SI.com: 2026 Top 50 Draft Prospects

[StickierBuns]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2026-nfl-draft-bi...-prospects

This will change obviously, but guys I'd like to see Minnesota interested in from this list, hopefully as many QBs as possible go before Minnesota selects:

Domani Jackson, CB, Alabama
Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame
Caleb Banks, DT, Florida
Keon Sabb, S, Alabama
Nick Singleton, RB, Penn State

[supafreak84]

Clemson has four of the top 13 players ranked. I guess Dabo doesn't have any excuses this year

[MaroonBells]

@JustInTime asked me what I thought of Singleton. I typically don't start watching these guys until late in the season because so much can change. But this dude stands out to me. Reminds me of AD. Nearly identical in size. Gallops with the same kind of energy and anger. But he can really catch the ball too. No visual proof of this yet, but I've read that he's also very good in pass pro. 

[StickierBuns]

@JustInTime asked me what I thought of Singleton. I typically don't start watching these guys until late in the season because so much can change. But this dude stands out to me. Reminds me of AD. Nearly identical in size. Gallops with the same kind of energy and anger. But he can really catch the ball too. No visual proof of this yet, but I've read that he's also very good in pass pro. 

Yeah, that's the vibe I got off him also from doing some research. Good in pass protection, which is important in today's NFL.

[JustInTime]

@JustInTime asked me what I thought of Singleton. I typically don't start watching these guys until late in the season because so much can change. But this dude stands out to me. Reminds me of AD. Nearly identical in size. Gallops with the same kind of energy and anger. But he can really catch the ball too. No visual proof of this yet, but I've read that he's also very good in pass pro. 

I had previously heard an announcer compare him to AD so I wanted to hear your opinion. I see more of Curtis Martin or Shawn Alexander. The funny thing is I was expecting you to be lukewarm on him. Too much like Hampton for your taste. But I see the AD like anger when he runs. Martin or Alexander aren’t exactly damning with faint praise comps. 

KR skills I think will become important again with the new rules. No one will give up the 35 yard line with regularity. The thing that puts Singelton 1b to Love’s 1A in this class is he catches like a WR. I’m wondering if he doesn’t get split out wide more this year. 

Kwesi was at Happy Valley this year. There was a tweet with a photo of Singelton in the background and Kwesi in the foreground. I’m not going to say this is the karma pick for 2026 but this is the karma pick for 2026.

[MaroonBells]

I had previously heard an announcer compare him to AD so I wanted to hear your opinion. I see more of Curtis Martin or Shawn Alexander. The funny thing is I was expecting you to be lukewarm on him. Too much like Hampton for your taste. But I see the AD like anger when he runs. Martin or Alexander aren’t exactly damning with faint praise comps. 

KR skills I think will become important again with the new rules. No one will give up the 35 yard line with regularity. The thing that puts Singelton 1b to Love’s 1A in this class is he catches like a WR. I’m wondering if he doesn’t get split out wide more this year. 

Kwesi was at Happy Valley this year. There was a tweet with a photo of Singelton in the background and Kwesi in the foreground. I’m not going to say this is the karma pick for 2026 but this is the karma pick for 2026.

I'd admit to having a slight bias against the bigger backs. So often they just don't have the footwork, burst or lateral agility. I think of Trent Richardson or Zeke Elliott or Leonard Fournette. I see a lot more of that in Singleton than either Johnson or Hampton.

[JustInTime]

Yeah, that's the vibe I got off him also from doing some research. Good in pass protection, which is important in today's NFL.

3 year starter with 499 carries so far. Kaytron Allen will help keep him low miles. Definitely on Kwesi’s radar. He should be there in the second. All that’s left is to get PF hooked on him to salve the wound Henderson left.

[MaroonBells]

3 year starter with 499 carries so far. Kaytron Allen will help keep him low miles. Definitely on Kwesi’s radar. He should be there in the second. All that’s left is to get PF hooked on him to salve the wound Henderson left.

Currently ranked 46th by PFF, but I think that's a little low. Long way to go, and I'm sure he has weaknesses I'm not aware of, but just based on what little I watched of him, if he were in this year's class, I'd put him just after Jeanty. Watched some Allen too. He's not the same kind of talent IMO.

[JustInTime]

Currently ranked 46th by PFF, but I think that's a little low. Long way to go, and I'm sure he has weaknesses I'm not aware of, but just based on what little I watched of him, if he were in this year's class, I'd put him just after Jeanty. Watched some Allen too. He's not the same kind of talent IMO.

Allen is decent but definitely not in the same class.