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HBCU draft pick tracker: Updated list of 2026 NFL selections, top prospects available
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HBCU draft pick tracker: Updated list of 2026 NFL selections, top prospects available originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
The 2026 NFL Draft has arrived, and that means another chance for the top talents from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to make their mark.
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HBCUs have produced some of the best players in NFL history, including Jerry Rice, Walter Payton and Michael Strahan.
This year's HBCU draft class isn't projected to be that impactful, but there are notable players expected to be drafted at some point.
The NFL Draft begins with the first round on Thursday, followed by the second and third rounds on Friday and the fourth through seventh rounds on Saturday.
Below, we kept track of the HBCU players who are selected.
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HBCU NFL Draft picks 2026
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Round 4, Pick 104: Kaleb Proctor, SE Louisiana drafted by the Arizona Cardinals
Amazingly, Proctor was the only HBCU player chosen in the entire 2026 NFL Draft.
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Top HBCU NFL Draft prospects 2026
There are four players from HBCUs listed on The Sporting News' NFL Draft sleepers list put together by Daniel Mader.
Kaleb Proctorranks the highest of that quarter. He's a defensive tackle from SE Louisiana who ran a 4.79-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine.
Next, those rankings include Erick Hunter, a linebacker from Morgan State. He's 6-foot-4 and had 101 tackles in 2025.
Best names in the draft: Ephesians Prysock | R Mason Thomas | DeVonta Smith | Zxavian Harris
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It stays defensive with Quincy Ivory, a lineman from Jackson State (who actually began his college career as a junior college quarterback). Ivory was the SWAC Defensive Player of the Year as an edge-rushing linebacker.
As far as HBCU offense goes, the name to know is Curtis Allenfrom Division II Virginia Union. He ran for a D-II record 2,409 yards with 30 touchdowns in 2025.
