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Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast

Our 10 Favorite 2026 NFL Draft Player Comps

Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast

CBS Sports, Football, NFL

Football, Sports

4.22.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode Mike Renner and JP Acosta hand out their favorite player comps for the 2026 NFL Draft.

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(00:00) Intro

(1:00) Keldric Faulk

(6:09) Jermod McCoy

(8:54) Germie Bernard

(13:25) Antonio Williams

(18:26) R Mason Thomas

(22:29) Cashius Howell

(25:59) Josiah Trotter

(29:15) CJ Allen

(33:43) Francis Mauigoa

(38:22) Arvell Reese

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0:00.0

Welcome into this Wednesday edition of pushing the pile.

0:13.4

Mike Renner, JP Acosta, coming to you as always for the next hour.

0:17.3

We are one day away from the first round of the NFL draft. So we're doing some player

0:22.7

comps for the next hour here. We got guys who in the first round, and some day two guys in this

0:28.3

year's class, who we really think their skill sets project well to the next level. And there's

0:33.3

guys at the next level that we think they compare favorably to. Now, they're everybody's favorite.

0:38.3

There will be no Debo Samuel comps. And this feels like Debo Samuel is one of the guys that gets

0:42.6

comp to everyone gets comp to them. There's popular archetypes that guys always get comp to.

0:47.3

I think it's always key to dig a little deeper from the obvious ones to try to find more

0:53.3

needles in haystacks, shall we say.

0:57.1

JP will get back to us here in just a second.

0:59.6

There he is.

1:00.7

Let's start with yours, JP.

1:01.7

We got two first round defenders here right off to kick off the show.

1:04.6

Who is your comp that you like?

1:06.9

My first one of my favorite players in this class, Auburn Edge, Keldrick Falk.

1:11.4

I compare him to Carlos Dunlap, formerly of the Cincinnati Bengals.

1:15.2

I think their player profiles, their physical profiles match up really well.

1:18.6

They're both very long, very physical.

1:20.7

Coming out of Florida, Carlos Dunlap was seen as sort of a tweener who could play inside

1:24.6

and the three-four, outside in the four-three.

1:27.0

Both are more of run defenders than pass-rushers.

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