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2026 Dynasty Rookie Rankings

52 players ranked · 1QB · updated September 2026

LMD's own dynasty rankings for the incoming 2026 class, priced from draft capital and placed on the same 1QB board as every veteran. A model's view of long-term value: not an ADP, not a consensus, and not a market price list.

2026 Dynasty Rookie Rankings -- rank, player, team, position, age and tier.
# Pos Player Age Draft Tier Overall
1 RB Jeremiyah LoveARIRookie · 1.03 21 1.03 1 14
2 WR Carnell TateTENRookie · 1.04 21 1.04 2 23
3 WR Jordyn TysonNORookie · 1.08 22 1.08 3 41
4 QB Fernando MendozaLVRookie · 1.01 22 1.01 4 52
5 RB Jadarian PriceSEARookie · 1.32 22 1.32 5 67
6 WR Makai LemonPHIRookie · 1.20 22 1.20 6 79
7 WR KC ConcepcionCLERookie · 1.24 21 1.24 7 89
8 TE Kenyon SadiqNYJRookie · 1.16 21 1.16 8 95
9 WR Omar Cooper Jr.NYJRookie · 1.30 22 1.30 9 101
10 WR De'Zhaun StriblingSFRookie · 2.01 23 2.01 10 106
11 WR Denzel BostonCLERookie · 2.07 22 2.07 11 118
12 QB Ty SimpsonLARRookie · 1.13 23 1.13 11 119
13 WR Germie BernardPITRookie · 2.15 22 2.15 12 132
14 RB Kaelon BlackSFRookie · 3.26 24 3.26 13 138
15 RB Jonah ColemanDENRookie · 4.12 23 4.12 14 151
16 RB Mike Washington Jr.LVRookie · 4.26 23 4.26 15 158
17 WR Antonio WilliamsWASRookie · 3.07 22 3.07 15 159
18 WR Malachi FieldsNYGRookie · 3.10 23 3.10 16 162
19 WR Caleb DouglasMIARookie · 3.11 22 3.11 16 163
20 WR Zachariah BranchATLRookie · 3.15 22 3.15 17 169
21 WR Ja'Kobi LaneBALRookie · 3.16 22 3.16 17 172
22 WR Chris Brazzell IICARRookie · 3.19 22 3.19 18 180
23 WR Ted Hurst IIITBRookie · 3.20 22 3.20 18 184
24 WR Zavion ThomasCHIRookie · 3.25 22 3.25 19 192
25 TE Eli StowersPHIRookie · 2.22 23 2.22 19 196
26 TE Nate BoerkircherJAXRookie · 2.24 24 2.24 20 199
27 WR Chris BellMIARookie · 3.30 22 3.30 20 203
28 RB Max BredesonMINRookie · 5.31 23 5.31 20 205
29 RB Emmett JohnsonKCRookie · Round 5, pick 161 22 Round 5, pick 161 21 207
30 RB Nicholas SingletonTENRookie · Round 5, pick 165 22 Round 5, pick 165 22 208
31 QB Carson BeckARIRookie · 3.01 24 3.01 22 209
32 TE Marlin KleinHOURookie · 2.27 23 2.27 22 210
33 TE Riley NowakowskiPITRookie · Round 5, pick 169 24 Round 5, pick 169 22 211
34 TE Max KlareLARRookie · 2.29 23 2.29 23 214
35 RB Adam RandallBALRookie · Round 5, pick 174 22 Round 5, pick 174 23 219
36 WR Brenen ThompsonLACRookie · 4.09 23 4.09 24 222
37 QB Drew AllarPITRookie · 3.12 22 3.12 25 228
38 RB Kaytron AllenWASRookie · 6.27 23 6.27 26 229
39 TE Sam RoushCHIRookie · 3.05 22 3.05 26 230
40 RB Demond ClaiborneMINRookie · Round 6, pick 198 22 Round 6, pick 198 27 233
41 WR Elijah SarrattBALRookie · 4.19 23 4.19 27 236
42 TE Oscar DelpNORookie · 3.09 23 3.09 28 241
43 WR Kaden WetjenPITRookie · 4.25 24 4.25 29 244
44 WR Skyler BellBUFRookie · 4.29 24 4.29 30 246
45 RB Eli HeidenreichPITRookie · Round 7, pick 230 23 Round 7, pick 230 31 256
46 TE Will KacmarekMIARookie · 3.23 23 3.23 31 257
47 WR Bryce LanceNORookie · Round 4, pick 136 24 Round 4, pick 136 32 259
48 WR Colbie YoungCINRookie · Round 4, pick 140 24 Round 4, pick 140 33 266
49 RB Seth McGowanINDRookie · Round 7, pick 237 24 Round 7, pick 237 33 267
50 WR Reggie VirgilARIRookie · 5.15 22 5.15 34 271
51 TE Eli RaridonNERookie · 3.31 22 3.31 35 273
52 QB Cade KlubnikNYJRookie · 4.14 22 4.14 36 279

Rookies are priced from draft capital, not from NFL production, and the tier is cut within the class. Overall is where each rookie sits among every player on the dynasty board.

How these are made

Every rank here is LMD's dynasty model (version 1.2.0). It projects each player's fantasy production over the next 3-season horizon from observed NFL statistics, discounts the later seasons, and prices the result against the replacement level a 1QB lineup implies. Rookies are priced from draft capital -- a prior fitted on prior draft classes -- and are marked as such. A player the model cannot separate from the replacement tail carries no rank and is not on the board.

The order within a position is the same under 1QB and Superflex; what the lineup changes is where quarterbacks sit against everybody else, and the tier cuts. The board reads completed seasons (2025, 2024, 2023), so it moves in the offseason and holds through the season rather than updating weekly.

It is not an average draft position, not a consensus of rankers, and not a trade-value price list. No market data entered it. Tiers are cut where the model's values genuinely fall away.

LMD dynasty model 1.2.0, updated September 2026. Statistics from Statistics from nflverse (nflverse-data), CC BY 4.0.

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