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Saturday, May 2, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football - Post-Draft R.O.O.C. Rankings

 

Alright I got rookie drafts starting this weekend and I’m sure many do over the coming weeks so here are my first set of ROOC rankings. I’ll try to have another set around training camp and then a final look before the season starts.

 

A few things to start ROOC is my attempt to quantify rookie talent adjusted for opportunity, and draft slot. I got two sets of ROOC rankings (2QB and Standard) and then my own two sets of rankings to go along with it. Now let’s go over some components… Draft Grade (DrGr) – the grade I gave the player during the draft. Pick Grade (PkGr) – Grade I gave the pick, use the associated % in the formula. Pick – Pick used on player in the draft, correlates pretty well with opportunity. Pick AV (PkAV) – The approximate value of the draft pick. Now/EOS/Y3 – What I predict the roster spot will be for that player / where on the depth chart they currently are, Now/End of Season/ Year 3. ROOC2QB/ROOC – Numerical representation of value based on those inputs. Let’s start off with Superflex (2QB) ROOC ranks…

 

Player

Pos

Tm

Player

Grade

Pick

Grade

Pick

Pick

AV

Now

EOS

Y3

ROOC

2QB

Fernando Mendoza

QB

LVR

6.2

A-

1

34.6

2nd

1st

1st

24.57

Carnell Tate

WR

TEN

7.1

B+

4

25.8

1st

1st

1st/2nd

22.08

Jeremiyah Love

RB

ARI

7.3

C+

3

27.6

1st

1st

1st

21.90

Jordyn Tyson

WR

NO

6.8

A-

8

21.4

2nd

2nd

1st/2nd

20.37

Makai Lemon

WR

PHI

6.8

A

20

15.5

3rd

2nd

1st

18.82

KC Concepcion

WR

CLE

6.5

A

24

14.4

2nd

1st/2nd

1st

18.61

Ty Simpson

QB

LAR

5.7

C-

13

18.3

2nd

2nd

1st/2nd

17.24

Omar Cooper Jr

WR

NYJ

6.3

A-

30

12.9

3rd

2nd/3rd

2nd

16.83

Denzel Boston

WR

CLE

6.2

A

39

11.3

3rd

3rd

2nd

16.27

Germie Bernard

WR

PIT

6.1

A

47

10.1

3rd

3rd

2nd

15.82

Chris Bell

WR

MIA

6.0

A+

94

5.7

1st

1st

1st/2nd

15.65

Jadarian Price

RB

SEA

6.1

F

32

12.5

2nd

2nd

1st

15.65

De'Zhaun Stribling

WR

SF

5.6

C+

33

12.3

5th

3rd

2nd/3rd

14.73

Kenyon Sadiq

TE

NYJ

7.2

C+

16

16.9

2nd

2nd

1st

14.06

Mike Washington Jr

RB

LVR

5.7

B+

122

4.0

2nd

2nd

2nd

13.99

Ted Hurst

WR

TB

6.0

A+

84

6.4

5th

3rd/4th

2nd/3rd

13.83

Kaelon Black

RB

SF

5.4

D

90

5.9

2nd

2nd

2nd

13.81

Jonah Coleman

RB

DEN

5.7

C+

108

4.8

3rd

3rd

1st/2nd

13.79

Malachi Fields

WR

NYG

5.9

A+

74

7.2

6th

4th

2nd/3rd

13.68

Drew Allar

QB

PIT

5.1

A-

76

7.0

4th

4th

2nd

13.57

Emmett Johnson

RB

KC

5.9

A

161

2.2

3rd

2nd/3rd

1st/2nd

13.56

Carson Beck

QB

ARI

4.6

C

65

8.0

3rd

3rd

2nd

13.51

Nicholas Singleton

RB

TEN

5.8

A-

165

2.1

3rd

3rd

2nd

13.03

Skyler Bell

WR

BUF

6.1

A+

125

3.9

6th

4th

2nd

12.97

Antonio Williams

WR

WAS

5.6

B+

71

7.5

5th

5th

3rd

12.95

Eli Stowers

TE

PHI

7.0

A+

54

9.2

3rd

2nd

1st/2nd

12.91

Cole Payton

QB

PHI

5.4

A+

178

1.6

4th

2nd

2nd

12.75

Bryce Lance

WR

NO

5.8

A+

136

3.3

4th

3rd/4th

3rd

12.63

Elijah Sarratt

WR

BAL

5.7

A+

115

4.4

5th

5th

2nd/3rd

12.52

Max Klare

TE

LAR

6.7

A-

61

8.4

4th

2nd/3rd

1st

12.48

Demond Claiborne

RB

MIN

5.6

A-

198

0.9

4th

3rd

2nd

12.33

Zachariah Branch

WR

ATL

5.5

A-

79

6.8

6th

5th

3rd/4th

12.32

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR

BAL

5.0

C

80

6.7

4th

4th

3rd/4th

12.21

Eli Raridon

TE

NE

6.1

A-

95

5.6

3rd

2nd

1st

12.20

Chris Brazzell II

WR

CAR

5.4

B-

83

6.5

6th

5th

3rd

12.16

Garrett Nussmeier

QB

KC

5.4

A+

249

0.1

3rd

3rd

2nd

12.15

Sam Roush

TE

CHI

6.4

A-

69

7.6

3rd

3rd

1st/2nd

12.06

Seth McGowan

RB

IND

5.2

B

237

0.1

3rd

3rd

2nd

12.01

Nate Boerkircher

TE

JAX

5.9

D+

56

9.0

