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NFL DRAFT'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 1, 2026

2026 SAINTS MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (NO)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Emmanuel Pregnon Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NO)
Emmanuel Pregnon
OG Oregon
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NO)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (NO)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Skyler Gill-Howard Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Skyler Gill-Howard
DT Texas Tech
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (NO)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Josh Cameron Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NO)
Josh Cameron
WR Baylor
Draft Picks Received
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Emmanuel Pregnon Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (HOU)
Emmanuel Pregnon
OG Oregon
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Draft Picks Traded
Kadyn Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kadyn Proctor
OT Alabama
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB FutureB-
Stowers should have been long gone. The Saints pounced, and earned a B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Eli Stowers, the No. 53 name on the board, stolen at slot 73. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

It is not that Perkins Jr. is a bad player; it is that the Saints had louder needs to answer first. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The Caldwell reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In No. 28 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick38 Rnd2 Emmanuel Pregnon
Emmanuel Pregnon at Round 2, Pick 6 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick42 Rnd2 D'Angelo Ponds
D'Angelo Ponds at the 42nd overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick59 Rnd2 Zachariah Branch
Zachariah Branch in slot 59 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick73 Rnd3 Eli Stowers
A tight end of that caliber at pick 73 is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick132 Rnd4 Davison Igbinosun
They barely believed it either: Davison Igbinosun still on the board at pick No. 132. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick136 Rnd4 Harold Perkins Jr.
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Harold Perkins Jr. at linebacker with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots open.
Pick150 Rnd5 Skyler Gill-Howard
No edge and no loss on Skyler Gill-Howard in the Round 5 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick172 Rnd5 Jeff Caldwell
The board had cheaper options than Jeff Caldwell at the 172nd pick, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick190 Rnd6 Josh Cameron
A clean, defensible pick in the 190th overall pick with a little surplus value in Josh Cameron. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.