Bucky Brooks#26 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 26, 2026

Bucky Brooks walked through their new full first-round mock draft, naming a player for each pick from 1 through 32, and also pegged the Arizona State offensive tackle as a top-of-the-second-round, top-50 selection.

Said on air or in an interview · Move the Sticks (podcast)Hear the original

18 of 28picks landed18 hits · 7 close calls · 3 misses · 1 waiting

91.92The orderagainst a shuffled mock’s 50

+41.92Skillthe mock as a whole

77.2Per pickaverage, out of 100

#26Bucky Brooks’s rankof 87 ranked NFL pundits

What Bucky Brooks said

one, Las Vegas Raiders taking Fernando Mendoza, the New York Jets taken David Bailey at two, Arizona Cardinals taking r VL Reese at three

Bucky Brooks, the lead quote

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The episode: Bucky Brooks’ Mock Draft 3.0 Breakdown
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Box score, round by round

HitCloseMissWaiting

Group	Hits	Close	Misses	Waiting
Round 1	18	7	3	0
Picks 0–0	0	0	0	1
All	18	7	3	1

How the mock scored

29 checkable claims — 29 mock draft picks — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 48 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

28 of 29 have settled so far, averaging 77.2 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.

Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.

Mock against the draft

Across: where the mock put each player. Down: where the player went. The shaded band is where a pick earns credit, within 32 picks. Squares landed, half-squares were close and slashes missed.

The mock as a whole

91.92this mock’s order50a shuffled mock41.92better than naive1difficulty+41.92skill

The skill comes from how well the whole mock ordered the draft, so it is not any one pick’s score minus 50.

Every pick’s score

0a pick’s naive guess: 50100

Think a pick here is graded wrong? Tell us which.

Draft board

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Round 1 · picks 1–3218 hits · 7 close calls · 3 missesShow ▸

Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Went	Score
1	LV	Fernando Mendoza		1	100
2	NYJ	David Bailey		2	100
3	ARI	Arvell Reese		5	92
4	TEN	Jeremiyah Love		3	96
5	NYG	Sonny Styles		7	92
6	CLE	Carnell Tate		4	92
7	WAS	Caleb Downs	safety	11	84
8	NO	Jordyn Tyson		8	100
9	KC	Francis Mauigoa		10	96
10	CIN	Mansoor Delane	cornerback	6	84
11	MIA	Olaivavega Ioane	guard	14	88
12	DAL	Rueben Bain		15	88
13	—	Makai Lemon		20	74
14	BAL	Spencer Fano		9	81
16	NYJ	Avieon Terrell		48	25
17	DET	Akheem Mesidor		22	81
18	MIN	Dillon Thieneman		25	74
19	CAR	Monroe Freeling		19	100
20	DAL	Colton Hood	corner	37	48
21	—	K.C. Concepcion	wide receiver	24	88
22	LAC	T.J. Parker		35	57
23	—	Blake Miller		17	77
25	CHI	Emmanuel McNeil-Warren		58	24
26	—	C.J. Allen		53	31
27	—	Cashius Howell		41	55
28	HOU	Peter Woods		29	96
30	MIA	Omar Cooper		30	100
32	—	Brandon Cisse	corner	52	42

Picks 0–01 waitingShow ▸

Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Went	Verdict	Score
0	—	Max Iheanachor	offensive tackle	—		—

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