{"id":866476,"date":"2026-08-21T18:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/866476\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:18:10","slug":"drake-maye-will-anderson-jr-named-to-nfl-top-100-check-out-the-updated-2026-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/866476\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Maye, Will Anderson Jr. Named to NFL Top 100, Check Out the Updated 2026 Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL Top 100 is entering the home stretch with New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye and Houston Texans star Will Anderson Jr. being added to the list on Friday. <\/p>\n

After finishing second in NFL MVP voting, Maye nearly made the top 10 by coming in at No. 11. <\/p>\n

Anderson was revealed as the No. 12 player entering the 2026 season. <\/p>\n

Here is the full list with just 10 spots left to be unveiled.<\/p>\n

100. New Orleans Saints DE Cameron Jordan<\/p>\n

99. Indianapolis Colts OG Quenton Nelson<\/p>\n

98. Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young<\/p>\n

97. Seattle Seahawks LB Ernest Jones IV<\/p>\n

96. New Orleans Saints RB Travis Etienne Jr.<\/p>\n

95. New York Jets LB Demario Davis<\/p>\n

94. Kansas City Chiefs C Creed Humphrey<\/p>\n

93. Cleveland Browns LB Carson Schwesinger<\/p>\n

92. Houston Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair<\/p>\n

91. Chicago Bears DE Montez Sweat<\/p>\n

90. Carolina Panthers DE Derrick Brown<\/p>\n

89. Los Angeles Rams RB Kyren Williams<\/p>\n

88. Detroit Lions LB Jack Campbell<\/p>\n

87. Carolina Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan<\/p>\n

86. Los Angeles Chargers LB Tuli Tuipulotu<\/p>\n

85. San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy<\/p>\n

84. Los Angeles Rams LB Byron Young<\/p>\n

83. Tennessee Titans DT Jeffery Simmons<\/p>\n

82. Pittsburgh Steelers CB Jalen Ramsey<\/p>\n

80. New England Patriots WR A.J. Brown<\/p>\n

79. Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce<\/p>\n

78. Arizona Cardinals LB Josh Sweat<\/p>\n

77. Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield<\/p>\n

76. Carolina Panthers CB Jaycee Horn<\/p>\n

75. Arizona Cardinals S Budda Baker<\/p>\n

74. Green Bay Packers RB Josh Jacobs<\/p>\n

73. Denver Broncos DE Zach Allen<\/p>\n

72. Green Bay Packers QB Jordan Love<\/p>\n

71. Baltimore Ravens WR Zay Flowers<\/p>\n

70. Green Bay Packers S Xavier McKinney<\/p>\n

69. Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson<\/p>\n

68. Denver Broncos WR Courtland Sutton<\/p>\n

67. Miami Dolphins LB Jordyn Brooks<\/p>\n

66. Atlanta Falcons WR Drake London<\/p>\n

65. Baltimore Ravens LB Roquan Smith<\/p>\n

64. New Orleans Saints WR Chris Olave<\/p>\n

63. Baltimore Ravens S Kyle Hamilton<\/p>\n

62. Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence<\/p>\n

61. New England Patriots S Kevin Byard<\/p>\n

60. Las Vegas Raiders TE Brock Bowers<\/p>\n

59. Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix<\/p>\n

58. Houston Texans WR Nico Collins<\/p>\n

57. Buffalo Bills OT Dion Dawkins<\/p>\n

56. Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts<\/p>\n

55. Dallas Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb<\/p>\n

54. San Francisco 49ers LB Fred Warner<\/p>\n

53. Los Angeles Rams WR Davante Adams<\/p>\n

52. Tampa Bay Buccaneers OT Tristan Wirfs<\/p>\n

51. Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams<\/p>\n

50. Los Angeles Chargers S Derwin James Jr.<\/p>\n

49. Chicago Bears G Joe Thuney<\/p>\n

48. Jacksonville Jaguars DE Josh Hines-Allen<\/p>\n

47. Philadelphia Eagles CB Quinyon Mitchell<\/p>\n

46. San Francisco 49ers TE George Kittle<\/p>\n

45. Philadelphia Eagles LB Zack Baun<\/p>\n

44. Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow<\/p>\n

43. Kansas City Chiefs DT Chris Jones<\/p>\n

42. Denver Broncos OT Garett Bolles<\/p>\n

41. Pittsburgh Steelers LB T.J. Watt<\/p>\n

40. San Francisco 49ers OT Trent Williams<\/p>\n

39. Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert<\/p>\n

38. Philadelphia Eagles CB Cooper DeJean<\/p>\n

