2026 Mock Draft Contest Results
Minicamp has passed and the Pats announced their two immediate post-minicamp signings, thereby concluding the 2026 mock contest!
Let me walk you through the scoring, pick by pick:
Nobody had Caleb Lomu on their board, but three of the six entrants had Gabe Jacas, putting half of us on the board: memokerobi in the lead with 13 points (10 + 3 for the round), Hugo was my homeboy next with 6, and DNOMN8R314 in third with 5 (2 + 3 for the round).
While no one had Eli Raridon on their list of 12, my trainer had him as a UDFA... but got no points because Raridon was picked before the fourth round.
The unexpected fifth-round selection of Prunty got my trainer on the board, though (3 points), along with rking88, who had him as a UDFA (1 point). A pair of blanks in the sixth round later, the Pats took Behren Morton, getting another point to rking (UDFA pick) and 5 to I'm just Blighting -- no shutouts this year!
After Quintayvious Hutchins got me another point (UDFA pick) and no one listed on anyone's UDFA lists was so signed by the team -- although Mitch McCarthy's minicamp invite got Hugo 3 points (half of 5, rounded up) -- it looked like the contest was set, with memo the winner.
However, well after the initial list of 11 UDFAs was reported but before minicamp, the Patriots signed Khalil Jacobs.
...whom four people picked.
Two people -- my trainer and Blighty -- had Jacobs on their 12-man draft board, so each got fractional points (4 and 3, respectively).
But rking had Jacobs as his top UDFA, giving him 11 points and tying him with memo at 13 (also knocking me into last place), meaning scoring would go to tiebreakers...
...if memo didn't also have Jacobs as his top UDFA.
With those 11 points giving him a total of 24, memokerobi is the winner of this year's mock contest! Congratulations; let me know what you want for a jersey and where I can send it. (Email either of the contest emails.)
And a bonus: Jdog Lemon head spotted something in the article no one else did and entered accordingly: the article asked for entrants to "Send me the names of the 12 players you most think the Patriots will add to their roster via the 2022 NFL Draft." Apparently, I had not updated the year for four years, and he sent in their 2022 draft picks.
This isn't a loophole, so I am awarding Jdog the honorable mention prize of a hat from the Patriots pro shop. And for his introduction of the loophole mechanic for me to constantly close, I'm awarding MAC a Loophole Emeritus honorable mention prize of a hat as well. (Both of you: email me at either of the contest emails so I know what specifically you'd like and where to send it.)
Thanks again to those who entered and to those who have supported this. See you in the comments and back up here for the roster projections!
