The New York Giants are moving forward to a new era of football, as they have kicked Brian Daboll to the curb and replaced him with a Super Bowl winner in John Harbaugh.
Harbaugh has quite the test ahead of him, as he will need to find some way to address the Giants' very obvious and glaring needs in the 2026 NFL Draft
Like many other teams in the league, New York needs to nail it to set themselves up for success.
2026 NFL Mock Draft after Giants hire John Harbaugh
Round 1
1. Las Vegas Raiders: Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana
Mendoza is the obvious No. 1 overall pick, as the Heisman Trophy winner and leader of one of the best college teams of all time should have no trouble when it comes to unleashing his strong arm upon the rest of the NFL, provided the Raiders fix their offensive line.
2. New York Jets: Arvell Reese, LB/EDGE, Ohio State
The Jets missed out on quarterback Dante Moore, but they might get the chance to pick the best player in the Draft. Reese profiles as either a dynamic pass rusher who overwhelms tackles with speed or a Pro Bowl-level linebacker who will start in New York for a decade.
3. Arizona Cardinals: Reuben Bain Jr, EDGE, Miami
Bain has some questions about his arm length, but everything else the 280-pound firecracker on the edge suggests that he could be an instant starter. The Cardinals' defense could go from decent to well above-average as soon as Bain touches down in Phoenix.
4. Tennessee Titans: Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State
Cam Ward needs that No. 1 wide receiver who can eventually catch 100 passes and establish himself as one of the cornerstones of the offense. A classic X receiver with glue on his hands, Tate will physically dominate even experienced NFL DBs early on.
5. New York Giants: Jordyn Tyson, WR, Arizona State
The Giants need to hope that Tyson's medicals come back clean. If they do, look for the electric Sun Devils star to immediately become Jaxson Dart's new favorite target as he and Malik Nabers tear up the NFC East.
6. Cleveland Browns: Spencer Fano, OT, Utah
The Browns need a tackle worse than any team in the league, and Fano is the best in what is a suspect class. Fano is a right tackle, but he could immediately challenge for Pro Bowls as soon as he comes into the NFL.
7. Washington Commanders: Caleb Downs, SAF, Ohio State
There's a strong argument to be made that Downs is the best player in this draft, and the tissue-thin Commanders defense would likely jump at the chance to add someone who is the best safety prospect since Kyle Hamilton years ago.
8. New Orleans Saints: David Bailey, EDGE, Texas Tech
New Orleans may go wide receiver here, but Bailey is such a unique pass rush talent that ti can help boost their lackluster defense while also finding someone who can carry Cameron Jordan's torch when he retires.
9. Kansas City Chiefs: Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame
The Chiefs would be insulting their fanbase if they gave Patrick Mahomes a backfield of Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco again. Love will immediately be a 1,000-yard candidate, as backs with his combo of vision and speed don't come around often.
10. Cincinnati Bengals: Peter Woods, DT, Clemson
It's 'best defensive player available' time for perhaps the worst defense in the league, and the Bengals could make sure their lackluster defensive tackle room is immediately improved upon by adding someone with as much talent as Woods.
11. Miami Dolphins: Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miami
Miami's offensive line has been a problem for years, and the dam finally broke in Mike McDaniel's final season. Be it as a right tackle or guard convert, Mauigoa screams 10-year starter for a beef-needy Dolphins team.
12. Dallas Cowboys: Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU
Dallas' mighty offense was let down by one of the worst defenses in the sport. Delane is the best of the subpar cornerback class, as he should be able to thrive in both man and zone concepts due to his athletic ability.
13. Los Angeles Rams: Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee
McCoy's health could cause him to fall down NFL Draft boards, but when healthy, there is no better corner in this class. The Rams can invest a premium pick into their secondary for the first time in a while.
14. Baltimore Ravens: Keldric Faulk, EDGE, Auburn
The first pick of the post-Harbaugh era is a player Harbaugh would have loved. Versatile, super strong, and athletically gifted, Faulk will become the most prized player in an iffy defensive line that needs to be remade.
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State
The Bucs need to get serious about finding a replacement for Lavonte David. Styles is not only a vacuum clear in between the tackles, but the former Buckeye star might be the best coverage linebacker in this entire class.
16. New York Jets: Makai Lemon, WR, USC
While the Jets were horrendous in 2026, the idea of pairing an elusive slot dynamo like Lemon with a proven stud in Garrett Wilson and the emerging Adonai Mitchell could give them one of the more interesting receiver rooms in the AFC.
