Commanders Draft: Pick-3 Contest – 2026

Did you say a contest??!! Just in case you haven’t heard, the draft is scheduled from 23-25 April, 2026. Back in 2017, around this time, I decided to create a different kind of draft-prediction contest, which I called the “Draft Pick 3” .

That contest has returned annually in one form or another for each of the subsequent seasons. It’s back for its tenth iteration I’d love to say that the contest is bigger and better than ever, but, realistically, while the Washington franchise has gone through 3 different names, two owners, and a complete overhaul of the front office and coaching staff, very little about the contest has changed. The rules will be essentially the same as nearly every other year, aside from one minor scoring tweak added for this year.

So, how does the Draft P3 work? Today, two days prior to the draft, Washington has 6 selections in the 7-round draft, which starts Thursday. As has been true every year, each entrant in Draft Pick 3 is allowed to nominate three players for each draft pick that the team has at the moment.

One change this year is that I have added a BONUS pick that anticipates the possibility of a 2nd- or 4th-round pick acquired by trade. Each entrant will be able to nominate 3 additional players in each of those rounds (6 in total) who will come into play if the Commanders pick in either of those rounds by trading up or down. Your bonus pick players will only be considered if the Commanders a pick in the relevant round .