Nussmeier No. 1 in McShay’s 2026 mock draft
05/07/2025
By Chris Marler
The NFL Draft concluding in late April every year means it’s time for one of the most consistently useless pieces of content to be released immediately after: the way-too-early Mock Draft for next year.
It will almost certainly be incorrect. Never forget the year that NFL Draft Scout Matt Miller, now with ESPN, projected Jake Fromm to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 Draft, for example.
🏈My 2026 Way-Too-Early Mock Draft! Get the full story available on The McShay Report. 👉🏼 https://t.co/i0tFbov69w pic.twitter.com/jsBWBa06dG
— Todd McShay (@McShay13) May 5, 2025
It should be especially intriguing for LSU fans and SEC fans, considering that the person listed at No. 1 has a very familiar last name.
And it’s not Manning.
2026 Way-Too-Early Mock Draft (SEC players in bold)
- NYJ: QB Garrett Nussmeier – LSU
- NO: S Caleb Downs – Ohio State
- NYG: DL Peter Woods – Clemson
- LAR: QB LaNorris Sellers – South Carolina
- CLE: QB Cade Klubnik – Clemson
- CAR: OT Francis Mauigoa – Miami
- LV: QB Drew Allar – Penn State
- IND: OT Blake Miller – Clemson
- CLE: EDGE TJ Parker – Clemson
- NE: EDGE Reuben Bain Jr – Miami
- TEN: WR Nyck Harbor – South Carolina
- SEA: WR Germie Bernard – Alabama
- MIA: DB Jermod McCoy – Miami
- DAL: WR Evan Stewart – Oregon
- ARZ: LB Deontae Lawson – Alabama
- PIT: CB Domani Jackson – Alabama
- CHI: RB Jeremiyah Love – Notre Dame
- TB: EDGE Keldric Faulk – Auburn
- DEN: LB Anthony Hill – Texas
- HOU: OT Isaiah World – Oregon
- MIN: CB Jyaire Hill – Michigan
- LAC: TE Max Klare – Ohio State
- SF: OT Kadyn Proctor – Alabama
- GB: EDGE Gabe Jacas – Illinois
- WAS: WR Carnell Tate – Ohio State
- CIN: LB Suntarine Perkins – Ole Miss
- TEN: CB Avieon Terrell – Clemson
- WR Antonio Williams – Clemson
- WR Makai Lemon – Southern Cal
- BUF: WR DeAndre Moore – Texas
- BAL: DL Caleb Banks – Florida
- PHI: TE Jo Royer – Cincinnati