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Saints Mock Draft 'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 24, 2026

2026 SAINTS MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NO)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NO)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Omar Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR Indiana
Skyler Gill-Howard Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Skyler Gill-Howard
DT Texas Tech
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (NO)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Eric O'Neill Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Eric O'Neill
DE-EDGE Rutgers
De'Zhaun Stribling Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (NO)
De'Zhaun Stribling
WR Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Saints.

The Saints treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending No. 170 on Eric O'Neill a full 38 spots early. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In the Round 1 slot they get an every-down engine for the run game at fair value.
Pick42 Rnd2 Olaivavega Ioane
Fair-plus on Olaivavega Ioane, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick73 Rnd3 Omar Cooper Jr.
They took Omar Cooper Jr. at par in No. 73, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick132 Rnd4 Skyler Gill-Howard
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Skyler Gill-Howard. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick136 Rnd4 Tanner Koziol
A premium they did not need to pay, Tanner Koziol a notch or two before his time. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick148 Rnd5 Davison Igbinosun
They paid sticker price for Davison Igbinosun in pick 148, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Eric O'Neill
Eric O'Neill in the 170th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick188 Rnd6 De'Zhaun Stribling
A conviction pick on De'Zhaun Stribling at slot 188 that the board grades a round light. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.