# Mike Renner: Renner ranks Mestemaker as the No. 9 overall prospect in the class.

**Claimed:** Sep 15, 2026
**Pundit:** Mike Renner — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/mike-renner
**Outlet:** CBS Sports — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/outlets/cbs-sports
**How it reached us:** published in writing
**Original:** https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/walk-on-nfl-draft-prospect-qb-drew-mestemaker-oklahoma-state/

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> CBS Sports' Mike Renner has him as the No. 9 overall prospect.

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## The claims

- **Drew Mestemaker to be picked “No. 9 overall prospect”**
  - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Drew Mestemaker
  - Verdict: not settled yet

## Who this take is about

- Drew Mestemaker — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/drew-mestemaker

## What others said about the same people

- Ryan Wilson on Drew Mestemaker: Wilson said he had Drew Mestemaker ranked as his ninth-best quarterback in the class as of August, while noting the Oregon performance may have moved him up; he stopped short of a QB1 claim but suggested Mestemaker could enter the 2027 quarterback discussion. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/2486bad3-6dc4-49fd-9fe2-e6a328d84b35 (not settled)
- Josh Edwards on Drew Mestemaker: The unbylined author says that in his own summer evaluation process Mestemaker graded as a top-50 overall prospect, in a second tier behind Arch Manning, Dante Moore and LaNorris Sellers. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e0403bed-6cce-41ef-95b2-36b4eaad1efe (not settled)
- Ryan Wilson on Drew Mestemaker: The unsigned CBS Sports piece (written by the co-host of 'With the First Pick') maintains that Oregon's Dante Moore is the top quarterback and top overall player on its 2027 big board, with Oklahoma State's Drew Mestemaker having entered the season ranked ninth among quarterbacks in the class. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/deed54e1-44bc-4d59-a88b-a1ca0fcdb2b2 (not settled)
- Charlie Campbell on Drew Mestemaker: Campbell ranks the top quarterback prospects available for the 2027 NFL Draft, giving each a projected draft round and a projected 40-yard dash time, with Arch Manning and Dante Moore as first-rounders at the top and Jackson Arnold and Max Johnson projected as undrafted free agents. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f8cdb6e9-9f93-4ccc-8fb1-9e1fc88eb1ba (not settled)
- Justin Melo on Drew Mestemaker: Melo published a very early 2027 NFL first-round mock draft with four quarterbacks going in the top four picks, led by Arch Manning at No. 1 to Arizona, and Jeremiah Smith as the top non-QB at No. 5. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ff79247e-82f0-4415-814e-573aa3ec7751 (not settled)

## More mock draft picks

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Rob Rang on Jeremiah Smith: Rang ranks the four headline prospects from the Texas-Ohio State game in the order he'd draft them (Jeremiah Smith, Arch Manning, Cam Coleman, Julian Sayin) and assigns each a draft grade: Smith and Manning as top-5 picks, Coleman top 10, and Sayin a third-rounder. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cd619cef-1878-4067-9021-a5ec734d35ed (scored 0)
- Gregg Rosenthal on Brandon Doughty: Rosenthal gave first reactions to Vegas win totals: overs on the Steelers, Broncos, Vikings, Buccaneers, 49ers and Cardinals, unders on the Falcons and Commanders, plus he expects Shedeur Sanders to start about 10-11 games and thinks the Cowboys' 9.5 is beatable. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/16ab5f5d-0f01-48ee-a1df-63c1b1996dc3 (scored 2.63)
- Peter Bukowski on Gennings Dunker: Bukowski breaks down Iowa offensive lineman Jennings Dunker as a Packers fit and puts a late second-/early third-round grade on him, noting that range overlaps where Green Bay picks. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f77d920f-e5fe-4684-83b6-9105b6304d5b (scored 100)
- David Harrison on Eli Heidenreich: Harrison delivers his only first-round mock draft for the 2026 NFL Draft, projecting all 32 first-round picks (including several trades) plus the rest of Washington's projected class, while noting it is an exercise in what could happen rather than a firm forecast. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/5cc44fc1-4ff9-447a-9c32-5f715fa6e9ba (scored 100)
- Brian Peacock on Bud Clark: In his final 2026 mock draft for the 49ers, Peacock projects San Francisco taking WR Kevin Concepcion (KC) at pick 27, then after trading out of round two, edge rusher Kieron Crawford and safety Bud Clark in round three, OL Trey Zune and RB Jonah Coleman in round four, CB Charles Demings in round five and guard Caden Barnett in round six. He also thinks Omar Cooper comes off the board before Concepcion. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cc1842ef-bbb3-49c0-ad24-ec5db753c59b (scored 95.76)
- David Harrison on Riley Nowakowski: In his final mock draft Monday, Harrison has the Commanders trading back twice and selecting eight players: safety Dylan Thieneman at 16, WR Denzel Boston at 33, RB Mike Washington Jr. at 83, C Jagger Burton at 132, CB Julian Neal at 147, QB Cade Klubnik at 187, DB Lorenzo Styles Jr. at 209 and TE Riley Nowakowski in the seventh round. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e0151883-b7ac-4b3a-ae45-1cc58b32adb8 (scored 12.5)

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