2026 NFL Draft to Kick Off in Primetime at 8 p.m. ET On Thursday, April 23
NEW YORK – As announced tonight on NFL Network’s “Path to the Draft,” 16 prospects are confirmed to attend the 2026 NFL Draft presented by Bud Light in Pittsburgh.
Three colleges – Ohio State (five players), Alabama (two) and Miami (Fla.) (two) – will have multiple players on-site. The Big Ten leads all conferences with six prospects confirmed to attend, followed by the Southeastern Conference (five), Atlantic Coast Conference (two), Big 12 (two) and Independent (one).
The Draft begins with the first round on Thursday night, April 23, and continues Friday, April 24, with Rounds 2-3. The Draft will conclude on Saturday, April 25, with Rounds 4-7.
The NFL Draft, which was held in Green Bay last year, will be hosted in Pittsburgh for the first time since 1948 and in the state of Pennsylvania for the first time since 2017.
The players confirmed to attend this year’s NFL Draft to date:
| 1) | David Bailey | LB | Texas Tech |
| 2) | Rueben Bain Jr. | DE | Miami (Fla.) |
| 3) | Mansoor Delane | DB | LSU |
| 4) | Caleb Downs | DB | Ohio State |
| 5) | Keldric Faulk | DE | Auburn |
| 6) | Colton Hood | DB | Tennessee |
| 7) | Makai Lemon | WR | USC |
| 8) | Jeremiyah Love | RB | Notre Dame |
| 9) | Francis Mauigoa | OL | Miami (Fla.) |
| 10) | Kayden McDonald | DT | Ohio State |
| 11) | Kadyn Proctor | T | Alabama |
| 12) | Arvell Reese | LB | Ohio State |
| 13) | Ty Simpson | QB | Alabama |
| 14) | Sonny Styles | LB | Ohio State |
| 15) | Carnell Tate | WR | Ohio State |
| 16) | Jordyn Tyson | WR | Arizona State |
2026 NFL Draft Facts & Figures
| WHAT: | 91st Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting. |
| WHERE: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| WHEN: | 8 p.m. ET, Thursday, April 23 (Round 1).7 p.m. ET, Friday, April 24 (Rounds 2-3).Noon ET, Saturday, April 25 (Rounds 4-7).The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 10:30 p.m. ET. In 2025, the first round consumed three hours and 29 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 11 p.m. ET. The second and third rounds took a combined four hours and 12 minutes in 2025. The draft will conclude by approximately 7 p.m. ET on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds four through seven took six hours and 57 minutes in 2025. |
| ROUNDS: | Seven Rounds – Round 1 on Thursday, April 23; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, April 24; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 25. For the 2026 NFL Draft round-by-round order (as of April 9, 2026), click here.There will be 257 selections, including 33 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 15 teams.Click here for more information on 2026 NFL Draft compensatory selections (as of March 9, 2026). |
| TIME LIMITS: | Round 1: 8 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 6, including compensatory picks: Five minutes per selection. Round 7, including compensatory picks: Four minutes per selection. |
| TELEVISION & RADIO: | The 2026 NFL Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network, ABC, ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and can be heard nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL Radio and ESPN Radio. |
| MOBILE: | Live NFL Network coverage of the 2026 NFL Draft is available across devices (smartphone, PC, tablet and connected TVs) through the NFL app or NFL.com/watch for subscribers of participating NFL Network providers and on NFL+. For more information, go to NFL.com/nflnetwork. |
| NFL CHANNEL: | Additional live coverage of the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh is available on the NFL Channel, the NFL’s free ad-supported streaming offering, with NFL Draft Center. Mike Yam, Bucky Brooks and Lance Zierlein anchor the coverage Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, Friday at 7 p.m. ET and Saturday at noon ET. The NFL Channel is available on the NFL App, Roku Channel, Peacock, Pluto TV, Tubi, Vizio WatchFree, Xumo Play, LG and at NFL.com/nflchannel. |
