Nate Tice’s 2027 big board expands past 60: Mestemaker is QB1 at No. 5, Manning stays eighth and Austin Simmons jumps to 12

Nate Tice has expanded his 2027 NFL Draft big board from a preseason top 30 into a midseason list of more than 60 prospects, and the quarterback order is the clearest contrast with the other free board we covered this week. Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker is still QB1 at No. 5. Texas’s Arch Manning stays inside the top 10 at No. 8. Missouri’s Austin Simmons jumps to No. 12.

Tice published the board late Friday into Saturday and said he is ranking everyone as if they will declare. He notes that many of these players, especially the quarterbacks, could still return to school or transfer, which is why a midseason board stays fluid.

Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith is No. 1 again. Tice calls him a gravity-shifter who changes the math for both the offense and the defense, with a Julio Jones-level physical profile and, at worst, a Josh Gordon-like floor.

The top 10

Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore is No. 2. Tice writes that Moore has a chance to be one of the best corner prospects he has ever studied, with length, range and the ability to shadow top receivers or work from the slot. South Carolina edge rusher Dylan Stewart is No. 3, ahead of Texas’s Colin Simmons at No. 6.

LSU tackle Jordan Seaton is No. 4 — four spots ahead of where Eric Edholm had him on the top-50 board we published Saturday — and Indiana receiver Charlie Becker is No. 7. Mestemaker is the only quarterback ahead of Manning.

Rank	Player	Position	School
1	Jeremiah Smith	WR	Ohio State
2	Leonard Moore	CB	Notre Dame
3	Dylan Stewart	Edge	South Carolina
4	Jordan Seaton	OT	LSU
5	Drew Mestemaker	QB	Oklahoma State
6	Colin Simmons	Edge	Texas
7	Charlie Becker	WR	Indiana
8	Arch Manning	QB	Texas
9	Zereoue Williams	OT	Utah
10	Chris Cole	LB	Georgia

Georgia linebacker Chris Cole is No. 10. Utah tackle Zereoue Williams, a former basketball player still tapping into his upside, is No. 9, well ahead of Edholm’s No. 23.

Where the quarterbacks land

Eight quarterbacks make Tice’s top 50. Manning is the biggest separator from Edholm’s board, where he had slid to No. 18. Tice still likes the size, athleticism and willingness to push the ball, even when the Texas offense has made life harder.

Austin Simmons is No. 12 overall. Tice notes that Simmons has reportedly re-signed with Missouri for 2027 with a caveat that he can still explore the draft after the season, and he kept the ranking in place. He calls Simmons’s high-end throws as good as you will see and says the arm talent and ball placement keep windows alive.

Quarterback	Tice board (Nov. 6–7)	Edholm board (Nov. 5)
Drew Mestemaker	No. 5	No. 5
Arch Manning	No. 8	No. 18
Austin Simmons	No. 12	No. 20
Trinidad Chambliss	No. 16	No. 12
LaNorris Sellers	No. 19	Not in Edholm top 50
Dante Moore	No. 38	No. 27
Darian Mensah	No. 39	No. 22
CJ Carr	No. 40	No. 25

Ole Miss’s Trinidad Chambliss is No. 16. Tice acknowledges the age and size questions but compares the game to Jeff Garcia and says Chambliss rocks as a pocket operator. South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers is No. 19 — not on Edholm’s top 50 — after Tice said he was giving Sellers until Halloween to show more consistency and now feels encouraged by the decisiveness over the past month.

Oregon’s Dante Moore (No. 38), Miami’s Darian Mensah (No. 39) and Notre Dame’s CJ Carr (No. 40) sit together near the end of the top 40. That is a sharp drop from Edholm, who had Mensah at 22 and Carr at 25.

just double checking (especially after putting him at 12 overall on the updated board) https://t.co/XZfC6NZRN3

— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) November 7, 2026

Risers beyond the quarterbacks

LSU receiver Jackson Harris is No. 15. Tice says he loves the combination of size, hands and agility, and he followed up on the board by posting that Harris landed 15th. Oklahoma defensive lineman David Stone is No. 14, and Miami’s Ahmad Moten Sr. is No. 18 as a disruptive interior piece.

