The 2026 NFL draft will be the 91st annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The draft is scheduled to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 23–25.
Host city
Pittsburgh was chosen as the host city on May 22, 2024.
Trades involving draft picks
In the explanations below (PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e. Pre–Draft), while (D) denotes trades that take place during the 2026 draft.
Round 2
- Washington → Houston (PD). Washington traded second- and fourth-round selections as well as 2025 third- and seventh-round selections (79th and 236th overall) to Houston in exchange for OT Laremy Tunsil and a 2025 fourth-round selection (128th overall).
Round 3
- NY Jets → Philadelphia (PD). NY Jets traded a third-round selection to Philadelphia in exchange for LB Haason Reddick.
Round 4
- Washington → Houston (PD). See Round 2: Washington → Houston.
- Chicago → Kansas City (PD). Chicago traded a fourth-round selection to the Kansas City in exchange for G Joe Thuney.
Round 5
- Tennessee → LA Rams (PD). Tennessee traded a fifth-round selection to LA Rams in exchange for a sixth-round selection and LB Ernest Jones.
- Minnesota → Jacksonville (PD). Minnesota traded a conditional fifth-round selection to Jacksonville in exchange for OT Cam Robinson and a conditional seventh-round selection.
- Houston → Philadelphia (PD). Houston traded a fifth-round selection and G Kenyon Green to Philadelphia in exchange for a sixth-round selection and S C. J. Gardner-Johnson.
Round 6
- Minnesota → LA Rams (PD). Minnesota traded a conditional sixth-round selection to LA Rams in exchange for RB Cam Akers and a conditional seventh-round selection.
- Denver → NY Jets (PD). Denver traded a sixth-round selection to NY Jets in exchange for DL John Franklin-Myers.
- Houston → LA Rams (PD). Houston traded a sixth-round selection to LA Rams in exchange for WR Ben Skowronek and a seventh-round selection.
- Cleveland → Seattle (PD). Cleveland traded a sixth-round selection to Seattle in exchange for C Nick Harris and seventh-round selection.
- Dallas → NY Giants (PD). Dallas traded a sixth-round selection to NY Giants in exchange for DL Jordan Phillips and a seventh-round selection.
- LA Rams → Tennessee (PD). See Round 5: Tennessee → LA Rams.
- Buffalo → NY Jets (PD). Buffalo traded a sixth-round selection to NY Jets in exchange for CB Brandon Codrington and a seventh-round selection.
- Minnesota → Houston (PD). Minnesota traded a conditional sixth-round selection to Houston in exchange for RB Cam Akers and a conditional seventh-round selection.
- Seattle → Jacksonville (PD). Seattle traded a sixth-round selection to Jacksonville in exchange for DT Roy Robertson-Harris.
- Kansas City → New England (PD). Kansas City traded a sixth-round selection to New England in exchange for LB Joshua Uche.
- Detroit → Cleveland (PD). Detroit traded a sixth-round selection and a 2025 fifth-round selection to Cleveland in exchange for DE Za'Darius Smith and a seventh-round selection.
- Houston → Minnesota (PD). Houston traded a sixth-round selection to Minnesota in exchange for G Ed Ingram.
- Philadelphia → Houston (PD). See Round 5: Houston → Philadelphia.
- Minnesota → San Francisco (PD). Minnesota traded a sixth-round selection and a 2025 fifth-round selection (160th overall) to San Francisco in exchange for a 2025 sixth-round selection (187th overall) and RB Jordan Mason..
Round 7
- Detroit → Jacksonville (PD). Detroit traded a conditional seventh-round selection to Jacksonville in exchange for K Riley Patterson.
- LA Rams → Minnesota (PD). See Round 6: Minnesota → LA Rams.
- LA Rams → Houston (PD). See Round 6: Houston → LA Rams.
- Seattle → Cleveland (PD). See Round 6: Cleveland → Seattle.
- NY Giants → Dallas (PD). See Round 6: Dallas → NY Giants.
- Kansas City → Dallas (PD). Kansas City traded a conditional seventh-round selection to Dallas in exchange for TE Peyton Hendershot.
- NY Jets → Buffalo (PD). See Round 6: Buffalo → NY Jets.
- Buffalo → Cleveland (PD). Buffalo traded a seventh-round selection and a 2025 third-round selection to Cleveland in exchange for WR Amari Cooper and a 2025 sixth-round selection.
- Houston → Minnesota (PD). See Round 6: Minnesota → Houston.
- Jacksonville → Minnesota (PD). See Round 5: Minnesota → Jacksonville.
- Baltimore → LA Rams (PD). Baltimore traded a seventh-round selection to LA Rams in exchange for CB Tre'Davious White and a 2027 seventh-round selection.
- Cleveland → Detroit (PD). See Round 6: Detroit → Cleveland.
- San Francisco → Houston (PD). San Francisco traded a seventh-round selection to Houston in exchange for DT Khalil Davis.
- New Orleans → New England (PD). New Orleans traded a seventh-round selection to New England in exchange for DT Davon Godchaux.
- Houston → Jacksonville (PD). Houston traded a seventh-round selection to Jacksonville in exchange for WR Christian Kirk.
- Dallas → Buffalo (PD). Dallas traded a seventh-round selection and a 2025 fifth-round selection (170th overall) to Buffalo in exchange for a 2025 sixth-round selection (204th overall) and CB Kaiir Elam.
2020 Resolution JC-2A picks
Since the 2021 draft, the league, under 2020 Resolution JC-2A passed in November 2020, rewards teams for developing minority candidates for head coach and/or general manager positions. The resolution rewards teams whose minority candidates are hired away for one of those positions by awarding draft picks. These draft picks are at the end of the third round, after standard compensatory picks; if multiple teams qualify, they are awarded by draft order in the first round. These picks are in addition to, and have no impact on, the standard 32 compensatory picks. One pick was awarded for the 2026 NFL draft pursuant to the resolution.
- Detroit received a third round selection after NY Jets hired former Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as head coach.
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