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10+ Must Have Sleepers Set to Breakout in 2026 Fantasy Football

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Jun 23, 2026
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Tue, June 23, 2026
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Dylan SampsonCam AkersRachaad WhiteStefon DiggsBrandon AiyukDeebo SamuelDenzel BostonQuinshon JudkinsTyjae SpearsTyrone TracyAmon-Ra St. BrownBijan RobinsonCalvin RidleyCam Skattebo
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Amon-Ra St. Brown

PositiveRole0:08

Amon-Ra St. Brown is noted as having run-after-catch explosive ability with boom-bust profile characteristics.

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Bijan Robinson

PositiveUsage0:10

Bijan Robinson leads qualifying receivers at running back with 1.88 yards per route run, just ahead of Dylan Sampson's 1.86.

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Brandon Aiyuk

PositiveValue0:16

Going in the 16th round as WR77 and is absolutely free (still signed to 49ers but must be traded or released); his price will only go up once he lands with a team.

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PositiveProjection0:18

Aiyuk is completely free and at 28 years old has maintained playing shape at 208 lbs (under 210 lbs is considered playing shape), and if he lands with the Commanders, the author likes that spot with Terry McLaurin as the primary target.

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Calvin Ridley

PositiveProjection0:20

The author doesn't mind Calvin Ridley in the Titans offense, which has added a lot of pieces through the draft and could see improvement in 2026.

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Cam Akers

NegativeInjury0:09

Cam Akers suffered a fibula fracture last season, a gruesome injury that has been brutal for recovery.

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NegativeInjury0:12

Cam Akers suffered a fibula fracture that was a messier injury than Quinshon Judkins', and as an older prospect with average athleticism, the injury is more concerning for his recovery.

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Fibula injury is concerning, especially given Akers is an average athlete who relies on explosiveness; the injury could zap his explosiveness and turn him into a plodding back.

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Cam Skattebo

PositiveProjection0:09

Cam Skattebo is now being drafted as a top 30 running back in redraft, rightfully so, after being in the same tier as Dylan Sampson in dynasty 2025.

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Cam Ward

PositiveProjection0:19

In year two with the Titans, Cam Ward has a ton of upside, and Brian Daboll can simplify the offense to get the best out of him, similar to what was seen with Jackson Dart and Josh Allen.

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Carnell Tate

PositiveProjection0:19

Carnell Tate is part of a Titans offense that has added a lot of pieces through the draft and could see a step forward in 2026.

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Cedric Tillman

PositiveSleeper0:08

Cedric Tillman is mentioned as a potential stash option in round 10+ for maximum upside.

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Chris Godwin

NegativeInjury0:09

Chris Godwin suffered a fibula fracture that had a negative impact on his performance.

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Christian McCaffrey

PositiveUsage0:10

Christian McCaffrey is among the elite running backs in yards per route run efficiency alongside Bijan Robinson, Dylan Sampson, and Jahmyr Gibbs.

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Deebo Samuel

PositiveValue0:16

Going in the 14th round as WR66 and is absolutely free; as an older player, he's not under pressure to sign until July and his ADP will only rise once he lands with a team.

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PositiveProjection0:18

In games with Jayden Daniels last year, Debo averaged 14.2 points per game with 1.6+ yards per route run, showing he's still a usable receiver and shouldn't be ruled out despite a rough overall season.

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Denzel Boston

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Browns rookie receiver going in the 14th round, effectively free outside the top 50 WRs, with internal comparisons to Terrell McMillan and significant upside despite the weak Browns offensive environment.

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PositiveSleeper0:04

Denzel Boston is a Browns rookie receiver going in the 14th round, effectively free outside the top 50 wide receivers in fantasy.

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Devin Singletary

PositiveDepth Chart0:13

Devin Singletary is mentioned as part of the Giants backfield depth chart behind Tyron Tracy.

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Dylan Sampson

PositiveSleeper0:08

Going in the 15th round as RB53, legitimately free with maximum upside potential in the Browns offense.

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Dylan Sampson is going in the 15th round as RB53 and is described as 'legitimately free' with maximum upside potential.

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PositiveValue0:09

Dylan Sampson was seen in the same tier as Cam Skattebo and Basil Touissaint in dynasty 2025 but fell to round four on the Browns, making him undervalued despite being a good day three running back prospect.

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PositiveUsage0:10

Dylan Sampson had exceptional receiving production with 1.86 yards per route run, turning 35 targets into 33 catches for 271 yards, ranking second only to Bijan Robinson (1.88) among qualifying receivers at running back.

