chase Mason, South Dakota State
John Mateer, Oklahoma
Maverick McIvor, WKU
Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
Darian Mensah, Duke
Dante Moore, Oregon
Behren Morton, Texas Tech
Miller Moss, Louisville
Malachi Nelson, UTEP
Austin Novosad, Oregon
Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
Beau Pribula, Missouri
Jaden Rashada, Sacramento State
Sawyer Robertson, Baylor
LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
Blake Shapen, Mississippi State
Ty Simpson, Alabama
Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati
Gunner Stockton, Georgia
Preston Stone, Northwestern
Jack Strand, MSUM
Conner Weigman, Houston
RUNNING BACKS
Kaytron Allen, Penn State
CJ Baxter, Texas
Davon Booth, Mississippi State
Mel Brown, Connecticut
CJ Campbell, Rutgers
TreVonte Citizen, McNeese State
Demond Claiborne, Wake Forest
Jeremiah Cobb, Auburn
Jonah Coleman, Washington
Logan Diggs, Ole Miss
CJ Donaldson Jr., Ohio State
Dante Dowdell, Kentucky
Dylan Edwards, Kansas State
Rahsul Faison, South Carolina
Mark Fletcher Jr., Miami
Anthony Hankerson, Oregon State
Jamal Haynes, Georgia Tech
Justice Haynes, Michigan
Eli Heidenreich, Navy
Roman Hemby, Indiana
Al-Jay Henderson, Buffalo
Robert Henry Jr., UTSA
Makhi Hughes, Oregon (redshirting in 2025)
Kaleb Jackson, LSU
Angel Johnson, Washington State
Cash Jones, Georgia
Datrell Jones, Boston College
Quinten Joyner, Texas Tech (2025 medical redshirt)
Barika Kpeenu, NDSU
Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame
LJ Martin, BYU
Jam Miller, Alabama
Devin Mockobee, Purdue
Jaquez Moore, Duke
Le'Veon Moss, Texas A&M
Jaydn Ott, Oklahoma
Rueben Owens, Texas A&M
A'Marion Peterson, UTSA
George Pettaway, James Madison
Jadarian Price, Notre Dame
Kedrick Reescano, Arizona
Desmond Reid, Pitt
Kaidon Salter, Colorado
Cameron Seldon, Virginia Tech
Nick Singleton, Penn State
Hollywood Smothers, NC State
Terion Stewart, Virginia Tech
Darius Taylor, Minnesota
J'Mari Taylor, Virginia
Kanye Udoh, Arizona State
Tyler Van Dyke, SMU
Bryson Washington, Baylor
Jahiem White, West Virginia
Noah Whittington, Oregon
Roydell Williams, Florida State
Quintrevion Wisner, Texas
Richard Young, Alabama
WIDE RECEIVERS
Aaron Anderson, LSU
Nic Anderson, LSU
Chris Bell, Louisville
Dillon Bell, Georgia
Skyler Bell, UConn
Germie Bernard, Alabama
Lewis Bond, Boston College
Denzel Boston, Washington
Zachariah Branch, Georgia
Chris Brazzell II, Tennessee
Barion Brown, LSU
Deion Burks, Oklahoma
Josh Cameron, Baylor
Dacari Collins, Louisville
KC Concepcion, Texas A&M
Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana
CJ Daniels, Miami
Caleb Douglas, Texas Tech
Jalil Farooq, Maryland
Malachi Fields, Notre Dame
Jaden Greathouse, Notre Dame
Donavon Greene, Virginia Tech
Jalen Hale, Alabama
Nyck Harbor, South Carolina
Chris Hilton Jr., LSU
Isaiah Horton, Alabama
Brandon Inniss, Ohio State
Dane Key, Nebraska
Caullin Lacy, Louisville
Bryce Lance, North Dakota State
Ja'Kobi Lane, Southern Cal
Cayden Lee, Ole Miss
Makai Lemon, Southern Cal
Ja'Mori Maclin, Kentucky
Eric McAlister, TCU
Omarion Miller, Colorado
DeAndre Moore Jr., Texas
Trebor Pena, Penn State
Kobe Prentice, Baylor
Eric Rivers, Georgia Tech
Chase Roberts, BYU
Duce Robinson, Florida State
Devonte Ross, Penn State
Malik Rutherford, Georgia Tech
Elijah Sarratt, Indiana
Kam Shanks, Arkansas
Eric Singleton Jr., Auburn
Evan Stewart, Oregon (potential 2025 medical redshirt)
De'Zhaun Stribling, Ole Miss
Ian Strong, Rutgers
J. Michael Sturdivant, Florida
Carnell Tate, Ohio State
Noah Thomas, Georgia
Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State
Reggie Virgil, Texas Tech
