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The 2026 NFL Draft has concluded, and experts are now being scored on their mock drafts. Points are assigned based on the accuracy of their picks and penalties are applied for incorrect trade predictions.
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The 2026 NFL Draft may be over, but we’re not yet done with 2026 mock drafts. It is time to score them.
The scoring system is simple. For every number of picks a selection is off, the mock drafter gets a point. If someone mocked TJ Parker to the Chargers at 22, which was a fairly popular pick, they got 13 points because Parker went 35th overall.
If they were bold enough to mock a trade and were wrong–and mock trades are almost always wrong–they were penalized double the points. This does mean that they penalized twice if they were wrong on both ends of the trade, but nobody made them mock a trade, they brought this on themselves.
No credit was given for correctly predicting the player and team but not the position. For example, 19 mocks had the Jets take Omar Cooper at 16, he went to them at 30. They missed by half a round. This is the whole point of the exercise.
This year, 50 mock drafts: staples of the draft community, previous high scorers, mocks that claim to have been high scorers, plus two other staples as a sort of control: the excellent Arif Hasan Big Board, and the BGN Community Mock Draft.
| Mock Drafter | Score | Correct | Actual 1sts | Simpson trade? | McCoy? |
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Grades are calculated by assigning points for each pick that is off and penalizing double points for incorrect trade predictions.
If a mock drafter predicts a trade incorrectly, they receive double the points as a penalty for that mistake.
TJ Parker was drafted 35th overall in the 2026 NFL Draft, despite being mocked to the Chargers at 22.
The 2026 NFL Draft took place on April 23, 2026, at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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| Worst Non-Simpson or McCoy Pick |
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| First 10 |
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| Last 10 |
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| Tood McShay, The Ringer | 143 | 7 | 28 | No | No | Kenyon Sadiq to TB via trade with PHI at 23 | 22 | 65 |
| Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA Today | 152 | 7 | 26 | No | No | Jacob Rodriguez to BUF at 26 | 22 | 72 |
| Dane Brugler, The Athletic | 157 | 7 | 27 | No | No | Omar Cooper to NYJ at 16 | 23 | 57 |
| Evan Silva, Establish the Run | 162 | 8 | 28 | Yes | No | Omar Cooper to NYJ at 16 | 19 | 80 |
| Scott Atkins, Full Time Fantasy | 164 | 7 | 28 | No | No | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to CHI at 25 | 12 | 84 |
| Pete Prisco, CBS | 170 | 5 | 27 | No | No | R Mason Thomas to BUF at 26 | 21 | 72 |
| Field Yates, ESPN | 173 | 7 | 27 | Yes | No | R Mason Thomas to CHI at 25 | 25 | 91 |
| Garrett Podell, CBS | 174 | 4 | 26 | No | No | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to NE at 31 | 31 | 67 |
| Abert Breer, SI | 174 | 6 | 28 | No | No | Zion Young to CHI at 25 | 9 | 87 |
| Daniel Jeremiah, NFLN | 176 | 3 | 29 | Yes | No | Colton Hood to MIN at 18 | 26 | 74 |
| Cory Rindone, The Huddle Report | 180 | 5 | 29 | Yes | No | Carnell Tate to NYJ via trade with LAR at 13 | 31 | 84 |
| Rob Rang, FOX | 180 | 6 | 27 | No | No | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to PHI at 23 | 17 | 89 |
| Andrew Erickson, Fantasy Pros | 184 | 6 | 28 | Yes | No | Kayden McDonald to MIN at 18 | 29 | 69 |
