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NFL 2026 NFL Draft live Updated 4m ago The 2026 NFL Draft will take place Thursday-Saturday in Pittsburgh. Fernando Mendoza appears to be headed to Las Vegas with the first pick. But what will happen after that? We will find out starting on Thursday, but before then, we will have all the latest draft news and analysis leading up to the draft here. Follow along for coverage from our NFL experts at The Athletic. Share your views with us at live@theathletic. com and be sure to check out the full draft order and The Athletic’s live schedule this week. GO FURTHER Full 2026 NFL Draft order: All 7 rounds and 257 picks Here is the draft order for Round 3: The San Francisco 49ers and Trent Williams agreed to a reworked contract, his agency, Elite Loyalty Sports, announced on Monday. The two-year deal pays the left tackle $50 million, including $37 million guaranteed and a $22 million signing bonus. Williams, who turns 38 in July, was set to enter the final year of a three-year, $82. 7 million contract, which had no guaranteed money remaining. The team declined to exercise Williams’ $10 million option bonus on March 20, which raised his 2026 cap hit to $46. 3 million. GO FURTHER 49ers, LT Trent Williams agree to new 2-year, $50 million contract, ending standoff Georgia wide receiver Zachariah Branch was arrested during the weekend. Branch is likely to be drafted this week, and our Dane Brugler rated him the 14th-best receiver in the 2026 class. GO FURTHER Ex-Georgia WR Zachariah Branch, likely NFL Draft pick, arrested in Athens Source: The Cowboys and kicker Brandon Aubrey have agreed to a four-year, $28 million contract extension. The Falcons weren't blindsided by Kaleb Mc Gary's retirement, GM Ian Cunningham said, but were relieved that Jawaan Taylor was available when it became official. ? "Fortunate to get a player who has started a lot of games at right tackle and played on some really good teams. " Colts GM Chris Ballard says QB Daniel Jones is "moving" and "throwing, " but the Colts don't have a definitive timeline. DT De Forest Buckner (neck) is on track for training camp. WR Alec Pierce had an ankle procedure and won't participate in OTAs. "Three-month recovery. " Colts GM Chris Ballard says the team will be "aggressive" in regards to moving around the draft board. At this point, all 2026 NFL Draft player grades have been finalized for weeks (and, hopefully, you’ve already been studying them within “The Beast”). But taking those grades and creating a top-300 board is a good way to digest the class, and it gives us another perspective on how this year’s prospects stack up. Colts GM Chris Ballard says QB Anthony Richardson Sr. and CB Kenny Moore II, both of whom have requested trades, are not at voluntary OTAs. Here is the draft order for Round 2: Atlanta GM Ian Cunningham on the idea that tight end Kyle Pitts could be traded: ? "For all the players, we’re going to listen. That’s our job. That doesn’t mean that that’s going to happen. People call, we’ll listen. " Fernando Mendoza is likely to be the first pick in Thursday’s NFL Draft. But who will be the second quarterback drafted? Will there be another one taken in the first round? There probably shouldn’t be, as this is not considered a great quarterback class, but we all know that is not how the NFL works. Front office members in this league just can’t help themselves. Their entire job is to evaluate talent, and they get that job wrong badly every year. And that starts at quarterback. So we all know there will be a second (or third) quarterback taken in the first round, even though Ty Simpson is rated as the 42nd-best prospect by our Dane Brugler. Everyone loves mock drafts, right? Well, last week our Dane Brugler came up with a full, seven-round mock draft for all 257 picks. Check it out here. Here is the draft order for Round 1: Have any questions about the NFL Draft? Our Dane Brugler is hosting an AMA on Reddit about the draft at 11 a. m. ET tomorrow. You can find it here. Welcome to The Beast 2026, the world’s most comprehensive NFL Draft guide. It’s the result of thousands of hours of interviews, film study and conversations with scouts, coaches, agents and other NFL decision-makers. There’s a lot new this year. You’ll find an explore page that lets you filter and sort more than 2, 700 players in The Beast, by position, school, draft grade or NFL combine measurement. We have videos and film analysis for dozens of top prospects — a collaboration with my colleagues at “The Athletic Football Show. ” We’ve expanded our overall rankings to include the Top 300 prospects ahead of the NFL Draft. Of course, if downloading a PDF and printing it out yourself (warning: it’s over 600 pages) is how you prefer to experience The Beast, we have you covered. The 2026 NFL Draft is not a stacked one. After two months of talks with more than two dozen NFL coaches and scouts, granted anonymity for their candor, the consensus is that we’ve got a bad draft for quarterbacks, a “not great” one for receivers and the worst draft for defensive tackles in at least a decade. The good news? For teams that need a safety, this is a terrific group. GO FURTHER Anonymous NFL Draft intel: Fernando Mendoza better prospect than Cam Ward, Drake Maye? The NFL Draft is coming up on Thursday, and there will be plenty of news before the picks are made. The NBA playoffs and the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs are underway, and the MLB season is nearing its second month. We will have all that, and more, covered at The Athletic. Get your subscription here to make sure you get all of our terrific coverage. Who should your favorite team select? What teams are going to have the best draft? Which players are being overlooked? We’d love to hear from you about the draft. Get involved with our discussion and send us your thoughts at live@theathletic. com. We will take the best contributions and add them to our coverage