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    FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Aug 7th 2026, 7:19am EDT

8 Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers (2026)

8 Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers (2026)

When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and which to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Beyond this, it’s important to keep tabs on preseason rankings risers and fallers. We’ll help you there with this recurring article, where we’ll explore players rising or falling in the rankings as we approach NFL Week 1.

    Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers

    Padded practices are here, and with them the first significant injury news of the series, the kind of event that doesn’t just move one player but reshapes a whole depth chart. Here’s what moved.

    Fantasy Football Risers

    Deebo Samuel Sr. (up 43 spots to No. 163) and De’Zhaun Stribling (up 35 to No. 164). The week’s biggest movers, and they move together for one reason: Ricky Pearsall is done for the season. San Francisco ruled the third-year receiver out for 2026 after PCL surgery, and the depth chart reshuffled instantly. The Niners signed the veteran Deebo Samuel, already fluent in Kyle Shanahan’s offense, to step in alongside Mike Evans, and rookie De’Zhaun Stribling vaulted up as a late-round sleeper with a suddenly clearer path to snaps.

    Malik Nabers (up 11 spots to No. 32). A genuinely important reversal, because it closes the longest-running faller story of the summer. Nabers slid for roughly six weeks, from the low 30s down into the mid-40s, entirely on health uncertainty after his ACL and meniscus surgery. This week the cloud lifted. He avoided the PUP list, returned to the practice field, and by multiple accounts “feels better than expected,” running routes and stacking (limited) practices. He’s not yet in full 11-on-11 work, and there’s no firm return date, so this isn’t all-clear, but the direction finally flipped, and the ranking followed. The player we flagged as the biggest overdraft risk in the top 50 a month ago is now climbing back toward his early-summer valuation.

    Brian Thomas Jr. (up 7 to No. 72) continues a slow multi-week warming trend, and Josh Downs (up 11 to No. 97) climbs into the startable-WR range as Indianapolis’s target picture clarifies.

    Fantasy Football Fallers

    James Conner (down 11 spots to No. 185): Camp reporting has been unkind: free-agent addition Tyler Allgeier reportedly opened with the starters, offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett declined to name a starter, and third-overall rookie Jeremiyah Love is the presumed back of the future. Conner may open the season as the third option in that backfield.

    Isiah Pacheco (down 8 to No. 145) slides as the backup-RB tier gets re-sorted, and Jakobi Meyers (down 7 to No. 107) drifts in a crowded target picture.

    Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers: Expert Rankings

    Check out our latest rankings including all of the week’s top risers and fallers:

