2026 NFL Draft combined big board: No. 1 overall prospect is a Big Ten star — just not Fernando Mendoza
Nate Tice and Charles McDonald have delivered their individual 50-player big boards. Here's where their rankings average out with regard to the 2026 draft class.
We’re inside of a month until the 2026 NFL Draft. Both of Yahoo Sports’ NFL Draft experts, Nate Tice and Charles McDonald, have delivered their initial 50-player individual big boards (see below). Now, they deliver the combined version, which turned out the exact same across two ranking methodologies (Borda-style point system and straight consensus rank, with any player unranked by either expert assigned a rank of 51).
2026 NFL Draft individual big boards: Nate Tice | Charles McDonald 1. Arvell Reese, LB, Ohio State There isn’t anything Reese can’t do in terms of his assigned tasks within the functions of linebacker and defensive end play. He can hammer the run, spot drop, play match and rush the passer.
He has sky-high potential in any defensive scheme. This is a ready-made franchise front-seven player who should flirt with Pro Bowl status as a rookie. — Charles McDonald Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season 2.
Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana Mendoza’s production and Indiana’s success went through the roof under Curt Cignetti, but just traits-wise, Mendoza has a lot to like. He’s a tall athlete with good size (all 236 pounds of him in Indianapolis) with a loose arm and good overall frame. Mendoza can put some real zip on the football on underneath and intermediate throws, making attempts with college hashes seem routine because of how consistently he can put those throws on the money.
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