The Top 300 Players in the 2026 NFL Draft
Caleb Downs, Jeremiyah Love, and Sonny Styles headline a deep 2026 NFL Draft class.
Bandit FootballBrad Beatson

Injury Concerns

    • ⛑️ Availability — Injury history collected from SIS and The Athletic

    Top Guard and Center Prospects

    POS RK Player Grade Achetype Badges
    OG1 Olaivavega Ioane 79 Balanced
    OC1 Logan Jones 76 Zone ⛑️
    OG2 Keylan Rutledge 74 Gap ⛑️
    OC2 Jake Slaughter 72 Zone
    OC3 Sam Hecht 71 Balanced
    OG3 Chase Bisontis 70 Balanced
    OC4 Brian Parker II 69 Zone
    OG4 Emmanuel Pregnon 67 Balanced
    OC5 Matt Gulbin 66 Zone ⛑️
    OG5 Keagen Trost 66 Zone
    OG6 Jalen Farmer 65 Zone
    OC6 Jager Burton 65 Zone
    OC7 Parker Brailsford 65 Balanced
    OG7 Billy Schrauth 64 Zone ⛑️
    OC8 Connor Lew 63 Balanced ⛑️
    OG8 Joshua Braun 62 Zone
    OG9 Gennings Dunker 61 Zone ⛑️
    OG10 DJ Campbell 61 Balanced
    OG11 Anez Cooper 58 Zone
    OG12 Febechi Nwaiwu 57 Zone
    OC9 Trey Zuhn III 56 Balanced ⛑️
    OG13 Jeremiah Wright 56 Balanced ⛑️
    OC10 Pat Coogan 54 Zone
    OG14 Beau Stephens 53 Zone ⛑️
    OC11 Alex Harkey 50 Balanced
    OG15 Micah Morris 49 Balanced
    OG16 Jaeden Roberts 45 Balanced
    OG17 Garrett DiGiorgio 45 Zone ⛑️
    OG18 Evan Beerntsen 44 Zone ⛑️
    OG19 Logan Taylor 43 Gap ⛑️
    OG20 Chris Adams 38 Zone ⛑️
    OG21 Ar'maj Reed-Adams 36 Zone
    OG22 Fernando Carmona 34 Zone
    OG23 Dillon Wade 31 Zone

    Raw Prospect Scores

    • 🧰 Production Component
      • Source: PFF Weekly Grades — Stresses the importance of game-to-game, play-to-play consistency while adjusting for variance. Accounts for every game played during the lineman's final two seasons in college.
      • Apply Critical Minimum — Weekly grades below 60.0 cannot be smoothed over by two-year average. Instead, once the acceptable threshold for "below-the-line" grades has been crossed, the prospect's production grade is capped and trends toward more of a boom-bust profile.

    • 🔬 Film Component
      • Source: SIS Scouting Reports — Watch a minimum of 3-5 games per prospect and assign a grade, from 1 (reject) to 9 (rare), to each of their three critical traits and half-dozen or so positional factors. Assign a final grade that projects how the prospect will stack up at their position by the beginning of their second season in the NFL.
      • Apply Critical Minimum — Mediocre traits cannot be smoothed over by average. Instead, once the acceptable threshold for "below-the-line" grades has been crossed, the prospect's scouting grade is capped and trends toward more of a boom-bust profile.

    • ⚖️ Weighting the Two: 80% Prospect Score
      • Position Specific — Some positions have stronger signal in production than film or vice versa and so they are individually weighted to reflect that.
      • 60/20 Film — Interior offensive line is pretty much a ghost town from a statistical, production standpoint. Film provides a much clearer signal, more often than not.

      Prospect Chips

      • 🔵 Blue Chip Potential 75+ production & 75+ film
      • 🟢 Solid Contributor — 75+ in prod. or film & 68+ in the other
      • ⚪ Situation Dependent — Everyone else

    Player Production Film Chip
    Olaivavega Ioane 78.1 78.1 🔵
    Logan Jones 79.8 73.0 🟢
    Keylan Rutledge 75.5 73.0 🟢
    Jake Slaughter 79.3 67.0 ⚪
    Sam Hecht 76.2 71.0 🟢
    Chase Bisontis 74.0 67.0 ⚪
    Brian Parker II 78.4 66.0 ⚪
    Emmanuel Pregnon 78.0 59.2 ⚪
    Matt Gulbin 79.4 64.9 ⚪
    Keagen Trost 79.0 63.0 ⚪
    Jalen Farmer 73.6 58.5 ⚪
    Jager Burton 74.5 66.0 ⚪
    Parker Brailsford 74.2 71.0 ⚪
    Billy Schrauth 76.7 66.0 ⚪
    Connor Lew 76.3 62.8 ⚪
    Joshua Braun 74.9 53.2 ⚪
    Gennings Dunker 79.6 59.2 ⚪
    DJ Campbell 74.5 64.9 ⚪
    Anez Cooper 74.0 55.4 ⚪
    Febechi Nwaiwu 74.8 39.9 ⚪
    Trey Zuhn III 77.7 36.9 ⚪
    Jeremiah Wright 74.0 59.5 ⚪
    Pat Coogan 77.3 38.5 ⚪
    Beau Stephens 78.0 48.5 ⚪
    Alex Harkey 75.8 42.4 ⚪
    Micah Morris 76.5 36.2 ⚪
    Jaeden Roberts 76.4 31.9 ⚪
    Garrett DiGiorgio 76.3 39.2 ⚪
    Evan Beerntsen 77.6 36.9 ⚪
    Logan Taylor 25.0 40.8 ⚪
    Chris Adams 76.5 33.8 ⚪
    Ar'maj Reed-Adams 75.7 36.5 ⚪
    Fernando Carmona Inc. Inc. ⚪
    Dillon Wade Inc. Inc. ⚪

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    Players with incomplete scores had missing data points and will be revisited after the draft. Bandit Football regrets the error.

