First Draft

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're diving into an Alternating Mock Draft for Round 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft, selected by Mel, Field and ESPN Draft analysts Matt Miller and Jordan Reid. 00:00 Welcome to the show! 3:30 Alternating Mock Draft is open! 5:30 David Bailey to the Titans 8:45 Jeremiyah Love to the Giants 14:30 Sonny Styles to the Saints 19:30 Chiefs select Kenyon Sadiq 21:30 Cowboys select Rueben Bain Jr. 25:19 Jordyn Tyson to the Rams 30:00 Jets select Omar Cooper Jr. 33:20 Monroe Freeling to the Lions 39:00 Kadyn Proctor to the Browns 43:40 Bears select Peter Woods 50:00 Ty Simpson to the Jets 56:30 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down Field's top-50 prospects of the 2026 NFL Draft Class, led by Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza and Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love.  00:00 Welcome to the show! 1:30 Ty Simpson’s pro day 16:00 Field Yates’ Top-50 NFL Draft prospects 19:45 Ohio State Buckeyes’ NFL Draft prospects 20:40 Rueben Bain Jr. 23:00 Kadyn Proctor 29:00 Rankings 21 through 30 35:20 Rankings 31 through 40 39:50 Rankings 41 through 50 41:00 Jadarian Price 55:00 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down selections 33 through 64 of Field's 2-Round Mock Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down selections one through 32 of Field's 2-Round Mock Draft. 00:00 Welcome to the show 2:09 Field Yates 2-round mock draft is open! 3:10 Sonny Styles to the Titans 7:50 Jeremiyah Love to the Commanders 11:24 Jordyn Tyson to the Chiefs 16:30 Akheem Mesidor to the Buccaneers 21:30 R Mason Thomas to the Cowboys 25:30 Omar Cooper Jr. to the Eagles 29:40 Ty Simpson to the Cardinals 43:50 Cashius Howell to the Chiefs 48:30 Denzel Boston to the Patriots 51:00 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down selections 11 through 32 of Mel's third Mock Draft of the 2026 season.   0:00 Welcome to First Draft 2:26 Recap Picks 1-10 4:43 No. 11 Jordyn Tyson to Dolphins 8:50 No. 12 Jermod McCoy to Cowboys 11:42 No. 13 Francis Mauigoa to Rams 15:32 No. 14 Spencer Fano to Ravens 19:58 Picks 15 & 16 20:23 No. 17 Kadyn Proctor to Lions 22:34 No. 18 Pick 22:50 No. 19 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to Panthers 27:00 Picks 20-23 27:30 No. 24 Makai Lemon to Browns 31:50 Picks 25-27 32:15 No. 28 Christen Miller to Texans 36:32 No. 29 Pick 36:45 No. 30 Keldric Faulk to Dolphins 40:28 Picks 31 & 32 42:30 Goodbye & Thanks for Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the top-10 selections of Mel's third Mock Draft of the 2026 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the chaotic fallout of the Maxx Crosby-Ravens trade and the addition of DE Trey Hendrickson. Plus, we play a draft-scenario game of, "Red Light, Greeny Light" then dive into the prospects who Mel and Field think could have the widest draft ranges. 00:00 Welcome to the show! 1:15 Maxx Crosby trade rescinded by Ravens 2:00 Trey Hendrickson signs with Ravens 10:00 Ravens fan shaves head for Maxx Crosby 11:23 New York Jets 12:45 Titans will select Jeremiyah Love 14:00 New York Giants will draft an Ohio State player 19:24 Drew Allar 23:30 Spencer Fano 25:00 Ja’Kobi Lane 27:15 Jordyn Tyson 29:42 Eli Raridon 31:00 Max Iheanachor 32:40 Akheem Mesidor 33:33 Jermod McCoy 35:35 Peter Woods 36:45 Caleb Banks 38:10 Cashius Howell 39:33 Anthony Hill Jr. 44:40 Mason Reiger 47:00 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're running through Field's latest Mock Draft based on trade movement and free agency. 00:00 Welcome to the show! 1:30 Maxx Crosby traded to Ravens 9:30 Fernando Mendoza 13:00 David Bailey 16:00 Arvell Reese 21:30 Carnell Tate 26:30 Sonny Styles 29:30 Francis Mauigoa 33:20 Rueben Bain Jr. 38:30 Jeremiyah Love 42:00 Caleb Downs 45:00 Mansoor Delane 52:00 KC Concepcion 55:00 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

**UPDATE** : This episode was recorded before the Chiefs acquired the Rams' 2026 1st-Rd selections (Pk. 29) in exchange for CB Trent McDuffie. Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're Mock Drafting all 32 NFL teams. #nfl espn #firstdraft #nfl #nfldraft #nfldraft2026 #ncaa #ncaafootball #sports 00:00 Welcome to the show! 2:30 1st round mega mock draft! 3:30 David Bailey 4:45 Arvell Reese 6:50 Carnell Tate 8:30 Sonny Styles 9:30 Francis Mauigoa 11:30 Jeremiyah Love 13:00 Jordyn Tyson 14:20 Monroe Freeling 15:30 Rueben Bain Jr. 18:58 Caleb Downs 22:40 Mansoor Delane 24:40 Jermod McCoy 25:30 Kenyon Sadiq 26:20 CJ Allen 27:20 Makai Lemon 28:30 Olaivavega Ioane 30:00 Dillon Thieneman 32:00 Zion Young 34:14 Picks 11 through 20 35:10 Ty Simpson 37:53 Spencer Fano 38:40 Akheem Mesidor 40:10 Kadyn Proctor 40:50 Kayden McDonald 41:50 KC Concepcion 42:48 Caleb Lomu 43:40 Max Iheanachor 44:35 Chris Brazzell II 45:40 Jake Godly 46:30 R Mason Thomas 47:07 Avieon Terrell 48:00 Gennings Dunker and Mel Kiper Jr. 49:04 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates, and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the top stories from the NFL Combine.  Plus, we react to who's stock is up and down from the NFL Combine. 00:00 Welcome to the show! 2:00 Biggest takeaways from 2026 NFL Scouting Combine 8:52 Stock up and stock down from NFL Combine 10:13 Jeremiyah Love 14:27 Sonny Styles 21:20 Kenyon Sadiq 24:25 Dillon Thieneman 28:00 Zachariah Branch 30:00 Monroe Freeling 33:00 Chris Brzzell II 34:10 Caleb Banks 36:27 Kaleb Proctor 37:24 Jacob Rodriguez 39:13 Eli Stowers 44:09 Kaden Wetjen 45:19 Riley Nowakowsk 47:30 Field Yates & Jack Hughes 49:10 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices