SBN Reacts: Which Mizzou Football Player Will Be Selected First in this Year’s NFL Draft?
Dec 27, 2025; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Missouri Tigers defensive end Zion Young (9) looks on before a play against the Virginia Cavaliers in the first half at EverBank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Travis Register-Imagn Images | Travis Register-Imagn ImagesWelcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Missouri fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
It's Super Bowl week, but after that - all eyes turn to the upcoming NFL Draft in April with the NFL Combine just around the corner from February 23rd to March 2nd.
CBS Sports previously released their Top-150 NFL Draft prospects and Mizzou Football is well represented with five players - with Josiah Trotter topping the list at No. 44.
Zion Young was ranked near the bottom at 110, but he made a statement in the Senior Bowl on Saturday as he was named Player of the Game for the American team.
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- Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) February 1, 2026
Young is starting to rise in the latest NFL Mock Drafts - and is now projected to be a first-round pick per ESPN and other media outlets.
#Mizzou's Zion Young jumped into the first round of Matt Miller's mock draft published this morning over at ESPN. He's projected to go 25th overall to the Chicago Bears after winning Player of the Game for the American squad at the Senior Bowl.@RockMNationpic.twitter.com/TT1rp8XESr
- Matthew Gustafson (@M_Gustafson27) February 2, 2026
My 2026 NFL Mock Draft | Senior Bowl Overreaction Edition pic.twitter.com/jJMxBZ4TNS
- NFL Draft Files (@NFL_DF) February 2, 2026
Young's latest rise would give Mizzou Football the possibility of three-straight first round NFL Draft picks under head coach Eli Drinkwitz (Armond Membou in 2025 and Darius Robinson in 2024). That hasn't happened for the Mizzou Football program since 2009-2011.
It wasn't just Zion Young, but Kevin Coleman Jr. had a productive Senior Bowl week as well.
Missouri's Kevin Coleman Jr is one of the most underrated WRs in the 2026 NFL Draft pic.twitter.com/iAVK5OFYsA
- PFF College (@PFF_College) February 2, 2026
In our latest SBN Reacts, we ask you this: Which Mizzou Football player will be selected first in this year's NFL Draft?
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