    New Rank Player Team Pos Tier (ref) Prior Rank Rank Δ ECR vs ADP (snapshot)
    1 Jahmyr Gibbs DET RB1 1 1 0 0
    2 Bijan Robinson ATL RB2 1 2 0 0
    3 Ja’Marr Chase CIN WR1 1 3 0 0
    4 Puka Nacua LAR WR2 1 4 0 0
    5 Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA WR3 1 5 0 1
    6 Amon-Ra St. Brown DET WR4 1 6 0 2
    7 Christian McCaffrey SF RB3 1 7 0 -2
    8 Jonathan Taylor IND RB4 1 9 1 -1
    9 CeeDee Lamb DAL WR5 2 8 -1 3
    10 Justin Jefferson MIN WR6 2 10 0 1
    11 James Cook III BUF RB5 2 11 0 -2
    12 Ashton Jeanty LV RB6 2 12 0 -2
    13 Drake London ATL WR7 2 13 0 4
    14 Brock Bowers LV TE1 2 16 2 6
    15 A.J. Brown NE WR8 2 15 0 8
    16 Chase Brown CIN RB7 2 17 1 -1
    17 Saquon Barkley PHI RB8 2 14 -3 -3
    18 De’Von Achane MIA RB9 2 19 1 -5
    19 Omarion Hampton LAC RB10 2 20 1 -3
    20 Nico Collins HOU WR9 2 18 -2 4
    21 Derrick Henry BAL RB11 3 23 2 0
    22 George Pickens DAL WR10 3 21 -1 4
    23 Kenneth Walker III KC RB12 3 24 1 -5
    24 Trey McBride ARI TE2 3 22 -2 -5
    25 Rashee Rice KC WR11 3 25 0 3
    26 Chris Olave NO WR12 3 27 1 3
    27 Josh Allen BUF QB1 3 26 -1 -5
    28 DeVonta Smith PHI WR13 3 28 0 5
    29 Zay Flowers BAL WR14 3 29 0 11
    30 Kyren Williams LAR RB13 3 31 1 0
    31 Tee Higgins CIN WR15 3 30 -1 5
    32 Malik Nabers NYG WR16 3 43 11 2
    33 Tetairoa McMillan CAR WR17 3 32 -1 5
    34 Jeremiyah Love ARI RB14 3 33 -1 -9
    35 Lamar Jackson BAL QB2 4 34 -1 2
    36 Josh Jacobs GB RB15 4 35 -1 -9
    37 Breece Hall NYJ RB16 4 37 0 -5
    38 Emeka Egbuka TB WR18 4 38 0 3
    39 Garrett Wilson NYJ WR19 4 36 -3 3
    40 Javonte Williams DAL RB17 4 40 0 -9
    41 Ladd McConkey LAC WR20 4 42 1 4
    42 Colston Loveland CHI TE3 4 39 -3 1
    43 Jaylen Waddle DEN WR21 4 44 1 5
    44 Drake Maye NE QB3 4 41 -3 9
    45 Terry McLaurin WAS WR22 4 45 0 10
    46 Travis Etienne Jr. NO RB18 4 47 1 -7
    47 Davante Adams LAR WR23 4 48 1 10
    48 Luther Burden III CHI WR24 4 49 1 -1
    49 Joe Burrow CIN QB4 4 46 -3 2
    50 Cam Skattebo NYG RB19 4 50 0 -15
    51 Mike Evans SF WR25 4 51 0 10
    52 Jameson Williams DET WR26 4 52 0 7
    53 Jayden Daniels WAS QB5 4 54 1 7
    54 Quinshon Judkins CLE RB20 4 53 -1 -8
    55 Tyler Warren IND TE4 4 58 3 -1
    56 D’Andre Swift CHI RB21 4 57 1 0
    57 Bucky Irving TB RB22 4 56 -1 -13
    58 Christian Watson GB WR27 4 55 -3 7
    59 David Montgomery HOU RB23 4 59 0 -9
    60 TreVeyon Henderson NE RB24 5 60 0 -11
    61 DJ Moore BUF WR28 5 62 1 -9
    62 Jalen Hurts PHI QB6 5 61 -1 1
    63 Rome Odunze CHI WR29 5 63 0 1
    64 Bhayshul Tuten JAC RB25 5 64 0 -6
    65 Jadarian Price SEA RB26 5 66 1 -3
    66 Tucker Kraft GB TE5 5 65 -1 2
    67 Caleb Williams CHI QB7 5 67 0 7
    68 Justin Herbert LAC QB8 5 68 0 11
    69 Jaylen Warren PIT RB27 5 69 0 -2
    70 Carnell Tate TEN WR30 5 70 0 -1
    71 Marvin Harrison Jr. ARI WR31 5 71 0 6
    72 Brian Thomas Jr. JAC WR32 5 79 7 -2
    73 Tony Pollard TEN RB28 5 72 -1 7
    74 Trevor Lawrence JAC QB9 5 73 -1 8
    75 DK Metcalf PIT WR33 5 77 2 10
    76 Harold Fannin Jr. CLE TE6 5 78 2 -10