17. Detroit Lions: Avieon Terrell, CB, Clemson
The Lions have tried anything and everything to improve the secondary, and nothing has worked. They need to keep trying, and rolling the dice on a sticky man-coverage stud like Terrell makes sense.
18. Minnesota Vikings: Kayden McDonald, DT, Ohio State
After trading away Harrison Phillips and then struggling against the run, the Vikings can find a dominant run stuffer in McDonald, who should team with Jonathan Allen to give the Minnesota defensive line enough star power to terrify teams in the NFC.
19. Carolina Panthers: CJ Allen, LB, Georgia
The Panthers' defense made strides in the right direction this season, but linebacker remains one ofthe bigger weak spots on this team. Allen was at the heart of a ferocious Georgia defense, and he could replicate his success in Carolina.
20. Dallas Cowboys: Cashius Howell, EDGE, Texas A&M
Between Howell, who makes up for a lack of size with tons of great motor and speed on the edge, and Donovan Ezeiruaku, Dallas may replace Micah Parsons by combining these two young guns together into one quarterback-attacking weapon.
21. Pittsburgh Steelers: Denzel Boston, WR, Washington
Boston is another bigger receiver to pair with DK Metcalf. Pittsburgh needs wide receivers so badly that need overrules fit, and Boston's huge potential will be a gold mine for whoever succeeds Aaron Rodgers.
22. Los Angeles Chargers: Caleb Banks, DT, Florida
Banks has some genuinely stellar athletic ability for someone that big. After skimping on the defensive tackle room for years, the Chargers can make an investment with Banks that reaffirms their status as an elite unit.
23. Philadelphia Eagles: Kenyon Sadiq, TE, Oregon
Sadiq is not only a Top-15 player who fell into Howie Roseman's lap at this point in the draft, who is a weapon in the receiving game, but he is also a perfect candidate to eventually succeed Dallas Goedert as the starter.
24. Cleveland Browns: Ty Simpson, QB, Alabama
Simpson has shown off spectacular downfield accuracy, pre-snap processing, and more than enough arm talent to whip the ball into tight windows. Neither Shedeur Sanders nor Dillon Gabriel showed enough to convince Cleveland not to draft another QB.
25. Chicago Bears: Brandon Cisse, CB, South Carolina
The second half of the season has underscored just how much of a need the cornerback position has become for Chicago. Cisse's stock has been on fire lately, and Bears fans will likely be thrilled to add him to the mix.
26. Buffalo Bills: TJ Parker, EDGE, Clemson
The success of the Bills' pick here will depend on which version of Parker they are getting. The 2025 one was fairly disappointing, but the 2024 edition was so dominant that he was once thought of as a No. 1 overall pick candidate this season.
27. San Francisco 49ers: Vega Ioane, IOL, Penn State
San Francisco may end up taking the best offensive lineman available, and Ioane is the best of the best as far as guards go. He's no Trent Williams successor, but he is a quality starter right away, and there's value in that.
28. Houston Texans: Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama
Houston's first-round pick will almost assuredly be used on an offensive lineman, and Proctor's gargantuan frame makes him someone who can be a road-grader in the running game while keeping C.J. Stroud upright.
29. Los Angeles Rams: Caleb Lomu, OT, Utah
The Rams' offensive line is one of the weaker ones of any playoff team, and Lomu is a player they could target as either a left tackle of the future or a young stud who could replace an aging Rob Havenstein at right tackle.
30. New England Patriots: LT Overton, EDGE, Alabama
The Patriots' pass rush has wavered between a very disruptive unit and being so pathetic that teams can pick them apart. Be it as an interior lineman or an oversized edge, Overton is a perfect Mike Vrabel end who can move around the New England defense.
31. Denver Broncos: Elijah Sarratt, WR, Indiana
Sean Payton likes bigger receivers, and Sarratt has broken out as Fernando Mendoza's top target. Bo Nix's wide receiver room is one of the worst in the AFC, giving Sarratt an inside track on becoming WR2 behind Courtland Sutton immediately.
32. Seattle Seahawks: Gennings Dunker, IOL/OT, Iowa
The Seahawks could lock down both of their guard spots for the next decade if they draft a powerful run-blocker like Dunker, convert him to right guard, and let him cook alongside former 2025 first-round pick Grey Zabel.
Round 2
33. New York Jets: Dillon Thieneman, SAF, Oregon
Thieneman would start right away on a Jets team that is in dire need of a turnover-generator, and his stellar seasons at Purdue and Oregon could be tempting for Darren Mougey.
34. Arizona Cardinals: KC Concepcion, WR, Texas A&M
Concepcion can light it up, giving whoever is under center in Arizona the best wide receiver room this team has had since their playoff days a decade ago.