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PositiveRole0:10

Dylan Sampson is expected to be the receiving back for the Browns, with Quinshon Judkins handling between-the-tackles work, giving Sampson a 50/50 split on passing downs and late-game situations.

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PositiveSleeper0:12

Dylan Sampson is the analyst's most drafted running back, with even more volume than Rashad White, due to his value and receiving upside.

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George Kittle

NegativeInjury0:22

Coming off an Achilles tear, listed as one of the aging/potentially washed weapons in the 49ers offense that creates opportunity for De'Jean Shribling.

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Isiah Pacheco

NegativeInjury0:09

Isiah Pacheco suffered a fibula fracture that had a negative impact on his performance.

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J.J. McCarthy

NegativeRole0:24

Potential downside for Kyler Murray is getting benched for J.J. McCarthy, though in managed leagues you can drop Murray if McCarthy takes over.

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Jahmyr Gibbs

PositiveUsage0:10

Jahmyr Gibbs is among the elite running backs in yards per route run efficiency alongside Bijan Robinson, Dylan Sampson, and Christian McCaffrey.

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Jauan Jennings

PositiveRole0:22

Has been good in the blocker/dig route role that De'Jean Shribling is expected to fill in the 49ers offense.

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Jayden Daniels

PositiveProjection0:03

Jayden Daniels is expected to have a bounce-back year for Washington, which is positioned as a top-half offense with 14th-best implied points per game.

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Jerry Jeudy

PositiveRole0:06

In line to be the primary receiver for the Browns with rapport on the team despite the new regime under Todd Monken, and is a sneaky trade candidate around the deadline for late-season upside.

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Jonah Coleman

PositiveProjection0:10

Jonah Coleman is compared to Dylan Sampson as a good day three running back prospect, similar to early round four style running backs.

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Jordan Addison

PositiveRole0:23

Part of Kyler Murray's supporting cast with the Vikings, contributing to Murray's positive outlook.

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Justin Jefferson

PositiveRole0:23

Part of Kyler Murray's supporting cast with the Vikings, contributing to Murray's positive outlook.

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Kyler Murray

PositiveValue0:23

Goes round 10 as QB 17 on Underdog but is more of a round 12 guy in managed leagues. Has scrambling upside with Kevin O'Connell, Justin Jefferson, and Jordan Addison; in every year he's played 11+ games, he's finished QB 12, QB 7, QB 4, QB 3, and QB 11.

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Luther Burden

PositiveRole0:08

Luther Burden is highlighted as a run-after-catch explosive player with boom-bust profile potential.

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Mark Andrews

NegativeInjury0:09

Mark Andrews suffered a fibula fracture that had a negative impact on his performance.

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Mike Evans

NegativeInjury0:22

Coming off a season where he didn't play much due to injury, listed as one of the aging/potentially washed weapons in the 49ers offense.

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Quez Watkins

PositiveSleeper0:08

Quez Watkins is mentioned as a potential stash option in round 10+ for maximum upside.

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Quinshon Judkins

NegativeInjury0:09

Quinshon Judkins suffered a fibula fracture, a gruesome injury similar to those that affected Tony Pollard, Mark Andrews, Isiah Pacheco, and Chris Godwin.

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NegativeProjection0:11

Quinshon Judkins had 74.6% of his backfield's expected fantasy points but only about half of that when trailing, and the Browns are favored in just one game this season, limiting his upside.

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Quintez Cephus

NegativeInjury0:09

Quintez Cephus suffered a fibula fracture last season, a gruesome injury that has been brutal for recovery.

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Rachaad White

PositiveSleeper0:01

Rachaad White is a sleeper running back with the clearest path to double-digit touchdowns and 50+ catches in PPR leagues, drafted at RB38 on Underdog with potential to be a top-24 running back in starting lineups.

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Rachaad White will be the day-one pass-catching third-down back for Washington, with top-10 pass-blocking grade credentials and a clear role in the offense.

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PositiveBreakout0:04

Rachaad White is getting early buzz from national reporters like Mike Garafolo and is positioned to be this year's Javonte Williams—an unsexy player with significant upside that no one wants to draft.

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Rhamondre Stevenson

PositiveProjection0:10

Rhamondre Stevenson is mentioned as an example of an early round four style running back comparable to Dylan Sampson.

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Ricky Pearsall

NegativeInjury0:22

Has been fragile since entering the league, creating opportunity for De'Jean Shribling in the 49ers offense.

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Stefon Diggs

PositiveValue0:16

Going in the 12th round as WR56 and is absolutely free; he was good last year with 85 catches, 1,013 yards, and 2.53 yards per route run (8th among WRs), legal issues are behind him, and he's another year removed from torn ACL.