2nd

2nd

2nd

11.94

Deion Burks

WR

IND

5.6

A+

254

0.1

6th

3rd

2nd

11.69

Will Kacmarek

TE

MIA

5.5

C

87

6.2

2nd

2nd

2nd

11.59

Brenen Thompson

WR

LAC

5.5

A-

105

5.0

6th

5th

4th

11.52

Oscar Delp

TE

NO

6.1

B-

73

7.3

3rd

3rd

2nd

11.52

Eli Heidenreich

RB

PIT

5.2

B

230

0.1

4th

3rd/4th

2nd/3rd

11.41

Kaytron Allen

RB

WAS

5.5

A-

187

1.3

5th

4th

3rd

11.38

Marlin Klein

TE

HOU

5.5

F

59

8.6

3rd

3rd

1st/2nd

11.30

Joe Fagnano

QB

BAL

4.3

A+

UDFA

0.1

3rd

3rd

2nd/3rd

11.16

Taylen Green

QB

CLE

4.1

B-

182

1.5

4th

3rd

3rd

10.95

 

Tier 1 & 2 (1-4 | 5-7) – You could talk me into Tier 1 being 3 tiers with Mendoza on his own, Tate & Love together, and Tyson by himself but I think they all have similarities as far as profile. They’re all top-10 selections with at least 1 question mark about what is to come. Mendoza may not start right away, Tate is going to be expected to be the WR1 and I’m not completely sure he’s best suited for it, Love is on a bad team, and offense, much like Jeanty last year, and Tyson is in what should be a relatively pass happy offense but as the WR2 behind Olave. That said I think there is relative separation in between them and the next tier at least by these inputs. In tier 2 you have a Lemon presumably stepping in to help fill the gap left by Brown (not traded as of now), and Concepcion who should step in as WR1 in Cleveland but major questions about what the offense will be and who will be throwing him the ball. In 2 QB/ superflex situations Simpson is a top-15 QB pick in a good situation. It isn’t without risk but that’s gonna jump him up in a rankings like this.

Tier 3 & 4 (8-12 | 13-22) – After those top two tiers we start to see the side effects of a relatively shallow draft… large tiers. Tier 3 is 5 players, and tier 4 is 10. Tier 3 is a solid mix of good and speculative… Cooper is option 2 on what’s probably still a bad Jets offense whereas Boston slots in as the immediate 2/3 in Cleveland which as with Concepcion, is a mess of an offense that at least has talent. Bernard was a personal favorite of mine from watching Bama the last couple of years lands in a Steelers offense that doesn’t have much outside of Metcalf. Bell was a guy I liked but Miami, and his late round 3 draft slot, limit his rating here but he’s got a chance to be WR1 at the end of year 1. Last up is Price, a solid prospect who was overdrafted but also seems to be in line to pick up a solid share of the Seahawks offense that provided enough opportunity for Walker to win Super Bowl MVP. Tier 4 sees the semi-head scratching Stribling pick who feels lost in a mess of receivers in San Fran and like he has a potential to be a classic 49ers overdraft. He and Sadiq, are the last of the top 50 picks at skill positions though. Sadiq for his part looks to be the receiving option to Taylor’s more traditional TE in the Jets offense. He sits this low merely because outside of TE-premium and tiered PPR TEs just don’t have the positional value in dynasty. Washinton Jr/Black/Coleman/Johnson are all buried in crowded or sorted starter backfields with Coleman and Washington at least having cleaner paths to roles relatively early. Hurst was a guy I really liked but ends up in the most crowded receiving corps in the league, while Fields is a wild card for me. The Giants have Nabers but not much else, so a guy like fields feels like a very different body type but maybe a nice transition spot for that possession role vacated by Robinson in the new look Giants offense. Lastly, we have the pair of older QB prospects. Beck has the cleaner path to early starting opportunities, provided Rodgers comes back to Pittsburgh, and while neither really profiles out as high probability long-term starters they are both Day 2 QB prospects surrounded by a large amount of uncertainty.

