RotoBaller's fantasy football dynasty rankings for 2026. These top 80 updated staff rankings are from after the NFL Draft and include all positions.
It's officially June, and while the first full month of rookie draft is in the books, they'll continue all offseason long. We're here to help you nail your picks with our updated dynasty rookie rankings for fantasy football. Making the right picks in each round can set your team up for immediate and future fantasy success.
These updated 2026 rookie rankings are put together by Matt Donnelly, Phil Clark, Jackson Sparks, and Andrew Lalama. These rankings will be updated throughout the offseason, up until the start of the 2026 NFL regular season, based on training camp intel, preseason performances, and more. Below, check out where KC Concepcion, Jadarian Price, Denzel Boston, Germie Bernard, Carnell Tate, and more stand, among all others, in the top 80.
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Fantasy Football Rookie Outlooks, News
Jordyn Tyson, New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints rookie first-round wide receiver Jordyn Tyson practiced on only one day of the Saints' two-day rookie minicamp, and head coach Kellen Moore said he was one of several players on a "maintenance plan" to build them up after a significant time away from football, according to Katherine Terrell of ESPN. Tyson, who was the eighth overall pick in April out of Arizona State, dealt with a hamstring injury during the pre-draft process, so the Saints aren't going to put too much on his plate right away.
The 21-year-old wideout battled several different injuries in college, and his biggest challenge in the NFL will be staying healthy. If healthy, though, Terrell lists Tyson as an immediate starter for the Saints' offense, and he'll get significant snaps next to Chris Olave and whoever wins the No. 3 WR job. Tyson had 1,821 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns on 136 catches in his final two seasons with the Sun Devils, and he has intriguing yards-after-the-catch ability. If he can stay healthy, he should be a nice upside WR3/flex in single-year fantasy leagues in 2026 in the Saints' up-tempo offense.
Elijah Sarratt, Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Elijah Sarratt fell to the fourth round of the 2026 NFL Draft after months of projection as a Day 2 pick, and when he finally came off the board, it was as the second receiver selected by the Ravens. Baltimore spent third-round capital on USC's Ja'Kobi Lane, another big-bodied contested catch specialist who spent most of his collegiate time on the boundary. While the outside is likely where Lane sticks at the next level, Sarratt could be used in more of a jumbo slot role and as a potential replacement for some of the close-to-the-line work vacated by tight end Isaiah Likely.
Sarratt was a consistent chain-mover in college, and while a case could be made for him as the higher upside Ravens rookie, his ceiling could still be capped in the league's only offense to throw the ball at a sub-50% rate in each of the past four seasons. Sarratt is RotoBaller's rookie WR15, and while he has an uphill climb to fantasy relevance, the same can be said of most players going in the late-second to early-third-round range of dynasty rookie drafts.
Skyler Bell, Buffalo Bills
Buffalo wide receiver Skyler Bell is a versatile prospect who has drawn lofty comparisons since the Bills selected him with the 125th pick in the fourth round of the 2026 NFL Draft. He caught over 100 passes in his final season at Connecticut for 1,282 yards and 13 touchdowns, and by most accounts, he has put a shaky rookie minicamp behind him and was seen making plays during Buffalo's final open practice of OTAs on Tuesday. With third-year receiver Keon Coleman absent from the session, Bell reportedly proved a reliable target for Josh Allen in 11-on-11s.
The step up in competition from Connecticut to the NFL is a significant one, but Bell's ability to play both inside and outside will help to create multiple paths to playing time. If he can continue to develop chemistry with the perennial MVP-contender under center, then he has a good chance to emerge from the third round of rookie-only drafts as a steady fantasy contributor.
Ted Hurst, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers spending a third-round pick on perimeter wide receiver Ted Hurst, he steps into the league with colossal shoes to fill. For the first time since 2013, the Buccaneers will be without six-time Pro Bowler Mike Evans, after the 32-year-old wideout signed a three-year deal with the 49ers in free agency. At 6'3" and 206 pounds, Hurst profiles as the most likely player to inherit Evans' X-role on the boundary, but the receiver depth in Tampa runs deep, with a versatile group of pass-catchers capable of playing across the formation.
For Hurst to eventually earn an every-down role in two-receiver sets, his most direct competition could come from third-year receiver Jalen McMillan. Reports out of OTAs have suggested that McMillan has put the neck injury that limited him to only four games in 2025 squarely behind him, and he has looked like the best receiver on the field at times.
A younger prospect, with the bulk of his collegiate success coming as a downfield ball-winner, Hurst profiles as a boom-or-bust receiver who could struggle to consistently reach his ceiling early in his career, but in a weak draft class, he slots in as RotoBaller's rookie WR12.
Kaytron Allen, Washington Commanders
With rookie running back Kaytron Allen lasting all the way to pick No. 187 of the 2026 NFL Draft before the Washington Commanders selected him in the sixth round, he landed in as ideal a situation as can be found for a late Day 3 pick. No running back on the roster handled more than 37% of their team's carries last season, with the Commanders' leading rusher, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, himself a seventh-round pick in 2025. No stranger to working in a committee, Allen set the all-time Penn State rushing record while playing all four of his collegiate seasons alongside 2026 fifth-round pick Nicholas Singleton.
In Washington, he will be battling veteran Jeremy McNichols for the third spot in a rotation alongside Croskey-Merritt and free agent signee Rachaad White, and with White potentially making McNichols' pass-catching role redundant, the edge could go to the rookie. At RotoBaller's dynasty RB40, Allen is not a flashy pick in the middle rounds of rookie-only drafts, but he has one of the clearer paths to immediate fantasy relevance, which is not a luxury to be overlooked in a generally unexciting draft class.
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