The 2026 NFL draft is still a little over a month away, and draft season is entering its next phase for teams as they shuffle across the country to evaluate pro days and begin hosting prospects for 30 visits.
As draft boards coalesce as a result of getting additional eyes on players—to say nothing of getting to know them better behind the scenes—it’s a particularly critical five weeks for the quarterbacks who are jockeying with each other to find a franchise willing to take a chance on them. It seems pretty set in stone at this point that Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza will have his name called by commissioner Roger Goodell with the first pick in Pittsburgh, but when might other signal-callers get the phone call they’ve been waiting years for?
