# Mike Renner: An unsigned CBS Sports positional ranking of the 2027 NFL Draft wide receiver class, ordering ten prospects and assigning each an early draft grade, with Jeremiah Smith projected as a top-three pick and the first non-quarterback off the board. **Claimed:** Sep 1, 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/2027-nfl-draft-wr-rankings-jeremiah-smith/ 13 checkable claims — 11 mock draft picks, 1 position order call and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. It names 11 players and teams, each linked to their own record. None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in. Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room. > He'll be the first non-quarterback drafted this year. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Jeremiah Smith to be picked “Top 3” (picks 1–3)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Jeremiah Smith - Verdict: not settled yet - **Jeremiah Smith to be 1st non-quarterback off the board** - Kind: Position Order Calls · About: Jeremiah Smith - Verdict: not settled yet - **Nick Nash to be picked “Early Day 2” (picks 33–67)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Nick Nash, Indianapolis Colts - Verdict: not settled yet - **Mario Craver to be picked “Early Day 2” (picks 33–67)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Mario Craver - Verdict: not settled yet - **Tony Diaz to be picked “Day 2” (picks 33–100)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Tony Diaz - Verdict: not settled yet - **Tony Diaz to be picked “top-100 pick” (picks 1–100)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Tony Diaz - Verdict: not settled yet - **Wyatt Young to be picked “Late Day 2” (picks 67–100)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Wyatt Young - Verdict: not settled yet - **K.J. Duff to be picked “Day 2” (picks 33–100)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: K.J. Duff - Verdict: not settled yet - **Charlie Becker to be picked “Round 1”** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Charlie Becker, Indianapolis Colts - Verdict: not settled yet - **Cam Coleman to be picked “Round 1”** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Cam Coleman - Verdict: not settled yet - **Ryan Coleman-Williams to be picked “Early Day 2” (picks 33–67)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Ryan Coleman-Williams - Verdict: not settled yet - **Jordan Faison to be picked “Late Round 1/Early Round 2”** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Jordan Faison - Verdict: not settled yet - **Positional rankings: ... WR — the ordered list of 2027 wide receiver prospects from Jeremiah Smith through Wyatt Young** - Kind: Top Player Lists - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Jeremiah Smith — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/jeremiah-smith - Nick Nash — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/nick-nash - Indianapolis Colts — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/colts - Mario Craver — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/mario-craver - Tony Diaz — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/tony-diaz - Wyatt Young — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/wyatt-young - K.J. Duff — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/k-j-duff - Charlie Becker — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/charlie-becker - Cam Coleman — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/cam-coleman - Ryan Coleman-Williams — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/ryan-coleman-williams - Jordan Faison — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/jordan-faison ## What others said about the same people - Bucky Brooks on Keenan Allen: Brooks predicted J.J. McCarthy won't be on the Vikings' roster (traded or released), said Kyler Murray wins the Vikings' QB competition, made a series of 2025 award picks, made 2026 Heisman/draft projections including Arch Manning as the front-runner for the No. 1 overall pick, and said none of Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen or Joe Burrow win a championship this season. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/10c3797b-f9e0-41ca-a2a3-5d765a242a79 (scored 100) - Noah Compton on C.J. Allen: After watching the Colts' eleventh training camp practice, Compton says rookie linebacker CJ Allen is still expected to start the regular-season opener, identifies Alec Pierce as the team's top receiver and Cam Taylor-Britt as the first cornerback behind the starting trio, and declares the kicking job Blake Grupe's to lose. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/98a8bd92-bcd8-4b5a-aad7-96ecd936662b (scored 0) - Kevin Wildes on Indianapolis Colts: Wildes parlayed two upsets: Houston beating Buffalo and Indianapolis beating Baltimore, and had picked Dak Prescott as league MVP. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f28f3fe2-4d14-4184-9168-052e865ecb0b (scored 0) - Richard Sherman on Indianapolis Colts: Sherman picked Seattle to beat New England 28-17 in the opener, ran through score picks for the rest of the week one slate (49ers, Cowboys, Bills, Bears, Vikings, Colts, Broncos), said the Seahawks would also beat the Cardinals, Commanders and Chargers, backed Dallas to win its division, and predicted Christian Gonzalez's deal would come in barely above Devon Witherspoon's. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/3b4f1960-4810-4136-8023-c9a76a0598a3 (scored 21.43) - Gilberto Manzano on Indianapolis Colts: Manzano's Week 1 straight-up picks for all 16 games. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f6e2bb80-47ba-4803-9002-1ab10e7ee54c (scored 0) - 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) ## More mock draft picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - 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) - Damian Parson on Zachariah Branch: Locked On's draft analyst laid out where several prospects should land in the upcoming draft: Zachariah Branch as a Day 2/third-round target for the Chargers, Penn State's top offensive lineman gone well before pick 22 (ideally 14 to Baltimore), Akeem Mesador and Malachi Lawrence as first-round edge rushers, Derrick Moore as a Day 2 edge, and Texas's left tackle as a top-10 pick next year. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/b352f2ad-cf9f-4086-8229-68786b3029cf (scored 100) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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