As we get closer and closer to the 2026 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Rams’ plans for the draft become clearer and clearer…theoretically. The team is renowned for their ability to keep things under wraps and rarely experience leaks out of the building, so connecting the dots sometimes makes me feel like a conspiracy theorist instead of an analyst.

However, there is a reasonable pattern here to follow across positions, and the Rams have left enough crumbs for us to put two and two together to speculate about what their plans for the 2026 draft will look like.

Rams 4-round 2026 NFL Mock Draft

Round 1, Pick 20: KC Concepcion, WR, Texas A&M

The Dallas Cowboys moved up for CB Aveion Terrell, sending picks #20 and #112 for pick #13.

As it stands right now, the Rams won’t pick from #93 all the way to #207. I’d be stunned if it stays that way. We’ll start off with a quick move back for a fourth-round pick here.

Concepcion is a perfect fit in the Rams’ offense with his explosiveness and gifted route-running ability. He’s an easy separator, capable of creating big plays with a routine ease beating both man, zone, and press coverage on the outside in the SEC against the best of the best. I think there’s a real case to be made that Concepcion is the best pure “separator” of this wide receiver class, and he doesn’t have the injury concerns of Jordyn Tyson. He’s exactly what the Rams’ offense needs, both now and in the long run.

Round 2, Pick 61: Keyron Crawford, EDGE, Auburn

I will be curious to see how the Rams handle the Byron Young situation. He’s incredibly productive and has been a tremendous playmaker, but he’ll be coming off of his rookie contract at 28 years old and will demand a massive pay day. Will the Rams hand that kind of cash over to a player that old? I’m not certain I would.

There’s not been a lot of buzz about Crawford, but his film was tremendous this season, and he was a significantly better pass rusher than his teammate getting first-round buzz in Keldric Faulk. Crawford handled a lot of responsibility at Auburn in terms of alignment and role, and he handled it all with aplomb. Despite being somewhat undersized, he has plenty of athleticism and physicality to his game. He would be the perfect replacement for Byron Young’s role in the Rams’ defense as an explosive threat opposite of Jared Verse.

Round 3, Pick 93: Kyle Louis, LB, Pitt

The Rams reportedly met with Kyle Louis at Pitt’s Pro Day for an “extensive time” last week, and it’s another sign of their interest in adding a coverage linebacker in the draft.

Louis is a…complicated evaluation, given his role as a linebacker/safety hybrid for the Panthers, but he has the speed and coverage ability the Rams need at linebacker, and would finally give them a reliable coverage option at the second level.

Round 4, Pick 112 (via DAL): Charles Demmings, CB, Stephen F. Austin

I have to imagine that the Rams won’t settle for their only two cornerback additions being Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson. When they move McDuffie inside in certain packages, they might not be comfortable with Emmanuel Forbes stepping in as one of the outside corners without any competition there.

Demmings is a small-school corner, but he is a tremendous athlete with the size and physicality to fit the Rams’ new press coverage model defensively.