Mock Draft Picks
Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.
- Takes logged
- 4,166
- Graded
- 2,915
- Average accuracy
- 65.4
- Pundits
- 210
70% settled
out of 100
have made one
How these calls land
Takes in each band
Settled or waiting
2,915 / 4,166
graded
1,251 still pending
By season
- 20211 of 4 graded
- 202365 of 82 graded
- 202498 of 113 graded
- 20251221 of 1402 graded
- 20261530 of 2565 graded
Who is good at mock draft picks
- Chris Brockman75 accuracy · 36 graded+50.0
- Ryan Tracy48 accuracy · 21 graded+50.0
- John Middlekauff76 accuracy · 19 graded+50.0
- Chris Clark68 accuracy · 16 graded+50.0
- Tom Pelissero90 accuracy · 13 graded+50.0
- Joel Klatt92 accuracy · 13 graded+50.0
- Jeff Cavanaugh82 accuracy · 10 graded+50.0
- Dylan Sanders68 accuracy · 10 graded+50.0
- Kyle Brandt69 accuracy · 8 graded+50.0
- Dane Brugler87 accuracy · 8 graded+50.0
- Brian Bosarge18 accuracy · 6 graded+50.0
- Jason McIntyre64 accuracy · 6 graded+50.0
- Darrion Gray64 accuracy · 5 graded+50.0
- Cody Kessler65 accuracy · 5 graded+50.0
- Bernie Frattle65 accuracy · 4 graded+50.0
- Justin Pugh93 accuracy · 4 graded+50.0
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz50 accuracy · 3 graded+50.0
- Bradley Locker60 accuracy · 3 graded+50.0
- Lance Moore86 accuracy · 3 graded+50.0
- Natalie Kerwin84 accuracy · 3 graded+50.0
- Logan Ryan50 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- Cynthia Frelund48 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- John Butchko85 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- Brendan Donahue77 accuracy · 16 graded+48.6
- Brady Quinn80 accuracy · 15 graded+47.6
- Chad Reuter58 accuracy · 4 graded+47.5
- Jason Hirschhorn53 accuracy · 5 graded+47.0
- Jacob Westendorf53 accuracy · 5 graded+47.0
- Rich Eisen84 accuracy · 58 graded+46.7
- Jordan Reid87 accuracy · 14 graded+46.5
- Charles Davis84 accuracy · 13 graded+46.4
- Andy Furman97 accuracy · 7 graded+45.0
- Andrew Erickson71 accuracy · 12 graded+43.5
- Chad Rader72 accuracy · 10 graded+43.3
- David Harrison64 accuracy · 120 graded+43.2
- Ryan McCrystal61 accuracy · 36 graded+40.4
- Matt Miller81 accuracy · 44 graded+40.4
- Emory Hunt47 accuracy · 9 graded+40.1
- Kimmi Chex69 accuracy · 4 graded+40.0
- Danny Parkins95 accuracy · 25 graded+39.7
- Mike Renner74 accuracy · 98 graded+39.5
- Ross Jackson63 accuracy · 142 graded+38.4
- Peter Schrager74 accuracy · 18 graded+37.5
- Keith Sanchez68 accuracy · 43 graded+37.4
- Nate Tice72 accuracy · 20 graded+37.2
- Jaime Eisner44 accuracy · 119 graded+36.7
- Pat Fitzmaurice70 accuracy · 42 graded+36.3
- Vinnie Iyer73 accuracy · 8 graded+36.3
- Lance Zierlein58 accuracy · 27 graded+36.2
- Brandon Carney78 accuracy · 18 graded+35.8
- Colin Cowherd67 accuracy · 60 graded+35.7
- Scott Bogman68 accuracy · 33 graded+35.6
- Nick Wright82 accuracy · 95 graded+34.8
- Brian Peacock68 accuracy · 36 graded+34.7
- Trevor Sikkema75 accuracy · 17 graded+33.3
- Daniel Wade60 accuracy · 13 graded+32.9
- Nick Shook91 accuracy · 37 graded+32.3
- Pat Gustavson82 accuracy · 16 graded+32.3
- Field Yates81 accuracy · 30 graded+32.2
- Todd McShay90 accuracy · 24 graded+31.3
- Gregg Rosenthal79 accuracy · 108 graded+30.9
- Bucky Brooks78 accuracy · 99 graded+30.4
- Mel Kiper81 accuracy · 65 graded+30.2
- Eric Crocker64 accuracy · 16 graded+30.0
- Ayrton Ostley59 accuracy · 14 graded+28.7
- Kyle Crabbs68 accuracy · 322 graded+28.5
- Derek Brown78 accuracy · 21 graded+26.8
- Daniel Jeremiah72 accuracy · 226 graded+26.7
- Jourdan Rodrigue70 accuracy · 31 graded+24.5
- JP Acosta66 accuracy · 69 graded+22.2
- Steve Mensch74 accuracy · 14 graded+20.9
- Eric Edholm47 accuracy · 4 graded+20.0
- Peter Bukowski50 accuracy · 26 graded+12.5
- Jonas Knox17 accuracy · 10 graded-5.0
- Mike Mayock51 accuracy · 22 graded-5.2
- Isaiah Stanback66 accuracy · 4 graded-10.0
- Fran Duffy51 accuracy · 8 graded-50.0
limitedRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.