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PositiveProjection0:17

Diggs is expected to sign soon and will rise in ADP once he has a team locked in, with the author not concerned about the delay in signing.

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Diggs is currently going around round 12 ADP but should be drafted around round 9-10 once he signs, as he had 85 catches, 1,013 receiving yards, and 2.53 yards per route run (8th among WRs) last year and is another year removed from his torn ACL.

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Tony Pollard

NegativeInjury0:09

Tony Pollard dealt with a fibula fracture in 2023 that significantly impacted his performance.

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Tyjae Spears

PositiveSleeper0:19

Spears is a 14th round, RB50 sleeper who has been RB8 in explosive play rate since entering the league and had 50 catches as a rookie, with the potential to emerge as the next small explosive back like Devon Achane or Raheem Mostert in a Titans offense with year-two upside under Cam Ward and Brian Daboll.

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PositiveRole0:20

With Tony Pollard now 29 years old heading into year eight and 14th among active running backs in total touches, there's opportunity for Spears to emerge in the Titans offense.

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Tyrone Tracy

PositiveSleeper0:12

Tyron Tracy is going in the 11th round as RB43 and is in a good spot with the Giants adding nobody behind him, making him a value pick.

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PositiveSleeper0:13

Tracy is in an excellent late-round spot with a three-down skill set (210 lbs, 35+ catches in each of his first two years); he averaged 13.8 PPG last year without Gattis Bow and is as good as any late-round RB flyer.

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Wan'Dale Robinson

PositiveProjection0:19

Wan'Dale Robinson is part of a Titans offense that has added a lot of pieces through the draft and could see a step forward in 2026.

