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First Draft

THE BIGGEST SLEEPERS of 2026 NFL Draft w/Mel Kiper & Field Yates

First Draft

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the biggest "sleeper" prospects of the 2026 NFL Draft Class, featuring Nebraska RB Emmett Johnson and UConn WR Skyler Bell. (0:00) Welcome to First Draft (5:25) Nebraska - Emmett Johnson (7:59) Texas A&M - Le'Veon Moss (10:02) UConn - Skyler Bell (12:12) Michigan - Martin Klein (15:24) Utah - Dallen Bentley (17:45) Iowa - Beau Stephens (20:32) Duke - Brian Parker II (24:39) Texas A&M - Dametrious Crownover (28:10) UCF - Malachi Lawrence (30:23) Utah - Gracen Halton (31:58) Minnesota - Deven Eastern (33:37) Toledo - Avery Smith (35:28) Missouri - Josiah Trotter (37:13) Arizona - Treydan Stukes (38:53) Duke - Chandler Rivers (40:40) MSU - Matt Gulbin (42:26) Thanks for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you snooze, you just may lose out on rock solid prospects.

0:05.0

Mel Kuiper Jr. and me, Field Gates, are here to tell you about some of the biggest sleepers

0:10.0

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

0:15.0

your takes and your draft streams live as first draft starts right.

0:20.0

Now football is over. Draft season is just getting started. teams live as first draft starts right.

0:23.1

Now football is over.

0:26.0

Draft season is just getting started for many.

0:29.8

He is the goat, the legend, the godfather of this all, Mel Kuiper Jr.

0:31.7

I am Heel Yates.

0:35.0

We are diving into 2026 NFL draft sleepers.

0:39.4

But Mel, we are just hours removed from Super Bowl 60 as the Seahawks triumph in dominant form. 2913 is the score, if ever were possible for a 16-point margin

0:45.7

to not feel as dominant as it was. This was it. The Seahawks completely is dominating this game

0:50.7

from start to finish. And on your mind this morning, Mel, is the architect

0:54.4

of the Seahawks' second Super Bowl, who was also the architect of the first Super Bowl. And that

1:00.3

is John Snyder. Tell us what on your mind this morning. This is a brilliant general manager

1:05.1

field. We talked about Howie Roseman. What a great job he did in Philadelphia, Hall of Fame

1:10.2

General Manager, great Eric DeCastle with the Philadelphia, Hall of Fame general manager, great Eric

1:11.5

DeCostle with the Baltimore Ravens, phenomenal general manager. And John Schneider was Seattle.

1:16.3

Any move he makes turns to goal. Don't bet the draft, talk about anything in free agency,

1:20.7

trades with Shaheed coming in, Sam Darno with a quarterback, Jackson Smith and Jigba.

1:26.0

What a young receiver, what he was able to do throughout the course of the year,

1:28.9

offensive MVP and all that, and then to make the moves when they need to,

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