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2026 NFL Draft LIVE: Rounds 4-5

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By Jon Ledyard, Oliver Connolly Verified
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This is where you can find all of my 2025 NFL Draft Content, including scouting reports, grades, positional rankings, big boards, Senior Bowl & Combine coverage and more. I’ll publish here quite frequently as I push to watch more prospects this year than the 80 or so I studied a year ago. In addition, the NFL Draft podcasts that Ollie Connolly and I do on The Read Optional Podcast, as well as the draft podcasts I do with other guests, will show up on this page too.
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2026 NFL Draft Live: Rounds 2-3

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By Jon Ledyard, Oliver Connolly Verified
| Audibles & Analytics
This is where you can find all of my 2025 NFL Draft Content, including scouting reports, grades, positional rankings, big boards, Senior Bowl & Combine coverage and more. I’ll publish here quite frequently as I push to watch more prospects this year than the 80 or so I studied a year ago. In addition, the NFL Draft podcasts that Ollie Connolly and I do on The Read Optional Podcast, as well as the draft podcasts I do with other guests, will show up on this page too.
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NFL draft 2026 takeaways: Rams reach, Cowboys retool and Jets add juice

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By Oliver Connolly Verified
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Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson poses after being chosen by the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday with the 13th overall pick during the first round of the NFL draft. Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP The Rams reach for Stafford’s successor The Rams delivered the biggest shock of the night, sticking at pick No 13 and selecting Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson. It was a stunner that seemed to take even their head coach by surprise.
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