2026 NFL season

The 2026 NFL draft was the 91st annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The event was held in Pittsburgh on April 23–25. The time between first-round selections was shortened from 10 minutes to 8 minutes. Times between selections in other rounds remained unchanged.

Super Bowl LXI is the planned American football championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2026 season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. This will be the ninth Super Bowl hosted by the Greater Los Angeles area, and the second at this venue, the first being Super Bowl LVI in 2022. It will also be the first Super Bowl to be played on both Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day weekend.

2026 National Football League season