The NFL is still amid its preseason and college football’s regular season is days from beginning, but it’s always draft prognostication season.

ESPN’s Field Yates released his first 2026 mock draft and two Oregon Ducks are projected to go in the first round.

Yates projects outside linebacker Matayo Uiagalelei to the Green Bay Packers at No. 19 and left tackle Isaiah World to Kansas City at No. 30.

The Big Ten’s leading returning edge rusher, Uiagalelei had 38 tackles (12 1/2 for loss) with 10 1/2 sacks last season. Yates notes how the junior can cause havoc at multiple spots and that the Packers, which tied for eighth in the NFL in sacks last season, could use more help. Several of Green Bay’s edge defenders are entering the final year of their contract.

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