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Woody Marks

PositiveSleeper0:14

Day-three pick who was underrated in his rookie year (10th in yards from scrimmage among day-three RBs since 2015); he's an elite pass catcher (4.6 catches per game in college) with Kenneth Gainwell/Austin Ekeler-type receiving specialist upside and could have 50+ catch potential.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to the basement. I'm Ron, and today we're going to talk about 10 or so sleepers
0:05that need to be on your radar this summer to get ahead of your league mates. Sleepers are one of the defining
0:12players and archetypes in all of fantasy football. There are few things more rewarding than drafting a player in round 13, and he ends up getting in your
0:20starting lineup, being a huge pillar of your roster, and helping you win a fantasy football championship. Last year, there were a ton of players
0:28drafted in round 10 or later in the top 50 of the most rostered players on ESPN championship teams. You had Drake Maye,
0:36Michael Wilson, Matthew Stafford, Rico Dowdle, Kyle Pitts, Harold Landry, and Travis Etienne, Wan'Dale Robinson, Jake Ferguson, Kenneth Gainwell, and Dallas Goedert. And our mission today is in
0:46June to try and hunt for those exact players here in 2026. We're going to start now so that as these training camp reports
0:54bubble up, as things happen this summer, we are ahead of the drumbeat. As always, if you enjoy, leave a like, subscribe if
1:02you're new. And the first player we're going to talk about is Rachaad White.
1:06Now, all of these players are getting drafted in round 10 or later over on Underdog. As always, when you use promo code Ron, and you
1:13play $5, you get $50 on the site. You can find that in the description and the comment section down below. Now,
1:22this is going to be through the lens of Underdog because all these drafts are happening already, Best Ball Mania, the Puppy, all of these things. And we will
1:29start to shift towards redraft manage leagues once we get to like late July, August, but those leagues aren't going yet. There is no ADP that is all that
1:39reputable at this point in the year. So, we're going to talk through an Underdog lens because the ADP on this site
1:46and this draft platform is obviously going to be ahead of like the ADP over on ESPN, and that's why it's a great
1:52spot to get your practice in right now.
1:54I'm going to about 60 plus of those drafts already. I have Rashad White on over 20% of my team so far. We covered
2:02it a little bit on the top 40 running back rankings video, which by the way, why I wanted to do a sleepers is we
2:08talked about the top 40 running backs, top 50 wide receivers. We're going to get even deeper than that here, but we're going to start in round 10 with
2:14Rashad White. He is I was going to say the lead back for Washington, but it's a bit ambiguous.
2:19It's him, it's Jacquizz Rodgers Merritt, aka Bill Rodgers Merritt, and then of course you have Ke'Shawn Allen. But I'm just a sucker for the profile of Rashad
2:28White. He is 6 ft tall, 214 lb, 4-4 speed, and over his four seasons in the NFL, he has had 40 catches, 51 catches,
2:3664 catches, and 50 catches. To me, when we are talking about players, running backs in round 10 plus, he has the
2:43clearest path to double-digit touchdowns, 50 plus catches, and then PPR leagues, that is how you draft a Rashad White at RB 38, and he ends up
2:52being a top 24 running back in your starting lineup every single week. This is a running This is a offense I want to
2:59be betting on. We look at again, this is a graphic from @ConnorAllenNFL over on Twitter. I say again because we reference this in pretty much every
3:07video. He went through He posted the whole thread on Twitter.
3:10He went through the look-ahead Vegas lines that already have, you know, the week 15 matchup, the spread, the over/under, all of that. And what he
3:18found is their implied points per game.
3:20Washington is up there, 14th best implied points per game. They should be a top-half offense this year. You have Jayden Daniels in a bounce-back year.
3:29You of course had Dave have David Blough in his first year as a play-caller, who I'm very excited about. He's unproven,
3:34but he should bring some new juice uh from kind of where Kliff Kingsbury left off with this offense. Now, Rashad White
3:41is going to be the day one pass-catching third-down back. He was 14th in pass-blocking grade last year. He was top 10 in 2024. Bill is very much a
3:51between-the-tackles grinder, and then K'Shawn Allen's kind of like a do-it-all, but uh jack-of-all-trades, but master of none.
3:58We're talking about day three running backs, unproven. Rashad White was the free agent addition. And something else I like as well is that ESPN has
4:05Washington with the 17th best offensive line. They continue to get better. So, we are getting good offensive line.
4:11Jayden Daniels bounced back. David Blough as the play-caller. And then on top of that, we're getting some early buzz. This is
4:18the time of year we start getting some early buzz. I wouldn't go crazy with beat reports, but Mike Garafolo, I really like when the national guys come
4:26to the practices, right? So, Mike Garafolo is more of a national guy. Ben Standig is a beat reporter for Washington, but Mike Garafolo came over
4:34there, uh and he said one of the two names that keep coming up is Rashad White. He is getting some buzz, and I think that he is going to be
4:42a early candidate to be this year's Javonte Williams, where no one wants to draft him, he's not that sexy, but he
