2026 NFL Mock Draft: Giants, Browns, Commanders, Saints: Who did Cleveland take at No. 6?

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - APRIL 24: A general view of the video board on stage with the Cleveland Browns fifth pick during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft on April 24, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Browns’ pick is contained within this post of the 2026 DBN Community NFL Mock Draft, but brace yourselves for what you are about to read. We are releasing four picks at a time in one post to give you more substance to digest how the draft is unfolding.

Here you can see all of our NFL mock draft coverage for the Cleveland Browns . Picks 1-4 of the Mock Draft Now, let’s see what the 5-8 picks are. No.

5 – Giants – Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State The selection and write-up were made by Barry Shuck : This is a huge need for New York. Downs has been coined the best defensive player in the draft and to be sitting there at #5 is a bit of a surprise. DE David Bailey , RB Jeremiyah Love , and WR Carnell Tate would have fit nicely as well, but Downs is a beast.

Downs has incredible instincts when the other team is running the ball. He can play multiple positions, such as linebacker in the 4-2-5, and is a tackling machine. Downs had 257 total tackles with 16 tackles for loss in three college seasons.