Daniel Jeremiah · Jan 27, 2026

Jeremiah runs through his top-50 draft prospect list, with Fernando Mendoza first and Ty Simpson 40th, calls Makai Lemon the best wide receiver in the class, and in his mock draft has the Rams taking Lemon at No. 13 and Clemson tackle Blake Miller at No. 29, while suggesting Denzel Boston will still be available late in the first round.

“I think he's the best wide receiver in the draft.”

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Mock Draft PicksJan 27, 2026
“Denzel Boston is one of them from University of Washington, big physical, explosive, going to be there at that point later on in the draft, so later in the first round.”
Scored 73.84a naive guess scored 50
How this was scored
draft:
2026
naive:
a shuffled mock scores 50
player:
Denzel Boston
season:
2025
zero at:
32
accuracy:
73.84
baseline:
50
actual pick:
39
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
pick accuracy:
73.84
predicted pick:
later in the first round (picks 1–32)
weeks left when called:
0
mock ordering score:
only one pick — no order to score
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Position Order CallsJan 27, 2026
“Just a real big time playmaker. I think he's the best wide receiver in the draft.”
Scored 50a naive guess scored 12.84+37.16 skill
How this was scored
draft:
2026
naive:
naming one of the 36 at random averages 12.84
skill:
37.16
player:
Makai Lemon
season:
2025
zero at:
credit halves every two places
accuracy:
50
baseline:
12.84
position:
wide receiver
class size:
36
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
actual order:
3
predicted order:
1
weeks left when called:
0
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Mock Draft PicksJan 27, 2026
“The Rams fans did not like not giving them a corner there at thirteen, but I had him taking Makay Leonard from USC”
Scored 73.84a naive guess scored 50
How this was scored
draft:
2026
naive:
a shuffled mock scores 50
player:
Makai Lemon
season:
2025
zero at:
32
accuracy:
73.84
baseline:
50
actual pick:
20
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
pick accuracy:
73.84
predicted pick:
13
weeks left when called:
0
mock ordering score:
only one pick — no order to score
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Mock Draft PicksJan 27, 2026
“with their next pick, I had him taking a tackle and Blake Miller out of Clemson”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 50
How this was scored
draft:
2026
naive:
a shuffled mock scores 50
player:
Blake Miller
season:
2025
zero at:
undrafted
outcome:
went undrafted in 2026; later signed with DET
accuracy:
0
baseline:
50
actual pick:
undrafted
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
pick accuracy:
0
predicted pick:
29
weeks left when called:
0
mock ordering score:
only one pick — no order to score
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Top Player ListsJan 27, 2026
“So Frandom Mende's a quarterback for me Dia number one. Jeremiah Love from Notre Dame running back... Caleb Downs is number ten... Mendoza number one and then ty Simpson number forty”
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