4:49has a ton of upside in my eyes. Then we will talk about the Browns rookie receivers. We have Casey Conception, who's going in the 10th round, and we
4:57have Denzel Boston going in the 14th round, both wide receivers.
5:00Outside the top 50 wide receivers in fantasy, they are both effectively free.
5:04Now, we have seen rookie receivers get over drafted, right? We're talking Travis Hunter last year. You can talk about Marvin Harrison Jr. in his rookie
5:12year. There's been plenty of disappointments cuz they get pushed up the board with all this excitement and all this hype. That's not the case here.
5:18These players are free. Now, of course, it's because they play on the Browns.
5:21And we were talking about Shedeur Sanders, we're talking about Deshaun Watson, talking about maybe Brenden Sorsby. Uh it is really bleak, their
5:29quarterback room. But, we now get kind of a free bet, and it reminds me a lot of Garrett Wilson's rookie year. Now, of course, Garrett
5:36Wilson was a much better prospect than Casey Conception, than Denzel Boston. He was a top-10 pick out of the Ohio State
5:42wide receiver factory. But, nobody wanted to touch him because we're talking about the Jets, we're talking about Zach Wilson, it all sucks. And
5:49then he was a huge smash as a rookie in the same price range of round 10 plus, and I think that we are getting similar
5:56bets here. Because yes, offensive environment matters, but we're talking about rookie receivers who we don't know what they're going to look
6:03like in an NFL uniform. These guys could just be absolutely awesome. There is a lot of upside here. Ryan Heath has a
6:08good tweet here kind of showing over the last 4 years some of the best rookie wide receivers in terms of their
6:14second half points per game. Because a lot of the times these rookie receivers they start slow, maybe they're behind the receiver. In this context it would
6:20be Jerry Jeudy, who is in line to make a lot of money, has rapport uh on this team even though it is a new regime with
6:27Todd Monken.
6:28But you see here like Elijah Moore was on a bad Jets team. Of course we're talking about Garrett Wilson. Even last
6:33year Terrace Marshall was on a bad passing offense in Carolina. Bryan Thomas as well with It was like Trevor Lawrence, but then Trevor Lawrence just
6:42gets hurt, Mac Jones is in there.
6:44Uh the coach they had there I believe not Frank Reich, not Nick Sirianni, uh Doug Pederson. He ends up getting fired.
6:52So it doesn't have to be like the greatest offense in the world. But of course you can look at some of these
6:55other ones. Yes, uh I believe Ja'Marr Ja'Marr Chase obviously on a good offense, Zay Flowers, Puka on a good offense. So it's
7:03what you want, but when we're talking about round 10 plus it's not a must. You also have Todd Monken. I think he's
7:08going to speed up the pace a little bit.
7:10I think he's going to get some more pass attempts in here. And then without Myles Garrett on the defensive side of the
7:14football, we should get more offense, more plays. And I do also wonder if Jerry Jeudy is a sneaky trade candidate around the deadline for that late season
7:23smash. And then we talk about uh Denzel Mims in particular. He's been getting a lot of buzz. This is from Albert Breer.
7:29So another national guy, right? He's not a uh Browns beat reporter. He's somebody who kind of like bounces around the different cams or
7:37just kind of uh has league sources. He said here uh quoted by Zayne uh D'Nani here. I hope I'm saying his
7:45name right. I butcher everybody I butcher everybody's name. Uh he said with Boston it's been to the point where the Browns can't see a reason why he
7:50shouldn't be every bit as impactful as Conceição, though he's a very different style of player. Conceição is the explosive run after the catch type.
7:57Boston is the big-bodied outside the numbers genre. He's already earned the trust of the team's three quarterbacks, runs better than you'd expect of a guy
8:04his size, and coming out of the same college offense Tederell McMillan did a year ago, he has drawn internal comparison to the young Panther star.
8:11So, Tederell McMillan comps are pretty crazy.
8:14I wouldn't go that far. I'll show you guys right here. Uh this is my Prospect Models comps that it spits out for each
8:19player. Conceição, of course, like the run after the catch explosive player.
8:22You can see that with Luther Burden, even Amon-Ra St. Brown a little bit, but these are definitely boom-bust profiles, especially in like a managed league
8:28where you can cut them.
8:30Uh I think that they are good stashes as well. Same thing with Denzel Boston.
8:34Cedric Tillman, Quez Watkins, William not great. DJ Chark had a year in there.
8:37Michael Pittman, of course, uh has had some great years, and then same thing with Christian Watson. So, both mixed bags, but we're talking about
8:44round 10 plus, I'm shooting for maximum upside. I want the mystery box that is rookie wide receivers. Then we will talk about on
8:54the same team, in the same offense, Dylan Sampson. He's going in the 15th round as the RB53. He is legitimately free. Uh and I keep going back to this
9:02tweet from Ryan Heath of these fibula fractures, these like dislocated ankles, fibula fracture, just it's a gruesome, brutal injury that we
9:11don't really see in the same light as an ACL tear, an Achilles tear, but it's been pretty brutal. Tony Pollard dealt
9:17with one that kind of zapped him in 2023, same thing with Mark Andrews, Isiah Pacheco, Chris Godwin. This is, of course, the injury that Quintez Cephus
