LaNorris Sellers, Jeremiyah Love, CJ Allen, Jermod McCoy, and other early 2026 NFL Draft prospects to know
While the 2025 NFL Draft is officially over, the draftniks out there never sleep. It’s never too early to look forward to the 2026 NFL Draft class, and all the tremendous prospects that group has to offer. There is a lot of talent across the draft landscape for next year, but figuring out how it […]
While the 2025 NFL Draft is officially over, the draftniks out there never sleep. It’s never too early to look forward to the 2026 NFL Draft class, and all the tremendous prospects that group has to offer. There is a lot of talent across the draft landscape for next year, but figuring out how it all fits will be interesting.
Here are some of the early top players to know. As we move deeper into the offseason, Summer Scouting will serve an opportunity to go deeper into the class, and break it up officially. In this first group, we have speed, speed, and even more speed.
CB Jermod McCoy (Tennessee)
Despite playing at just 19 years old and a true sophomore last season, McCoy had an argument as the best cornerback in college football in 2024. The Oregon State transfer is a physical press man cornerback who has the speed to turn and run with most wide receivers. The 6-0, 193-pound cover man finished last season with four interceptions and 13 pass breakups. McCoy is dealing with a knee injury he suffered this offseason, but if he gets back fully healthy, he has a chance to be a top ten pick next April.
RB Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame)
After getting a taste of Love’s talents as a freshman in 2023, he broke out in 2024 to become one of the best running backs in the country. Love managed to rush for 1,125 yards and 17 touchdowns. He also hauled in another 28 receptions for 237 yards and two more scores. At 6-0 and 210 pounds, Love is super explosive with long speed to burn. If his power profile takes another jump then he could become one of the better running backs to come out in a couple of seasons.
LB CJ Allen (Georgia)
Call it helmet scouting if you want, but there is a lot of Roquan Smith in Allen’s game. At 6-1 and 235 pounds, Allen is a dense downhill player with surprising range for his style and body type. Allen is going to make his living in the run game, but he also has upside in pass coverage as well. You aren’t going to find a better linebacker in college football in terms of processing and sorting trough traffic.
EDGE Dani Dennis-Sutton (Penn State)
At 6-5 and 265 pounds, it’s very easy to see why so many people have been excited about Dennis-Sutton and his talent. Everyone has just been waiting for his raw athletic tools to begin becoming proven production. Down the latter stretch of the season, Dennis-Sutton was a dominant force at times. He ended the season with 42 total tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, and four pass breakups. If he takes another jump, Dennis-Sutton has a chance to rise to the top of the first round.
QB LaNorris Sellers (South Carolina)
There is a lot of talent at the quarterback position for 2026, but how it develops is a major question mark. We could see several different talented signal callers rise, and others that disappoint. Among the biggest potential risers, you aren’t going to find any with better tools than Sellers. While his passing is still coming along, he is a massive athlete who projects as a really good runner on the next level. If the 6-3, 242-pound passer can take a jump, he has the passing tools to end up as the top quarterback in the class.
To have a little bit of fun, we ran through a 2026 NFL mock draft on the A to Z film room channel. Please excuse the PFF simulator for not having some of the transfer player’s schools correct. It appears the draft order was also based on betting odds to win the Super Bowl, so we ended up having two AFC teams playing for a championship. Apologies for that oddness at the very end.
To watch the full mock draft video, click below.
Here is the printed version for those who didn’t have time to watch. If you want the more in depth analysis, make sure to go check out that video above.
