The 2026 NFL Draft is approaching, with hundreds of college prospects hoping to hear their names called and others aiming to sign as undrafted free agents. Our NFL Draft prospect rankings feature our top players heading into the draft.
Who Are Some of the Top 2026 NFL Draft Prospects?
Jordyn Tyson, WR, Arizona State
Jordyn Tyson began the season as PFSN's preliminary WR1 in the 2026 NFL Draft, and while the gap has closed, he remains in that position midway through the current campaign. Tyson showed visible promise with a 75-catch, 1,101-yard, 10-touchdown 2024 performance, but has put it all together in 2025. Strengths have become dominant traits, and former weaknesses or neutral traits have become strengths.
At around 6'2", 200 pounds, Tyson has the tall and lean frame teams look for in prospective X or movement-Z receivers, but he has the foot speed, corrective twitch, curvilinear mobility, hip fluidity, and vertical stacking speed of a WR three inches shorter. His route-running building blocks are elite, and weaponized by an instinctive feel for tempo and spacing. He can beat press with a vast array of releases, or carve through zone with his burst and bend. At the catch point, he's a flexible, acrobatic converter, and in the RAC phase, he's a glider with endless creation potential.
As a long-striding size-speed phenom and three-level threat at WR, Tyson bears some similarity to Torry Holt, member of the "Greatest Show on Turf" around the turn of the century. Tyson's best qualities are overwhelming for defenders, and it's hard to poke holes in his game. He occasionally experiences focus drops when anticipating contact over the middle, and he doesn't have elite play strength after the catch, but it's not long before you're forced to nitpick.
The numbers back up Tyson's dominance to this point. He has a strong PFSN WRi number of 80.5, and per TruMedia, he generates 0.42 EPA per target. His on-field target share of 34.9% is seventh-highest in the nation, and his on-field target share in the red zone, in scoring territory, is a whopping 52.6%—first among WRs with 40 or more targets. Simply put: Tyson is a playmaker. The Sun Devils can't help but get him the ball—not because they're force-feeding, but because he's too effective.
Jonah Coleman, RB, Washington
Jonah Coleman won't run as fast as the rest of my RBs in the Top 100, nor will he jump as high in the vertical. But at 5'9", 228 pounds, Coleman is tailor-made to be a rotational early-down back at the very least, and a potential gem of a volume back in the right offense.
For his size, he has excellent short-area energy, foot speed, cutting flexibility, and feel for tempo, and as you might expect from his build, he can absorb solo hits with contact balance and physicality, then reset and keep runs alive. In short, Coleman has the quicks, instincts, and physicality to outplay his athletic testing and draft billing.
Kayden McDonald, DT, Ohio State
Kayden McDonald follows in the footsteps of 2024 first-round pick Tyleik Williams, who distinguished himself on the Ohio State interior playing everywhere from 0-tech and 1-tech to 5-tech. McDonald isn't as alignment versatile as Williams, as he's relegated mostly to 0-tech and 1-tech, but as a nose tackle with some 3-tech flexibility and modest dynamism as a pass-rusher, he brings plenty of intrigue.
A former four-star recruit, the 6'3", 326-pound McDonald has morphed into an impact player for the Buckeyes, with three sacks and seven TFLs through this point in the 2025 season. McDonald is built with a degree of natural leverage, exceptional compact mass, and great proportional length – all of which he combines with near-elite linear explosiveness to deliver menacing point-of-attack power and stacking strength.
FAQ
When was the 2026 NFL Draft?
The 2026 NFL Draft will take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, between April 23 and 25.
The draft will follow the traditional three-day format, from Thursday to Saturday. The first round will be on Thursday, April 23, with the second and third rounds on Friday, April 24. The final four rounds of the draft will take place on Saturday, April 25.