When the 2026 NFL Draft gets underway this spring, 32 players will be selected in the first round. But only a select number of those have definitive first-round grades on this ESPN analyst’s board.
ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller recently released a list of true first-round prospects, and he writes that right now, there are only 11 in the 2026 draft class.
“There’s a difference between going in Round 1 and being graded in Round 1, and as we move closer to the opening of the 2026 draft on April 23 in Pittsburgh, I have identified the players who I feel are no-brainer Day 1 guys,” Miller explained.