37. Detroit Lions OT Penei Sewell<\/p>\n

36. Dallas Cowboys WR George Pickens<\/p>\n

35. Cleveland Browns DE Jared Verse<\/p>\n

34. Philadelphia Eagles RB Saquon Barkley<\/p>\n

33. Detroit Lions QB Jared Goff<\/p>\n

32. Denver Broncos LB Nik Bonitto<\/p>\n

31. Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott<\/p>\n

30. Detroit Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson<\/p>\n

29. Philadelphia Eagles DT Jalen Carter<\/p>\n

28. New England Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez<\/p>\n

27. Carolina Panthers LB Devin Lloyd<\/p>\n

26. Miami Dolphins RB De’Von Achane<\/p>\n

25. Houston Texans CB Derek Stingley Jr.<\/p>\n

24. Las Vegas Raiders DE Maxx Crosby<\/p>\n

23. Houston Texans DE Danielle Hunter<\/p>\n

22. Detroit Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown<\/p>\n

21. Seattle Seahawks QB Sam Darnold<\/p>\n

20. Buffalo Bills RB James Cook<\/p>\n

19. Minnesota Vikings WR Justin Jefferson<\/p>\n

18. Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes<\/p>\n

17. Indianapolis Colts RB Jonathan Taylor<\/p>\n

16. Cincinnati Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase<\/p>\n

15. Baltimore Ravens RB Derrick Henry<\/p>\n

14. New York Giants LB Brian Burns<\/p>\n

13. Arizona Cardinals TE Trey McBride<\/p>\n

12. Houston Texans EDGE Will Anderson Jr. <\/p>\n

11. New England Patriots QB Drake Maye<\/p>\n

Maye is the first Patriots offensive player to make the NFL Top 100 since 2022 when Mac Jones was ranked No. 85<\/a> coming off a solid rookie season. <\/p>\n

The Patriots selected Maye with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 draft hoping he could be the answer at quarterback they had been searching for since Tom Brady left after the 2019 season. <\/p>\n

After an encouraging rookie season, Maye ascended to superstardom in 2025. He led<\/a> the NFL in completion percentage (72.0) and QBR (77.1), while ranking in the top five in passing yards (4,394) and passing touchdowns (31).<\/p>\n

Maye led the Patriots to a 14-3 record, nearly matching their win total from the previous three years combined (16). They won the AFC East for the first time since 2019 and reached the Super Bowl for the 12th time in franchise history. <\/p>\n

Expectations are sky high for the Patriots going into this season, particularly with the addition of A.J. Brown as the No. 1 receiver for Maye. It remains to be seen if they can repeat their success from 2025, but their young quarterback is the primary reason for optimism in New England. <\/p>\n

Anderson jumped up 34 spots from\u00a0last year’s top 100<\/a>\u00a0when he came in at No. 46.<\/p>\n

The ascent for Anderson comes after he was named to the All-Pro first team and finished second in Defensive Player of the Year voting during the 2025 campaign. He set career-highs with 23 quarterback hits, 20 tackles for loss and 12 sacks.<\/p>\n

Anderson was tied for fourth in tackles for loss and tied for eighth in sacks.<\/p>\n

On a per-play basis, Anderson was one of the most dominant EDGE rushers in the NFL last year. He ranked fourth in ESPN’s\u00a0pass-rush win rate<\/a>\u00a0(23 percent) on 270 pass-rush snaps.<\/p>\n

In addition to being able to get after the quarterback, Anderson is an excellent run defender. He finished\u00a0seventh<\/a>\u00a0among all EDGE players with a 28 percent run-stop win rate.<\/p>\n

Anderson was the only EDGE to rank in the top 10 in both categories.<\/p>\n

The Texans had arguably the best defense in the NFL in 2025 and figure to be right up there again in 2026. Anderson is one of the primary driving forces behind that success, making him more than deserving of his high ranking on the top 100 list. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL Top 100 is entering the home stretch with New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye and Houston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-866476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866476","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=866476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}