{"id":575854,"date":"2026-04-10T12:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575854\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:07:08","slug":"david-bailey-is-now-the-favorite-to-be-drafted-no-2-overall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575854\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bailey is now the favorite to be drafted No. 2 overall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a new favorite to be the second overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech defensive end David Bailey is now a -120 favorite to be drafted No. 2 overall. For months, Ohio State edge rusher <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/arvell-reese-a-heavy-favorite-to-be-the-second-overall-pick-in-the-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arvell Reese has been the favorite<\/a> to be the second pick, but his odds have now dropped just behind Bailey\u2019s, to -110.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets own the second overall pick and are widely expected to bolster their defensive front. After Bailey and Reese, the players with the next-best odds to hear their names called second overall are Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles at +2200 and Miami defensive end Rueben Bain at +2800.<\/p>\n<p>Among the long shots to be selected second overall are Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love at +5500 and Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson at +6500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a new favorite to be the second overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Texas Tech defensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-575854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}