Ryan Tracy· Apr 22, 2026
Tracy said the consensus is that Arvell Reese will not last past the top five picks of the draft, expecting him to be selected within the first five selections.
“There's no way he makes it out of the five.”
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Arvell Reese to be picked “no way he makes it out of the five”
“the lone player that, like, you would have to go trade for. Right? There's no way he makes it out of the five. Pretty much everybody across the NFL world is unanimous on that.”
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