| Josh Edwards, CBS | 192 | 6 | 28 | Yes | No | Kenyon Sadiq to TB via trade with PHI at 23 | 21 | 86 |
| Ryan Noonan, 4 for 4 | 196 | 7 | 28 | Yes | No | Jacob Rodriguez to BUF at 26 | 20 | 105 |
| Josh Norris, Underdog | 199 | 3 | 28 | Yes | No | Keldric Faulk to DET at 17 | 26 | 90 |
| Ryan McCrystal, Sharp Football Analysis | 200 | 6 | 29 | Yes | No | Denzel Boston to NYJ at 16 | 23 | 80 |
| Brian Johannes, The Huddle Report | 201 | 6 | 28 | Yes | No | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to SF at 27 | 29 | 94 |
| Ryan Wilson, CBS | 202 | 5 | 29 | Yes | No | Omar Cooper to NYJ at 16 | 23 | 96 |
| Sam Teets | 205 | 6 | 27 | Yes | No | Carnell Tate to NYJ via trade with BAL at 14 | 27 | 92 |
| Danny Kelly, The Ringer | 205 | 2 | 27 | No | No | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to CHI at 25 | 42 | 89 |
| Luke Easterling, Athlon Sports | 206 | 5 | 30 | Yes | No | Denzel Boston to CLE via trade with DAL at 20 | 23 | 74 |
| Connor Orr, SI | 213 | 5 | 28 | Yes | No | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to CAR at 19 | 25 | 91 |
| Matthew Freedman, Fantasy Life | 214 | 6 | 27 | No | 20th | Keldrick Faulk to TB at 15 | 11 | 53 |
| Jason Boris, Times News | 215 | 5 | 27 | Yes | No | CJ Allen to BUF at 26 | 16 | 124 |
| Shane Hallam, Draft Sharks | 218 | 4 | 28 | Yes | No | Zion Young to BAL at 14 | 27 | 91 |
| Theo Gremminger, Fantasy Points | 227 | 9 | 28 | Yes | 29th | Keldrick Faulk to DET at 17 | 9 | 152 |
| Tankathon | 231 | 5 | 26 | No | 29th | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to BUF at 26 | 19 | 128 |
| Charlie Campbell, Walter Football | 232 | 4 | 27 | Yes | No | CJ Allen to DAL at 20 | 26 | 95 |
| Ethan Woodie, NFL Trade Rumors | 234 | 6 | 25 | No | 19th | Denzel Boston to NYJ at 16 | 28 | 52 |
| Lance Zierlein, NFL.com | 239 | 8 | 28 | No | 20th | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to CHI at 25 | 17 | 85 |
| Eric Edholm, NFL.com | 239 | 2 | 26 | No | 22nd | Jacob Rodriguez to DAL at 20 | 12 | 52 |
| Mike Renner, CBS | 240 | 4 | 29 | No | 25th | Avieon Terrell to KC at 29 | 35 | 130 |
| Jordan Reid, ESPN | 240 | 3 | 26 | No | 15th | Kadyn Proctor to HOU at 28 | 29 | 70 |
| Peter Schrager, ESPN | 256 | 5 | 28 | Yes | 30th | Omar Cooper to KC via trade with DAL at 20 | 20 | 174 |
| Sean Green, Sports Gambling Podcast | 261 | 4 | 26 | No | 30th | CJ Allen to BUF at 26 | 27 | 168 |
| ESPN Beat Writers | 265 | 4 | 26 | No | 22nd | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to CLE at 24 | 23 | 97 |
| Joel Klatt, FOX | 268 | 6 | 26 | Yes | 16th | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to DAL at 20 | 24 | 77 |
| Matt Miller, ESPN | 269 | 4 | 28 | Yes | 22nd | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to SF at 27 | 21 | 105 |
| Hasan BB | 272 | 5 | 25 | No | 14th | Avieon Terrell 21st | 37 | 76 |
| Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News | 276 | 3 | 26 | No | 12th | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to CHI at 25 | 25 | 106 |
| Curt Popejoy, DraftWire | 285 | 5 | 26 | No | 29th | Emmanuel Pregnon to HOU at 28 | 26 | 191 |
| Eddie Brown, San Diego Tribune | 286 | 3 | 28 | Yes | 22nd | Zion Young to NE at 31 | 35 | 95 |
| Jeff Risdon, Real GM | 302 | 3 | 26 | No | 32nd | CJ Allen to DAL at 20 | 55 | 139 |
| Cris Collinsworth, PFF | 303 | 3 | 25 | No | 12th | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to MIN at 18 | 21 | 112 |
| Tony Pauline, Yahoo | 305 | 7 | 24 | Yes | 18th | Denzel Boston to NYJ via trade with PIT at 21 | 33 | 105 |
| BGN Community Mock | 309 | 3 | 25 | No | 20th | Emmanuel Pregnon to HOU at 28 | 31 | 141 |