9:25and Cam Akers suffered last season. We'll see if Judkins can bounce back. I'm rooting for him. I think he's a great player. He's
9:33athletic. Maybe he can kind of buck the trend, but if not, Dylan Sampson's a fun running back prospect where if you
9:39remember back in the dynasty cycle of 2025, he was a guy we all thought was a shoe-in to be a day two pick ahead of
9:47Basil Touissaint, ahead of Cam Skattebo, and instead he falls to round four on the Browns who already drafted Judkins, which was a bummer of a landing spot,
9:55but he was definitely seen in the same tier as Skattebo and Basil Touissaint who are now getting drafted as like top
10:0130 running backs in redraft, rightfully so, but Dylan Sampson was a good prospect in his own right, kind of similar to Jonah Coleman, where really
10:10like as as good as you can get for a day three running back prospect, that's what Dylan Sampson is. Skattebo, Touissaint,
10:16Jonah Coleman, uh Rhamondre Stevenson, any of those type of guys, like early round four style running backs. He of course had a brutal situation last year.
10:23You can look at any of the stats of like yards before contact for Judkins or Sampson, the offensive line was terrible. They had no help in the
10:30running game, but Sampson really shined as a receiver to the point where I think you have to take notice. 1.86 yards per
10:37route run, turning 35 targets into 33 catches for 271 yards is absurd. In terms of yards per route run among qualifying receivers at running back, it
10:45is Bijan at 1.88, Sampson 1.86, McCaffrey, Jahmyr Gibbs. That is absurd.
10:52Now, I'm not saying that he is going to I don't know, lead the Browns in receiving or anything crazy, but I keep
10:58also referencing the article or like kind of the blurb that J.J. Zachariason had in his late round draft guide last year. Pretty much he did a study on
11:07running backs who had under 1 yards per route run, the following year they had their receiving production downgraded.
11:14Yards per route run is a pretty good measure of if a running back is a plus at receiving the ball, right? A
11:20additive. Or a lot of the times running back catch catching the ball are just kind of like, all right, he's going to
11:24run a swing pass, like he's just going to get the ball and he's fine. Kind of like Kenneth Walker on this list, like
11:281.44, that's solid. Uh but like once you get to like 1.6 plus, that's a plus in the receiving game. He was a legitimate
11:36plus in the receiving game for a team of receivers that struggled in yards per route run. Like that kind of efficiency
11:42in that offense is pretty absurd for Dylan Sampson. So, you also have that. I think he's going to be the receiving back. Judkins didn't
11:51really catch many balls last year. And then also a great stat from Jared Smola that Judkins had 74.6% of his backfields
11:59expected fantasy points. So, that's just volume.
12:02About 3/4 of it when leading, only about half of it when trailing. They're going to be trailing in a lot of these games.
12:07They're favored in just one game this season. So, if they're trailing, it's going to be more of a 50/50 split between him and Dylan Sampson in terms
12:13of like passing downs, coming from behind, 2-minute drill, late game garbage time versus Judkins as the between-the-tackles grinder. So, Sampson's free and he's my most drafted
12:22running back right now. I know I said I had a lot of Rashad White. I have even more Dylan Sampson. Now, our next player
12:29similar here. Again, all the fibula stuff is relevant for Cam Akers Bow. Tyron Tracy is somebody you can draft in the
12:3811th round right now as the RB43.
12:42And I'm drafting a lot of him. Again, this fibula injury, it scares me even more so with Akers Bow as a
12:49older prospect. It was a messier injury as well. Most of the injury analysts will tell you. He's also not the same
12:57athlete that Quinshon Judkins is. Cam Akers Bow is much more of like an average athlete.
13:01And if this is absent his athleticism, he doesn't really have much athleticism to kind of work with. This is also somebody who
13:08made his bread and butter on explosiveness. He's not going to run in a straight line very fast. His vertical was good. His broad jump was good. But I
13:15could see a fibula injury kind of zapping that explosiveness and then all of a sudden you are a plotting back and
13:21that's not great. Tyron Tracy is in a good spot. The Giants add nobody behind him. You have Devin Singletary. You have
13:27Eric Gray, and that's it. Of course, Gattis Bow is in front of him. And then on top of that, they bring in uh Pat Ricard. They're
13:34going to want to run the ball with Harbaugh here. And if Gattis Bow isn't ready for week one, or he suffers a
13:40setback, or he's just not as effective, Tyron Tracy all of a sudden has a three-down skill set, 210 lb, 35 plus
13:46catches in each of his first two years.
13:48And last year without Gattis Bow in the lineup, he was at 13.8 points per game, which is like a fine low-end RB2. The
13:55offensive line should be much better where Andrew Thomas is now healthy. Uh they draft Malenog. They have a really fun kind of new-age offense.
14:04They do need Malik Nabers healthy to kind of not have the box stacked. But Tyron Tracy, I think is as good as any in
14:10terms of late-round flyers at running back. Same deal with Woody Marc, kind of in the same vein as Dylan Sampson as a
14:17player that was a day-three pick last year that we're probably underrating how good his rookie year actually was. We look at yards from scrimmage among
14:25rookie running backs drafted on day three since 2015, he is 10th in terms of yards from scrimmage on this list. He's
