Brooks called Notre Dame running back Jeremiah Love the best prospect in the class and a top-five pick, pegged Arkansas' Mike Washington as a Day 2 (second- or third-round) pick, slotted Ty Simpson as the second quarterback off the board after Fernando Mendoza, and said Omar Cooper is a first-rounder.

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Each one is scored on its own against the published methodology. A pundit naming several outcomes is graded on each, not on all-or-nothing.

• Position Order CallsMar 1, 2026

  “I think right now depecking order would probably suggest that Ty Simpson is next... But he is certainly after Mendoza to me, he's next in line to come off the board.”

  Scored 100a naive guess scored 39.7+60.3 skill
  How this was scored

  draft:

  2026

  naive:

  naming one of the 10 at random averages 39.7

  skill:

  60.3

  player:

  Ty Simpson

  season:

  2026

  zero at:

  credit halves every two places

  accuracy:

  100

  baseline:

  39.7

  position:

  quarterback

  class size:

  10

  difficulty:

  1

  weeks in the season:

  18

  actual order:

  2

  predicted order:

  2

  weeks left when called:

  0

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• Mock Draft PicksMar 1, 2026

  “Omar Cooper I think helped himself the four to four. He's the first rounder now... He's the safest maybe of all those wide receivers, which will help him get drafted in the first round.”

  Scored 100a naive guess scored 50
  How this was scored

  draft:

  2026

  naive:

  a shuffled mock scores 50

  player:

  Omar Cooper

  season:

  2026

  zero at:

  32

  accuracy:

  100

  baseline:

  50

  actual pick:

  30

  difficulty:

  1

  weeks in the season:

  18

  pick accuracy:

  100

  predicted pick:

  first round (picks 1–32)

  weeks left when called:

  0

  mock ordering score:

  only one pick — no order to score

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• Mock Draft PicksMar 1, 2026

  “To me, Man, we're talking about a top five pick... you could talk yourself in and take him and within one the first four five picks.”

  Scored 100a naive guess scored 50
  How this was scored

  draft:

  2026

  naive:

  a shuffled mock scores 50

  player:

  Jeremiyah Love

  season:

  2026

  zero at:

  32

  accuracy:

  100

  baseline:

  50

  actual pick:

  3

  difficulty:

  1

  weeks in the season:

  18

  pick accuracy:

  100

  predicted pick:

  top five pick (picks 1–5)

  weeks left when called:

  0

  mock ordering score:

  only one pick — no order to score

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• Mock Draft PicksMar 1, 2026

  “Are we to talk about Mike Washington coming off the board on day two, second or third round. Somewhere in that conversation, his name has to come up.”

  Scored 32.42a naive guess scored 50
  How this was scored

  draft:

  2026

  naive:

  a shuffled mock scores 50

  player:

  Mike Washington

  season:

  2026

  zero at:

  32

  accuracy:

  32.42

  baseline:

  50

  actual pick:

  122

  difficulty:

  1

  weeks in the season:

  18

  pick accuracy:

  32.42

  predicted pick:

  day two, second or third round (picks 65–96)

  weeks left when called:

  0

  mock ordering score:

  only one pick — no order to score

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