Roch Cholowsky (pictured center) is still a top-three pick, but there is a new name in the No. 1 spot for the White Sox. Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Icon Sportswire / Getty, Ric Tapia / Getty ...

The 2026 NBA Draft is less than three weeks away, and sifting through the speculation is especially intriguing this year. You can compare AI's picks to the latest USA TODAY 2026 NBA mock draft by ...

Gavin McKenna, Carson Carels and Ivar Stenberg are projected top-five picks in this mock draft. Steve Dunsmoor, Monika Majer / Getty; Joe Camporeale / Imagn Each year, The Athletic’s prospects writers ...

As always, we were treated to an exciting first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, like the LA Rams throwing their locker room into turmoil by selecting the heir apparent to Matthew Stafford, who happens to ...

This is it: my final 2026 NFL mock draft. It's the one where, after months of preaching "don't overthink it," I do just that one last time. This is my best guess at how the first round will unfold, ...

One quarterback will go in the first round of the NFL draft, but he won’t have to wait long to hear his name. And five Ohio State players will go in the opening round, including four in the first ...

As part of his Day 2 mock of the 2026 NFL Draft, Lance Zierlein projects how Round 3 will play out. Where does quarterback Carson Beck land? Which five teams select wide receivers? With Round 1 of the ...

One of the most complicated elements in writing mock drafts is recognizing that every NFL team has a point where they will break away from obvious needs to take the "best player available." The ...

We are in the thick of "draft szn," and the mocks are flying fast and furious. It's expected that the Las Vegas Raiders will select former Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza at No. 1 overall, but ...

See how some blockbuster trades and the latest buzz could impact the early going of the 2026 NFL Draft in this updated four-round projection. We’re only two weeks away from the 2026 NFL Draft, but ...

Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson has seemed to pick up so much buzz in the weeks leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft that most mock drafts now have him going in the first round. "First Things First's" Nick ...