College Football Has Been Accused Of 'Ruining' The 2026 NFL Draft

The 2026 NFL Draft is in the books.

The seventh and final round of the 2026 NFL Draft wrapped up on Saturday evening. It was a three-day affair in Pittsburgh. Fernando Mendoza went No. 1 overall to the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday evening.

Meanwhile, the final four rounds - Rounds 4 through 7 - took place on Saturday afternoon. A lot of talented players were scooped up by teams over the course of the three-day NFL Draft.

But college football has been accused of "ruining" it.

College football and its NIL model is keeping a lot of talented players in school for longer than they would have been previously.

The NFL does not like this.

Teams around the league are fed up with the state of college football, as they believe it's harming the NFL product, at least when it comes to the NFL Draft.

NFL is fed up with state of college football

"I talked to an NFL scout last week...," Andrew Brandt said.

"Last year rounds 6 and 7 wiped out from NFL, this year rounds four through seven wiped out from NIL."

College football fans don't seem to care, though.

"Truly breaks my heart seeing the NFL suffer like this," one fan joked.

"No multi-hundred-billion dollar company should ever be forced to build and develop their own product, what kind of sick world is that?!" another fan joked.

"This is a temporary gap caused by players being able to get NIL all the sudden. All this will do is shift the average age of NFL draftees to a little older but eventually they all run out of years in college and move up and the gap closes," another fan pointed out.

Poor NFL, for sure.

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This story was originally published April 26, 2026 at 9:03 AM.