FOOTBALL TAKES: 2026 NFL Draft top 5 guards and centers ranked
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SKOR North | Hubbard Radio
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Thor Nystrom -- along with Mackey -- unveils his top 5 guards and centers in the 2026 NFL Draft!
01:30 - Kage Casey (Boise State)
06:20 - Gennings Dunker (Iowa)
09:00 - Keylan Rutledge (Georgia Tech)
13:00 - Emmanuel Pregnon (Oregon)
16:30 - Vega Ioane (Penn State
23:00 - Connor Lew (Auburn)
28:00 - Trey Zuhn (Texas A&M)
31:30 - Jake Slaughter (Florida)
34:30 - Sam Hecht (Kansas State)
36:50 - Logan Jones (Iowa)
41:40 - Brian Parker II (Duke)
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| 1:24.6 | So interior offensive linemen here, we're going to go through your top five guards and |
| 1:29.3 | your top five centers. And before we get to OG offensive guard number five, you actually, we're |
| 1:36.6 | going to play a quick interview, throw it back to the Senior Bowl. He's a converted tackle sliding |
| 1:41.7 | to the inside. You caught up with Cage Casey at the Senior Bowl here. Let's play that and we'll get into your evaluation of your fifth round. Thorne Ishrman Score North live from the Senior Bowl here with Boise State offensive tackle, Cage Casey. Cade, you've had a couple good days here at the Senior Bowl opening some eyes. How do you think it's gone so far? I feel it's gone really well. I mean, yesterday I was locked up at left tackle, which I played my whole career. And so today, being able to move over to the right tackle position and then later on, a little bit of left guard, really I hope to show my versatility and my ability to play elite at all positions. What's it like for a guy like you who is dominant at the G5 level? |
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