The NFL Draft is less than two weeks away, and things are heating up. It’s time to crash course on the prospects you may very well be rooting for in just a couple of days once the Titans take them, and you’ve come to the right place to get the rundown.

This is part two of a 3-part series on 2026 NFL Draft prospects who simply aren’t getting enough shine. In part one, we covered three Round 2 risers. In this edition, we take a look at three Day 2 defenders.

I spoke with Zach Lyons and Stoney Keeley of the Football and Other F Words podcast, as well as Drew Beatty of @IronCityFilm on X in the video above. Check it out, they each laid out their individual cases for these guys. Now here’s what you need to know:

Joshua Josephs | EDGE | Tennessee

Coming it at 83rd overall on the consensus draft board, Josephs brings plenty of length to the table which Robert Saleh values. He’s 6’3 with 34 1/4 inch arms (79th percentile), and ran a scout verified 4.73s 40-yard dash at his pro day. Speed and length are his game, as he weighs in at a mere 242lbs (5th percentile). This is his biggest knock, and is why he’s so far down the big board. He had four years at the University of Tennessee to fill out his frame and hold some weight down, and he wasn’t able to. That can be telling in an NFL eval.

And yet, he has an elite get-off and that explosiveness married with length can be a winning ticket in the pros. He certainly managed to be productive with it in college, managing 5 sacks, 23 hurries, 4 QB hits and 4 forced fumbles as a senior. In the third round, he could be a solid speed contributor on the EDGE where this teams needs it.

Jake Golday | LB | Cincinatti

Golday comes in at 56 on the consensus board. His measurements and testing pop: 6’4 1/2 (96th percentile), 239lbs, ran a 4.62s 40-yard dash (70th), jumped a 39″ vertical (90th), and posted a 7.02s 3-cone (66th). He brings a rare combination of size, speed, explosiveness, and play-strength to the table. He has versatile experience too. He’s played EDGE, standup linebacker, and big nickel as well. He managed 105 tackles (9% miss rate), 6 TFL’s, and three sacks in 2025. And he had coverage upside on tape to boot.

Here’s a list that really jumped out at me: the only inside LB prospects since 2015 who had one college season with a run defense grade > 88.0, a coverage grade > 80.0, and an RAS > 9.50?

Leighton Vander Esch, Fred Warner, Jacob Rodriguez, and Jake Golday. Pretty, pretty good company.

Josiah Trotter | LB | Missouri

Josiah Trotter? That Trotter? Yes, that Trotter. Josiah is the younger brother of Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and of course the son of Sr., and that NFL pedigree is obvious when you watch him. The 60th player on the consensus board, Josiah comes in at 6’2 and 237lbs. He posted 84 tackles, 13 TFLs, 2 sacks, and a 7.4% missed tackle rate in his final college season.

On tape, he demonstrates ideal strength with ridiculous punch. His downhill skillset is refined more than most at his level of minimal college experience, and that greenness shows through in his coverage IQ. That’s still a work in progress. But if you have any faith in his ability to figure it out mentally like everybody in his immediate family did before him, this is an athlete worth betting on.