There's no official start to NFL draft season. But there's no better time than the present to kick it off, as the calendar turns to December. The 2025 college football regular season just concluded, with conference championship weekend, the 12-team College Football Playoff and bowl games up next. Plus, the 2025 NFL season has only five weeks left until the playoffs begin. So let's start looking ahead and answer questions about prospects for the 2026 NFL draft.
Remarkably, we're less than five months from Day 1 of the draft, which starts April 23 in Pittsburgh. But plenty can change between now and then. The draft order won't be fully set until mid-February, and the No. 1 pick is up for grabs. The final stretch of the 2025 season, along with all-star events, the combine, pro day

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