| The Athletic Beat Writers | 310 | 4 | 26 | Yes | 22nd | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to DAL via trade with PHI at 23 | 25 | 140 |
| Bucky Brooks, FOX | 313 | 4 | 23 | No | 18th | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to CAR at 19 | 23 | 89 |
| Sam Farmer, LA Times | 323 | 4 | 23 | No | 20th | Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to MIN at 18 | 23 | 87 |
| Nate Tice and Charles McDonald, Yahoo | 342 | 2 | 25 | No | 12th | Denzel Boston to LAR at 13 | 49 | 107 |
| Chris Simms, NBC | 364 | 3 | 24 | No | 31st | TJ Parker to CHI via trade with LAC at 22 | 31 | 157 |
Best Mock: Todd McShay
McShay returned from the wilderness after his stint at ESPN to go to The Ringer to nail this draft. He was the only person to mock Ty Simpson to the Rams at 13. 12 of his incorrect picks were off by just 5 spots or less, and he had the 5th best score in the final ten picks, where most people trip up.
Best mock that had a Ty Simpson trade, not counting a Simpson trade: Evan Silva. 23% of Silva’s points were from a projected trade to 32. Up until then he had a score of 124.
Best mock that had Jermod McCoy, not counting McCoy: Matthew Freedman. 38% of his points were from McCoy, he had 133 points in his 31 other picks.
Most common correct picks that were not Fernando Mendoza: 34 mocks correctly predicted that the Jets would draft David Bailey 2nd overall. 31 correctly predicted the Ravens would take Olaivavega Ioane at 14.
Worst mock: Chris Simms
No surprise here, Simms is a generationally bad mock drafter. He had Monroe Freeling 6th overall, Colton Hood 12th, Denzel Boston 14th, Kayden McDonald 18th, Omar Cooper 21st via trade, TJ Parker 22nd via trade, Spencer Fano 24th via trade, and Jermod McCoy 31st. Making this more impressive is that he didn’t have a Ty Simpson trade, and he was one of only two people to predict Caleb Banks as a 1st rounder.
Whoops: The Yahoo duo of Nate Tice and Charles McDonald, along with Eric Edholm and Danny Kelly, got just one non-Fernando Mendoza pick correct.
Close, but no cigar: 19 mock drafters correctly predicted that the Jets would draft Omar Cooper. They just thought the Jets would take him at 16.
Do’h: 24 mocks had the Cardinals trading up for Ty Simpson.
Reach? The only person who had Carnell Tate 4th overall to the Titans was Titans GM Mike Borgonzi.
Lone wolves-ish:
Red flag: Jermod McCoy’s medical concerns kept him out of the first three rounds. 26 had him in it. The worst of which were Chris Collinsworth, Vinnie Iyer, and Nate Tice/Charles McDonald, who had him 12th overall.
Worst pick that was not McCoy: Curt Popejoy and the BGN Community Mock had Emmanuel Pregnon to the Texans at 28.
Most common misses: Despite wrecking 26 drafts, McCoy was not the most commonly mocked 1st rounder who was not a 1st. He was not even the second most mocked non-1st rounder. 39 mocks had Colton Hood in the 1st round, he went 37th overall. TJ Parker was a 1st rounder in 37 mocks, he went 35th overall. Emmanuel McNeil-Warren was a 1st rounder in 19 drafts, he went 58th overall.
Summer shade: Congratulations to everyone who felt over the summer that Garrett Nussmeier would go to a team with a top 10 pick. You were right!
Confused? 24 mocks had the Buccaneers drafting the other Miami defensive lineman.
Pros vs Joes: Every year I include our community mock draft to see how it fares against the people who get paid to do this. It never does great but it always beats at least a few professionals. This year it was one of just 5 mocks to correctly predict the Lions would draft Blake Miller. Well done BCHaas!