When preparing for your fantasy football draft, it’s important to have a sense of where players are getting drafted. This is known as their average draft position (or ADP). Unlike traditional ADP, our Real-Time ADP quickly detects changes in a player’s average draft position. Instead of showing you where players were drafted yesterday, Real-Time ADP shows you where they’re being drafted now. Let’s look at a few risers and fallers over the last week according to Real-Time ADP.
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Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers
Let’s dive into a few notable ADP risers and fallers along with fantasy football outlook from our analysts.
Fantasy Football Risers
| RK | Name | POS.RK | REAL-TIME | TREND (24H) | TREND (7D) | PICK NUM. | YAHOO | SLEEPER |
| 25 | Malik NabersNYG (8) | WR11 | 27.9 | – | 4.7 | 3.01 | 33 | 31 |
| 45 | D’Andre SwiftCHI (10) | RB20 | 43.5 | 1.6 | 5 | 4.09 | 48 | 53 |
| 55 | DJ MooreBUF (7) | WR24 | 56.7 | – | 4.5 | 5.07 | 62 | 57 |
| 80 | Jonathon BrooksCAR (5) | RB30 | 82.9 | -1.3 | 9.5 | 7.08 | 104 | 92 |
| 81 | Rico DowdlePIT (9) | RB31 | 84 | 2 | 4 | 7.09 | 86 | 83 |
| 91 | Stefon DiggsWAS (7) | WR38 | 97.7 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 8.07 | 117 | 118 |
| 93 | Jacory Croskey-MerrittWAS (7) | RB35 | 98.1 | – | 11.2 | 8.09 | 118 | 99 |
| 102 | Jordan MasonMIN (6) | RB37 | 105.1 | – | 7.5 | 9.06 | 123 | 105 |
| 121 | Matthew GoldenGB (11) | WR47 | 125.5 | – | 4.6 | 11.01 | 171 | 124 |
| 125 | De’Zhaun StriblingSF (8) | WR48 | 127.2 | 4 | 20.6 | 11.05 | 154 | 142 |
Jonathon Brooks is a wonderful wild card pick for 2026 with big-time upside. Brooks has had enough time to recuperate from his second torn ACL that he should enter camp this season and Week 1 fully healthy. Chuba Hubbard lost his starting job to Rico Dowdle last season, and Carolina let him walk in the offseason. Outside of Brooks and Hubbard, Carolina has only Trevor Etienne and A.J. Dillon on the roster, so Carolina is heavily betting on Brooks to return to his collegiate form. Brooks could pull an Uncle Rico from last year and steal Hubbard’s starting job in 2026. Just to remind everyone about the talent that Brooks has, in 2024 (his final collegiate season), he ranked 21st in yards after contact per attempt, ninth in elusive rating, and 21st in yards per route run (per PFF). I’ll be drafting Brooks a ton this season.
– Derek Brown
Malik Nabers remains an elite talent, but his 2026 outlook is heavily tied to recovery from a complicated ACL injury that wiped out nearly all of his sophomore season. Before going down, Nabers was producing like a fantasy WR1 in the Giants’ offense. The concern isn’t ability – it’s availability, especially after requiring a second procedure during rehab. Nabers still offers league-winning upside once fully healthy, but fantasy managers should build in the expectation of missed time and a slower early-season ramp-up. However Nabers seems more than likely to be available for Week 1 after avoiding the PUP list while participating at the start of the Giants’ training camp.
– Andrew Erickson
De’Zhaun Stribling has been zooming up draft boards and ADP since the news of Ricky Pearsall’s season-ending PCL news. Many could pump the brakes on that now that San Francisco brought back Deebo Samuel on a one-year deal, but I’ll still be drafting Stribling at cost. Christian Kirk (calf) is also dealing with an injury to open camp. At this point in Kirk’s career, he can’t be counted on to stay healthy or be an effective weekly cog of an NFL passing attack. Stribling had a solid collegiate career, with his skill set fitting what the 49ers want from their receivers. During his final two collegiate seasons, he posted 2.15 and 2.44 yards per route run with 7.3 and 6.7 yards after the catch per reception (17 missed tackles forced across both seasons, per PFF). Stribling offers the 49ers a varied skill set with shades of what they have hoped to get from Pearsall. He can make players miss in space, outrun them with the ball in his hands (4.36 40-yard dash), and create yards after the catch. Stribling is a great late-round selection in fantasy football drafts in 2026.
