Jordan Reid’s full mock
- ESPN’s Jordan Reid published a full seven‑round mock projecting all 257 Draft picks. (espn.com) - Reid’s board runs from the Raiders at No. 1 through the final selections, mapping team fits. (espn.com) - That full mock functions as a final public test of team logic before real trades happen. (espn.com)
Jordan Reid published a full seven-round mock draft on Monday, projecting all 257 picks before the 2026 National Football League draft opens Thursday in Pittsburgh. (espn.com) Reid’s mock starts with the Las Vegas Raiders at No. 1 and runs through Mr. Irrelevant at No. 257, with no projected trades in the seven-round board. ESPN’s preview says the picks are based on Reid’s conversations with league sources, his scouting work, and team-need analysis. (espn.com) His top projection is Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza to Las Vegas at No. 1, a spot the Raiders earned after a 3-14 season in 2025. The current draft order lists the New York Jets at No. 2, followed by the Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans and New York Giants in the top five. (espn.com) (nbcnewyork.com) The 2026 draft begins Thursday, April 23, with Round 1 at 8 p.m. Eastern, then continues Friday with Rounds 2 and 3 and Saturday with Rounds 4 through 7. The event is in Pittsburgh, and the full order now spans 257 selections, including compensatory picks. (nfl.com) (theathletic.com) A seven-round mock is less about one headline pick than about testing whether each roster’s needs still line up after free agency, trades and pro-day season. By publishing every selection in one board, Reid is offering a full public blueprint of how he thinks teams will use all seven rounds before the real draft reshuffles the order. (espn.com) That also makes the exercise easier to check than a one-round mock. If a team is projected to pass on quarterback, tackle or cornerback early, the later rounds show whether Reid thinks that club plans to fill the hole on Day 2 or Day 3 instead. (espn.com) The full-board approach comes at the point in the calendar when public certainty is usually highest and private uncertainty is still unresolved. Reid wrote that he did not project trades, even though the actual draft often changes shape once teams begin moving up for quarterbacks or sliding down for extra picks. (espn.com) For readers, the value is less in whether all 257 names land correctly than in which team-player fits keep appearing this late in April. By Thursday night, Reid’s board will either read like a final map of league thinking or a snapshot of how fast draft plans can break once the Raiders go on the clock. (espn.com)
