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The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Joel Klatt’s Final 2026 Mock Draft

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Just days before the NFL Draft begins on Thursday, Joel Klatt reveals his final Mock Draft of the season. He reveals a surprise team selecting Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love inside the Top 10 and has Ohio State Safety Caleb Downs landing with a team with a Buckeye connection. After shaking up the draft with the Dexter Lawrence trade, the New York Giants grab a playmaker on each side of the ball. Klatt also projects multiple trades to come in the First Round including the Dallas Cowboys trading up to grab a defensive playmaker and another team making a move to draft Alabama's Ty Simpson to be their QB of the future. He has the Chiefs addressing major needs as Kansas City looks to bounce back and make another Super Bowl run with Patrick Mahomes. 0:00-:38 Intro:39-1:31 Las Vegas Raiders1:32-3:02 New York Jets3:03-4:56 Arizona Cardinals4:57-5:54 Tennessee Titans5:55-7:30 NY Giants7:31-8:18 Cleveland Browns8:19-9:17 Washington Commanders9:18-10:24 New Orleans Saints10:25-11:47 Kansas City Chiefs11:48-12:48 NY Giants12:49-14:30 Miami Dolphins14:31-16:28 Dallas Cowboys16:29-18:15 Los Angeles Rams18:16-19:15 Baltimore Ravens19:16-20:30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers20:31-22:08 New York Jets22:09-22:53 Detroit Lions22:54-24:13 Dallas Cowboys (Trade from MIN)24:14-25:41 Carolina Panthers25:42-26:05 Minnesota Vikings (Trade from DAL)26:06-27:21 Pittsburgh Steelers27:22-28:00 Los Angeles Chargers28:01-29:01 Philadelphia Eagles29:92-29:47 Cleveland Browns29:48-30:22 Chicago Bears30:23-32:21 Buffalo Bills32:22-33:03 San Francisco 49ers33:04-33:58 Houston Texans33:59-35:01 Houston Texans35:02-35:44 Miami Dolphins35:45-36:46 New England Patriots36:47-38:53 Seattle Seahawks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:09.0

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0:10.0

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0:15.0

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0:16.0

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0:19.0

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0:37.7

year with the Ravens. They wait, they sit tight and they get best player available all the times.

0:42.8

You talk about a guy that does not have much tread off of his tires. He was a backup. Yet he still

0:48.1

scored all those touchdowns.

1:28.3

Hey, welcome into the program. I'm Joel Cloud. This is a Joel Cloud show. We are brought to you by graduate by Hilton. We thank them for their support. And we're finally here. It's draft week. So let's give you my last mock draft of the process. That's right. It's mock draft 3.0. And I'm diving right into it. So here we go. Pick number one. It is the Vegas Raiders and we knew exactly what they were going to do a month ago and we know exactly what they're going to do right now. It's Fernando Mendoza, quarterback of Indiana and he's headed to the Raiders. Like I said, we've known this pick. And I actually really love what they've done around Mendoza. Obviously, you've got Genty from last year. Brock Bowers is there. I love those pieces from just a weapon standpoint. But now you've got

1:33.8

Tyler Lindenbaum. I love that. Colton Miller is going to be back after missing the majority

1:38.5

of last season with that angle injury. So all of a sudden, to me at least, like the Raiders have

1:42.8

some juice. And I know they've got the number one overall pick, but they're not in as dire straits as

1:47.9

let's say like the Jets or the Dolphins that need everything on their roster.

1:52.5

So from my seat, this is about as good of a situation as a number one quarterback could go to.

1:57.6

And that's for Nana Mendoza with the Raiders.

2:00.0

And number two, this is as we know uh where

2:02.3

the draft draft really starts with the jets because there's some intrigue and i think they're

2:07.2

going to be trying to decide right here between arvel wreaths david bailey and sunny styles

2:12.2

i think that's the conversation right now and here's the thing and i just mentioned this

2:17.0

when i was talking about the Raiders.

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