Why so many dead-wrong answers?
Mock drafts are the single biggest source of zero scores on this site — and it is not because analysts are bad at them. It is because a mock draft asks the same person to do two very different jobs, and only one of them is possible.
Accuracy collapses after round one
- Round 1 · picks 1–321653 picks · off by 10 on average76.4 avg
- Round 2 · 33–64112 picks · off by 25 on average49.5 avg
- Round 3 · 65–10093 picks · off by 34 on average38.8 avg
- Day 3 · 101–175158 picks · off by 41 on average32.7 avg
- Late Day 3 · 176+93 picks · off by 50 on average26.9 avg
A first-round mock is a genuinely good prediction. Across 1653 first-round picks the average score is 76.4, missing by about 10 places. By late day 3 that has fallen to 26.9, missing by 50.
The order of the late rounds is close to unknowable. Thirty-two teams making a hundred and fifty picks are working from private boards, trades nobody has made yet, and medical information that never becomes public. 38% of every zero-scored pick we hold was mocked after round two.
Which is a hard thing to score fairly, and looking at this chart is what made us change how we do it. Until 2 August 2026 credit ran out at one full round, so a pick 32 places out and one 128 places out both scored zero — and 29% of every pick we held sat on that floor. Credit now halves every sixteen picks instead: the standard for a good pick is untouched, and being wrong by a round is no longer the same answer as being wrong by four. The methodology records the change and the numbers behind it.
An analyst who mocks all seven rounds is still attempting the hardest version of the exercise, and the back half will always score lower than the front. That is why the leaderboard ranks on MissedTakes Score, which comes from how well a mock ordered the draft rather than from its individual picks — a seven-round mock is judged on the shape it got right, not on the length of its tail.
The players who fooled everyone
- Jermod McCoyCB22 mocksmocked around 16 · went at 101
- Shedeur SandersQB18 mocksmocked around 8 · went at 144
- Emmanuel McNeil-WarrenSAF11 mocksmocked around 21 · went at 58
- Will JohnsonCB7 mocksmocked around 10 · went at 47
- C.J. AllenLB7 mocksmocked around 18 · went at 53
These are predictions about where a team would pick, not judgements of the player. A slide says as much about thirty-two front offices as it does about anyone’s evaluation.
By publisher
- Locked On Bills (podcast)55.8 · 36 graded
- Locked On Chiefs (podcast)67.8 · 53 graded
- Fox Sports Radio (podcast)94.9 · 42 graded
- Locked On Lions (podcast)81.1 · 26 graded
- The Dan Patrick Show (podcast)91.8 · 14 graded
- Sharp Football Analysis68.9 · 52 graded
- Locked On Commanders (podcast)60.4 · 126 graded
- The Rich Eisen Podcast (podcast)97.3 · 12 graded
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)74.7 · 232 graded
- Locked On Chargers (podcast)70.4 · 26 graded
- Locked On Saints (podcast)63.5 · 182 graded
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)79.0 · 233 graded
- KC Sports Network (podcast)66.5 · 95 graded
- The Draft Network42.6 · 162 graded
- First Things First (podcast)79.7 · 119 graded
- Bran Coverage with BenchwarmerBran (podcast)83.7 · 34 graded
- Around the NFL (podcast)77.0 · 232 graded
- Locked On 49ers (podcast)69.8 · 72 graded
- John and Lance — ESPN Houston (podcast)55.1 · 13 graded
- Locked On Rams (podcast)50.0 · 14 graded
- Pushing the Pile (podcast)68.9 · 212 graded
- Move the Sticks (podcast)71.2 · 350 graded
- The 33rd Team63.7 · 349 graded
- NFL Live (podcast)92.7 · 22 graded
- Locked On Packers (podcast)52.4 · 39 graded
- DLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)71.6 · 72 graded
- 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe (podcast)68.6 · 26 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)62.5 · 38 graded
- The Colin Cowherd Podcast (podcast)77.8 · 13 graded
- Walter Football99.6 · 6 graded
- Locked On Cardinals (podcast)88.4 · 6 graded
- Nightcap (podcast)66.7 · 3 graded
- Pro Football Focus100.0 · 1 graded
- Fox Sports0.0 · 1 graded
- CBS Sports36.9 · 1 graded
- 4for4100.0 · 1 graded
Every mock draft picks take
401–425 of 4,166
Will Echoles to be picked “Round 1, picks 17-32”
The Bears need to add multiple upgrades to a defensive line... Will Echoles has a good blend of quickness, athleticism, and strength.
