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The 2026 NFL Draft is correct astir nan area from April 23-25 successful Pittsburgh, and Mizzou Football should beryllium good represented pinch aggregate players being selected. Zion Young, Josiah Trotter, Keagen Trost, Chris McClellan, and Kevin Coleman Jr. are immoderate of nan apical Tigers that should perceive their sanction called.
Zion Young looks to beryllium nan astir apt campaigner to travel disconnected nan committee first for nan Mizzou program, but where?
According to astir of nan latest mock drafts — Young is simply a borderline precocious first-round prime to early second-round pick.
Young saved his champion for past astatine Missouri. Though he tin beryllium a spot stiff connected nan edge, his magnitude (at 6-5, 255) and powerful hands are problematic for violative tackles. He’s besides a very smart defender who ever finds nan ball.
So, it’s fundamentally a toss-up wherever Young will land.
There’s immoderate intrigue for Mizzou heading into this NFL Draft arsenic Eli Drinkwitz has produced back-to-back first information picks (Armand Membou successful 2025 and Darius Robinson successful 2024). Per Pro Football Reference, Missouri hasn’t had 3 consecutive first information NFL Draft picks since 2009-2011.
Which begs nan question: When will nan first Mizzou subordinate beryllium selected successful this year’s NFL Draft? Will Missouri person different first information pick, aliases will a Tiger perceive their sanction called successful nan 2nd information aliases later?