14:32not in a no-doubter area, right? 911, he's between Devontae Booker and Kyle Manunga. But people are excited about Kyle Manunga. We've seen as well players
14:40on this list like Jordan Howard be very good, Jamaal Williams be very good, Chuba Hubbard, Na'im Hines, Ramondre Stevenson, Tarik Cohen. This is a list of names that I
14:49think is better than him being drafted in round 12 as the RB45. Uh yes, they signed David Montgomery. They are definitely tied to David Montgomery. But
14:58there's a chance that they really like Woody Marc as a pass catcher. This is somebody who is an awesome pass blocker
15:03who averaged 4.6 catches per game in college, which is nuts. I think he had over 80 catches in his second season at
15:10Mississippi State before transferring to USC. Uh he has like genuine Kenneth Gainwell last year is kind of a a crazy uh
15:19comparison, but one of these years when you look back at like Kenneth Gainwell and J.D. McKissic and James White and Chris Thompson and Darren Sproles,
15:30early career Austin Ekeler, like these guys who are just like receiving specialists, uh Woody Marks does fit that build and he could be that for the Texans. It
15:40wouldn't shock me if he just kind of came out of nowhere, had 50-plus catches, and was like the RB 29 in points per game. It's not going to
15:48win you any leagues, but if Devin Montgomery was to go down, all of a sudden you're talking about a guy with
15:5250-plus catch upside, the lead back for the Texans offense, which take that for what it is. They have the 32nd-ranked offensive line, but Woody Marks
15:59definitely has some upside. Then we'll talk about what I'm calling the unction. We have uh Stefon Diggs, we have Deebo Samuel, we have Brandon
16:10Aiyuk. Diggs is going in the 12th 12th round as the wide receiver 56. We have Deebo in the 14th round as the wide
16:16receiver 66. Brandon Aiyuk in the 16th round as the wide receiver 77. All of these guys are absolutely free. You can
16:23see here from Hayden Wing's kind of tracking their ADP so far, with Aiyuk falling the most.
16:29He's saying blindly drafting these free agent wide receivers is smart before they land on a team, and I agree. I think that their prices are only going
16:35to go up as they sign with teams. Now, let's kind of break down each of these players. Now, Aiyuk is kind of in a
16:41different boat because he's still signed to the 49ers. He has to get traded or released.
16:46Diggs and Deebo are free agents. Diggs had some legal stuff going on. Seems like he is completely exonerated in court. Uh and I think especially for him
16:56and Deebo, it's like these guys are older players. Training camp doesn't start officially until like July 11th.
17:02It's June 22nd. They're enjoying their summer. They're staying healthy. Uh and I don't think they feel a ton of pressure to sign until we get to July.
17:09So, I'm not really concerned that they haven't signed yet. I think they're going to sign eventually, and then they're going to rise in ADP. With
17:15Stefon Diggs, he was actually good last year. He had 85 catches, 1,013 receiving yards, 2.53 yards per route run was eighth among wide receivers. He's not
17:24washed. The legal stuff is behind him. I think he's going to sign soon. He's another year off of the torn ACL as
17:30well. So, I think Stefon Diggs is going to be fine. Like I think that he is going to probably get drafted once he gets a
17:37place locked in.
17:39As long as it's good, right? Whether that's like Washington or I'm trying to think of like some of the other fun spots for receivers to go. I said
17:46that that's like the only issue is doesn't doesn't feel like there's a ton of room. Could he go back to the Bills?
17:51That'd be kind of interesting. But, he should be kind of going, you know, he's going around 12 right now. He should be
17:55probably more like a round 9 10 pick by the time we get to August. Then we have Debo, who I was kind of surprised to see
18:02wasn't that bad last year. Yes, on the whole it looks pretty rough for him, but in the games with Jayden Daniels last
18:08year, he had 14.2 points per game, which is pretty awesome. They were using him in a rushing role, scheme touches. He
18:15was scoring touchdowns.
18:17I think that as well he had a 1.6 plus yards per route run. That's not elite, right? Diggs at 2.5 is awesome, but 1.6
18:24plus is still usable. That's still a fine receiver in the NFL. He's not completely washed. He was also in the same draft class as like A.J. Brown and
18:31D.K. Metcalf. I wouldn't rule him out just yet. Then we get to Ayuk, and that's where it gets tricky. Ayuk is a
18:37tough one, but he's completely free.
18:40I've come around on it.
18:42He tore his ACL in 2024. He has not played since, week seven of 2024. He hasn't played since.
18:49But, he's 28 years old.
18:52He weighed himself recently. I talked about this on Twitter the other day. Uh at 208 lb. He weighed in for the combine
18:59at 205 lb. Now, maybe this is an old video, so don't put too much stock into it, but if it is a recent video, him
19:05staying under 210 lb at 28 years old, hasn't played since week seven of 2024, is pretty impressive. I I would say
19:13anything under 210 for Aiyuk is playing shape. Uh and then on top of that, he put something out yesterday where he was
19:19talking about the Commanders. Go Commanders.
19:21We'll see. But, if he ends up with the Commanders, I like that spot. It's Terry McLaurin, and then after that, it's
19:26really nothing else. I think Aiyuk uh could actually play some good football in Washington. Then we'll move on to Tyjae Spears, who I really like
