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CINCINNATI BENGALS TEAM NEEDS
Most recent team needs update:
June 6
Starter Need High (P1, P2)
Starter Need Medium (P3)
EDGE
SFTY
CB
Mid Round Fill High (P5)
RB
WRS
DL3T
Depth Fill (P4)
OT
OG
OC
TE
NT
DL5T
OLB
ILB
CBN
Late Round Fill (P6)
WR
Minimal Need (P9)
QB
BENGALS PICKS/COMMENTS MOST RECENT MOCK
Results from 2026 Consensus Mock Draft:
2026 Mock Draft #1
Most recent mock draft update:
6/7/25
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R1
19
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Cincinnati
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Domani Jackson
Alabama
CB
Reach/Value:
-4
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Height:
6'1"
Weight:
201
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2025 Draft Grade: B-
The Bengals went after their biggest weaknesses in the 2025 Draft, selecting the enigmatic pass rusher Shemar Stewart with their RD1 pick. Stewart was one of the Combine's biggest stars, but his athleticism was not matched in competition, where Stewart managed just 1.5 sacks in 2024.
GM Duke Tobin and HC Zac Taylor seemed oddly focused on the linebacker corps, adding both Demetrius Knight (RD2) and Barrett Carter (RD4). The LB group seems set for the next 4 years, and clearly sends a signal that they'll not re-up Germaine Pratt in 2026. Pratt may not survive cuts for 2025.
Puzzlingly, the team avoided bolstering the interior defensive line, despite DL being a strength of the Draft. Instead, Tobin/Taylor addressed the offensive line with two picks. It is evident that QB Joe Burrow is getting all the attention that he needs for success, while the defense is patched together with first contract draft picks and cheap free agents.
Guard Dylan Fairchild (RD3) and tackle Jalen Rivers (RD5) provide immediate depth with future starting potential for the OL.
Looking ahead - 2026 Draft
The team projects to require help all over the defense for the 2026 Draft. If Stewart and 2023 RD1 pick Myles Murphy can step up, and Trey Hendrickson can be re-signed, the edge unit can be stabilized for years. With the two LBs drafted in 2025, that unit could be in good stead. Secondary and the interior DL should be the focus for next year's Draft, but don't be surprised if the Bengals add another offensive playmaker for Burrow. An injury to Chase or Higgins in 2025 will expose the lack of quality depth in the Bengals' WR stable.
The Bengals went after their biggest weaknesses in the 2025 Draft, selecting the enigmatic pass rusher Shemar Stewart with their RD1 pick. Stewart was one of the Combine's biggest stars, but his athleticism was not matched in competition, where Stewart managed just 1.5 sacks in 2024.
GM Duke Tobin and HC Zac Taylor seemed oddly focused on the linebacker corps, adding both Demetrius Knight (RD2) and Barrett Carter (RD4). The LB group seems set for the next 4 years, and clearly sends a signal that they'll not re-up Germaine Pratt in 2026. Pratt may not survive cuts for 2025.
Puzzlingly, the team avoided bolstering the interior defensive line, despite DL being a strength of the Draft. Instead, Tobin/Taylor addressed the offensive line with two picks. It is evident that QB Joe Burrow is getting all the attention that he needs for success, while the defense is patched together with first contract draft picks and cheap free agents.
Guard Dylan Fairchild (RD3) and tackle Jalen Rivers (RD5) provide immediate depth with future starting potential for the OL.
Looking ahead - 2026 Draft
The team projects to require help all over the defense for the 2026 Draft. If Stewart and 2023 RD1 pick Myles Murphy can step up, and Trey Hendrickson can be re-signed, the edge unit can be stabilized for years. With the two LBs drafted in 2025, that unit could be in good stead. Secondary and the interior DL should be the focus for next year's Draft, but don't be surprised if the Bengals add another offensive playmaker for Burrow. An injury to Chase or Higgins in 2025 will expose the lack of quality depth in the Bengals' WR stable.
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R2
51
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Cincinnati
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Amare Ferrell
Indiana
S
Reach/Value:
-20
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Height:
6'2"
Weight:
200
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R3
83
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Cincinnati
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T.J. Guy
Michigan
EDGE
Reach/Value:
-10
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Height:
6'4"
Weight:
250
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R4
115
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Cincinnati
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Deion Burks
Oklahoma
WRS
Reach/Value:
-1
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Height:
5'9"
Weight:
194
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R5
147
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Cincinnati
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Jeremiah Cobb
Auburn
RB
Reach/Value:
-6
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Height:
5'10"
Weight:
196
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R6
179
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Cincinnati
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Gracen Halton
Oklahoma
DL3T
Reach/Value:
-20
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Height:
6'2"
Weight:
285
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R7
211
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Cincinnati
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Trebor Pena
Transfer
WR
Reach/Value:
-2
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Height:
5'11"
Weight:
184
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BENGALS HISTORICAL DRAFT PICKS
Reach/Value (R/V) Explained
The difference between where a player is selected in the NFL draft versus where the player was listed on the final Drafttek Big Board for the season in question.Example: A player who was listed at #50 on the Big Board and was selected at #35 will be a "Reach" of -15. Alternately, a player listed at #35 on the Big Board who was selected at #50 is a +15 "Value".