Tier 5 & 6 (23-40 | 41-48(71)) – To explain the (71) in the header I chopped the list off at 48 but tier 6 runs through my 71st ranked player (Terion Stewart). The point being there are a lot of lottery tickets but not a lot of sure things in this class. In tier 5 my favorites are Bell who should be in the running for a top 4 role in the Bills offense year 1, Stowers who should be a move TE and potentially a slot player for the Eagles, and Sarratt who I think can start in Baltimore year 1. Payton is a speculative play if Hurts is really a problem in Philly and they have another bad year Payton has a very interesting skill set that I would rather take a flyer on than many with “higher floors” later. As for the glut of TEs in this tier, Klare landed in a crowded TE room in LA, Raridon has a chance to replace the aging TEs in New England, and Roush unfortunately becomes Michael Mayer immediately in Chicago. Burks is the last guy to keep an eye on in this group as I think Indy got an absolute steal and potential difference-maker near the end of the draft. I’ll note just a couple guys in Tier 6, Thompson had his new OC dancing shirtless during the draft, Allen drops into a Commanders RB room that doesn’t have a difference maker, and Green is just an interesting prospect to add to the mess of a Cleveland QB room. The last player to mention is one who comes in at 59 and isn’t on the chart above. While I didn’t like the pick of Caleb Douglas in Miami he was taken 75th overall and deserves to be drafted in rookie drafts.

 

Standard ROOC Rankings

The biggest change will always be the QBs when comparing Mendoza (1 to 6), Simpson (7 to 11), Allar (20 to 46), Beck (22 to 43), Payton (27 to 50), Nussmeier (36 to 53), Fagnano (47 to 66), and Green (48 to 74). The last 4 are replaced by RB Jamal Haynes (44) in Cincinnati, RB Jam Miller (45) in New England, RB Chip Treyanum (47) in New York, and TE Justin Joly (48).

 