Harrison Wallace III, Ole Miss
Jalen Walthall, Incarnate Word
Antonio Williams, Clemson
Ayden Williams, Mississippi State
Hykeem Williams, Colorado
Eugene Wilson III, Florida
Colbie Young, Georgia
TIGHT ENDS
Tanner Arkin, Illinois
Lander Barton, Utah
Benjamin Brahmer, Iowa State
Terrance Carter Jr., Texas Tech
Josh Cuevas, Alabama
Oscar Delp, Georgia
Jack Endries, Texas
Jeremiah Franklin, Boston College
John Michael Gyllenborg, Wyoming
Luke Hasz, Ole Miss
Matthew Hibner, SMU
Justin Joly, NC State
Rohan Jones, Arkansas
Miles Kitselman, Tennessee
Max Klare, Ohio State
Marlin Klein, Michigan
Tanner Koziol, Houston
Matt Lauter, Boise State
Lawson Luckie, Georgia
RJ Maryland, SMU
Lake McRee, Southern Cal
Chamon Metayer, Arizona State
Amari Niblack, Texas A&M
Brett Norfleet, Missouri
Garrett Oakley, Kansas State
Sam Roush, Stanford
Joe Royer, Cincinnati
Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon
Bauer Sharp, LSU
Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt
Seydou Traore, Mississippi State
Michael Trigg, Baylor
Jack Velling, Michigan State
Dae'Quan Wright, Ole Miss
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
Austin Barber, Florida
Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M
Jude Bowry, Boston College
Parker Brailsford, Alabama
DJ Campbell, Texas
Fernando Carmona, Arkansas
Kage Casey, Boise State
Xavier Chaplin, Auburn
Dametrious Crownover, Texas A&M
Gennings Dunker, Iowa
Fa'alili Fa'amoe, Wake Forest
Spencer Fano, Utah
Bryce Foster, Kansas
Monroe Freeling, Georgia
Trevor Goosby, Texas
Cayden Green, Missouri
Max Iheanachor, Arizona State
Olaivavega Ioane, Penn State
Charles Jagusah, Notre Dame
Logan Jones, Iowa
Iapani Laloulu, Oregon
Tristan Leigh, Clemson
Connor Lew, Auburn
Caleb Lomu, Utah
Riley Mahlman, Wisconsin
Francis Mauigoa, Miami
Blake Miller, Clemson
Ethan Onianwa, Ohio State
Emmanuel Pregnon, Oregon
Kadyn Proctor, Alabama
Ar'maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M
Jaeden Roberts, Alabama
Drew Shelton, Penn State
Jake Slaughter, Florida
Caleb Tiernan, Northwestern
Aamil Wagner, Notre Dame
PJ Williams, SMU
Isaiah World, Oregon
Jeremiah Wright, Auburn
Trey Zuhn III, Texas A&M
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Bear Alexander, Oregon
Vincent Anthony Jr., Duke
David Bailey, Texas Tech
Rueben Bain Jr., Miami
Caleb Banks, Florida
Ben Bell, Virginia Tech
Rayshaun Benny, Michigan
David Blay Jr., Miami
DeMonte Capehart, Clemson
Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati
Dani Dennis-Sutton, Penn State
Zane Durant, Penn State
Keldric Faulk, Auburn
C.J. Fite, Arizona State
Skyler Gill-Howard, Texas Tech
Aaron Graves, Iowa
Gracen Halton, Oklahoma
Zxavian Harris, Ole Miss
Cashius Howell, Texas A&M
Lee Hunter, Texas Tech
Gabe Jacas, Illinois
Darrell Jackson Jr., Florida State
Kenyatta Jackson Jr., Ohio State
Joshua Josephs, Tennessee
Mikail Kamara, Indiana
Tim Keenan III, Alabama
Max Llewellyn, Iowa
Anthony Lucas, Southern Cal
Kayden McDonald, Ohio State
Akheem Mesidor, Miami
Christen Miller, Georgia
Derrick Moore, Michigan
Trey Moore, Texas
Jeheim Oatis, Colorado
David Oke, Arkansas
Domonique Orange, Iowa State
LT Overton, Alabama
T.J. Parker, Clemson
Patrick Payton, LSU
Albert Regis, Texas A&M
Quincy Rhodes Jr., Arkansas
Anto Saka, Northwestern
Tyreak Sapp, Florida
Anthony Smith, Minnesota
James Smith, Alabama
Keanu Tanuvasa, BYU
R Mason Thomas, Oklahoma
Boubacar Traore, Notre Dame
Matayo Uiagalelei, Oregon
A'Mauri Washington, Oregon
Peter Woods, Clemson
Zion Young, Missouri
LINEBACKERS
Jeremiah Alexander, Clemson
CJ Allen, Georgia
Jaishawn Barham, Michigan
Wesley Bissainthe, Miami
