FAVORITE 2026 Draft Prospects Ahead Of NFL Combine
Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Mike Renner and JP Acosta discuss their favorite 2026 Draft prospects ahead of next week’s NFL Combine!
(00:00) Intro
(00:52) Oklahoma EDGE R. Mason Thomas
(5:23) Miami EDGE Rueben Bain Jr.
(9:56) Arizona S Treydan Stukes
(14:32) Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor
(19:31) Georgia TE Oscar Delp
(24:15) Indiana WR Omar Cooper Jr.
(28:32) Washington RB Jonah Coleman
(32:41) Notre Dame RB Jadarian Price
(37:45) Missouri LB Josiah Trotter
(41:17) Cincinnati LB Jake Golday
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into this Wednesday edition of pushing the pile. |
| 0:13.8 | Mike Renner, JP Acosta. |
| 0:15.7 | We haven't touched much on the draft just yet. |
| 0:18.0 | We've done some mock drafts. |
| 0:19.2 | We've dabbled a little bit. |
| 0:20.6 | But now we're going to get to the nitty gritty. |
| 0:22.4 | We got the combine on tap next week. We're going to see all these guys. Well, hopefully all these guys test in Indy with agents in the process now. It's like half these guys testing Indy. But we're going to at least see some measurables for these guys in indie. we're going to give some of our favorites. |
| 0:36.2 | We're going to identify five guys apiece |
| 0:38.5 | that we like more than everyone else. |
| 0:41.2 | That we... these guys in Indy. We're going to give some of our favorites. We're going to identify five guys |
| 0:38.0 | apiece that we like more than everyone else, that we just, we would draft. We think they're |
| 0:43.4 | going to be good at the next level. We think they're getting undervalued that are our guys this |
| 0:48.1 | early on in the process. We try to pick some of the similar positions. We're going to go back and |
| 0:52.2 | forth here. JP, I will let you kick it off. Who is your very first guy that you want to discuss here? |
| 0:58.5 | So if you know, and if you follow me on social media, you know, I love Oklahoma Edge R. Mason Thomas. |
| 1:04.3 | I think he is one of, if not the most explosive edge rusher in this draft class. He combines |
| 1:09.8 | elite speed with the best bend. I think in this draft class. He combines elite speed with the best bend. |
| 1:12.6 | I think in this draft class overall, he has such a good ability of at the top of his |
| 1:17.4 | rush of flattening that corner and getting to the quarterback. |
| 1:20.4 | He's shown some nice speed to power. |
| 1:23.0 | The final pass rush he had against Auburn where he basically like tackles the right tackle and the |
| 1:28.5 | quarterback for the game ending safety I thought was one of his best moves. He is a little bit |
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