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The NFL draft is a little more than a month away, and the Arizona Cardinals are busy evaluating players and then creating their player rankings. Some analysts already have player rankings. giving us big boards to look at.
One is ESPN's Field Yates. He has an updated list of his top 50 prospects in the 2026 NFL draft.
Since the Cardinals own the third overall pick, they are guaranteed to get one of the top prospects. Who are those guys?
Let's have a look at the top 10.
If you look at the pattern the Cardinals have used in the draft for the last three years, they have only selected players from the Big Ten and SEC in the first and second rounds. That would eliminate Love, Bailey, Mauigoa, Tyson and Bain.
But that might simply be coincidental.
Mendoza will go first overall.
They wouldn't likely take a safety or a linebacker in the top 10. The same likely goes for a running back.
That would leave Reese, Bailey, Bain, Tyson, Tate or Mauigoa.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Top 10 prospects according to Field Yates
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One is ESPN's Field Yates. He has an updated list of his top 50 prospects in the 2026 NFL draft.
Since the Cardinals own the third overall pick, they are guaranteed to get one of the top prospects. Who are those guys?
Let's have a look at the top 10.
Field Yates' top 10 prospects
- Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza
- Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love
- Texas Tech EDGE David Bailey
- Ohio State EDGE Arvell Reese
- Ohio State LB Sonny Styles
- Ohio State S Caleb Downs
- Ohio State WR Carnell Tate
- Miami OT Francis Mauigoa
- Arizona State WR Jordyn Tyson
- Miami EDGE Rueben Bain Jr.
Possibilities for the Cardinals
If you look at the pattern the Cardinals have used in the draft for the last three years, they have only selected players from the Big Ten and SEC in the first and second rounds. That would eliminate Love, Bailey, Mauigoa, Tyson and Bain.
But that might simply be coincidental.
Mendoza will go first overall.
They wouldn't likely take a safety or a linebacker in the top 10. The same likely goes for a running back.
That would leave Reese, Bailey, Bain, Tyson, Tate or Mauigoa.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Top 10 prospects according to Field Yates
Continue reading...
