The 2026 NFL draft cycle is gaining steam. The college playoffs roll on until a champion is crowned on January 19. After that, the draft calendar turns attention to the all-star game circuit in late January.

Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Noah Thomas has officially declared for the 2026 NFL Draft following the Dawgs 2025 college football season.

These 15 wide receivers have finished the season strong. Week 18 is always a strange one, so this article will focus more on how they were performing prior to the final week of the season. Let's dive in!

The NFL world received heartbreaking news this week involving former wide receiver Jordan Shipley. Shipley, a former national champion at Texas, was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals with the 84th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.

The Kansas City Chiefs wideout has had a troubled career that included a plea deal for a 2024 car crash in Dallas.

This year, Detroit Lions wide receivers Isaac TeSlaa, Dominic Lovett and Jackson Meeks learned that lesson the hard way. Prior to the team's final regular season game, the trio of wideouts were facing an enormous bill rung up by teammate Amon-Ra St. Brown and other wideouts -- or so they thought.

Embree spent seven seasons with the Chiefs and 2025 was his third year as the team’s wide receivers coach. Under his coaching leadership, the Chiefs failed to have a 1,000-yard receiver in any of the three seasons and struggled with drops throughout his tenure.

Jordan Shipley, 40, was in an accident Tuesday near his hometown of Burnet, according to a family statement shared by University of Texas Senior Associate Athletics Director John Bianco. Shipley was working on a machine on his ranch when it reportedly caught fire.

Ohio State has been taking some tough losses at the wide receiver position, with the departure of future first-round pick Carnell Tate to the NFL Draft, five-st