Mel Kiper & Field Yates' PRO-PROSPECTS TO WATCH during CFB Postseason

First Draft

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're highlight the 2026 NFL Draft prospects to watch during Championship week and the College Football Playoff. (0:00) Welcome to First Draft (1:00) NFL QB Musical Chairs (9:14) Prospect Watch: Big Ten Championship (18:54) Fernando Mendoza vs OSU (23:38) Carnell Tate vs D'Angelo Ponds (27:26) Prospect Watch: SEC Championship (30:44) Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor (33:22) SEC Championship continued (37:37) Prospect Watch: Big 12 Championship (43:59) Final thoughts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.8	Mel Kuyper and Field Yates are breaking down the draft
0:38.7	prospects you will hear and see during Champ Week. That's coming up. Plus, as always,
0:43.8	we're responding to your questions, your takes, and your draft dreams live as first draft
0:48.9	starts right now. Hello again, everybody. We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving week.
0:55.2	We are looking forward to one of the best weeks of the football season, champ week,
1:00.0	with so much to be decided in college football.
1:03.2	And the primary focus of today's episode of First Draft is going to be giving you stuff to look forward to in those games. What are the
1:11.6	matchups? Who are the players on each of the teams that we're going to be seeing this weekend
1:15.4	that the NFL scouts will be watching closely? So we'll get to all that in just a moment.
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