2026 Draft: RB Nick Singleton anyone?

[Knucklehead]

https://gbnreport.com/2026-selection-order/

The worthless win streak has now dropped us to the 17th pick...far outside of Jeremiah Love, Caleb Downs, and even Mansoor Delane range. We are now in the mid-round "taking the second or third cornerback off the board" range. Our standard general draft position. 

I do concur that we have a long list of needs and whoever we draft, needs to hit. This whole draft needs to hit and it's not comforting knowing who we'll have making those decisions again.

We're now into the 4th year of this regime, the optimist in me thinks that Kwesi has had to improve his drafting even if only by osmosis.

[MaroonBells]

I mentioned this in another thread, but an ILB that can both stop the run & provide pass coverage is a priority given that Cashman is frequently dinged & our ability to stop the run is noticeabley affected when he's not on the field.

My current draft crush is Sonny Styles from OSU. Styles is projected to be drafted in the mid first round, right where we'll be picking.

I like how mature he is. He's 21 but looks and sounds like he's 30. I know that's a weird thing to add to a scouting report, but I think it matters. Eric Wilson showed us how good this defense can be with a sound, consistent linebacker next to Cashman. Pace is a great pass rusher and penetrator, but he struggled with tackling this year and he's horrible in coverage.

[supafreak84]

This is one of the better linebacker crops to come along in a while. Talent and depth. IMO a major Kwesi struggle is identifying talent groups in drafts and taking advantage of it. Like last year, a potential historic draft class at running back, and what does Kwesi do? Trades for Jordan Mason and bypasses the position completely in the draft.