35. Tennessee Titans: Romello Height, EDGE, Texas Tech
Height didn't break out until this season, and he is small, but he flies off the edge with reckless abandon, and the Tennessee defense needs exactly that type of player in the worst way.
36. Las Vegas Raiders: Emmanuel Pregnon, IOL, Oregon
Mendoza is going to get his head ripped off if he is playing behind last year's Raiders offensive line. Pregnon should crush it at the Senior Bowl, which could showcase his athletic ability.
37. New York Giants: Colton Hood, CB, Tennessee
The lack of development from Deonte Banks has made cornerback an area of need for this defense, and Hood is a first-round talent.
38. Houston Texans: Christen Miller, DT, Georgia
The one hole in Houston's mighty defense is the lack of run-stuffing defensive tackles, and Miller could give them a long-term succession plan behind Sheldon Rankins.
39. Cleveland Browns: Chris Bell, WR, Louisville
Bell would have been a first-round pick if he didn't mess up his knee at the end of the year, and the 6-2, 220-pound dynamo could fall to a Cleveland team that will target him early and often.
40. Kansas City Chiefs: Chris Brazzell, WR, Tennessee
Mahomes needs a true big X receiver that can help him take full advantage of his huge arm, and the 6-5 Brazzell has the size and speed to fill that role with aplomb.
41. Cincinnati Bengals: R Mason Thomas, EDGE, Oklahoma
Thomas would immediately push the struggling Myles Murphy and raw Shemar Stewart for snaps due to his bend and juice off the edge as Cincinnati continues to fix that laughable defense.
42. New Orleans Saints: Germie Bernard, WR, Alabama
Chris Olave has emerged as a solid WR1 for Tyler Shough, and Bernard's toughness over the middle, despite his size, could make him prime WR2 material in a pass-happy offense.
43. Miami Dolphins: Keith Abney II, CB, Arizona State
Miami's secondary has been held together by string and duct tape, and adding Abney could be a major change in philosophy as they try to land a standout man-cover corner.
44. New York Jets: Garrett Nussmeier, QB, LSU
Nussmeier has the brain, accuracy, and arm talent to make some noise in the pros, as his struggles in 2025 may be due to playing through an injury.
45. Baltimore Ravens: Lee Hunter, DT, Texas Tech
The Nnamdi Madubuike injury had made this an area of need, and Hunter could pair with Travis Jones to make the Ravens an elite team at stopping the run.
46. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Ahkeem Mesidor, EDGE, Miami
Mesidor is an older prospect, but his tape was nearly as disruptive as that of teammate Reuben Bain. Tampa Bay's long-suffering pass rush needs a player as violent on the field as Mesidor.
47. Indianapolis Colts: Anthony Hill Jr, LB, Texas
Hill isn't a great coverage linebacker, but he is a supreme tackler who is as good between the tackles as any inside linebacker in a fairly strong class.
48. Atlanta Falcons: Zachariah Branch, WR, Georgia
Not only will Branch be an immediate No. 2 wide receiver behind Drake London, but his speed will give the Atlanta offense a new flavor they haven't had for a while.
49. Minnesota Vikings: Chris Johnson, CB, San Diego State
Johnson's aggression is going to make him a perfect target for someone like Brian Flores, and he should be an instant starter in a weak Minnesota secondary.
50. Detroit Lions: Monroe Freeling, OT, Georgia
Taylor Decker is going to hang up his cleats at some point in the near future. After the success with Tate Ratledge, Detroit may go back to Georgia to find a new left tackle.
51. Carolina Panthers: Caleb Tiernan, OT, Northwestern
Tiernan can be either an Ikem Ekwonu replacement due to his injury sustained in the playoffs or a possible guard convert who kicks inside and thrives despite a 6-7 frame.
52. Green Bay Packers: Zion Young, EDGE, Missouri
The defensive end room was a problem before Micah Parsons' injury. After it, Green Bay needs to find an explosive understudy.
53. Pittsburgh Steelers: Carson Beck, QB, Miami
Beck has rehabilitated his stock after a strong year at Miami, and the Steelers could roll the dice on him if they aren't sold on the rest of the QB market in free agency.
54. Philadelphia Eagles: AJ Haulcy, SAF, LSU
Reed Blankenship was one of many Eagles who disappointed last season, and Haulcy would be an immediate upgrade Vic Fangio can move all around the secondary.
55. Los Angeles Chargers: Chase Bisontis, IOL, Texas A&M
Justin Herbert can't keep getting beaten up this much. With Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt returning, improving the interior with the best available prospect in Bisontis makes sense.