John Henry Daley to be picked “Round 1, picks 17-32”
Detroit Lions / John Henry Daley, DE, Michigan
Leonard Moore to be picked at number 7
Reid has the Panthers selecting Notre Dame CB Leonard Moore with the 7th pick in the 2027 NFL Draft.
Jadan Baugh to be picked “first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
he could easily end up a first-round pick by next April
Greg Johnson to be picked at number 28
Round 1, Pick No. 28: Greg Johnson, G, Minnesota — in his latest 2027 NFL mock draft
- PendingMatt LeinartMock Draft Picks2026 season
Darian Mensah to be picked “another potential first round guy” (picks 1–32)
They get Darien Mensah who comes over from Duke... but he's another potential first round guy.
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Sep 4, 2026 - PendingMatt LeinartMock Draft Picks2026 season
Trinidad Chambliss to be picked “a potential first round draft pick” (picks 1–32)
I love him as a dark horse Heisman winner. I love him as a as a potential first round draft pick.
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Sep 4, 2026 Arch Manning to be picked at number 1
Renner's 2027 NFL mock draft: Dolphins tank for Arch Manning in loaded blue-chip class
Arch Manning to be picked at number 1
Josh Edwards : QB Arch Manning, Texas . (answering: Who will end up as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2027 NFL Draft?)
Dante Moore to be picked at number 1
Ryan Wilson : QB Dante Moore, Oregon . "Dante Moore is my QB1 heading into the 2026 season and the best bet to be the top pick next April"
Trey'Dez Green to be picked “potential first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
Entering the 2026 season, Green looks like a potential first-round pick for the 2027 draft.
Will Echoles to be picked “Round 1”
it won't be a matter of if Echoles goes in Round 1, but rather how high he's drafted
Will Echoles to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
the Bears select Ole Miss defensive tackle Will Echoles in the first round of the 2027 NFL mock draft of USA TODAY's Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz
C.J. Carr to be picked “top-10 overall pick” (picks 1–10)
If that occurs, Carr could legitimately become one of the best quarterbacks eligible for the 2027 NFL Draft and a top-10 overall pick.
Katin Houser to be picked “ends up being drafted”
Illinois' Katin Houser could fall into the Graham Mertz/Joey Aguilar category: a player who has played a lot of college football and is overlooked because he does not have any overwhelming qualities but ends up being drafted.
Yhonzae Pierre to be picked “first round caliber player” (picks 1–32)
If Pierre isn’t looked at as a first round caliber player right now, there’s a very good chance he will be after a double-digit sack season for the Crimson Tide.
- PendingMichael SchwartzMock Draft Picks2026 season
Yhonzae Pierre to be picked at number 29
Michael Schwartz of USA Today assigned the Seahawks pick 29 ... The pick was spent on Yhonzae Pierre, an Alabama Crimson Tide edge rusher
Yhonzae PierreSeattle Seahawks
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Sep 3, 2026 Sam Leavitt to be picked “early-round potential”
Entering the 2026 season, Leavitt has early-round potential.
Sam Leavitt to be picked “an opening night pick”
If Leavitt can stay healthy, he could prove to be an opening night pick like Manziel and Dart were.
Sam Leavitt to be picked “potential first-round prospect” (picks 1–32)
If Leavitt stays healthy, he could produce a huge season playing for Kiffin and become a potential first-round prospect.
Jeremiah Smith to be picked “top-5 pick” (picks 1–5)
you're not taking him with a top-5 pick because he's the next coming of Hines Ward
Justin Scott to be picked “first-round conversation” (picks 1–32)
he's going to be in the first-round conversation all fall
Trinidad Chambliss to be picked “first-round push” (picks 1–32)
he'll have a chance to make a first-round push with a good '26 season
C.J. Carr to be picked at number 18
18. New York Jets (from Cowboys): CJ Carr, QB, Notre Dame
Bryant Wesco to be picked at number 21
21. Houston Texans: Bryant Wesco Jr., WR, Clemson
By sport
NFL — mock draft picks (2996 graded)
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