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Tennessee Titans 2026 NFL Draft Class

Every Titans selection in the 2026 NFL Draft, the needs they entered the weekend with, and the trades that reshaped their board.

Compiled by the NFL Mock Draft Simulator research desk · Front office at the time: Mike Borgonzi (GM), Robert Saleh (HC)

The class

Tennessee Titans made 8 selections in the 2026 draft, opening with Carnell Tate, a wide receiver out of Ohio State, at No. 4 overall.

The class skewed toward interior offensive line, where they used 2 picks. In total they drafted 7 different positions.

Going into the weekend our board had their priority needs listed as Edge Rusher, Interior Offensive Line, Wide Receiver, Running Back, Offensive Tackle, Linebacker. They addressed 5 of their 6 pre-draft needs directly: Edge Rusher, Interior Offensive Line, Wide Receiver, Running Back, Linebacker. Left unaddressed: Offensive Tackle.

Their best value relative to the consensus board was Anthony Hill Jr. at No. 60, 13 slots later than the industry board had him ranked (47).

Draft capital

Titans draft capital broke down as 2 Day 1 picks, 1 on Day 2 and 5 on Day 3. 6 were slots they did not own when the weekend began, acquired by trade. Holding 2 first-round picks is the rarest and most valuable position in the draft, and it gives a front office the option to be aggressive without mortgaging the rest of the class.

Pick by pick

Every Titans selection, with where it landed against our consensus board and against their own pre-draft needs list.

• Round 1, No. 4: Titans took Carnell Tate, within 5 slots of his board ranking of 9. Wide Receiver was their No. 3 listed need.
• Round 1, No. 31: Titans took Keldric Faulk, within 10 slots of his board ranking of 21. It was their single highest-priority need going in.
• Round 2, No. 60: Titans took Anthony Hill Jr. on Day 2, within 13 slots of his board ranking of 47.
• Round 5, No. 142: Titans spent a late-round flier on Fernando Carmona Jr., a board-rank 248 player. Interior Offensive Line was their No. 2 listed need.
• Round 5, No. 165: Titans took Nicholas Singleton on Day 3, within 3 slots of his board ranking of 162.
• Round 6, No. 184: Titans took Jackie Marshall at board rank 307, a late lottery ticket rather than a statement. Defensive Tackle was not on their priority needs list, a best-player-available call.
• Round 6, No. 194: Titans spent a late-round flier on Pat Coogan, a board-rank 219 player. Interior Offensive Line was their No. 2 listed need.
• Round 7, No. 225: Titans used the pick on Jaren Kanak, ranked 288, the sort of dart every team throws on Saturday afternoon. Tight End was not on their priority needs list, a best-player-available call.

Pre-draft needs

Our needs assessment for the Titans going into the 2026 draft, ordered by priority. This is the list the class above is measured against.

Draft-day trades

• With Buffalo Bills: sent No. 69 (R3), No. 165 (R5); received No. 31 (R1), No. 66 (R3), No. 101 (R4).
• With Chicago Bears: sent No. 69 (R3), No. 144 (R5); received No. 60 (R2).

Related

• Round 1 results: every other pick made around the Titans' first selection.
• Position rankings for the groups they drafted: Wide Receiver, Edge Rusher, Linebacker, Interior Offensive Line, Running Back, Defensive Tackle, Tight End.
• The 2026 consensus big board: where every one of these players ranked before the draft.
• Every trade from the 2026 draft: the full ledger, including the Titans' moves.
• Steals and reaches: which picks diverged most from the board, and what that gap means.
• The draft by the numbers: positional supply, school production and how draft capital was distributed.

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