Bryce Boettcher, Oregon
Drayk Bowen, Notre Dame
Arion Carter, Tennessee
Kaleb Elarms-Orr, TCU
Keyshaun Elliott, Arizona State
Aiden Fisher, Indiana
Eric Gentry, Southern Cal
Jake Golday, Cincinnati
Ernest Hausmann, Michigan
Romello Height, Texas Tech
Anthony Hill Jr., Texas
Jack Kelly, BYU
Deontae Lawson, Alabama
Kyle Louis, Pittsburgh
Dasan McCullough, Nebraska
Harold Perkins Jr., LSU
Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss
Arvell Reese, Ohio State
Tony Rojas, Penn State
Austin Romaine, Kansas State
Xavian Sorey Jr., Arkansas
Sonny Styles, Ohio State
Mohamed Toure, Miami
Teitum Tuioti, Oregon
Whit Weeks, LSU
Caleb Wheatland, Auburn
Scooby Williams, Texas A&M
Raylen Wilson, Georgia
Wade Woodaz, Clemson
Taurean York, Texas A&M
DEFENSIVE BACKS
Keith Abney II, Arizona State
Marcus Allen, North Carolina
Matthew Bailey, Illinois
Khalil Barnes, Clemson
Peyton Bowen, Oklahoma
Austin Brown, Wisconsin
Shyheim Brown, Florida State
Jordan Castell, Florida
Jalen Catalon, Missouri
Brandon Cisse, South Carolina
Bud Clark, TCU
Jeremiah Cooper, Iowa State
Judge Collier, South Carolina
Tacario Davis, Washington
Mansoor Delane, LSU
Charles Demmings, Stephen F. Austin
Thaddeus Dixon, North Carolina
Caleb Downs, Ohio State
Phillip Dunnam, UCF
Daylen Everette, Georgia
Amare Ferrell, Indiana
Christian Gray, Notre Dame
Jay Green, Stanford
Jaylon Guilbeau, Texas
Stephen Hall, Missouri
Ricardo Hallman, Wisconsin
A.J. Harris, Penn State
Daniel Harris, Georgia
AJ Haulcy, LSU
Jyaire Hill, Michigan
Colton Hood, Tennessee
Bray Hubbard, Alabama
Jalen Huskey, Maryland
Davison Igbinosun, Ohio State
Amari Jackson, Boston College
Domani Jackson, Alabama
Chris Johnson, San Diego State
JJ Johnson, NC State
Tao Johnson, Utah
Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina
Kayin Lee, Auburn
Will Lee III, Texas A&M
Earl Little Jr., Florida State
Jeadyn Lukus, Clemson
Gunner Maldonado, Kansas State
Nikai Martinez, Michigan State
Jermaine Mathews Jr., Ohio State
Jermod McCoy, Tennessee
DJ McKinney, Colorado
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo
Devin Moore, Florida
Rod Moore, Michigan
Terry Moore, Duke
Ahmaad Moses, SMU
Josh Moten, Southern Miss
Malik Muhammad, Texas
Isaiah Nwokobia, SMU
VJ Payne, Kansas State
D'Angelo Ponds, Indiana
Kamari Ramsey, Southern Cal
Chandler Rivers, Duke
Keon Sabb, Alabama
Xavier Scott, Illinois
Avery Smith, Toledo
DQ Smith, South Carolina
Isaac Smith, Mississippi State
Robert Spears-Jennings, Oklahoma
Ashton Stamps, LSU
Jalen Stroman, Notre Dame
Treydan Stukes, Arizona
Michael Taaffe, Texas
Avieon Terrell, Clemson
Dillon Thieneman, Oregon
Zakee Wheatley, Penn State
Gentry Williams, Oklahoma
Ceyair Wright, Nebraska
Collin Wright, Stanford
AFC East: Buffalo Bills | New England Patriots |
New York Jets | Miami Dolphins
AFC North:
Baltimore Ravens | Cincinnati Bengals | Cleveland Browns | Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC South:
Houston Texans | Indianapolis Colts |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
Tennessee Titans
AFC West:
Denver Broncos |
Kansas City Chiefs | Las Vegas Raiders | Los Angeles Chargers
NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys |
New York Giants |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Washington Commanders
NFC North:
Chicago Bears |
Detroit Lions |
Green Bay Packers |
Minnesota Vikings
NFC South:
Atlanta Falcons |
Carolina Panthers |
New Orleans Saints |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NFC West:
Arizona Cardinals |
Los Angeles Rams |
San Francisco 49ers |
Seattle Seahawks
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