{"id":229820,"date":"2025-10-21T11:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/229820\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:29:08","slug":"cincinnati-bearcats-football-lands-four-players-on-2026-nfl-draft-midseason-big-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/229820\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bearcats Football Lands Four Players On 2026 NFL Draft Midseason Big Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

CINCINNATI \u2014\u00a0Pro Football Focus updated its 2026 NFL Draft big board this week, and four\u00a0Bearcats players<\/a>\u00a0are now in the mix to get drafted as the team continues its run in the Big 12 at 6-1.<\/p>\n

DT Dontay Corleone (64th), QB Brendan Sorsby (102nd), LB Jake Golday (108th), and TE Joe Royer (118th) all made the cut. Corleone has fallen off a bit this season compared to years past, but it\u00a0hasn’t\u00a0hurt his draft stock in the eyes of PFF (67.9 PFF grade this season after 73.3 in 2024 and 83.3 in 2023).<\/p>\n

Still, The Godfather is a key piece of the Big 12 Championship pursuit, along with all of the other stars.\u00a0Sorsby has flown up the draft board thanks to his elite start\u00a0to the season; he could easily end the season among the top 100.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe culture that we’ve established, everybody understands our goal is to be in Dallas at the end of the year,” Sorsby said last week. “Our goal isn’t just to make it to a bowl game. The message is still the same, go 1-0 this week and just find a way to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Texas native<\/a>\u00a0is the Big\u00a012\u2019s\u00a0highest-rated QB by PFF (91.9) and Total ESPN QBR (85.0), ranking second (behind\u00a0OSU\u2019s\u00a0Julian Sayin) and No. 7 nationally in the metrics. He has 23 total TDs (17 passing, six rushing) against just one turnover. The TDs accounted for are also among the\u00a0nation’s\u00a0top-five numbers.<\/p>\n

The goal is to score, and Sorsby is proving he can do that\u00a0as well as\u00a0any passer in the country amidst of a wide-open 2026 quarterback class. It will be interesting to see how he approaches his next step to the NFL.<\/p>\n

7. TE Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon
48. TE Max Klare, Ohio State
74. TE Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt<\/p>\n

PFF\u2019s 2026 NFL Draft Big Board\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 PFF College (@PFF_College) October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

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