    Athleticism, Positional Value, Intagibles

    • 🏅 Athleticism
      • Source: Next Gen Stats — Assigns a 1-10 grade on athletic profile for every player at the Combine. In some cases, NGS estimates the scores if the prospect didn't test in Indianapolis or at their college pro day.
      • RAS, MockDraftable, Football Sheets — I've added these sources to my database for future use. Many prospects had incomplete scores due to lack of testing numbers, so it made more sense to use NGS in this iteration of the model because every prospect ended up with a data point.

    • 📊 Positional Value
      • Source: Spotrac — Analyzing the rookie contract scale and how much guaranteed money each pick receives against the Top 100 cap hits in the NFL by position over the next three seasons. Takes into account the Top 10 highest paid players at their position and the relative cost savings a rookie contract could provide.
      • Additive Bonus — Each player was scored on a 1-10 scale using the consensus big board as a guide for projected savings. Fernando Mendoza was the only player to receive a 10 because starting QBs make anywhere from $30-50 million per season. Other positions, like RB, TE, LB, and S were capped at a maximum 5 points.
      • Guard Positional Value
        • 1st Rd: Top 15 pick — 7
        • 1st Rd: Pro Bowl upside — 6
        • 1st Rd: Reliable starter — 5
        • 1st Rd: Situation dependent — 4
        • 2nd Rounder — 4
        • 3rd Rounder — 2
        • Projected Day 3 Pick — 1
      • Center Positional Value
        • 1st Rd: Top 15 pick — 4
        • 1st Rd: Pro Bowl upside — 3
        • 1st Rd: Reliable starter — 2
        • 1st Rd: Situation dependent — 1
        • 2nd Rounder — 1
        • 3rd Rounder — 1
        • Projected Day 3 Pick — 1

      • 🌹🥀 Intangibles
        • Source: Dane Brugler — The Beast prospect guide includes strengths and weaknesses for every player on the big board. Includes off-the-field concerns, quotes from scouts and coaches, and non-negotiable traits for the position.
        • My Judgment — Each player was evaluated based on the additional information, including: injury history, work ethic, football iq, off-field concerns, and non-negotiables for their position. For interior offensive linemen, my non-negotiable is having enough body control to consistently stay on their feet.

        Badges

        • 💰 Positional Value — Prospect earned a 5.0 or higher based on the potential value of their rookie contract.
        • 💎 Strong Character — Prospect assigned a 5.0 or higher in their intangible score.
        • ⚠️ Investigate Further — Prospect assigned a -5.0 or worse in their intangible score.

        Player Athleticism POS Value Intangibles Badges
        Olaivavega Ioane 7.4 7.0 -1.0 💰
        Logan Jones 8.6 3.0 2.0
        Keylan Rutledge 9.3 4.0 -3.0
        Jake Slaughter 8.0 3.0 3.0
        Sam Hecht 6.6 3.0 1.0
        Chase Bisontis 8.5 5.0 -2.0 💰
        Brian Parker II 7.0 3.0 2.0
        Emmanuel Pregnon 7.8 5.0 0.0 💰
        Matt Gulbin 5.7 2.0 2.0
        Keagen Trost 7.5 1.0 2.0
        Jalen Farmer 9.2 3.0 1.0
        Jager Burton 9.6 1.0 -2.0
        Parker Brailsford 7.2 1.0 -3.0
        Billy Schrauth 7.6 2.0 -2.0
        Connor Lew 7.9 3.0 -2.0
        Joshua Braun 7.0 1.0 5.0 💎
        Gennings Dunker 8.3 4.0 -3.0
        DJ Campbell 8.3 0.0 -4.0
        Anez Cooper 5.8 1.0 2.0
        Febechi Nwaiwu 7.0 1.0 8.0 💎
        Trey Zuhn III 9.6 3.0 7.0 💎
        Jeremiah Wright 6.7 1.0 -5.0 ⚠️
        Pat Coogan 6.9 1.0 6.0 💎
        Beau Stephens 6.4 1.0 -1.0
        Alex Harkey 7.1 1.0 -1.0
        Micah Morris 8.6 1.0 -1.0
        Jaeden Roberts 7.5 1.0 -1.0
        Garrett DiGiorgio 6.2 0.0 -2.0
        Evan Beerntsen 5.8 0.0 -1.0
        Logan Taylor 7.3 1.0 1.0
        Chris Adams 5.1 0.0 -4.0
        Ar'maj Reed-Adams 5.0 1.0 0.0
        Fernando Carmona Inc. Inc. Inc.
        Dillon Wade Inc. Inc. Inc.

        Head back to the Big Board:

        The Top 300 Players in the 2026 NFL Draft
        Caleb Downs, Jeremiyah Love, and Sonny Styles headline a deep 2026 NFL Draft class.
        Bandit FootballBrad Beatson
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