Latest mock draft has Makai Lemon sliding to pick 30, a shocker
Makai Lemon, if he falls in the draft, will be a steal for the team that gets him. Such a fall is unlikely, but Shedeur Sanders knows it can happen
USC receiver Makai Lemon has either dropped or skyrocketed in mock drafts week after week. Every day, there is a new expert who is either extremely high or low on Makai Lemon. The only constant belief is that Lemon will be picked in the first round of the 2026 NFL draft.
In a recent mock, Makai Lemon is projected at his lowest spot on the board. No one has had a lower projection than this one from Nate Tice and Charles McDonald of Yahoo! Sports.
They released one last mock draft before then. Both experts have Lemon falling all the way to pick 30 and ending up in Miami: "The Dolphins use the pick they got from the Jaylen Waddle trade to replace Jaylen Waddle. Lemon isn’t nearly as dynamic as Waddle, but he profiles as a starting-caliber slot wide receiver.
The Dolphins need to start rebuilding their wide receiver depth somewhere, so they might as well start here and see where the winds take them and their $179 million in dead cap. " Makai Lemon is as talented as it gets at the receiver position, whether or not a draft slide occurs. The Dolphins need all of the possible weapons that they can get for new potential franchise quarterback Malik Willis.