{"id":594292,"date":"2026-04-10T07:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/594292\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T07:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:21:10","slug":"16-prospects-set-to-attend-1st-round-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/594292\/","title":{"rendered":"16 prospects set to attend 1st round of 2026 NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 NFL draft is about two weeks away with the first round beginning Thursday, April 23 at 5 p.m. Arizona time. The Arizona Cardinals<\/a> have the third pick in the draft.<\/p>\n

The league announced on Thursday that 16 prospects are confirmed to be there in Pittsburgh for the draft. There will be a notable absence, as expected top pick, quarterback Fernando Mendoza, will not attend.<\/p>\n

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More will likely confirm their attendance before the draft, but here are the players we know will attend.<\/p>\n

Which draft prospects will attend the 2026 NFL draft?<\/p>\n

Miami EDGE Rueben Bain Jr.<\/p>\n

Auburn EDGE Keldric Faulk<\/p>\n

Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love<\/p>\n

Ohio State DT Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n

Ohio State EDGE\/LB Arvell Reese<\/p>\n

Ohio State LB Sonny Styles<\/p>\n

Ohio State WR Carnell Tate<\/p>\n

Arizona State WR Jordyn Tyson<\/p>\n

Potential Cardinals picks attending<\/p>\n

In this group of players, a few have been connected to the Cardinals \u2014 Bain, Love, Reese and Mauigoa. Likewise, Simpson is a possibility, although not with the third overall pick.<\/p>\n

Get more Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from Cards<\/a> Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: 16 prospects set to attend 1st round of 2026 NFL draft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NFL draft is about two weeks away with the first round beginning Thursday, April 23 at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[515,1745,49,115070,48,6390,514,4847,73224,94513,82,1445],"class_list":["post-594292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-ca","tag-caleb-downs","tag-canada","tag-miami","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-simpson","tag-sonny-styles","tag-sports","tag-tennessee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}