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First Draft

THE TOP-10 WIDE RECEIVERS of 2026 NFL Draft w/Mel Kiper & Field Yates

First Draft

ESPN Radio

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4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we’re answering Voice-Mel’s and breaking down the best wide receivers in the 2026 NFL Draft, and who will likely be taken in the 1st 2 rounds.   00:00 Welcome to First Draft 1:10 Voice-Mels 3:00 Caleb Banks 4:45 New York Giants at pick #5 9:40 Best wide receiver prospects 10:30 Carnell Tate 12:41 Jordyn Tyson 15:00 Makai Lemon 17:30 Denzel Boston 21:00 Zachariah Branch 25:00 Could the Buffalo Bills select KC Concepcion 26:00 Field Yates’ wide receiver rankings 28:00 Chris Brazzell II 30:40 Germie Bernard 32:30 Mel Kiper’s wide receiver rankings 38:50 Shad Banks Jr. 41:40 Ted Hurst 46:40 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Catch them if you can or watch them fly off the draft boards.

0:07.0

Mel Kuyper and Field Yates tell us who are the best wide receivers in the 2026 NFL draft class that is coming up.

0:14.0

Plus, as always, we respond to your questions, your takes, and your draft dreams live as first draft starts right now hello again

0:25.4

everybody and welcome back to first draft alongside the legends melkiper junior and field

0:30.5

yates i am greeny delighted to be back with you here remember we're with you twice a week now

0:34.6

mondays and thursdays taking you right up to late april and pittsburg and the twenty twenty six NFL draft today we're with you twice a week now. Mondays and Thursdays taking you right up to late April and Pittsburgh and the 2026 NFL draft. Today we're going to dive into the best wide receivers

0:43.3

in this year's class. So if you're looking for your team to catch some touchdowns next year,

0:47.9

you'll want to be paying close attention. But we have a fun one today for the no huddle.

0:52.6

We are going to do, and we know that Mel has a landline.

0:56.6

Famously.

0:57.1

You know, he is still hanging on to that landline.

1:00.6

So today, in his spirit, we are going to do voicemails.

1:04.2

These are not voicemails.

1:06.1

These are voice males that have been left for Mel and Field with all of the answers.

1:11.3

Let's hear the first one.

1:12.4

This is from DJ in the great state of Georgia.

1:18.7

Hey Mel, it's DJ from Georgia.

1:20.6

I know everybody's saying Ohio State's going to have going to dominate the first round.

1:24.5

But how many of my dogs do you see getting drafted round one? Yeah, a couple of Georgia players I think we'll go in the first round. But how many of my dogs do you see getting drafted round one?

1:28.2

Yeah, a couple Georgia players I think will go in the first round.

1:32.0

One, though, Zachariah Branch.

1:33.6

I have been in the first field and greeny.

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