2026 NFL Combine

[mayoclinic]

Isn't Rodriguez a better comparison than Golday?

Rodriguez is 6'1" 231#. Athletically comparable, but completely different in terms of size.

 

[Clonamery]

Rodriguez is 6'1" 231#. Athletically comparable, but completely different in terms of size.

Golday bigger, Rodriguez slightly more instinctive.

 

[mayoclinic]

Golday can be deployed on more ways.

My comp for Rodriguez is Lavonte David, who I called the best defensive player in the 2012 NFL draft, and who has had a HOF career. Rodriguez is perhaps the most instinctive LB I have seen since David. He has Jedi skills.

In this draft I think CJ Allen, Josiah Trotter and Rodriguez are all guys to captain your defense and make the entire defense better.

If I were Tampa Bay's GM I would take Mesidor at 15 and Rodriguez at 47, and dominate the weak NFC South for the next decade.

 

[mayoclinic]

Day 1 of the 2026 Combine was as spectacular as any I can remember.

Best LB group I can remember.

Arvell Reese - top 5
Sonny Styles - top 10
CJ Allen (did not test)
Jake Golday*
Josiah Trotter (did not test)
Anthony Hill
Jacob Rodriguez*
Kyle Louis*
Jack Kelly
Justin Jefferson - day 3

Really deep, versatile, athletic, and talented group.

 

[mayoclinic]

2026 NFL Combine results: 5 winners from the edge rusher group

Taking a closer look at the edge rushers that performed well at the 2026 NFL Combine.

www.prideofdetroit.com

This is a deep EDGE group:

Arvell Reese - top 5
David Bailey - top 10
Rueben Bain
Keldric Faulk*
Akheem Mesidor*
TJ Parker*
Cashius Howell
Zion Young
Gabe Jacas
Malachi Lawrence*
Dani Dennis Sutton*
R Mason Thomas
Derrick Moore
Keyron Crawford

 

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[Clonamery]

3 weeks. Ok. Why risk it at all? Insurance not covered in Indy because new coverage but is in GA because already written?

 

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All CB measurements here

2026 NFL Combine Player Participants - NFL.com

Learn about the 2026 NFL Combine player participants. Watch live streaming. Follow our 2026 NFL Combine tracker, top performers, participants, live results and commentary.

www.nfl.com

 

[DaBruinz]

All CB measurements here

2026 NFL Combine Player Participants - NFL.com

Learn about the 2026 NFL Combine player participants. Watch live streaming. Follow our 2026 NFL Combine tracker, top performers, participants, live results and commentary.

www.nfl.com

Someone at NFL.COM needs to have their arse reamed.

When you go to a prospect page and click on "View All Prospects" it takes you to the 2025 draftees and the pull-down doesn't list 2026 as an option.

Not to mention that their whole set-up is garbage for player pages. They are so keen to push their scoring of prospects yet they aren't honest in how that scoring changed based on pre-post combine.

 

[manxman2601]

Someone at NFL.COM needs to have their arse reamed.

When you go to a prospect page and click on "View All Prospects" it takes you to the 2025 draftees and the pull-down doesn't list 2026 as an option.

Not to mention that their whole set-up is garbage for player pages. They are so keen to push their scoring of prospects yet they aren't honest in how that scoring changed based on pre-post combine.

It is a garbage site, if for no other reason that they don't order their prospects by number. However, just click back from a prospects page and then click "all" at the top. That works fine. Also Lance Zierlein is a bit of a scouting report guru so his reports are always useful.

 

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I was hoping for 6’2”, 200lbs and longer arms

 

[mayoclinic]

T-rex sighting!

Sam Roush.

 

[mayoclinic]

Stukes with small hands.

 

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