MEL KIPER'S MOCK DRAFT 2.0 - Selections 11-32 w/Field Yates!

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

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Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the rest of Mel's second Mock Draft of the 2026 season (selections 11 through 32). 00:00 Welcome to the show! 00:45 Mel Kiper’s Mock Draft 2.0 2:06 Top 10 picks recap 2:53 Miami Dolphins select Francis Mauigoa 6:25 Baltimore Ravens select Jordyn Tyson 9:41 New York Jets select Peter Woods 12:28 Detroit Lions select Zion Young 15:50 Minnesota Vikings select Dillon Thieneman 17:52 Panthers, Cowboys, Steelers, Chargers mock draft picks 18:46 Philadelphia Eagles select Kenyon Sadiq 21:07 Browns, Bears, Bills, 49ers mock draft picks 23:14 Houston Texans select Jadarian Price 27:27 Denver Broncos select Emmanuel McNeil-Warren 33:40 Thank you for watching! #nfl espn #firstdraft #nfl #nfldraft #nfldraft2026 #ncaa #ncaafootball #sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From 30 for 30 Podcasts.
0:02.5	Brian Padda, Senior Defensive Lyman from Miami.
0:12.9	Gunned down.
0:14.3	The key to this case, it's Brian.
0:17.2	A hour before he died, he was on the phone. Argued with somebody.
0:21.3	This might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	The biggest one of conviction being placed him to arrest.
0:26.5	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the U.
0:29.0	Listen now.
0:30.2	The beat goes on and the tune of Mel's mock just keeps getting better.
0:34.4	Mel Kuiper's second mock draft is still humming.
0:36.3	And we're diving into the
0:37.9	most intriguing selections in this part two breakdown. That's coming up. Plus, we're responding to
0:42.5	your questions, your takes, and your draft dreams live as first draft starts right now. Hello and
0:48.7	welcome into first draft. I am Field Yates. He is Mel Kuyper Jr. Thank you for being with us.
0:55.2	We are live on the NFL on ESPN YouTube channel, wherever you get your podcast.
0:59.4	And later on today on ESPN2, Mel, the combine is off and rolling.
1:05.3	I hope you are doing well.
1:06.5	How do we feel about the second half of this Mach 2.0?
1:10.3	I feel really good because nobody can criticize the backhand of the box 2.0 because you're talking about picks 11 to 32 and then it's anybody's guess, right? There's so many options. A lot of it's based on what happens in the top 10 who drops, who falls, team needs will change. This was a lot of fun. I tried to get some new names in, not just because I wanted to do that because I had heard from my friends of different names that I was kind of close to putting in last time, but didn't. So let's roll through it, Field, because like I said, there's some new names to talk about, some debates that I had in my own mind over two, three, four players, but you've got to pick one. So there were some tough calls here. We made them happen. And here we go with Picks 11 through 32 field. The beauty of a draft class that isn't as top heavy as others, Mel, is that there are a lot more names you're going to see in first round mock drafts that maybe you haven't seen up to this point or you have just seen a little bit up to this point and will be more prominently featured over the next
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