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First Draft

Mel Kiper & Field Yates' TOP-5 QUARTERBACKS of 2026 NFL Draft

First Draft

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the top-five quarterback prospects of the 2026 NFL Draft, featuring Texas QB Arch Manning, South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers and Penn State QB Drew Allar. (0:00) Welcome to First Draft (2:30) Texas QB Arch Manning (9:01) South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers (13:24) Penn State QB Drew Allar (17:44) Clemson QB Cade Klubnik (20:53) Arizona State QB Sam Leavitt (24:13) Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza (27:40) LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier (32:57) Potential NFL teams in QB market in 2026 (38:15) Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Mel Kuiper Jr. Mefield Yates are breaking down the best quarterback prospects in the

0:37.6

2026 NFL draft class. That is coming up. Plus, we're responding to your questions, your

0:42.8

takes, and your draft dreams live as first draft starts right now. Welcome back into first draft.

0:49.8

You know him already. He is Mel Kiper Jr. He is an NFL on ESPN YouTube channel. Sensation.

0:56.0

I am Field Yates. We're available today on ESPN 2 wherever you get your podcast or on YouTube,

1:01.1

Mel, what's happening, my friend? I'll tell you what, quarterback's front and center today.

1:04.8

They always are field. You talk about what it means in the national football, like,

1:08.4

its most important position in all the sports. And we have seven guys field, seven, okay? They could end up being QB1 if you take Arch Manning out. And we know Arch Manning's one, right? That's no surprise. But will he prove to be as good as advertised and live up to the height? So there'll be a lot of fascinating storylines developing with all these quarterbacks this year? Yeah, we're diving into not just the top quarterbacks you need to know today, but also the teams, and not to get

1:31.6

too far ahead of ourselves, but to get very far ahead of ourselves. We're taking a look at some of

1:36.7

the teams that might be in the quarterback market next year, Mel, teams that could be like where

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