19:34here. He is free, 14th round, RB 50 right now.
19:38Uh and I'm starting to really come around on this Titans offense. It's kind of a dark horse in the NFL. Uh year two,
19:44Cam Ward, I think has a ton of upside.
19:46Brian Daboll, I think as well, can just simplify the offense for him and get the best out of him. We saw it with Jackson
19:51Dart last year. We saw it with, of course, Josh Allen in Buffalo for Brian Daboll. I think that we're going to get
19:56kind of a honeymoon phase here in year one for this offense to be good. Of course, Carnell Tate, of course, Wan'Dale Robinson. I even kind of
20:04honestly don't really mind Calvin Ridley. I think the offense they've added a lot of pieces through the draft in recent years, whether that's uh JC
20:10Latham or Peter Skoronski. I think that we could see uh kind of a step forward there as well. And yes, Tony Pollard is
20:17there, but Tony Pollard is now 29 years old. He's heading into year eight. He is 14th among active running backs in total
20:24touches. He's one of 14 running backs with 1,500 total touches.
20:29Uh I'm not saying that he's going to fall off, but it wouldn't shock me if he did. Uh and then also, you have Tyjae
20:34Spears, who since coming into the league is the RB eight in explosive play rate.
20:41Last year was just RB 11 in explosive play rate. So, somebody who is just a monster with the ball in his hands in
20:46terms of creating 15-plus yard touches is from Jahmyr Gibbs. And he also had 50 catches as a rookie. So, if we were
20:52going to find the next Devon Achane, uh Raheem Mostert, trying to think of like these small, you know, like Jerick McKinnon,
21:02uh like small explosive backs, uh it it be Gibbs. I mean, we've seen it with like Keaton Mitchell in spurts, uh, but Tyjae Spears has that kind of
21:11build uh, and it wouldn't shock me if he finally kind of emerged here in 2026.
21:17Then we can talk about De'Jean Shribling.
21:20Kind of goes back to the rookie wide receivers thing with D'Onta Foreman Boston and Casey Concepcion. Uh, this is an awesome article that I recommend
21:26everybody check out from Legendary Upside. That's Pat Corain's uh, site. On Twitter he dropped an article kind of going through the rookie wide receivers
21:34and that rookie wide receivers, especially some of these guys like Shribling and Boston and Concepcion, aren't as expensive as you would usually
21:42have to pay for rookie wide receivers.
21:45This is every round two rookie wide receiver since like 2021 in terms of where they were drafted ADP wise on Underdog, their advance rates,
21:53all of that. You kind of had groups of levels of hits here. You had Jayden Reed, Ladd McConkey, Rashee Rice, Christian Watson, Tyquan Thornton,
21:59George Pickens, Luther Burden, Elijah Moore as your tier two or better. And guys you're kind of looking for where you either want good advancement rates
22:06you want these guys on the field so that in week 17 in the fantasy playoffs, in this case in Best Ball would be, you
22:12know, the BBM finals, that you want them scoring points, getting on the field, being uh, kind of late season hammers as
22:20we've seen from rookie wide receivers. I think De'Jean Shribling can be that. Uh, this is somebody who was the first pick
22:26in the second round.
22:28He is in an offense with George Kittle, Christian McCaffrey, Mike Evans, all guys who are old, potentially washed, potentially going to get hurt. Uh, of
22:37course Kittle coming off the Achilles tear.
22:39Uh, Mike Evans coming off a season where he didn't really play much due to injury. And then you also have Ricky
22:44Pearsall who's just kind of been fragile since entering the league. We've seen Jauan Jennings be good in this De'Jean Shribling style role as kind of like a
22:53blocker and a guy who run digs runs digs over the middle. This is De'Jean Shribling, somebody who has 83.8% success rate of digs over the middle.
23:02That's a great number. It's something that Purdy and Shanahan like to do.
23:06Shanahan is always going to score points with his offense. If Stribling can get on the field and be any kind of a focal
23:11point here, uh he is going to crush his ADP. And then I'll throw out my one late-round quarterback that I like so
23:17far. I think he's going to go much maybe not much later, but a bit later in one-quarterback managed leagues cuz in
23:23best ball you're kind of racing to get your second quarterback because you need that weekly scoring. In redraft manage where you can just pick quarterbacks up
23:31off of waiver wire, I think Kyler Murray where he goes round 10 as the QB 17 in Underdog. He's probably more like a
23:37round 12 guy in a managed league, but he's probably my guy in terms of uh he rushes, so he has scrambling upside. He
23:45gets Kevin O'Connell. He gets Justin Jefferson. He gets Jordan Addison. He gets a revamped offensive line. He In every year that he's played 11 or more
23:53games, this is his finishes: QB 12, QB 7, QB 4, QB 3, and QB 11. So, I really like Kyler this year. You have the
24:00downside of him getting benched for J.J.
24:02McCarthy, but I think in the context especially of a managed league where you can just drop Kyler Murray if J.J.
24:06McCarthy starts over him, I think that he is a no-brainer. But, that's going to do it for us today.
24:12As always, if you want my early rankings right now, if you want to look over them for managed leagues, if you want to use
24:16them in Underdog drafts right now, you can find that over on the Patreon, patreon.com/ronstewart.
24:22You have my 2026 rankings, Underdog rankings.
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