Simply put: a positive number is a Value pick, a negative number is a Reach.
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2025 | 1 | 17 | Shemar Stewart | Texas A&M | EDGE | Reach | -3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 49 | Demetrius Knight Jr. | South Carolina | ILB | Reach | -27 |
| 2025 | 3 | 81 | Dylan Fairchild | Georgia | OG | Reach | -69 |
| 2025 | 4 | 119 | Barrett Carter | Clemson | OLB | Value | +7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 153 | Jalen Rivers | Miami (FL) | OG | Reach | -33 |
| 2025 | 6 | 193 | Tahj Brooks | Texas Tech | RB | Reach | -27 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2024 | 1 | 18 | Amarius Mims | Georgia | OT | Reach | -11 |
| 2024 | 2 | 49 | Kris Jenkins | Michigan | DL3T | Value | +5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 80 | Jermaine Burton | Alabama | WR | Reach | -30 |
| 2024 | 3 | 97 | McKinnley Jackson | Texas A&M | DL1T | Reach | -68 |
| 2024 | 4 | 115 | Erick All | Iowa | TE | Reach | -76 |
| 2024 | 5 | 149 | Josh Newton | TCU | CB | Value | +6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 194 | Tanner McLachlan | Arizona | TE | Reach | -85 |
| 2024 | 6 | 214 | Cedric Johnson | Ole Miss | EDGE | Value | +36 |
| 2024 | 7 | 224 | Daijahn Anthony | Ole Miss | S | Value | +32 |
| 2024 | 7 | 237 | Matt Lee | Miami (FL) | OC | Reach | -29 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2023 | 1 | 28 | Myles Murphy | Clemson | EDGE | Value | +2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 60 | D.J. Turner | Michigan | CBN | Reach | -3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 95 | Jordan Battle | Alabama | S | Value | +0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 131 | Charlie Jones | Purdue | WR | Reach | -108 |
| 2023 | 5 | 163 | Chase Brown | Illinois | RB | Value | +53 |
| 2023 | 6 | 206 | Andrei Iosivas | Princeton | WR | Reach | -24 |
| 2023 | 6 | 217 | Brad Robbins | Michigan | P | Reach | -207 |
| 2023 | 7 | 246 | D.J. Ivey | Miami (FL) | CB | Reach | -198 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2022 | 1 | 31 | Daxton Hill | Michigan | S | Value | +4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 60 | Cam Taylor-Britt | Nebraska | CB | Reach | -22 |
| 2022 | 3 | 95 | Zachary Carter | Florida | EDGE | Reach | -40 |
| 2022 | 4 | 136 | Cordell Volson | North Dakota State | OG | Reach | -92 |
| 2022 | 5 | 166 | Tycen Anderson | Toledo | S | Reach | -38 |
| 2022 | 7 | 252 | Jeffrey Gunter | Coastal Carolina | EDGE | Value | +20 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | Ja'Marr Chase | LSU | WR | Value | +2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 46 | Jackson Carman | Clemson | OT | Reach | -18 |
| 2021 | 3 | 69 | Joseph Ossai | Texas | EDGE | Value | +34 |
| 2021 | 4 | 111 | Cameron Sample | Tulane | DL5T | Reach | -32 |
| 2021 | 4 | 122 | Tyler Shelvin | LSU | DL1T | Value | +51 |
| 2021 | 4 | 139 | D'Ante Smith | East Carolina | OLB | Reach | -71 |
| 2021 | 5 | 149 | Evan McPherson | Florida | PK | Reach | -77 |
| 2021 | 6 | 190 | Trey Hill | Georgia | OC | Value | +63 |
| 2021 | 6 | 202 | Chris Evans | Michigan | RB | Reach | -110 |
| 2021 | 7 | 235 | Wyatt Hubert | Kansas State | EDGE | Value | +58 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | Joe Burrow | LSU | QB | Reach | -1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 33 | Tee Higgins | Clemson | WR | Value | +13 |
| 2020 | 3 | 65 | Logan Wilson | Wyoming | ILB | Reach | -25 |
| 2020 | 4 | 107 | Akeem Davis-Gaither | Appalachian State | OLB | Value | +6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 147 | Khalid Kareem | Notre Dame | EDGE | Reach | -21 |
| 2020 | 6 | 180 | Hakeem Adeniji | Kansas | OT | Value | +70 |
| 2020 | 7 | 215 | Markus Bailey | Purdue | ILB | Value | +71 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2019 | 1 | 11 | Jonah Williams | Alabama | OT | Reach | -5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 52 | Drew Sample | Washington | TE | Reach | -30 |
