Latest NFL Mock Draft For 2026 Is Loaded With SEC Players

Ryan Wilson of CBS Sports recently released his first 2026 Mock Draft: Version 1.0, and projects that 15 players from the SEC will be selected in the first round.

LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier is projected to go No. 1 overall to the New Orleans Saints, followed by Alabama OL Kadyn Proctor to the Cleveland Browns at No. 2.

Mock Draft SEC Players:

No. 1 - New Orleans Saints
Garrett Nussmeier QB
LSU • Sr • 6'2" / 200 lbs

No. 2 - Cleveland Browns
Kadyn Proctor OL
Alabama • Jr • 6'7" / 360 lbs

No. 12 - New England Patriots
Xavier Chaplin OL
Auburn • Jr • 6'7" / 338 lbs

No. 13 - Seattle Seahawks
LT Overton DL
Alabama • Sr • 6'5" / 280 lbs

No. 17 - Chicago Bears
Tyreak Sapp LB
Florida • Sr • 6'2" / 274 lbs

No. 18 - Denver Broncos
CJ Allen LB
Georgia • Jr • 6'1" / 235 lbs

No. 19 - Houston Texans
Jalon Kilgore DB
South Carolina • Jr • 6'1" / 211 lbs

No. 22 - San Francisco 49ers
Jermod McCoy DB
Tennessee • Jr • 6'0" / 193 lbs

No. 23 - Los Angeles Chargers
R Mason Thomas DL
Oklahoma • Sr • 6'2" / 249 lbs

No. 26 - Washington Commanders
Aaron Anderson WR
LSU • Jr • 5'8" / 188 lbs

No. 28 - Detroit Lions
Keldric Faulk DL
Auburn • Jr • 6'6" / 270 lbs

No. 29 - Kansas City Chiefs
Suntarine Perkins LB
Ole Miss • Jr • 6'1" / 210 lbs

No. 30 - Buffalo Bills
Eric Singleton Jr. WR
Auburn • Jr • 5'10" / 178 lbs

No. 31 - Baltimore Ravens
Nic Anderson WR
LSU • Jr • 6'4" / 210 lbs

No. 32 - New York Jets
LaNorris Sellers QB
South Carolina • Soph • 6'3" / 240 lbs