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First Draft

LAST-MINUTE MOCK DRAFT - Mel Kiper & Field Yates alternate picks!

First Draft

ESPN Radio

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4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're Mock-Drafting for the final time before Round 1 begins on April 23rd in Pittsburgh. 2026 NFL Draft Coverages begins at 8PM ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN+ & and the ESPN App! #nfl #espn #firstdraft #nfl #nfldraft #nfldraft2026 #ncaa #ncaafootball #sports 00:00 Welcome to First Draft! 1:00 Alternating mock draft is now open! 1:45 David Bailey to the Jets 3:45 Jeremiyah Love to the Titans 5:30 Titans select Sonny Styles 7:15 Giants select Arvell Reese 9:15 Browns select Carnell Tate 11:00 Commanders select Caleb Downs 13:30 Chiefs select Mansoor Delane 15:05 Francis Mauigoa to the Giants 16:30 Dolphins select Jordyn Tyson 18:00 Cowboys select Dillon Thieneman 19:00 Rams select Spencer Fano 20:30 Ravens select Vega Ioane 22:15 Kenyon Sadiq to the Buccaneers 23:30 Makai Lemon to the Jets 25:00 Happy Birthday Field Yates 26:24 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:36.7

clock at pick number one.

0:38.4

So why not do one last mark?

0:40.8

Mel Kuyper and Field Gates are in their war rooms and they are ready to roll as this penultimate edition of first track starts right now.

0:50.5

Welcome back one and all.

0:51.7

That's Mel Kiper.

0:52.7

That's Field Yates.

0:53.6

I am Greenie. Let me set the stage for you here.

0:56.5

This is our final edition of first draft that will drop before the draft takes place.

1:02.0

We will be back on Monday of next week to recap everything that we see this weekend in Pittsburgh,

1:08.0

including our grades and everything else. And a reminder that Field Yates

1:12.2

has his final mock draft of this cycle coming Thursday morning. So this will be subject to change.

1:19.8

But here's the plan for today's edition. We are going to do our own rapid fire mock draft.

1:26.8

We're going to go through the first half of round one.

1:30.0

So Mel and Field, if you are ready, we're going to make these picks as we go. For the purposes

1:35.2

of this, we're not going to waste any time at number one. We all understand Fernando Mendoza's

1:40.9

going first to the Raiders, so we'll put him there, and we will put the Jets on the clock.

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