First Draft
ESPN NFL draft experts Mel Kiper Jr. and Field Yates break down all the top prospects and all 32 teams' needs throughout the year with host Mike Greenberg. They’ll answer who’s up, who’s down and whose pick could swing a franchise – because draft season never ends.
Episodes
October 8, 2025 • 34 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we discuss the revelation of "second-act" NFL quarterbacks, and evaluate 2026 NFL Draft prospects who continue to put incredible film on tape!
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(1:00) Evaluating "second-act" QBs
(13:54) Miami QB Carson Beck
(18:34) Louisville WR Chris Bell
(20:16) Ohio State WR Carnell Tate
(21:25) Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love
(23:1...
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October 1, 2025 • 41 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down a pivotal Week 5 in College Football, featuring stellar performances from Oregon QB Dante Moore, and Arizona State WR Jordyn Tyson.
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(1:03) Biggest takeaways from Week 5
(3:06) Dante Moore & Drew Allar
(16:03) Alabama QB Ty Simpson
(18:31) DE Caden Curry & OT Brian Parker II
(21:05) Arizona ...
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September 24, 2025 • 52 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're listing the 2026 NFL Draft Prospects whose names you need to know!
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September 17, 2025 • 42 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're listing the 2026 NFL Draft Prospects whose film "pops" off the screen!
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(2:34) Oklahoma QB John Mateer
(6:53) Indiana QB Fernandoz Mendoza
(9:00) Texas Tech vs Utah
(10:00) Texas Tech LB Romello Height
(12:55) Oregon QB Dante Moore
(19:28) USC LB Eric Gentry
(24:12) Clemson DT Peter Woods
(27:04) Oregon DT A'Ma...
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September 10, 2025 • 41 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down Week 1 of the NFL regular season, and listing the five things people need to know about the 2026 NFL Draft.
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(2:09) NFL Week 1 reactions
(9:03) 5 Things You Need to Know: Arch Manning
(14:38) South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers
(17:07) No. 2: QB competition is wide open
(19:04) No. 3: Strong Edge R...
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September 3, 2025 • 44 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down Week 1 performances from top college prospects Arch Manning, Cade Klubnik and LaNorris Sellers.
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft(2:10) Arch Manning vs Ohio State(9:50) Cade Klubnik, Garrett Nussmeier, LaNorris Sellers(14:25) FSU upsets No. 8 Alabama(20:18) Field's big takeaway from Week 1(23:24) Orange Crushers of the Week(32:17) CFP & Super B...
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August 27, 2025 • 37 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the rest of Field's first Mock Draft of 2026 - selections 11 through 32.
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(2:10) Field's Top-10 recap
(3:13) No. 11: Colts select Penn State QB Drew Allar
(7:13) No. 12: Browns select Florida OT Austin Barber
(13:16) No. 13: Cowboys select Florida DT Caleb Banks
(14:33) Picks 13-15
(16:02) No. 16: Steelers select...
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August 20, 2025 • 42 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the top-10 selections of Field's first Mock Draft of 2026.
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(2:10) No. 1: Browns select Texas QB Arch Manning
(7:35) No. 2: Jets selected South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers
(10:27) No. 3: Saints select Clemson QB Cade Klubnik
(14:34) No. 4: Giants select Clemson DT Peter Woods
(17:14) No. 5: Titans select Ohio S...
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August 13, 2025 • 42 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the top-five quarterback prospects of the 2026 NFL Draft, featuring Texas QB Arch Manning, South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers and Penn State QB Drew Allar.
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(2:30) Texas QB Arch Manning
(9:01) South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers
(13:24) Penn State QB Drew Allar
(17:44) Clemson QB Cade Klubnik
(20:53) Arizona Stat...
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August 6, 2025 • 37 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft." Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the 10 most intriguing prospects of the 2026 NFL Draft, featuring Penn State QB Drew Allar and South Carolina WR Nyck Harbor.
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(3:37) Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza
(7:13) Penn State QB Drew Allar
(10:56) South Carolina WR Nyck Harbor
(15:33) Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq
(17:30) Florida State DT Darrell Jackson...
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July 30, 2025 • 43 mins
Welcome to the season premiere of "First Draft." Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're back to preview the 2026 NFL Draft class, led by Texas QB Arch Manning and South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers.