– Derek Brown
Fantasy Football Fallers
| RK | Name | POS.RK | REAL-TIME | TREND (24H) | TREND (7D) | PICK NUM. | YAHOO | SLEEPER |
| 85 | Chuba HubbardCAR (5) | RB32 | 91.6 | -1.1 | -12.2 | 8.01 | 74 | 74 |
| 89 | Alec PierceIND (13) | WR37 | 95.4 | – | -10.6 | 8.05 | 84 | 91 |
| 96 | Jordyn TysonNO (8) | WR40 | 99.9 | -7.5 | -12.9 | 8.12 | 89 | 79 |
| 101 | Quentin JohnstonLAC (7) | WR42 | 104.5 | – | -5.9 | 9.05 | 109 | 102 |
| 103 | Kyle MonangaiCHI (10) | RB38 | 105.6 | – | -7.1 | 9.07 | 98 | 86 |
| 113 | Patrick Mahomes IIKC (5) | QB15 | 114.2 | -1.4 | -6 | 10.05 | 95 | 106 |
| 117 | Kenny GainwellTB (10) | RB39 | 116.8 | -1.4 | -6.6 | 10.09 | 120 | 109 |
| 119 | Dallas GoedertPHI (10) | TE14 | 119.2 | – | -7.4 | 10.11 | 106 | 121 |
Jordyn Tyson should become the second target in the Saints’ offense this season once he’s healthy, but right now his health for the 2026 season is the biggest question. Sadly, Tyson is dealing with another hamstring injury that will linger into the regular season (possibly into Week 7). This automatically makes him a player that I’m avoiding unless he slips past his ADP. Tyson is a decent bet as your WR4/5, but it’s impossible to trust him in fantasy this season as more than that. Over the last two collegiate seasons, Tyson has ranked 60th and 11th in yards per route run and 12th and 15th in receiving grade (per PFF). Last year, in Weeks 12-18, New Orleans was fifth in neutral passing rate and 11th in pass rate over expectation. Tyson can’t be counted on for more than a midseason flex play or stretch-run difference-maker at his point and that’s only if his problematic hamstrings permit it.
– Derek Brown
Alec Pierce finished as the WR23 in fantasy points per game last year after serving as Indy’s field stretcher. He had only a 17.4% target share (19.4 aDOT), but he turned that into 1,003 receiving yards and six scores. Indy was counting on Pierce to step into a heavier workload this season with Michael Pittman Jr. gone, but his ankle issues and the signing of Keenan Allen have complicated things. Pierce had left ankle surgery in March of 2026 and has had a bumpy recovery. He needed a PRP injection in January for the same ankle prior to surgery. Pierce will be slow out of the gate for 2026. That isn’t a question. The worry is how long before he’s 100% (if at all in 2026). The positives are Pierce are that last season, among 109 qualifying receivers, he was 12th in receiving yards per game and 16th in yards per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). Those efficiency marks are awesome, but the lingering concerns about Pierce’s health/effectiveness, his target-earning ability, Daniel Jones’ health/effectiveness, and this Colts’ offense in general push him into the WR3/4 territory in drafts. With the addition of Keenan Allen and Pierce’s continued health struggles, I’m avoiding him in drafts this year.
– Derek Brown
Chuba Hubbard followed up his big breakout 2024 season with a stinker in 2025. Last year, Chuba Hubbard fell apart as the RB40 in fantasy points per game. Yes, he dealt with a calf injury for part of the season, but he also lost his starting job during the season to Rico Dowdle. Hubbard was arguably the most inefficient running back in the NFL last year. Among 49 qualifying backs, he ranked dead last in missed tackle rate and explosive run rate (zero explosive runs) while also sitting at 47th in yards after contact per attempt (per Fantasy Points Data). If Jonathon Brooks is fully healthy (I think he will be), he could easily be the backfield leader coming out of camp. I’ll be avoiding Hubbard in drafts this year, especially with him also dealing with a hamstring injury in camp now.
– Derek Brown
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