Player

Pos

Tm

Player

Grade

Pick
Grade

Pick

Pick
AV

Now

EOS

Y3

ROOC

Carnell Tate

WR

TEN

7.1

B+

4

25.8

1st

1st

1st/2nd

22.08

Jeremiyah Love

RB

ARI

7.3

C+

3

27.6

1st

1st

1st

21.90

Jordyn Tyson

WR

NO

6.8

A-

8

21.4

2nd

2nd

1st/2nd

20.37

Makai Lemon

WR

PHI

6.8

A

20

15.5

3rd

2nd

1st

18.82

KC Concepcion

WR

CLE

6.5

A

24

14.4

2nd

1st/2nd

1st

18.61

Fernando Mendoza

QB

LVR

6.2

A-

1

34.6

2nd

1st

1st

17.19

Omar Cooper Jr

WR

NYJ

6.3

A-

30

12.9

3rd

2nd/3rd

2nd

16.83

Denzel Boston

WR

CLE

6.2

A

39

11.3

3rd

3rd

2nd

16.27

Germie Bernard

WR

PIT

6.1

A

47

10.1

3rd

3rd

2nd

15.82

Chris Bell

WR

MIA

6.0

A+

94

5.7

1st

1st

1st/2nd

15.65

Jadarian Price

RB

SEA

6.1

F

32

12.5

2nd

2nd

1st

15.65

De'Zhaun Stribling

WR

SF

5.6

C+

33

12.3

5th

3rd

2nd/3rd

14.73

Kenyon Sadiq

TE

NYJ

7.2

C+

16

16.9

2nd

2nd

1st

14.06

Mike Washington Jr

RB

LVR

5.7

B+

122

4.0

2nd

2nd

2nd

13.99

Ted Hurst

WR

TB

6.0

A+

84

6.4

5th

3rd/4th

2nd/3rd

13.83

Kaelon Black

RB

SF

5.4

D

90

5.9

2nd

2nd

2nd

13.81

Jonah Coleman

RB

DEN

5.7

C+

108

4.8

3rd

3rd

1st/2nd

13.79

Malachi Fields

WR

NYG

5.9

A+

74

7.2

6th

4th

2nd/3rd

13.68

Emmett Johnson

RB

KC

5.9

A

161

2.2

3rd

2nd/3rd

1st/2nd

13.56

Ty Simpson

QB

LAR

5.7

C-

13

18.3

2nd

2nd

1st/2nd

13.24

Nicholas Singleton

RB

TEN

5.8

A-

165

2.1

3rd

3rd

2nd

13.03

Skyler Bell

WR

BUF

6.1

A+

125

3.9

6th

4th

2nd

12.97

Antonio Williams

WR

WAS

5.6

B+

71

7.5

5th

5th

3rd

12.95

Eli Stowers

TE

PHI

7.0

A+

54

9.2

3rd

2nd

1st/2nd

12.91

Bryce Lance

WR

NO

5.8

A+

136

3.3

4th

3rd/4th

3rd

12.63

Elijah Sarratt

WR

BAL

5.7

A+

115

4.4

5th

5th

2nd/3rd

12.52

Max Klare

TE

LAR

6.7

A-

61

8.4

4th

2nd/3rd

1st

12.48

Demond Claiborne

RB

MIN

5.6

A-

198

0.9

4th

3rd

2nd

12.33

Zachariah Branch

WR

ATL

5.5

A-

79

6.8

6th

5th

3rd/4th

12.32

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR

BAL

5.0

C

80

6.7

4th

4th

3rd/4th

12.21

Eli Raridon

TE

NE

6.1

A-

95

5.6

3rd

2nd

1st

12.20

Chris Brazzell II

WR

CAR

5.4

B-

83

6.5

6th

5th

3rd

12.16

Sam Roush

TE

CHI

6.4

A-

69

7.6

3rd

3rd

1st/2nd

12.06

Seth McGowan

RB

IND

5.2

B

237

0.1

3rd

3rd

2nd

12.01

Nate Boerkircher

TE

JAX

5.9

D+

56

9.0

2nd

2nd

2nd

11.94

Deion Burks

WR

IND

5.6

A+

254

0.1

6th

3rd

2nd

11.69

Will Kacmarek

TE

MIA

5.5

C

87

6.2

2nd

2nd

2nd

11.59

Brenen Thompson

WR

LAC

5.5

A-

105

5.0

6th

5th

4th

11.52

Oscar Delp

TE

NO

6.1

B-

73

7.3

3rd

3rd

2nd

11.52

Eli Heidenreich

RB

PIT

5.2

B

230

0.1

4th

3rd/4th

2nd/3rd

11.41

Kaytron Allen

RB

WAS

5.5

A-

187

1.3

5th

4th

3rd

11.38

Marlin Klein

TE

HOU

5.5

F

59

8.6

3rd

3rd

1st/2nd

11.30

Carson Beck

QB

ARI

4.6

C

65

8.0

3rd

3rd

2nd

11.00

Jamal Haynes

RB

CIN

5.3

A+

UDFA

0.1

5th

4th

3rd

10.88

Jam Miller

RB

NE

4.2

C

245

0.1

3rd

3rd

3rd

10.84

Drew Allar

QB

PIT

5.1

A-

76

7.0

4th

4th

2nd

10.78

Chip Treyanum

RB

NYJ

5.1

A+

UDFA

0.1

5th

4th

3rd

10.75

Justin Joly

TE

DEN

5.9

A+

152

2.6

4th

3rd

2nd

10.71

 

My Rankings

This table is sorted by my 2QB Rank and includes the two ranks from above and my Standard Ranks (Stand. Rank). The biggest differences are running backs dropping a bit propping up the 4th tier of WRs (Skyler Bell, Bryce Lance, and Sarratt) and Stowers, Kayton Allen for his landing spot, Douglas as noted above, and Zavion Thomas who, while I wasn’t overly high on him pre-draft, went 89th overall to an offense in Chicago that I trust.

 

Player

Pos

Tm

Player

Grade

Pick

Grade

Pick

Pick

AV

Adj.

AV

2QB

Rank

ROOC

2QB

Stand.

