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The 2026 NFL Draft is approaching, and fans can use the Yahoo Sports app to react to picks with emojis and engage in discussions. The app also features an interactive draft guide for player research and live updates.
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NFL and college football fans unite! It’s almost time for the 2026 NFL Draft. And we know you have your opinions about who should be drafted to your favorite team. But you don’t have to keep it bottled up — you can share your approval (or disapproval) with us. The Yahoo Sports app lets you react to each draft pick with three different emoji (find out which ones below). Plus, you can back up your reaction with a comment and see what other fans have to say about your team’s pick. There's also a Live Activities feature for iPhone users to follow the draft right from your lock screen.
If you're following the 2026 NFL Draft, you can use Yahoo Sports as your ultimate player research tool. It features an interactive NFL Draft guide, which shows player scouting reports and comps, draft news, as well as the latest Yahoo Sports mock draft and big board. You can use the big board to filter by NFL teams, schools, player positions and attributes. Some elements from the draft guide are also available in the Yahoo Sports app via enhanced prospect pages.
Now let's dive into all the features you can use on the Yahoo Sports app, and how you can connect with other NFL enthusiasts.
The Yahoo Sports app will let you connect with other fans around the NFL Draft in real time. Using the Discussions feature, you can chat with each other and Yahoo Sports experts about each player and pick in the draft — or just lurk and read everyone else’s hot takes about who your favorite team picked!
You can react to each draft pick with three different emojis in the Yahoo Sports app.
The app includes an interactive draft guide, player scouting reports, mock drafts, and live updates for iPhone users.
Yes, you can back up your emoji reactions with comments and see other fans' opinions on draft picks.
The Live Activities feature allows iPhone users to follow the draft in real-time from their lock screen.

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To access Discussions for each player, just visit their prospect pages from the NFL Draft hub. You can also talk about the broader NFL draft in a megathread (at the top of the NFL Draft hub).

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You can react to each draft pick with an emoji. You can share 🔥 if you agree with the pick, 🤔 if you're unsure how you feel about the pick, or 😬 if you don't like the pick.
Emoji reactions are available on both iOS and Android versions of the Yahoo Sports app.

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The Yahoo Sports app on iOS has a Live Activities feature, which lets you stay up-to-date on each pick in the draft — even if your phone is locked. Just visit the NFL Draft hub, or add NFL as a favorite league, to get every pick pushed to your lock screen as they happen.

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You can watch Yahoo Sports' NFL Draft Live show in the app, starting at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday for the first round, and 7 p.m. ET Friday for the second and third rounds.
Round 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft kicks off on Thursday, Apr. 23, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET. Rounds 2-7 will follow on Friday, Apr. 24 and Saturday, Apr. 25.
Round 1 of the NFL Draft will begin at 8 p.m. ET. Rounds 2-3 will air Friday starting at 7 p.m. ET. Saturday's coverage of rounds 4-7 will start at 12 p.m. ET.
You can tune into coverage of this year’s NFL Draft on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network, along with ESPN Deportes (Spanish broadcast). You can stream coverage on NFL+ and ESPN+.