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Fernando Mendoza is the most important name, but not the only big name in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Let's take a look at the Over/Under odds (on DraftKings Sportsbook as of April 22) to see where some of the biggest names in this year's draft could land.
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Simpson
Alabama-quarterback
Over 24.5: -270 (bet $10 to win $13.70 total)
Under 24.5: +195 (bet $10 to win $29.50 total)
What to know: Only two quarterbacks went to the first round last season, after the first three picks in the 2024 NFL Draft were quarterbacks. The last Alabama quarterback to move into the first round was Bryce Young in 2023, when the Panthers selected him No. 1. Simpson is the heavy favorite (-2500) to be the second quarterback off the board in 2026.
Jeremiah love
Notre Dame – RB
Over 5.5: +275 (bet $10 to win $37.50 total)
Under 5.5: -400 (bet $10 to win $12.50 total)
What to know: The last time a running back was in the top five was in 2018, when the Giants selected Saquon Barkley with the second overall pick. Ashton Jeanty was sixth for the Raiders last season.
sonny styles
Ohio State—LB
Over 5.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)
Under 5.5: +115 (bet $10 to win $21.50 total)
What to know: The last linebacker to make the top five happens to be the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history, Will Anderson Jr. He went to the Texans with the third pick in 2023. Now, Anderson primarily plays edge rusher for Houston.
Ohio State's Sonny Styles (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Carnell Tate
Ohio State – WR
Over 7.5: -135 (bet $10 to win $17.41 total)
Under 7.5: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)
What to know: If you count Travis Hunter as a wide receiver, then two wide receivers cracked the top 10 in 2025: Hunter to Jacksonville at No. 2 and Tetairoa McMillan to Carolina at No. 8. Three wide receivers cracked the top 10 in 2024: Marvin Harrison Jr. to Arizona at No. 4, Malik Nabers to the Giants at No. 6 and Rome Odunze to Chicago at No. #9. Favored (-175) to be the first wide receiver off the board in 2026.
Jordyn Tyson
Arizona State—WR
Over 8.5: +140 (bet $10 to win $24.00 total)
Under 8.5: -185 (bet $10 to win $15.41 total)
What to know: Jordyn Tyson's odds of being a top-10 pick in the NFL Draft opened at +400 in March. They have since moved up to -500 so he can break into the top 10.
Caleb Downs
Ohio State—S
Over 9.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)
Under 9.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)
What to know: No safety has gone top 10 in the NFL Draft since Jamal Adams went sixth to the Jets in 2017. Minkah Fitzpatrick went 11th to the Dolphins in 2018. Malaki Starks was the first safety selected last season, going 27th to Baltimore.
Ruben Bain Jr.
Miami FL—DL
Over 8.5: -400 (bet $10 to win $12.50 total)
Under 8.5: +270 (bet $10 to win $37 total)
What to know: Defensive linemen are always in the top 10. Since 2013, only twice has the top 10 not included a defensive lineman: in 2021 and then again in 2024.
Miami's Rueben Bain Jr. (Photo by CFP/Getty Images)
Spencer Fano
Utah—OL
Over 10.5: +100 (bet $10 to win $20.00 total)
Under 10.5: -130 (bet $10 to win $17.69 total)
What to know: Fano is a close second choice to be the first offensive lineman selected Thursday at +110, just behind Francis Mauigoa, who leads the market at -125.
makai lemon
USC-WR
Over 14.5: -130 (bet $10 to win $17.69 total)
Under 14.5: +100 (bet $10 to win $20.00 total)
What to know: Lemon is expected to be the third wide receiver off the board, behind Tate and Tyson. He'll look to follow in the footsteps of recent USC wide receivers Jordan Addison (2023) and Drake London (2022), both first-round picks.
Olaivavega Ioane
State of Pennsylvania – OL
Over 14.5: +225 (bet $10 to win $32.50 total)
Under 14.5: -310 (bet $10 to win $13.23 total)
What to know: Ioane has the fifth best odds (+1800) to be the first offensive lineman selected. That being said, he is still strongly expected to be a first-round pick.
Kenyon Sadiq
Oregon — TE
Over 15.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)
Under 15.5: -120 (bet $10 to win $18.33 total)
What to know: Colston Loveland (No. 10 in Chicago) and Tyler Warren (No. 14 in Indianapolis) were both in the top 15 last season. Brock Bowers went 13th to Las Vegas in 2024, and Kyle Pitts went fourth to Atlanta in 2021. In other words, the tight end position is on the rise when it comes to the first half of the first round. Sadiq is expected to be the first tight end off the board in 2026.
Kadyn Proctor
Alabama-OL
Over 16.5: +145 (bet $10 to win $24.50 total)
Under 16.5: -195 (bet $10 to win $15.13 total)
What to know: Proctor is the third option (+950) to be the first offensive lineman selected, behind Mauigoa (-125) and Fano (+110).
Dillon Thieneman
Oregon — S
Over 17.5: -215 (bet $10 to win $14.65 total)
Under 17.5: +155 (bet $10 to win $25.50 total)
What to know: Thieneman is the heavy favorite (-400) to be the second safety off the board, behind Downs. In 2025, only one safety was selected in the first round. That likely won't be the case this year, as Thieneman is expected to be selected in the mid-first round.
Oregon's Dillon Thieneman (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Monroe Freeling
Georgia—OL
Over 19.5: +185 (bet $10 to win $28.50 total)
Under 19.5: -250 (bet $10 to win $14.00 total)
What to know: In 2025, eight offensive linemen were selected in the first round, and a similar number are expected in 2026, with Freeling projected among them.
Omar Cooper Jr.
Indiana-WR
Over 23.5: +120 (bet $10 to win $22.00 total)
Under: 23.5: -160 (bet to win $16.25 total)
What to know: Cooper is projected to be the fourth or fifth receiver selected. If he moves to the first round, he would become the first Indiana receiver selected in the first round since Thomas Lewis in 1994.
KC Concepcion
Texas A&M – WR
Over 24.5: +100 (bet $10 to win $20 total)
Under: 24.5: -130 (bet to win $17.69 total)
What to know: Counting Travis Hunter as a wide receiver, four total wide receivers were selected in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. In 2024, seven wide receivers moved to the first round. This year, the line is set at 5.5 wide receivers selected in Round 1, with an over of -165.
Akheem Mesidor
Miami FL—EDGE
Over 25.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)
Under 25.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18.00 total)
What to know: Mesidor is expected to be the fourth or fifth running back selected, behind Arvell Reese, David Bailey and college teammate Rueben Bain Jr. He and Auburn's Keldric Faulk will likely be next in line.
Denzel Boston
Washington—WR
Over 26.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18.00 total)
Under 26.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)
What to know: Boston will look to follow in the footsteps of former Washington Huskies wide receivers Rome Odunze and John Ross, who were selected in the first round. He is expected to be among the five or six wide receivers selected in the first round this year.
Jermod McCoy
Tennessee—CB
Over 28.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)
Under: 28.5: +115 (bet to win $21.50 total)
What to know: After Mansoor Delane (-5000 to be the first cornerback selected), McCoy is tied with Colton Hood and Chris Johnson at +175 to be the second cornerback selected. In 2025, three cornerbacks were selected in the first round.
Chris Johnson
San Diego State—CB
Over 32.5: +180 (bet $10 to win $28.00 total)
Under 32.5: -250 (bet $10 to win $14.00 total)
What to know: In early April, Chris Johnson's odds of being selected in the first round of the NFL Draft opened at +550. He is one of the fastest growing prospects and is now missing -250 on the first.
