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Big 12 Bolsters NFL Draft Portfolio With Eight Selections on Day Two

PITTSBURGH – Eight more players from the Big 12 Conference heard their names called on the second day of the 2026 NFL Draft, which included five selections in the second round and three in the third.

The Conference’s five picks in the second round gave it 11 selections in the first and second rounds. That total equaled its highest since the 2005 NFL Draft, matching the 2011 draft.

Through the first three rounds, Texas Tech leads all Big 12 programs with five total selections. Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, defensive lineman Lee Hunter, edge rusher Romello Height and wide receiver Caleb Douglas were the Red Raiders’ quartet of picks on Friday after edge rusher David Bailey went No. 2 overall on Thursday.

                                                                Big 12 Selections on Day Two
2nd Round (38th pick) Defensive Back Treydan Stukes Arizona Las Vegas Raiders
2nd Round (43rd pick) Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez Texas Tech Miami Dolphins
2nd Round (49th pick) Defensive Lineman Lee Hunter Texas Tech Carolina Panthers
2nd Round (51st pick) Linebacker Jake Golday Cincinnati Minnesota Vikings
2nd Round (64th pick) Safety Bud Clark TCU Seattle Seahawks
3rd Round (70th pick) Defensive End Romello Height Texas Tech San Francisco 49ers
3rd Round (75th pick) Wide Receiver Caleb Douglas Texas Tech Miami Dolphins
3rd Round (82nd pick) Defensive Lineman Domonique Orange Iowa State Minnesota Vikings
 
Of the Big 12’s 14 draft selections through the first three rounds, nine have come from the defensive side of the ball.
The Big 12 Conference had six players taken in Thursday’s first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, led by a trio of selections in the top 10. The six first round picks match the Conference’s high since 2011, alongside the 2023 draft.

After Bailey was selected by the New York Jets before Arizona State’s Jordyn Tyson went eighth to the New Orleans Saints and Utah’s Spencer Fano was picked ninth by the Cleveland Browns. The three marked the most top-10 picks for the Conference since the 2012 NFL Draft.

Three Big 12 players were selected in a six-pick span near the end of the first round, beginning with ASU’s Max Iheanachor, who the Pittsburgh Steelers picked at 21st. Malachi Lawrence from UCF went to the Dallas Cowboys with the No. 23 pick, and Caleb Lomu was the second Ute selected when the New England Patriots took him with the 28th overall pick.

The NFL Draft will conclude on Saturday with the remaining four rounds, beginning at 11 a.m. CT on ABC, ESPN and the NFL Network.