The Tennessee Titans hold the No. 4 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, and for once, it feels like a decision that could actually shape more than just filling a need. And the loudest idea coming from fans isn’t about a quarterback or an edge rusher. It’s this: take the running back. Take Jeremiyah Love.
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If Tennessee goes there, Love would be the first running back taken inside the top five since Saquon Barkley in 2018. That alone tells you how much the league has changed. Teams haven’t stopped valuing running backs, but they’ve stopped paying this kind of price for them.
Love has the right production numbers (1,372 rushing yards, 21 total touchdowns), but the way he accumulates them is the talking point. There’s a calmness to how he runs. He doesn’t rush, doesn’t force openings that aren’t there. And then suddenly, he’s through a crease, and the play has flipped.
The Titans are still building things around Cam Ward, and you can feel that they are not finished figuring out what they want the offense to look like. Adding Love would speed things up. However, he’s not the only direction the team could go in, according to PFSN’s Mock Draft Simulator.
1. Jeremiyah Love (35.1%), RB, Notre Dame
He’s already been the core of this conversation, as more than a third of fans are leaning his way, which says a lot about how strongly people feel about what he could bring right away.
2. David Bailey (12.9%), EDGE, Texas Tech
If there is a safer direction people are warming up to, it’s Bailey. The production jumps out (14.5 sacks, 81 pressures), but he is more about the other things he can translate. Get upfield, create pressure, don’t overcomplicate it. There’s still some roughness against the run, sure, but as a pass rusher, you can already see the outline of what he can be.
3. Reuben Bain Jr. (11.9%), EDGE, Miami
Bain’s case is built on force. There’s a kind of heaviness to how he rushes that linemen don’t always handle well. The arm length comes up every time you talk about him, and, yeah, it’s not ideal, but it hasn’t stopped him from wrecking things so far.
4. Sonny Styles (7.9%), LB, Ohio State
Styles moves differently than most linebackers his size (looser, more comfortable in space), and that shows up in coverage right away. At 6-foot-5, he shouldn’t feel that natural flipping his hips or tracking routes, but he does. Once he’s there, the play usually ends. He just feels built for how teams want to play now.
5. Arvell Reese (6.4%), LB/EDGE, Ohio State
Reese is a little harder to pin down. One snap, he’s reading things from off the ball, and the next, he’s coming off the edge like that’s been his job all along. At 6-foot-4 with that kind of speed, he covers a lot of ground without looking rushed. And when he gets into contact, he doesn’t give anything away easily.
6. Carnell Tate (6.3%), WR, Ohio State
There is a smoothness to Tate along the sideline, as he doesn’t fight the ball or rush through routes. He just … gets there. The production, 875 yards and 9 touchdowns, is effective, but it’s his consistency that is a talking point. You don’t see many wasted reps with him.
7. Olaivavega Ioane (1.7%), IOL, Penn State
Ioane plays the way you’d expect someone his size to play, but a little cleaner than usual. At 330 pounds, he’s big enough to move people without much help, and he does not look out of control doing it. Zero sacks allowed and only 4 pressures show his comfort from snap to snap.
8. Omar Cooper Jr. (1.3%), WR, Indiana
Cooper’s game has a bit more unpredictability to it. You’ll see him make a catch and kind of wonder how he pulled it off, and then he does something similar again a few drives later. He is good at finding space and doesn’t panic when things get crowded. There’s a feel there that is hard to pin down but easy to notice.
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9. Jordyn Tyson (1.3%), WR, Arizona State
Tyson tracks the ball well downfield, adjusts without breaking stride, and just makes it look fairly routine. Coming back from an ACL injury and still putting together back-to-back First-Team All-Big 12 seasons says a ton about how he’s held up.
10. Keldric Faulk (1.1%), EDGE, Auburn
Faulk feels more grounded compared to some of the edge rushers. He holds his ground, sets the edge, and makes sure things don’t get outside of him. The pass rush is still coming along, but there’s already something dependable there.
