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2026 fantasy football rookie outlooks for Jeremiyah Love, Jonah Coleman, Nicholas Singleton. Should you draft these NFL rookie RBs for 2026 fantasy dynasty rookie drafts?
With the fantasy football redraft season in the books, managers are beginning to turn their attention to the 2026 dynasty fantasy football rookie drafts. This season, the running back position is not as deep as it was in 2025, but it still has several high-end options.
In this piece, we will analyze three of the top running back prospects in this year's draft and determine if managers should select them in their 2026 fantasy football rookie drafts.
Should you draft Love, Coleman, or Singleton? What are their fantasy football outlooks? Let's answer those questions below.
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Jeremiyah Love 2026 Fantasy Football Outlook
Jeremiyah Love is not only the most explosive offensive player in the 2026 class, but he has separated himself from the rest of the running back field, making the 1.01 feel borderline ceremonial.
Love is 100% scheme-agnostic, seeing a healthy blend of zone and gap concepts across his three seasons at Notre Dame while consistently making himself an option in the passing game. He’s decisive and physical, and has game speed that shows up with the pads on.
He was the only player in the country to rush for 1,000 yards while averaging at least 6.5 yards per carry, scoring double-digit touchdowns, and forcing 50-plus missed tackles. And he’s done it in back-to-back seasons, clearing most of those thresholds comfortably.
There are years where the 1.01 is up for debate. This is not one of them.
Jonah Coleman 2026 Fantasy Football Outlook
Speaking of bullies coming out of Washington, the 5-foot-9, 228-pound Jonah Coleman plays with a density and violence that makes every carry feel like a fist fight.
Make that 2️⃣ TDs for Jonah Coleman 🙌 @UW_Football
📺: @BigTenNetwork pic.twitter.com/n8SAMwnwKJ
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) October 25, 2025
An absurd 82.8% of his career yardage has come after first contact or after the catch, which absolutely tracks when you watch defenders bounce off of him like some sort of obstacle on Wipeout.
He boasts three straight seasons with at least 1,000 yards from scrimmage, dating back to his sophomore season at Arizona. His fast eyes and feet allow him to hit lanes quickly and decisively, and he becomes harder to tackle the longer the game goes on.
He’s not a home-run hitter, but in the right landing spot, Coleman profiles as an early-down hammer with unbreakable volume upside, in the vein of a rookie-year Tyler Allgeier. He will be a name to closely monitor at the Senior Bowl.
Nicholas Singleton 2026 Fantasy Football Outlook
Here's the most controversial pick of this entire article: Penn State running back Nicholas Singleton, who was a clear first-round rookie pick if he'd come out of school a year ago but who is having a disaster of a senior season.
Part of that is that the Penn State coaching staff seems to prefer Kaytron Allen, but that doesn't explain everything, like how Singleton averaged 6.4 yards per carry last season but has dropped down to 3.6 this year. That's especially concerning because, as a freshman, he averaged 6.8 yards per carry before a sophomore slump where he dropped to 4.4.
TOUCHDOWN NICK SINGLETON! BEAUTIFULLY BLOCKED pic.twitter.com/t2pwkG97PM
— LandonTengwall (@LandonTengwall) January 1, 2025
If he can play his best football consistently, he can be a star in the NFL, but he's just been way, way too uneven to really trust at this point. He'll be a risky late first/early second in rookie drafts.
NFL Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Football (Pre-NFL Draft)
| Tier | Rank | Player Name | Pos. |
| 1 | 1 | Jeremiyah Love | RB |
| 2 | 2 | Jordyn Tyson | WR |
| 2 | 3 | Carnell Tate | WR |
| 2 | 4 | Makai Lemon | WR |
| 3 | 5 | Denzel Boston | WR |
| 3 | 6 | Jadarian Price | RB |
| 3 | 7 | Justice Haynes | RB |
| 3 | 8 | KC Concepcion | WR |
| 4 | 9 | Jonah Coleman | RB |
| 4 | 10 | Nicholas Singleton | RB |
| 4 | 11 | Chris Brazzell II | WR |
| 4 | 12 | Dante Moore | QB |
| 4 | 13 | Fernando Mendoza | QB |
| 5 | 14 | Kenyon Sadiq | TE |
| 5 | 15 | Germie Bernard | WR |
| 5 | 16 | Eli Stowers | TE |
| 5 | 17 | Ty Simpson | QB |
| 5 | 18 | Chris Bell | WR |
| 5 | 19 | Elijah Sarratt | WR |
| 6 | 20 | Ja'Kobi Lane | WR |
| 6 | 21 | LJ Martin | RB |
| 6 | 22 | Emmett Johnson | RB |
| 6 | 23 | Kaytron Allen | RB |
| 6 | 24 | Malachi Fields | WR |
| 7 | 25 | Eric Singleton Jr. | WR |
| 7 | 26 | Max Klare | TE |
| 7 | 27 | Omar Cooper Jr. | WR |
| 7 | 28 | Zachariah Branch | WR |
| 7 | 29 | Antonio Williams | WR |
| 7 | 30 | Josh Cameron | WR |
| 7 | 31 | Garrett Nussmeier | QB |
| 8 | 32 | CJ Daniels | WR |
| 8 | 33 | Demond Claiborne | RB |
| 8 | 34 | Caleb Douglas | WR |
| 8 | 35 | Skyler Bell | WR |
| 8 | 36 | Michael Trigg | TE |
| 8 | 37 | Ian Strong | WR |
| 8 | 38 | Kevin Coleman Jr. | WR |
| 8 | 39 | Darius Taylor | RB |
| 9 | 40 | Bryce Lance | WR |
| 9 | 41 | Cade Klubnik | QB |
| 9 | 42 | Jake Endries | TE |
| 9 | 43 | Le'Veon Moss | RB |
| 9 | 44 | Brenen Thompson | WR |
| 9 | 45 | J'Mari Taylor | RB |
| 9 | 46 | Jam Miller | RB |
| 9 | 47 | Carson Beck | QB |
| 9 | 48 | Drew Allar | QB |
| 9 | 49 | Eric Rivers | WR |
| 9 | 50 | Nic Anderson | WR |
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