56. Jacksonville Jaguars: Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, SAF, Toledo
With a 6-2 frame and tremendous range in zone coverage, McNeil-Warren will start right away in a declining Jags secondary that is weak on the back end.
57. Chicago Bears: Dani Dennis-Sutton, EDGE, Penn State
The Bears' pass rush right now consists of Montez Sweat doing everything he can and not much else. Consistent and adept at playing the run, Dennis-Sutton is a future starter.
58. San Francisco 49ers: Ja’Kobi Lane, WR, USC
Lane gives San Francisco the big X receiver they need to win contested catch situations, and that skillset will be needed even more in 2026 as George Kittle recovers.
59. Houston Texans: Jonah Coleman, RB, Washington
Joe Mixon may not have long left in Houston, and Woody Marks' ceiling doesn't come close to what a 230-pound bruiser in Coleman can do next to Stroud.
60. Buffalo Bills: Deontae Lawson, LB, Alabama
The Bills finally need to plan for the day when Matt Milano leaves town, and adding a player from a linebacker factory like Bama in Lawson would be a very prudent move.
61. New England Patriots: Austin Siereveld, OT, Ohio State
Siereveld could be Maye's right tackle of the future alongside Will Campbell on the left, as the former Buckeye has a reputation as one of the Big Ten's best pass blockers.
62. Los Angeles Rams: Kamari Ramsey, SAF, USC
Chris Shula's Rams have developed tons of quality defensive backs, and Ramsey's propensity to fly around like a missile can be harnessed by a creative coaching staff.
63. Denver Broncos: Michael Trigg, TE, Baylor
Trigg is the best non-Sadiq receiving tight end in this class, and he can help fill in the holes Evan Engram failed to plug in his debut season in Denver.
64. Seattle Seahawks: Malik Muhammad, CB, Texas
Seattle's cornerback room is great, but Josh Jobe could be upgraded on, and Muhammad's feistiness will be held in high regard by this team.
Round 3
65. Arizona Cardinals: Trinidad Chambliss, QB, Ole Miss
66. Tennessee Titans: Blake Miller, OT, Clemson
67. Las Vegas Raiders: Omar Cooper Jr, WR, Indiana
68. Philadelphia Eagles: Caden Curry, EDGE, Ohio State
69. Houston Texans: Connor Lew, IOL, Auburn
70. Cleveland Browns: Jake Slaughter, IOL, Florida
71. Washington Commanders: Gabe Jacas, EDGE, Illinois
72. Cincinnati Bengals: D’Angelo Ponds, CB, Indiana
73. New Orleans Saints: Keionte Scott, CB, Miami
74. Kansas City Chiefs: Max Klare, TE, Ohio State
75. Miami Dolphins: Malachi Fields, WR, Notre Dame
76. Pittsburgh Steelers: Isaiah World, OT, Oregon
77. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Jack Endries, TE, Texas
78. Indianapolis Colts: Joshua Josephs, EDGE, Tennessee
79. Atlanta Falcons: Julian Neal, CB, Arkansas
80. Baltimore Ravens: Davison Igbinosun, CB, Ohio State
81. Jacksonville Jaguars: Jake Golday, LB, Cincinnati
82. Minnesota Vikings: Jadarian Price, RB, Notre Dame
83. Carolina Panthers: Zakee Wheatley, SAF, Penn State
84. Green Bay Packers: Chandler Rivers, CB, Duke
85. Pittsburgh Steelers: Will Lee III, CB, Texas A&M
86. Los Angeles Chargers: Derrick Moore, EDGE, Michigan
87. Miami Dolphins: Max Iheanachor, OT, Arizona State
88. Jacksonville Jaguars: Domonique Orange, DT, Iowa State
89. Chicago Bears: Emmett Johnson, RB, Nebraska
90. Miami Dolphins: Drew Allar, QB, Penn State
91. Buffalo Bills: Antonio Williams, WR, Clemson
92. San Francisco 49ers: Jalen Kilgore, SAF, South Carolina
93. Los Angeles Rams: Josiah Trotter, LB, Missouri
94. New England Patriots: CJ Daniels, WR, Miami
95. Denver Broncos: Harold Perkins, LB, LSU
96. Seattle Seahawks: Skylar Bell, WR, UConn
97. Minnesota Vikings: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech
98. Philadelphia Eagles: Carter Smith, OT, Indiana
99. Pittsburgh Steelers: Dontay Corleone, DT, Cincinnati
100. Jacksonville Jaguars: Brian Parker II, OT, Duke