Sonny Styles, star of the NFL combine, is now at the center of the draft's positional-value debate. Stacy Revere / Getty Images No pressure, just months of conversations to whittle down in order to predict the top-10 picks of the NFL Draft. That’s how it feels to do this top-10 mock draft each April. It’s a blast to study the best players in the class through teams’ eyes, but when it’s time to assign the picks in this format, it’s easy to see how teams can consume their entire 10-minute window when they’re actually on the clock — there are so many logical choices. For this mock draft, we solicited input from numerous coaches, executives and scouts from a variety of teams to understand how they think the top 10 will shake out. They went through their picks and the rationale behind each decision, then we sorted through it all to find a consensus.
Published: April 21, 2026 2:27 pm
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