| 2019 | 3 | 72 | Germaine Pratt | N.C. State | ILB | Reach | -2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 104 | Ryan Finley | NC State | QB | Reach | -13 |
| 2019 | 4 | 125 | Renell Wren | Arizona State | DL1T | Value | +37 |
| 2019 | 4 | 136 | Michael Jordan | Ohio State | OG | Value | +65 |
| 2019 | 6 | 182 | Trayveon Williams | Texas A&M | RB | Value | +54 |
| 2019 | 6 | 210 | Deshaun Davis | Auburn | ILB | Reach | -161 |
| 2019 | 6 | 211 | Rodney Anderson | Oklahoma | RB | Value | +89 |
| 2019 | 7 | 223 | Jordan Brown | South Dakota St | CB | Reach | -128 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2018 | 1 | 21 | Billy Price | Ohio State | OC | Reach | -51 |
| 2018 | 2 | 54 | Jessie Bates III | Wake Forrest | S | Reach | -9 |
| 2018 | 3 | 77 | Sam Hubbard | Ohio State | EDGE | Value | +35 |
| 2018 | 3 | 78 | Malik Jefferson | Texas | ILB | Reach | -19 |
| 2018 | 4 | 112 | Mark Walton | Miami (FL) | RB | Value | +0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 151 | Davontae Harris | Illinois State | CB | Reach | -105 |
| 2018 | 5 | 158 | Andrew Brown | Virginia | DL5T | Value | +50 |
| 2018 | 5 | 170 | Darius Phillips | Western Michigan | DB | Reach | -127 |
| 2018 | 7 | 249 | Logan Woodside | Toledo | QB | Reach | -3 |
| 2018 | 7 | 252 | Rod Taylor | Mississippi | OG | Reach | -208 |
| 2018 | 7 | 253 | Auden Tate | Florida State | WR | Value | +67 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2017 | 1 | 9 | John Ross | Washington | WRF | Reach | -7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 48 | Joe Mixon | Oklahoma | RBF | Reach | -36 |
| 2017 | 3 | 73 | Jordan Willis | Kansas State | EDGE | Value | +2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 116 | Carl Lawson | Auburn | DE | Value | +12 |
| 2017 | 4 | 128 | Josh Malone | Tennessee | WR | Value | +50 |
| 2017 | 4 | 138 | Ryan Glasgow | Michigan | DT | Value | +13 |
| 2017 | 5 | 153 | Jake Elliott | Memphis | K | Value | +9 |
| 2017 | 5 | 176 | J. J. Dielman | Utah | C | Reach | -13 |
| 2017 | 6 | 193 | Jordan Evans | Oklahoma | LB | Reach | -3 |
| 2017 | 6 | 207 | Brandon Wilson | Houston | CB | Value | +6 |
| 2017 | 7 | 251 | Mason Schreck | Buffalo | TE | Reach | -3 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2016 | 1 | 24 | William Jackson | Houston | CB | Reach | -10 |
| 2016 | 2 | 55 | Tyler Boyd | Pittsburg | WR | Value | +5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 87 | Nick Vigil | Utah State | ILB | Reach | -59 |
| 2016 | 4 | 122 | Andrew Billings | Baylor | DL3T | Value | +95 |
| 2016 | 5 | 161 | Christian Westerman | Arizona St | OG | Value | +88 |
| 2016 | 6 | 199 | Cody Core | Ole Miss | WR | Reach | -54 |
| 2016 | 7 | 245 | Clayton Fejedelem | Illinois | S | Reach | -76 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2015 | 1 | 21 | Cedric Ogbuehi | Texas A&M | OT | Reach | -53 |
| 2015 | 2 | 53 | Jake Fisher | Oregon | OT | Value | +23 |
| 2015 | 3 | 85 | Tyler Kroft | Rutgers | TE | Reach | -25 |
| 2015 | 3 | 99 | Paul Dawson | TCU | ILB | Value | +32 |
| 2015 | 4 | 120 | Josh Shaw | USC | CB | Value | +41 |
| 2015 | 4 | 135 | Marcus Hardison | Arizona St | DL3T | Value | +47 |
| 2015 | 5 | 157 | C.J. Uzomah | Auburn | TE | Reach | -84 |
| 2015 | 6 | 197 | Derron Smith | Fresno St | S | Value | +90 |
| 2015 | 7 | 238 | Mario Alford | West Virginia | WRS | Value | -13 |
| YEAR | RD | PK | NAME | SCHOOL | PSN | R/V | RV Val |
| 2014 | 1 | 24 | Darqueze Dennard | Michigan State | CB | Value | +14 |
| 2014 | 2 | 55 | Jeremy Hill | LSU | RB | Reach | -44 |
| 2014 | 3 | 88 | Will Clarke | West Virginia | EDGE | Value | +21 |
| 2014 | 4 | 111 | Russell Bodine | North Carolina | OC | Reach | -88 |
| 2014 | 5 | 164 | A.J. McCarron | Alabama | QB | Value | +76 |
| 2014 | 6 | 212 | Marquis Flowers | Arizona | OLB | Reach | -90 |
| 2014 | 7 | 239 | James Wright | LSU | WR | Reach | -46 |
| 2014 | 7 | 252 | Lavelle Westbrooks | Georgia Southern | CB | Reach | -104 |