Every round of your fantasy football draft presents a different set of values. While some positions are routinely worth their draft capital, others are better left on the board until later. Here’s the most overvalued and undervalued position in every round of the 2026 fantasy football draft.
Round 1
Overvalued: Running Back / Undervalued: Wide Receiver
At this point, it’s no secret RBs are being targeted early and often in fantasy drafts. Industry consensus is extremely RB top-heavy, but that still doesn’t take away from the fact that if your league drafts 6-8 RBs in the first round, you can absolutely find value at WR. Depending on your rankings, your league could see Gibbs, Bijan, CMC, Jonathan Taylor, James Cook, and Achane all drafted in the first round.
That leaves elite receivers like Amon-Ra St. Brown, Justin Jefferson, and Ceedee Lamb likely available at the turn. Shoot, you could even get Jamar Chase at pick 4 or 5 if you’re lucky. Truth is, all of these first-round guys are going to hit, but if we want to measure value specifically, you can get great WR talent at the end of the first round.
Round 2
Overvalued: Wide Receiver / Undervalued: Running Back
Round 2 flips the script. Outside of the top 5-6 wide receivers, top 15 running backs have much more depth. You can grab Chase Brown, Kenneth Walker, Omarion Hampton, Saquon Barkley, and Derrick Henry all in this range. Those dudes all have top 5 potential, and much higher ceilings than Drake London, Nico Collins, or Chris Olave in my opinion.
Round 3
Overvalued: Running Back / Undervalued: Wide Receiver
This is where running backs start being drafted as floor plays in my opinion. Outside of Jeremiah Love, guys like Breece Hall, Javonte Williams, and Kyren Williams just don’t scream high upside. They will be solid, but you could really boom on gambles with Malik Nabers, Rashee Rice, or Ladd McConkey.
Round 4
Overvalued: Tight End / Undervalued: Quarterback
This is more of a Colston Loveland hate piece than anything. I love Loveland, but his fourth round ADP is far too rich for me. I would love to be proven wrong, but there are just too many mouths to feed in Chicago’s offense for Loveland to be going this high. I’d much rather grab Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen if he somehow falls that far (I’ve seen it.)
Round 5
Overvalued: Wide Receiver / Undervalued: Running Back
This is firm floor territory for almost all positions. I just like the floors of RBs here more than the WRs. You could grab a guy like D’Andre Swift, who has never finished below top 24 at his position, or Bhayshul Tuten, who will be the featured back in a Liam Cohen offense. I don’t hate the wide receivers here, but Davante Adams is surely due for TD regression after leading the league last year with 14 end zone grabs, and Terry McLaurin only has 2 top-24 finishes in 7 seasons as a pro.
Round 6
Overvalued: Quarterback / Undervalued: Wide Receiver
Quarterback is too deep this year to be targeting Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels, and Joe Burrow here. I’d much rather wait to grab Trevor Lawrence or even Kyler Murray. Instead, I would target wide receivers like Parker Washington, Christian Watson, or Luther Burden III.
Round 7
Overvalued: Tight End / Undervalued: Running Back
Similar to QB, I feel like tight end is too deep this year to be grabbing them in the first seven rounds. Sure, Kyle Pitts finally had a top-3 finish, but let’s not forget 46 of his total points came from one game. The Harold Fannin Jr. buzz has gotten a little too heavy for me too—I just cannot trust Cleveland’s passing attack. I’d much rather grab an RB3 like Jonathan Brooks, Tony Pollard, or Jaylen Warren if he falls.
Round 8
Overvalued: Wide Receiver / Undervalued: Running Back
This is the last round you could sneak in a potential RB3 with picks like Kenny Gainwell, Jacory-Croskey Merritt, or Jordan Mason. I’d be sure to lock in one of those guys over middle-of-the-pack WRs here.
Round 9
Overvalued: Running Back / Undervalued: Wide Receiver
This is Kyle Monangai, Aaron Jones, and even Marshawn Lloyd territory. It’s just too early to be taking handcuffs and declining veteran running backs when you can still swing on a wide receiver like Michael Pittman, Josh Downs, Wan’Dale Robinson, or De’Zhaun Stribling.
Round 10
Overvalued: Running Back / Undervalued: Tight End
This is where I’m happy to pick from the leftover tight ends. Travis Kelce, Isiah Likely, and Dallas Goedert are all solid TE1s with much more palatable price tags. You could take Zach Charbonnet if you need Price’s handcuff; otherwise, the RB position has dried up in my opinion.
Round 11
Overvalued: Wide Receiver / Undervalued: Quarterback
You can still grab highly serviceable QBs in Round 11. Jared Goff (who has four straight top-10 finishes at the position) and Kyler Murray are easy clicks. I tend to avoid WR here. Typically, all of the WRs you want in this round will go a round earlier. Take a QB and wait to hit some sleepers in Rounds 12-15.
Rounds 12-15
These are the dart-throw rounds, and will be much more unpredictable than the first 11 rounds of your draft. Instead of ranking positions by round, I am going to give a list of guys I like to target in this range that you can keep tabs on as you fill out your roster depth:
- Ja’Kobi Lane
- Denzel Boston
- Mike Washington Jr.
- Chig Okonkwo
- Dalton Schultz
- Hunter Henry
- Tre Tucker
- Rasheed Shaheed
- Cyrus Allen
- Jonah Coleman
- Demond Claiborne
- Kaelon Black
- Dylan Sampson
- Ted Hurst
- Tank Bigsby
- Juwan Johnson
- Caleb Douglas
- Emmet Johnson
- Terrance Ferguson
- Gunnar Helm