Texas tackle Melvin Siani is No. 20 after kicking to left tackle when Trevor Goosby was hurt. Goosby himself is No. 41 on Tice’s board after the knee injury. Notre Dame edge Boubacar Traore is No. 27, and California safety Kingston Lopa is No. 33 as one of Tice’s biggest risers on size and versatility.

Jackson Harris ended up as player 15 on my updated big board. Just love his combination of size, hands, and agility. pic.twitter.com/Zy959qlqSV

— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) November 7, 2026

Picks 11 to 50

Rank	Player	Position	School
11	Ashton Hampton	CB	Clemson
12	Austin Simmons	QB	Missouri
13	Will Echoles	DT	Ole Miss
14	David Stone	DL	Oklahoma
15	Jackson Harris	WR	LSU
16	Trinidad Chambliss	QB	Ole Miss
17	Greg Johnson	IOL	Minnesota
18	Ahmad Moten Sr.	DT	Miami
19	LaNorris Sellers	QB	South Carolina
20	Melvin Siani	OT	Texas
21	Lance Heard	OT	Kentucky
22	Xavier Gilliam	DT	Tennessee
23	Nick Marsh	WR	Indiana
24	Ellis Robinson IV	CB	Georgia
25	Jadan Baugh	RB	Florida
26	Kelley Jones	CB	Mississippi State
27	Boubacar Traore	Edge	Notre Dame
28	Jamari Johnson	TE	Oregon
29	Trey’Dez Green	TE	LSU
30	Tae Johnson	S	Notre Dame
31	Trevor Lauck	OT	Iowa
32	Sebastian Cheeks	Edge	Wisconsin
33	Kingston Lopa	S	California
34	Yhonzae Pierre	Edge	Alabama
35	Reed Harris	WR	Arizona State
36	Cam Coleman	WR	Texas
37	Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	LB	Notre Dame
38	Dante Moore	QB	Oregon
39	Darian Mensah	QB	Miami
40	CJ Carr	QB	Notre Dame
41	Trevor Goosby	OT	Texas
42	Sahir West	Edge	UCLA
43	Bear Alexander	DT	Oregon
44	Cayden Green	OG	Missouri
45	A’Mauri Washington	DT	Oregon
46	Luke Reynolds	TE	Virginia Tech
47	Justin Scott	DT	Miami
48	KJ Bolden	S	Georgia
49	Vicari Swain	CB	South Carolina
50	DJ Vonnahme	TE	Iowa

How it lines up with Edholm’s top 10

Both boards keep Smith, Moore and Stewart 1-2-3. After that they split. Tice has Seaton fourth and Mestemaker fifth; Edholm had Becker fourth and Mestemaker fifth with Seaton ninth. Manning is eighth for Tice and 18th for Edholm. Austin Simmons is 12th for Tice and 20th for Edholm.

Player	Tice	Edholm
Jeremiah Smith	No. 1	No. 1
Leonard Moore	No. 2	No. 2
Dylan Stewart	No. 3	No. 3
Jordan Seaton	No. 4	No. 9
Drew Mestemaker	No. 5	No. 5
Colin Simmons	No. 6	No. 6
Charlie Becker	No. 7	No. 4
Arch Manning	No. 8	No. 18
Zereoue Williams	No. 9	No. 23
Chris Cole	No. 10	No. 10
Austin Simmons	No. 12	No. 20
Trinidad Chambliss	No. 16	No. 12
LaNorris Sellers	No. 19	Outside top 50
Darian Mensah	No. 39	No. 22
CJ Carr	No. 40	No. 25

Tice also lists names 51 through the low 60s beyond this table, including Arizona State’s Omarion Miller, Clemson’s Corey Myrick and Sammy Brown, and Iowa interior lineman Kade Pieper. He says the board will keep moving as the college season and the declaration window evolve.