    77 Rhamondre Stevenson NE RB29 5 74 -3 -5
    78 Dak Prescott DAL QB10 5 76 -2 3
    79 Parker Washington JAC WR34 5 84 5 8
    80 Alec Pierce IND WR35 5 75 -5 4
    81 Sam LaPorta DET TE7 5 81 0 -6
    82 Kyle Pitts Sr. ATL TE8 5 82 0 -11
    83 Chuba Hubbard CAR RB30 5 80 -3 -7
    84 Courtland Sutton DEN WR36 5 83 -1 6
    85 Rico Dowdle PIT RB31 5 85 0 -7
    86 Chris Godwin Jr. TB WR37 5 86 0 5
    87 J.K. Dobbins DEN RB32 6 89 2 5
    88 Jaxson Dart NYG QB11 6 88 0 0
    89 Michael Pittman Jr. PIT WR38 6 95 6 14
    90 Jordyn Tyson NO WR39 6 87 -3 -4
    91 Michael Wilson ARI WR40 6 93 2 -2
    92 RJ Harvey DEN RB33 6 90 -2 -19
    93 Brock Purdy SF QB12 6 92 -1 6
    94 Quentin Johnston LAC WR41 6 94 0 12
    95 Blake Corum LAR RB34 6 96 1 -2
    96 Kyle Monangai CHI RB35 6 91 -5 -13
    97 Josh Downs IND WR42 6 108 11 21
    98 Patrick Mahomes II KC QB13 6 97 -1 -1
    99 Bo Nix DEN QB14 6 99 0 3
    100 Travis Kelce KC TE9 6 103 3 -2
    101 Wan’Dale Robinson TEN WR43 6 101 0 15
    102 Makai Lemon PHI WR44 6 98 -4 -8
    103 George Kittle SF TE10 6 105 2 -7
    104 Jordan Addison MIN WR45 6 106 2 3
    105 Kenneth Gainwell TB RB36 6 102 -3 -1
    106 Matthew Stafford LAR QB15 6 104 -2 -1
    107 Jakobi Meyers JAC WR46 6 100 -7 4
    108 Rachaad White WAS RB37 6 109 1 2
    109 Jayden Reed GB WR47 6 113 4 8
    110 Aaron Jones Sr. MIN RB38 6 110 0 2
    111 Jared Goff DET QB16 6 111 0 4
    112 Jonathon Brooks CAR RB39 6 117 5 -17
    113 Jacory Croskey-Merritt WAS RB40 6 116 3 -4
    114 Dalton Kincaid BUF TE11 6 112 -2 -14
    115 Kyler Murray MIN QB17 6 114 -1 12
    116 Jordan Mason MIN RB41 6 118 2 -3
    117 Jake Ferguson DAL TE12 6 115 -2 -9
    118 Dallas Goedert PHI TE13 6 119 1 1
    119 Xavier Worthy KC WR48 6 120 1 4
    120 Baker Mayfield TB QB18 7 121 1 11
    121 Mark Andrews BAL TE14 7 125 4 -7
    122 Jordan Love GB QB19 7 122 0 4
    123 Tyler Shough NO QB20 7 123 0 16
    124 Jayden Higgins HOU WR49 7 124 0 29
    125 Tyrone Tracy Jr. NYG RB42 7 127 2 11
    126 Isaiah Likely NYG TE15 7 126 0 -25
    127 Chris Rodriguez Jr. JAC RB43 7 129 2 28
    128 Romeo Doubs NE WR50 7 130 2 4
    129 Khalil Shakir BUF WR51 7 128 -1 22
    130 Jalen Coker CAR WR52 7 131 1 30
    131 Woody Marks HOU RB44 7 134 3 11
    132 Tyler Allgeier ARI RB45 7 132 0 1
    133 KC Concepcion CLE WR53 7 135 2 4
    134 Malik Willis MIA QB21 7 133 -1 -4
    135 Matthew Golden GB WR54 7 136 1 6
    136 Tyjae Spears TEN RB46 7 139 3 22
    137 Alvin Kamara NO RB47 7 138 1 9
    138 Rashid Shaheed SEA WR55 7 144 6 5
    139 Dylan Sampson CLE RB48 7 142 3 30
    140 C.J. Stroud HOU QB22 7 141 1 16
    141 Juwan Johnson NO TE16 7 145 4 6
    142 Sam Darnold SEA QB23 7 143 1 3
    143 Brenton Strange JAC TE17 7 146 3 -5
    144 Zach Charbonnet SEA RB49 7 140 -4 -20
    145 Isiah Pacheco DET RB50 7 137 -8 12
    146 Chig Okonkwo WAS TE18 7 153 7 -2
    147 Keaton Mitchell LAC RB51 7 148 1 30
    148 Tank Bigsby PHI RB52 7 150 2 33
    149 Hunter Henry NE TE19 7 147 -2 -14
    150 Cam Ward TEN QB24 7 149 -1 16

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