Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Rankings for 2026: Kenyon Sadiq, Omar Cooper Jr., Makai Lemon, Jadarian Price, Jonah Coleman

May 26, 2026

Updated fantasy football dynasty rankings for 2026. These top 80 updated staff rankings are from after the NFL Draft and include RB, WR, TE, QB.

The 2026 NFL Draft was a month ago, and dynasty rookie drafts will take place all offseason long, leading up to the regular season. We're here to give you the latest look at the pecking order with our top 80 dynasty rookie rankings for fantasy football.

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 Kenyon Sadiq, Omar Cooper Jr., Makai Lemon, Jadarian Price, Jonah Coleman, and more stand, among all others, in the top 80.

In addition to these rookie rankings, in our 2026 fantasy football rankings dashboard, you will also find our team's Dynasty League rankings. Bookmark that page, and use it to prepare for all of your 2026 fantasy football dynasty league drafts.

NFL Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Football (Post-NFL Draft)

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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.

Antonio Williams, Washington Commanders

Washington Commanders rookie wide receiver Antonio Williams was a productive option out of the slot across three healthy seasons at Clemson, and his landing spot in Washington could allow him to see the field immediately in an offense helmed by one of the most exciting young quarterbacks in the league. In a rookie class with very few prospects to get genuinely excited about, those are at least reasons to look his way in dynasty rookie drafts.

A third-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, Williams ran almost 80% of his routes from the slot, and in Washington, his biggest barriers to immediate playing time are Luke McCaffrey and Jaylin Lane, neither of whom has produced significantly across their three combined seasons with the Commanders. David Blough steps into the offensive coordinator position after two years as the team's assistant quarterbacks coach, so his play-calling tendencies are still a bit of a question mark, but whoever earns the primary slot role could still struggle to find meaningful work in an offense expected to run through Terry McLaurin and a league trending towards heavier personnel usage.

Williams is RotoBaller's rookie WR7, and while he was never a true dominator in college, he at least has a path to step in as the second or third receiving option in an uptrending Washington offense, making him a worthwhile selection at the end of the first or early-second round of rookie drafts.

Seth McGowan, Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis Colts running back Seth McGowan could be in the mix for playing time as a rookie, in addition to being an intriguing long-term stash for dynasty fantasy football. Selected in the seventh round of this year's NFL Draft, McGowan should compete for the backup role behind Jonathan Taylor. He's not the favorite to back up Taylor, as DJ Giddens and Ulysses Bentley both have a leg up on McGowan because of their NFL experience, but he's in the mix nonetheless.

After all, McGowan has shown that he can produce against higher levels of competition. Last year at Kentucky, he tallied 725 rushing yards, 126 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns. Taylor is the only Colts running back who should be started on a weekly basis, but whichever running back ends up being his handcuff represents a very encouraging stash in dynasty leagues. McGowan projects as an early fourth-round pick in 2026 fantasy football rookie drafts.

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