Ranking EVERY 2026 NFL Draft Position Group From Worst To Best
Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
4.2 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The 2026 NFL Draft is just around the corner. Mike Renner and JP Acosta are ranking every position group in this year’s draft class from 10-1.
(00:00) Intro
(00:41) Running Backs
(4:39) Quarterbacks
(8:37) Defensive Line
(12:15) Tight Ends
(17:41) EDGE
(21:45) Safeties
(25:20) Wide Receivers
(29:27) Offensive Line
(34:10) Cornerbacks
(40:33) Linebackers
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into today's episode of Push in the Pile. |
| 0:13.0 | Mike Renner here, along with J.P. Acosta, as always, and we're going to be running through |
| 0:17.5 | the 2026 NFL draft position groups. We'll be ranking from 10 to 1 going through every single position group in this draft class, |
| 0:26.9 | ranking the relative strength of it. |
| 0:29.7 | I'll be giving how many guys are in the top 100 at those relative to kind of what we see |
| 0:34.4 | historically at those positions. |
| 0:36.2 | And then just giving our overview kind of on those position groups. |
| 0:40.2 | So without further ado, let's get right into it. |
| 0:42.2 | We're going to start from 10. |
| 0:43.3 | Work down to one. |
| 0:44.3 | Start with the weakest position group in this draft class. |
| 0:46.7 | Go all the way to the strongest. |
| 0:48.3 | And I don't think I'm breaking any ground here. |
| 0:50.4 | Any fantasy football fans, any dynasty fans, I think already know that the running back group |
| 0:55.9 | in the 2026 NFL draft is a tough one. It is for right now, in my top 100, there are only two guys. |
| 1:04.0 | Last year we saw six drafted in the top 100. I think we'll probably see more than two drafted, |
| 1:09.3 | but it would surprise me if we get more than four in this draft class. |
| 1:13.2 | This year's running back class. |
| 1:14.6 | It just feels like you got Jeremiah Love, who's got to go probably top 10, |
| 1:19.3 | more than likely top five at this point. |
| 1:21.3 | You got Judarian Price's teammate who's going to come off the board somewhere in the second round. |
| 1:25.7 | And then after that, there's a lot of question |
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