(0:00) Welcome to First Draft
(2:07) Texas QB Arch Manning
(8:25) South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers
(12:24) Clemson QB Cade Klubnik
(14:32) Arizona State QB Sam Leavitt
(18:05) Ohio State S Caleb Downs
(21:42) Clemson DT Peter ...
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April 28, 2025 • 49 mins
Welcome to the season finale of "First Draft." Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr. close the book on the 2025 NFL Draft season with final team-grades!
00:00 Welcome to First Draft!
3:30 Shedeur Sanders draft reaction
7:07 2025 NFL Draft QBs
10:15 Browns draft grade
14:30 Travis Hunter
17:00 Jaguars draft grade
18:42 Abdul Carter
19:30 Giants draft grade
21:15 Will Campbell
22:30 Patriots draft grade
24:00 Seahawks draft ...
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April 21, 2025 • 46 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., the crew provides their final evaluations on the top-10 selections heading into Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft.
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April 17, 2025 • 48 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're alternating picks as Kiper and Yates go pick for pick in this latest mock draft!
00:00 Welcome to First Draft!
1:27 Best hair in the business?
5:06 Cam Ward selected by Tennessee Titans
5:31 Picks 3-5
6:15 Raiders select Ashton Jeanty
12:54 Shedeur Sanders to New Orleans Saints
17:16 Top 10 Picks
22:16 Mike Drop: answering burning NFL Dra...
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April 14, 2025 • 46 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're revealing Mel Kiper’s fourth NFL Mock Draft of 2025 with a breakdown of Round 1.
00:00 Welcome to First Draft!
5:48 The mock draft is now open!
6:23 New York Giants select Abdul Carter
9:30 Abdul Carter and Micah Parsons comparison
12:10 Armand Membou goes to New York Jets
13:00 Pick 1 through 8
14:08 Shedeur Sanders selected by New Orlea...
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April 10, 2025 • 83 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Kevin Negandhi, Field Yates, Jordan Reid, Matt Miller, and Mel Kiper Jr., and we're drafting teams! Our 4 analysts go pick for pick in a mega mock draft to determine who has the greatest team! Let us know in the comments who you think drafted the best team!
Time Codes:
00:00 Welcome to First Draft!
2:17 Mega Mock Draft Team Structures by Position
3:10 Round 1 is now open!
8:38 Round 2
14...
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April 7, 2025 • 49 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're concluding Field's fourth NFL Mock Draft of 2025 with a breakdown of Round 2.
00:00 Welcome to First Draft!
5:08 Field Yates’ Mock Draft 4.0
6:05 Tyler Shough drafted by the Cleveland Browns
13:30 Titans select Donovan Ezeiruaku
17:00 Emeka Egbuka drafted to the Bears
21:09 Mason Taylor selected by the New York Jets
24:28 Cowboys select T...
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April 3, 2025 • 52 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're running through Round 1 of Field's fourth NFL Mock Draft of 2025.
00:00 Welcome to First Draft!
1:02 Is Field Yates morphing into Mel?!
3:44 Mock Draft begins
4:30 Shedeur Sanders to the Giants!
14:40 Shemar Stewart to the Saints!
21:30 49ers draft Walter Nolen
26:18 Cowboys select Tetairoa McMillan
32:00 Kelvin Banks Jr. picked by Arizon...
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March 31, 2025 • 49 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're running through Yates' top-50 Big Board Rankings.
00:00 Welcome to First Draft!
1:49 Field Yates’ Top-50 Prospects
2:30 Will Campbell
6:00 Will Johnson
12:32 Field Yates big board rankings
13:38 Shedeur Sanders
21:37 Omarion Hampton
24:25 Donovan Ezeiruaku
27:00 Jaxson Dart
30:50 Darius Alexander
32:17 Elijah Arroyo
35:00 Jacob Parrish
36:30 Chandler Ma...
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March 27, 2025 • 52 mins
Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're diving into the 2025 NFL Draft and its positional uncertainty surrounding some of the nation's top prospects, including Alabama QB Jalen Milroe, Ole Miss' Jaxson Dart and Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan.
00:00 Welcome to First Draft!
2:52 Jalen Milroe
8:35 Jaxson Dart
16:19 Luther Burden III
19:44 Tetairoa McMillan
23:21 Jihaad Campbell
27:07 Will Campbell...
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