Rank

ROOC

Fernando Mendoza

QB

LVR

6.2

A-

1

34.6

14.8

1

1

6

6

Jeremiyah Love

RB

ARI

7.3

C+

3

27.6

11.9

2

3

1

2

Carnell Tate

WR

TEN

7.1

B+

4

25.8

12.3

3

2

2

1

Jordyn Tyson

WR

NO

6.8

A-

8

21.4

11.1

4

4

3

3

Makai Lemon

WR

PHI

6.8

A

20

15.5

9.5

5

5

4

4

KC Concepcion

WR

CLE

6.5

A

24

14.4

9.0

6

6

5

5

Ty Simpson

QB

LAR

5.7

C-

13

18.3

8.0

7

7

11

20

Omar Cooper Jr

WR

NYJ

6.3

A-

30

12.9

8.2

8

8

7

7

Denzel Boston

WR

CLE

6.2

A

39

11.3

7.8

9

9

8

8

Jadarian Price

RB

SEA

6.1

F

32

12.5

6.1

10

12

9

11

Kenyon Sadiq

TE

NYJ

7.2

C+

16

16.9

9.1

11

14

10

13

Chris Bell

WR

MIA

6.0

A+

94

5.7

5.9

12

11

12

10

Germie Bernard

WR

PIT

6.1

A

47

10.1

7.3

13

10

13

9

Malachi Fields

WR

NYG

5.9

A+

74

7.2

6.3

14

19

14

18

Ted Hurst

WR

TB

6.0

A+

84

6.4

6.1

15

16

15

15

Skyler Bell

WR

BUF

6.1

A+

125

3.9

5.4

16

24

16

22

Eli Stowers

TE

PHI

7.0

A+

54

9.2

7.7

17

26

17

24

Bryce Lance

WR

NO

5.8

A+

136

3.3

5.0

18

28

18

25

Elijah Sarratt

WR

BAL

5.7

A+

115

4.4

5.3

19

29

19

26

De'Zhaun Stribling

WR

SF

5.6

C+

33

12.3

6.9

20

13

20

12

Carson Beck

QB

ARI

4.6

C

65

8.0

5.0

21

22

41

43

Emmett Johnson

RB

KC

5.9

A

161

2.2

4.7

22

21

21

19

Jonah Coleman

RB

DEN

5.7

C+

108

4.8

5.0

23

18

22

17

Nicholas Singleton

RB

TEN

5.8

A-

165

2.1

4.5

24

23

23

21

Kaytron Allen

RB

WAS

5.5

A-

187

1.3

4.1

25

45

24

41

Mike Washington Jr

RB

LVR

5.7

B+

122

4.0

5.0

26

15

25

14

Cole Payton

QB

PHI

5.4

A+

178

1.6

4.1

27

27

47

50

Drew Allar

QB

PIT

5.1

A-

76

7.0

5.6

28

20

48

46

Eli Raridon

TE

NE

6.1

A-

95

5.6

5.8

29

34

26

31

Kaelon Black

RB

SF

5.4

D

90

5.9

4.8

30

17

27

16

Antonio Williams

WR

WAS

5.6

B+

71

7.5

6.0

31

25

28

23

Zachariah Branch

WR

ATL

5.5

A-

79

6.8

5.8

32

32

29

29

Deion Burks

WR

IND

5.6

A+

254

0.1

3.8

33

40

30

36

Demond Claiborne

RB

MIN

5.6

A-

198

0.9

4.0

34

31

31

28

Max Klare

TE

LAR

6.7

A-

61

8.4

7.1

35

30

32

27

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR

BAL

5.0

C

80

6.7

5.0

36

33

33

30

Brenen Thompson

WR

LAC

5.5

A-

105

5.0

5.2

37

42

34

38

Garrett Nussmeier

QB

KC

5.4

A+

249

0.1

3.7

38

36

58

53

Taylen Green

QB

CLE

4.1

B-

182

1.5

3.1

39

48

61

74

Caleb Douglas

WR

MIA

3.9

D

75

7.1

4.0

40

59

35

51

Sam Roush

TE

CHI

6.4

A-

69

7.6

6.6

41

37

36

33

Zavion Thomas

WR

CHI

4.8

D+

89

6.0

4.5

42

74

37

65

Eli Heidenreich

RB

PIT

5.2

B

230

0.1

3.5

43

44

38

40

Chris Brazzell II

WR

CAR

5.4

B-

83

6.5

5.4

44

35

39

32

Seth McGowan

RB

IND

5.2

B

237

0.1

3.5

45

38

40

34

Justin Joly

TE

DEN

5.9

A+

152

2.6

4.8

46

56

42

48

Oscar Delp

TE

NO

6.1

B-

73

7.3

6.0

47

43

43

39

Matthew Hibner

TE

BAL

5.2

C+

133

3.5

4.4

48

57

44

49