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Fantasy Football Rookie Rankings for 2026 Drafts and Keeper Leagues

We now know where all of the key NFL rookies will play in 2026, giving fantasy football managers a better sense of how each landing spot affects early value. Plenty will change over the coming months as on-field practices begin, depth charts take shape, and coaching staffs define roles, but the first version of rookie rankings is already worth sorting through for the season ahead and beyond.

Fantasy Football Rookie Redraft Rankings for 2026

RkPlayerPosTm

1

Fernando Mendoza

QB

LV

2

Cade Klubnik

QB

NYJ

3

Carson Beck

QB

ARI

4

Drew Allar

QB

PIT

5

Taylen Green

QB

CLE

6

Ty Simpson

QB

LAR

7

Garrett Nussmeier

QB

KC

Rk

Player

Pos

Tm

1

Jeremiyah Love

RB

ARI

2

Jadarian Price

RB

SEA

3

Kaelon Black

RB

SF

4

Adam Randall

RB

BAL

5

Kaytron Allen

RB

WAS

6

Demond Claiborne

RB

MIN

7

Mike Washington Jr.

RB

LV

8

Jonah Coleman

RB

DEN

9

Nicholas Singleton

RB

TEN

10

Emmett Johnson

RB

KC

Rk

Player

Pos

Tm

1

Jordyn Tyson

WR

NO

2

Carnell Tate

WR

TEN

3

Makai Lemon

WR

PHI

4

Germie Bernard

WR

PIT

5

KC Concepcion

WR

CLE

6

Antonio Williams

WR

WAS

7

Omar Cooper Jr.

WR

NYJ

8

Caleb Douglas

WR

MIA

9

Denzel Boston

WR

CLE

10

CJ Daniels

WR

LAR

11

Malachi Fields

WR

NYG

12

Chris Brazzell II

WR

CAR

13

Zachariah Branch

WR

ATL

14

Skyler Bell

WR

BUF

15

Ted Hurst

WR

TB

16

Brenen Thompson

WR

LAC

17

Kendrick Law

WR

DET

18

De'Zhaun Stribling

WR

SF

19

Cyrus Allen

WR

KC

20

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR

BAL

Rk

Player

Pos

Tm

1

Kenyon Sadiq

TE

NYJ

2

Matthew Hibner

TE

BAL

3

Eli Stowers

TE

PHI

4

Eli Raridon

TE

NE

5

Seydou Traore

TE

MIA

6

Josh Cuevas

TE

BAL

7

Justin Joly

TE

DEN

8

Oscar Delp

TE

NO

9

Joe Royer

TE

CLE

10

Marlin Klein

TE

HOU

11

Max Klare

TE

LAR

12

Sam Roush

TE

CHI

Fantasy Football Rankings for 2026 Keeper/Dynasty Leagues

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RkPlayerPosTm

1

Fernando Mendoza

QB

LV

2

Carson Beck

QB

ARI

3

Ty Simpson

QB

LAR

4

Drew Allar

QB

PIT

5

Cade Klubnik

QB

NYJ

6

Taylen Green

QB

CLE

7

Garrett Nussmeier

QB

KC

Rk

Player

Pos

Tm

1

Jeremiyah Love

RB

ARI

2

Jadarian Price

RB

SEA

3

Demond Claiborne

RB

MIN

4

Jonah Coleman

RB

DEN

5

Mike Washington Jr.

RB

LV

6

Emmett Johnson

RB

KC

7

Nicholas Singleton

RB

TEN

8

Kaelon Black

RB

SF

9

Adam Randall

RB

BAL

10

Kaytron Allen

RB

WAS

Rk

Player

Pos

Tm

1

Jordyn Tyson

WR

NO

2

Makai Lemon

WR

PHI

3

Germie Bernard

WR

PIT

4

KC Concepcion

WR

CLE

5

Antonio Williams

WR

WAS

6

Omar Cooper Jr.

WR

NYJ

7

Carnell Tate

WR

TEN

8

Chris Brazzell II

WR

CAR

9

Zachariah Branch

WR

ATL

10

Skyler Bell

WR

BUF

11

Denzel Boston

WR

CLE

12

Cyrus Allen

WR

KC

13

Kendrick Law

WR

DET

14

Caleb Douglas

WR

MIA

15

CJ Daniels

WR

LAR

16

De'Zhaun Stribling

WR

SF

17

Malachi Fields

WR

NYG

18

Chris Bell

WR

MIA

19

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR

BAL

20

Ted Hurst

WR

TB

21

Brenen Thompson

WR

LAC

Rk

Player

Pos

Tm

1

Kenyon Sadiq

TE

NYJ

2

Eli Stowers

TE

PHI

3

Matthew Hibner

TE

BAL

4

Eli Raridon

TE

NE

5

Justin Joly

TE

DEN

6

Oscar Delp

TE

NO

7

Seydou Traore

TE

MIA

8

Josh Cuevas

TE

BAL

9

Marlin Klein

TE

HOU

10

Joe Royer

TE

CLE

11

Max Klare

TE

LAR

12

Sam Roush

TE

CHI

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This story was originally published April 28, 2026 at 2:29 PM.

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