THE BIGGEST SLEEPERS of 2026 NFL Draft w/Mel Kiper & Field Yates

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prospects who Mel and Field think could have the widest draft ranges. 00:00 Welcome to the show! 1:15 Maxx Crosby trade rescinded by Ravens 2:00 Trey Hendrickson signs with Ravens 10:00 Ravens fan shaves head for Maxx Crosby 11:23 New York Jets 12:45 Titans will select Jeremiyah Love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

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the rest of Mel's second Mock Draft of the 2026 season (selections 11 through 32). 00:00 Welcome to the show! 00:45 Mel Kiper’s Mock Draft 2.0 2:06 Top 10 picks recap 2:53 Miami Dolphins select Francis Mauigoa 6:25 Baltimore Ravens select Jordyn Tyson 9:41 New York Jets select Peter Woods 12:28 Detroit Lions select Zion Young 15:50 Minnesota Vikings select Dillon Thieneman 17:52 Panthers, Cowboys, Steelers, Chargers mock draft picks 18:46 Philadelphia Eagles select Kenyon Sadiq 21:07 Browns, Bears, Bills, 49ers mock draft picks 23:14 Houston Texans select Jadarian Price 27:27 Denver Broncos select Emmanuel McNeil-Warren 33:40 Thank you for watching! #nfl espn #firstdraft #nfl #nfldraft #nfldraft2026 #ncaa #ncaafootball #sports 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 second Mock Draft of the 2026 season. (0:00) Welcome to First Draft! (2:10) No. 1: QB Fernando Mendoza to Raiders (5:20) No. 2: S Caleb Downs to Jets (11:08) No. 3: Edge David Bailey to Cardinals (13:57) No. 4: LB Arvell Reese to Titans (17:30) No. 5: OT Spencer Fano to Giants (22:49) No. 6: WR Carnell Tate to Browns (27:00) No. 7: LB Sonny Styles to Commanders (31:12) No. 8: WR Makai Lemon to Saints (35:22) No. 9: RB Jeremiyah Love to Chiefs (38:33) No. 10: Edge Rueben Bain Jr. to Bengals (41:36) Final thoughts! 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 listing potential "steal" player-selections of the 2026 NFL Draft. 0:00 Welcome to First Draft 1:30 Previewing 2026 NFL Scouting Combine 7:24 QB Alabama QB Ty Simpson 12:18 Georgia OT Monroe Freeling 15:22 Clemson DT Peter Woods 18:12 Indiana WR Omar Cooper Jr. 22:10 Georgia WR Zachariah Branch 24:27 Georgia G Keylan Rutledge 26:30 Alabama G Jaeden Roberts 28:20 Louisville WR Chris Bell 31:27 Indiana RB Kaelon Black 34:43 Ohio State Edge Caden Curry 36:44 Missouri WR Kevin Coleman Jr. 38:25 Southeast Louisiana DT Kaleb Proctor 40:34 Cal DB Hezekiah Masses 42:49 Georgia Tech WR Eric Rivers 45:28 Final Thoughts + 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 selections 11 through 32 of Field's third NFL Mock Draft of the 2026 season. 0:00 Welcome to First Draft 1:30 Mock Draft Picks 1-10 Recap 2:20 No. 11 CB Mansoor Delane to Dolphins 6:35 No. 12 LB Sonny Styles to Cowboys 9:50 No. 13-15 Picks 10:40 No. 16 DT Caleb Banks to Jets 13:22 No. 17 OT Monroe Freeling to Lions 17:02 No. 18 CB Brandon Cisse to Vikings 19:24 No. 19 & 20 Picks 20:21 No. 21 QB Ty Simpson to Steelers 27:03 No. 22 G Olaivavega Ioane to Chargers 28:31 No. 23 & 24 Picks 28:50 No. 25 Edge Zion Young to Bears 31:44 No. 26 DT Peter Woods to Bills 32:39 No. 27 WR KC Concepcion to 49ers 35:25 No. 28 OT Kadyn Proctor to Texans 36:00 No. 29 Colton Hood to Rams 38:58 No. 30-32 Picks 40:10 Recapping Draft + Final Thoughts 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 Field's third NFL Mock Draft of the 2026 season. (0:00) Welcome to First Draft (2:51) No. 1: QB Fernando Mendoza to Raiders (5:15) No. 2: LB Arvell Reese to Jets (8:00) No 3: OT Francis Mauigoa to Cardinals (12:33) No. 4: Edge David Bailey to Titans (14:35) No. 5 Caleb Downs to Giants (18:59) No. 6: OT Spencer Fano to Browns (21:54) No. 7: WR Carnell Tate to Giants (24:47) No. 8: WR Jordyn Tyson to Saints (32:31) No. 9: RB Jeremiyah Love to Chiefs (35:30) No. 10: Edge Rueben Bain Jr. to Bengals (39:00) Recapping Top-10 + Final thoughts! 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 biggest "sleeper" prospects of the 2026 NFL Draft Class, featuring Nebraska RB Emmett Johnson and UConn WR Skyler Bell. (0:00) Welcome to First Draft (5:25) Nebraska - Emmett Johnson (7:59) Texas A&M - Le'Veon Moss (10:02) UConn - Skyler Bell (12:12) Michigan - Martin Klein (15:24) Utah - Dallen Bentley (17:45) Iowa - Beau Stephens (20:32) Duke - Brian Parker II (24:39) Texas A&M - Dametrious Crownover (28:10) UCF - Malachi Lawrence (30:23) Utah - Gracen Halton (31:58) Minnesota - Deven Eastern (33:37) Toledo - Avery Smith (35:28) Missouri - Josiah Trotter (37:13) Arizona - Treydan Stukes (38:53) Duke - Chandler Rivers (40:40) MSU - Matt Gulbin (42:26) Thanks for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices