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ROUND 7

2026 NFL DRAFT HAS ENDED

DRAFT TRACKER

Round 2 • Pick 16 (48) • CB Avieon Terrell

Round 3 • Pick 15 (79) • WR Zachariah Branch

Round 4 • Pick 34 (134) • LB Kendal Daniels

Round 6 • Pick 27 (208) • DT Anterio Thompson

Round 6 • Pick 34 (215) • LB Harold Perkins Jr.

Round 7 • Pick 15 (231) • OT Ethan Onianwa

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Pick 16 (48)

Avieon Terrell

CB Clemson

5-10 186 LBS

2023: Played in 13 games with 5 starts (19 tackles, INT, 4 PBUs).
2024: Second-team All-ACC. Led team with 12 PBUs. Started all 14 games (58 tackles, 4.5 TFLs with 1 sack, 2 INTs, 3 FFs).
2025: Third-team Associated Press All-American. First-team All-ACC. Tied for third in the FBS with 5 FFs (tying school single-season record for a DB, set career record for a DB with 8). Tied for team lead with 9 PBUs. Started 12 games (48 tackles, 4.5 TFLs with 3 sacks).
Miscellaneous: Brother, A.J., played CB at Clemson and was a 2020 first-round pick of the Falcons.

-- by Chad Reuter

Pick 15 (79)

Zachariah Branch

WR Georgia

5-8 177 LBS

High school: 5-star recruit, top 10 overall prospect nationally.
2023 (USC): Won the Jet Award as the nation's top returner. Freshman All-American. First-team All-Pac-12 Conference RS, Honorable Mention WR. Led the FBS with 20.8 yards per PR (16-332, TD) and posted 24-442-18.4, TD KR. Played in 11 games with 9 starts (31-320-10.3, 2 TDs receiving).
2024 (USC): Played in 12 games with 8 starts (47-503-10.7, TD receiving; 5-105-21.0 KR; 13-74-5.7 PR).
2025: Second-team All-SEC WR, Third-team All-Purpose. Ranked 10th in the FBS with 81 receptions. Led team with 811 receiving yards (10.0), 6 receiving TDs. Played in all 14 games with 10 starts (10-205-20.5 KR, 15-180-12.0 PR).
Miscellaneous: Brother, Zion, transferred from USC to Georgia for 2025. Nephew of Pro Football Hall of Fame WR Cliff Branch, who won 3 Super Bowls with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders (XI, XV, XVIII).

– by Chad Reuter

Pick 34 (134)

Kendal Daniels

LB Oklahoma

6-5 242 LBS

Compensatory Selection - From Raiders

2021 (Oklahoma State): Redshirted. Played in 3 games as a reserve.
2022 (Oklahoma State): Big 12 Conference Defensive Freshman of the Year. Second-team All-Big 12. Played in all 13 games with 5 starts at safety (71 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, 3 INTs, 5 PBUs, FF).
2023 (Oklahoma State): Honorable Mention All-Big 12. Started all 14 games at safety (105 tackles, 5.5 TFLs with 2 sacks, 2 INTs, PBU, FF).
2024 (Oklahoma State): Played in all 12 games with 9 starts at LB (64 tackles, 10.5 TFLs with 5.5 sacks, 7 PBUs).
2025: Started all 13 games at S/LB hybrid position (53 tackles, 9 TFLs, 3 PBUs).

-- by Chad Reuter

Pick 27 (208)

Anterio Thompson

DT Washington

6-1 306 LBS

From Bills through Jets and Raiders

Pick 34 (215)

Harold Perkins Jr.

LB LSU

6-0 223 LBS

Compensatory Selection - From Eagles

High school: 5-star recruit, top OLB prospect nationally.
2022: Second-team All-SEC. Freshman All-American. Freshman All-SEC. Led team with 13 TFLs (topped all Power 5 freshmen), 7.5 sacks. Tied for third in the FBS with 4 FFs. Played in all 14 games with 8 starts (72 tackles, INT, 2 PBUs).
2023: Second-team All-SEC. Led team with 13 TFLs, 3 FFs. Started all 13 games after moving to LB from edge rusher (75 tackles, 5.5 sacks, INT, 5 PBUs).
2024: Redshirted. Started the first 4 games (17 tackles, 1.5 TFLs). Missed the rest of the season with a right knee injury. Awarded the No. 7 jersey that has been worn by top players like CB Patrick Peterson (who started the tradition), CB Derek Stingley Jr., WR Ja'Marr Chase, RB Leonard Fournette, DB Tyrann Mathieu.
2025: Third-team All-SEC. Led team with 4 sacks. Tied for the team lead with 8 TFLs, 3 INTs. Played in 12 games with 11 starts (56 tackles, 4 sacks, 3 PBUs, FF).

-- by Chad Reuter

Pick 15 (231)

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