2026 NFL Draft final combined big board: Buckeyes defender is No. 1, with Fernando Mendoza right behind him and Rueben Bain Jr. top-5

This is it. The 2026 NFL Draft is right around the corner, so it’s time to lock in prospect rankings ahead of the offseason’s marquee event. Here are the top 75 players of this draft class, combining the individual big boards of Yahoo Sports NFL Draft experts Nate Tice and Charles McDonald, and using a ranking methodology of averaging a player’s position on both boards, with any player unranked on either board assigned a value of 76.

Latest NFL mock draft | Big Boards: Consensus Top 75 • Nate Tice • Charles McDonald 1. Arvell Reese, LB/EDGE, Ohio State A true defensive weapon. It’s hard to not notice Reese on the field even if he lines up all over it.

Reese was a revelation this season. He can impact the game on the edge as both a run defender and pass rusher, and has real off-ball linebacker chops chasing down run plays sideline-to-sideline and in coverage. Reese is an outstanding athlete with strength and speed, and plays with an energy that is also infectious.

In an NFL with more creative defensive coordinators who are willing to move their front seven defenders around, Reese is the ultimate version of a do-it-all defender. Even if he moves to playing on the edge full-time, he has already flashed the bend and explosiveness to win consistently as a pass rusher, with even more to tap into. If he stays off-ball, he reminds me of Jaylon Smith before he suffered his knee injury at Notre Dame.