Arch Manning Leads a Top 5 Built by 2026’s QB Punts in The Hot List’s Latest NFL Mock Draft
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Arch Manning has not thrown a pass in the 2026 season, and PFSN’s Jacob Infante already has him locked in as the first overall pick a year from now. Infante ran through his top-five 2027 NFL mock draft on the latest Hot List, using the order from PFSN’s mock draft simulator, which seeds teams by Super Bowl odds. The result reads like a referendum on every franchise that punted at quarterback this spring.
Arch Manning Headlines Infante’s 2027 NFL Mock Draft
Manning goes to Arizona at No. 1, and the logic starts with the veteran holding the job. “You could do worse than Jacoby Brissett, but you could certainly do better, and he’s gonna be 34 years old in December,” Infante said.
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The Cardinals released Kyler Murray in March and handed Brissett the offense on a short-term deal, the kind of setup that looks built to expire when a 2027 quarterback arrives. Infante sees Manning as that answer, praising his arm talent, athleticism and “good pre-[snap] processing,” while granting he stays “a little bit of a work in progress” with “serious number 1 pick potential.”
Miami lands the draft’s top skill player at No. 2 in Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith. Infante did not soften his read of the roster around Malik Willis, who signed a three-year, $67.5 million deal after the Dolphins tore the offense down to the studs. “That Dolphins roster is trash,” Infante said.
“You’re looking at a team with no proven veteran wide receivers.” With Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle gone and Jalen Tolbert and Tutu Atwell brought in to headline the room, Smith would walk in as an immediate WR1. Infante slotted him in a tier with Ja’Marr Chase, Jaylen Waddle and Marvin Harrison Jr., then went further, predicting Smith outproduces Harrison right out of the gate.
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The Jets take Oregon’s Dante Moore third, another team tied to a stopgap. New York traded for Geno Smith in March, and Infante is not sold. “Geno Smith is not that guy,” he said, noting Smith finished 35th of 38 qualified passers in PFSN’s QB Impact scoring. “There’s a very real argument that Moore should be QB1 in this class.” Moore’s arm and athleticism give him a franchise-quarterback ceiling, even if the decision-making needs cleaning up.
Dylan Stewart, Cam Coleman Round Out the Top 5
Cleveland breaks the quarterback run at No. 4, and Infante leaned into the trenches. He does not see a passer worth a top-five pick beyond Manning and Moore, so he would rather grab a blue-chip rusher than reach. South Carolina’s Dylan Stewart fits. “You’ve seen the last two Super Bowl champions, the Seahawks and the Eagles,” Infante said.
“Both of them did it with help of really deep, loaded defensive lines.” Pairing Stewart with Jared Verse, acquired in the June trade that shipped Myles Garrett to Los Angeles, would hand the Browns a real edge tandem after an offense-heavy 2026 haul.
The Raiders close the top five with Texas receiver Cam Coleman at No. 5, reuniting him with Manning, his new quarterback in Austin after this offseason’s transfer from Auburn. Las Vegas built its line around an $81 million bet on center Tyler Linderbaum and made Fernando Mendoza the No. 1 overall pick, but the receiver room still runs through Tre Tucker, Jack Bech and Jalen Nailor. Infante wants a true No. 1. He granted that Coleman is not as polished as Smith, then made the case anyway: “His contested catch rate in 2025 was 59.1%. He’s somebody who can thrive in those tight windows.”
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Every projection here bends on the 2026 college season, and Infante knows it. He pointed to Mendoza and Cam Ward as recent risers who reshaped their boards in a matter of months. If a new name forces his way in this fall, the top five gets redrawn. For now, it captures a league quietly stacking bridge quarterbacks and waiting on the class that could replace them.