{"id":265251,"date":"2026-04-25T01:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265251\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T01:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:59:09","slug":"tracking-all-longhorns-picked-in-the-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265251\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking all Longhorns picked in the 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least one Texas ex has been be picked during Friday’s second round on Day 2. And there’s still almost an entire round to go. After All-American linebacker Anthony Hill\u00a0Jr.<\/a> was plucked, will talented cornerback Malik Muhammad<\/a>\u00a0be next? A Texas tight end could hear his name called, too, and at least one other defensive players and offensive lineman are expected to be picked before the draft ends Saturday.<\/p>\n

Here, you can find all of those players’ NFL destinations. Follow along to see where Texas\u00a0football players land in the NFL draft:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hill remains the only Texas player taken.<\/p>\n

The Titans trade up with the Chicago Bears to make Hill Jr., a two-time All-American, the first Texas ex off the board. Here’s how he fits with the Titans.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now 20 picks have been made on the draft’s second day, none yet have included a Longhorn. There’s been a recent run of defensive backs and linebackers, so Hill or Muhammad could be coming soon.<\/p>\n

Three picks in Friday and a Texas player has not been picked. Malik Muhammad and Anthony Hill are likely first up soon.<\/p>\n

Time:Friday, April 24, 6 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Where:Pittsburgh, Penn., at Point State Park and Acrisure Stadium<\/p>\n

TV Channel:NFL Network, ESPN, ESPN Deportes<\/p>\n

Time:Saturday, April 25, 12 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Where:Pittsburgh, Penn., at Point State Park and Acrisure Stadium<\/p>\n

TV Channel:NFL Network, ESPN, ESPN Deportes<\/p>\n

Streaming: NFL+, Disney+, DirecTV, ESPN Unlimited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least one Texas ex has been be picked during Friday’s second round on Day 2. And there’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21872,6183,27,29,537,536,28],"class_list":["post-265251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-nfl-draft","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}