March 16, 2026, 8:00 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
Following an uneventful first week of NFL free agency for the Denver Broncos<\/a>, fans and pundits will soon begin turning attention toward the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n The Broncos<\/a> will presumably make a few bargain signings in the coming weeks, but most of the big-name free agents have already found homes for the 2026 season. So Denver’s probably not going to make many big splashes between now and the end of April, and mock draft season will soon heat up.<\/p>\n Over at Pro Football & Sports Network, Jacob Infante released a seven-round NFL mock draft<\/a> that has the Broncos selecting Florida defensive lineman Caleb Banks in the first round. Notably, Infante published the mock before it was reported that Banks broke his foot<\/a> at the NFL combine. That injury could hurt the lineman’s draft stock.<\/p>\n After the Banks selection, Denver adds a linebacker, wide receiver and tight end with their next three picks. View the team’s selections below, and the full mock draft with analysis at ProFootballNetwork.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Broncos 7-round NFL mock draftRound 1: Florida DL Caleb BanksRound 2: Texas Tech LB Jacob RodriguezRound 3: Notre Dame WR Malachi FieldsRound 4: Georgia TE Oscar DelpRound 4: Alabama C Parker BrailsfordRound 6: Indiana RB Roman HembyRound 7: Florida OLB George GumbsRound 7: Texas Tech S Cole Wis\u0301niewskiRound 7: Navy WR Eli HeidenreichNeed a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n After receiving\u00a0two compensatory picks<\/a>\u00a0last week, Denver now holds nine selections in the 2026 NFL draft, which will be held in Pittsburgh from April 23-25.\u00a0<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 16, 2026, 8:00 a.m. MT Following an uneventful first week of NFL free agency for the Denver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[202558,64,63,125327,593,85,218769,218770,203469,237307,218772,264384,203146,203142,203147,203139,202561],"class_list":["post-544262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-accessfree","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-co","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","tag-sstsnbroncos","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdenver","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagfantasy-sports","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}