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How many Oregon Ducks will be selected in the 2026 NFL Draft?
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The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off later this week in Pittsburgh, and a long list of Oregon Duck players will be up for grabs for the 32 NFL teams. The Ducks have a long history of sending elite players to the league, especially in the past few years under Dan Lanning.
In each of the past two years, Oregon has set the program record for the most draft picks in a single year. In 2024, eight Ducks were drafted to the NFL, and that number was topped in 2025, when 10 former Ducks heard their names called.
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While that record is not expected to be broken this year due to the high number of players who returned to Eugene for the 2026 season, rather than declaring for the draft, the Ducks are still expecting a long list of players to be selected between Thursday and Saturday.
Which Oregon Players Have Declared for the 2026 NFL Draft?
There are 18 players who participated in the Oregon Ducks ' Pro Day earlier this spring, all of whom are hopeful that they will hear their names called in the draft or are expected to sign as Undrafted Free Agents when all is said and done.
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LS Luke Basso
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OL Matthew Bedford
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WR Malik Benson
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K Andrew Boyle
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DB Jadon Canady
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P James Ferguson-Reynolds
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OL Alex Harkey
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P Ross James
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DB Theran Johnson
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OL Charlie Pickard
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TE Kenyon Sadiq
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K Atticus Sappington
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OL Isaiah World
Predicting Which Oregon Ducks Will Be Drafted
While the Ducks have many players hoping to hear their names called, not all 18 will be so lucky. We predict that somewhere between 7 and 9 players will be selected when all is said and done. Here are those players:
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TE Kenyon Sadiq (Round 1)
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S Dillon Thieneman (Round 1)
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OL Emmanuel Pregnon (Round 2-3)
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DB Jadon Canady (Round 2-3)
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LB Bryce Boettcher (Round 4-7)
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OL Isaiah World (Round 4-7)
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WR Malik Benson (Round 4-7)
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RB Noah Whittington (Round 4-7)
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OL Alex Harkey (Round 4-7)
For the players who don't end up getting drafted by the end of the seventh round on Saturday, there are always UDFA contracts that are signed after the fact, so many of these former Ducks will get invites to Rookie Mini Camps to try and make it onto a 90-man roster and get into fall camp.
How to Watch the 2026 NFL Draft
Live coverage of the NFL draft can be found on ABC, ESPN, and the NFL Network. The first round of the draft starts on Thursday night at 5 p.m. PT.
Streaming coverage is also available on ESPN+, NFL+, YouTube TV, Hulu+ Live TV, Fubo TV, and Sling TV.
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