The Athletic's Sam Vecenie updates his mock draft with the latest intel on how the first 2 rounds will play out. Sam Vecenie, The Athletic Caleb Wilson is considered one of the top players in the ...

The 2026 NBA Draft is less than three weeks away, and sifting through the speculation is especially intriguing this year. You can compare AI's picks to the latest USA TODAY 2026 NBA mock draft by ...

Chase Reid, Carson Carels and Gavin McKenna are the top three picks in this mock draft. David Berding, Steve Dunsmoor, Jaime Crawford / Getty Images A few years ago, we decided to test out a new idea: ...

Gavin McKenna, Carson Carels and Ivar Stenberg are projected top-five picks in this mock draft. Steve Dunsmoor, Monika Majer / Getty; Joe Camporeale / Imagn Each year, The Athletic’s prospects writers ...

The 2026 NBA Draft lottery is on Mother's Day this year, with every team that didn't make the playoffs seeking the gift of the right ping-pong ball combination on Sunday, May 10. A whole batch of ...

The Cardinals, Jets and Browns still seek franchise QBs, but Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith might be the best player available. The hardest day of the year for NFL draft fans—the final day of ...

This is it: my final 2026 NFL mock draft. It's the one where, after months of preaching "don't overthink it," I do just that one last time. This is my best guess at how the first round will unfold, ...

It's the eve of the 2026 NFL Draft, and after a year’s worth of player evaluations and careful combing of current team needs, this is how I see things shaking out over the first two rounds. I ...

The 2026 NFL Draft is tonight! Months of scouting evaluations, testing numbers, pro days, team visits, trades and more all come down to Thursday through Saturday in Pittsburgh, when 257 players will ...

As NFL draftheads prepare for the most exciting day of the offseason, ESPN insider Mel Kiper Jr.'s final mock draft is an essential piece of the preparation puzzle. This year, Kiper's final mock ...

One quarterback will go in the first round of the NFL draft, but he won’t have to wait long to hear his name. And five Ohio State players will go in the opening round, including four in the first ...

One of the most complicated elements in writing mock drafts is recognizing that every NFL team has a point where they will break away from obvious needs to take the "best player available." The ...