The Browns are less than three weeks from the 2026 NFL Draft, and a new mock draft roundup has them taking very different paths with their nine picks. In one projection, Cleveland opened with USC wide receiver Makai Lemon at No. 6, then went to Alabama tackle Kadyn Proctor at No. 24, Oregon guard Emmanuel Pregnon at No. 39 and Arizona State cornerback Keith Abney II at No. 70.
That spread matters because the Browns have three picks in the top 40 and four in the top 100, giving them real room to attack more than one problem at once. Miller’s first-round look leaned toward offense, with Lemon coming off a 2025 season of 79 catches, 1,156 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns, then 137 receptions, 2,008 yards and 14 touchdowns across 33 career games at USC. Yates had Cleveland choosing Proctor at No. 24, where the tackle played left tackle in 2025 and logged 901 snaps. Reid went with Pregnon at No. 39 after he started all 15 games at Oregon and played 910 offensive snaps, including 849 at left guard. Miller’s second Browns pick brought Abney, whose three seasons at Arizona State produced 98 tackles, one tackle for loss, one sack, six interceptions, 21 passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
The roundup is not one draft board but several, and that is part of the point. It shows how easily Cleveland can be pushed toward different answers when it sits so high in the order and owns multiple early picks. The Browns also re-signed guard Teven Jenkins in free agency, which only adds another layer to how they could approach the front five. On the outside, the mocks were just as split: Feldman had Cleveland taking Texas A&M receiver KC Concepcion at No. 24 after a season of 61 catches for 919 yards and nine touchdowns, plus 10 carries for 75 yards and one touchdown and a punt-return average of 18.2 yards with two returns for touchdowns. Reuter paired the Browns with Georgia tackle Monroe Freeling at No. 6, then Arizona State wideout Jordyn Tyson at No. 22 in a mocked trade with the Chargers that would move Cleveland up two spots and send a fifth-round pick and a sixth-round pick to Los Angeles. Tyson appeared in 24 games and caught 136 passes for 1,812 yards in three seasons at Arizona State.
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What ties the whole roundup together is the same thing that has defined Cleveland’s draft setup from the start: volume and choice. With two first-round picks and four selections inside the top 100, the Browns can chase speed, protection and depth all at once, but the mocks also show how wide the possibilities still are. Reid described Pregnon as a physical tone-setter, and that may be the cleanest read on where this class could take Cleveland if the front office decides the line should come first.
