Archers Select Aidan Maguire 1st Overall in 2026 PLL College Draft
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The 2026 Premier Lacrosse League College Draft will see 32 players over four rounds enter the PLL player pool ahead of the 2026 season, a historic one for the league that begins earlier than ever before.
USA Lacrosse Magazine is following the draft live, and the below draft table will be updated in real time with each pick.
Follow along to see which players will continue their professional lacrosse dreams — and which teams will load up for a potential championship runs this summer.
He won't be available this year due to his recovery from an ACL injury, but Will Schaller could be a future difference-maker for the Archers.
That's three Syracuse players in the first 11 picks after the Whipsnakes' selection of defenseman Billy Dwan III. He and Spallina will be teammates on the Whips, continuing their bond former at Syracuse.
The first surprise of the draft came when the Denver Outlaws dealt three picks to trade up and select Evan Plunkett from Army. It is an interesting move considered the midfielder will have Army service commitments at some point he will need to fulfill.
The first three picks were rapid-fire out of the gate — and history was made at No. 1.
Duke SSDM Aidan Maguire became the first-ever shortie to be drafted first overall in a professional lacrosse draft, taken by the Utah Archers.
The Boston Cannons followed by taking Mikey Weisshaar to fill out a dual attack-midfield role, and the Maryland Whipsnakes selected Syracuse attackman Joey Spallina third. It appears as if Redwoods GM Joey Spallina's attempt to trade up in the draft were not fruitful.
Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah Archers | Aidan Maguire | SSDM | Duke |
| 2 | Boston Cannons | Mikey Weisshaar | Midfield | Towson |
| 3 | Maryland Whipsnakes | Joey Spallina | Attack | Syracuse |
| 4 | Denver Outlaws | Evan Plunkett | Midfield | Army |
| 5 | Philadelphia Waterdogs | Silas Richmond | Attack | UAlbany |
| 6 | California Redwoods | Michael Leo | Midfield | Syracuse |
| 7 | Carolina Chaos | Chad Palumbo | Midfield | Princeton |
| 8 | New York Atlas | Alex Ross | Defense | Penn State |
| 9 | Utah Archers | Ryan Stines | Attack | Utah |
| 10 | Boston Cannons | Hunter Smith | Defense | Richmond |
| 11 | Maryland Whipsnakes | Billy Dwan III | Defense | Syracuse |
| 12 | Carolina Chaos | Ty English | SSDM | North Carolina |
| 13 | Philadelphia Waterdogs | Matt Collison | Midfield | Johns Hopkins |
| 14 | California Redwoods | Cullen Brown | Defense | Ohio State |
| 15 | Boston Cannons | Will Donovan | LSM | Notre Dame |
| 16 | New York Atlas | Luke Rhoa | Midfield | Syracuse |
| 17 | Utah Archers | Will Schaller | Defense | Maryland |
| 18 | Boston Cannons | Logan Ip | Midfield | Harvard |
| 19 | Maryland Whipsnakes | Blake Eiland | SSDM | Ohio State |
| 20 | Boston Cannons | Jack Regnery | Attack | Tufts |
| 21 | Philadelphia Waterdogs | Josh Yago | Attack | Notre Dame |
| 22 | Carolina Chaos | Eric Spanos | Attack | Maryland |
| 23 | Philadelphia Waterdogs | Brendan Staub | LSM | Cornell |
| 24 | New York Atlas | Nikko DiPonio | LSM | Utah |
| 25 | Utah Archers | Leo Johnson | Attack | Maryland |
| 26 | California Redwoods | Marcus Wertheim | Midfield | Brown |
| 27 | Maryland Whipsnakes | Eric Kolar | SSDM | Maryland |
| 28 | Carolina Chaos | Peter Detwiler | SSDM | Marquette |
| 29 | Philadelphia Waterdogs | Kyle Lewis | Midfield | Adelphi |
| 30 | California Redwoods | Dante Bowen | Midfield | Syracuse |
| 31 | Denver Outlaws | Jack Taylor | Midfield | Jacksonville |
| 32 | Maryland Whipsnakes | Braden Erksa | Attack | Maryland |
April 14, 2026
Pick 4: Acquired by Denver from Carolina. Carolina received No. 7, No. 22 and No. 28 overall picks in 2026.
June 9, 2025
Pick 22: Acquired by Denver from California. California received Sam Handley.
March 21, 2025
Pick 26: Acquired by California from Boston, alongside No. 3 overall pick in 2025. Boston received Owen Grant.
March 14, 2025
Pick 28: Acquired by Denver from Carolina. Carolina received Josh Zawada.
March 3, 2025
Pick 20: Acquired by Boston from Carolina. Carolina received Carter Parlette and Chris Aslanian.
November 7, 2024
Pick 15: Acquired by Boston from Denver, alongside Denver's 2025 first-round pick. Denver received Pat Kavanagh.
Kenny DeJohn has been the Digital Content Editor at USA Lacrosse since 2019. First introduced to lacrosse in 2016 as a Newsday Sports reporter on Long Island (yes, ON Long Island), DeJohn specializes in women's game coverage. His search for New York quality pizza in Baltimore is ongoing.
