The Most Undervalued Players In 2026 Fantasy Football Drafts

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We are rounding the corner to training camp for all 32 NFL teams, and we can start getting the fantasy football machine calibrated and running at full speed with content and discussions! With that comes identifying the fantasy football players who are undervalued by average draft position (ADP).

Of course, the concept of fantasy football players being undervalued is subjective, but there are any number of factors that go into why players are drafted in the rounds they are. One thing is for certain: finding the diamonds in the rough can be what turns a good fantasy football team into a juggernaut.

Let’s go through some of the undervalued players - one per position in detail and two others per position as honorable mentions - for fantasy football this season.

Bo Nix, Denver Broncos​

Nix has been fantasy’s QB7 in both of his NFL seasons. As his fantasy finishes would suggest, you know what you’re going to get with him despite any changes in his surroundings. While offensive coordinator Davis Webb will be calling plays for the Broncos this season, this offense and its concepts still have the Sean Payton hallmarks. Denver is always going to mix and match personnel at every position to accentuate the positives and skill sets of their players.

Adding some modern concepts like more pre-snap motion to the offense will certainly help, considering the Broncos utilized pre-snap motion at the second-lowest rate in the NFL last season. If Denver can keep up its positive pass rate over expected (PROE) as one of only eight teams with a positive number for a full season - and maintain the eighth-highest raw pass rate (63%) in the league - we will be cooking here for the Broncos’ passing game.

Even more important this season is the addition of Jaylen Waddle, brought in via trade with the Miami Dolphins. The Waddle acquisition can do several important things, such as allow Nix to work more confidently over the middle of the field and provide a veteran target-earning presence there. Waddle has always been one of the best in the NFL in terms of per-route efficiency in the NFL dating back to his days in Miami opposite Tyreek Hill, so his working with Courtland Sutton and the host of receivers will be a huge boon for everybody there, but mostly Nix.

As for Nix himself, fantasy managers can bank on 350-to-450 rushing yards with a handful of rushing scores in addition to at least 25 touchdowns through the air. It’s a pass-centric offense with a fantasy-friendly skill set for Nix that - with Waddle added to Sutton, Pat Bryant, Troy Franklin, Evan Engram and big plays to Marvin Mims - should be one of the highest-scoring offenses in the NFL this season. Despite that, Nix comes off the board on average as QB14. Pounce on that value in your drafts this summer!

Bhayshul Tuten, Jacksonville Jaguars​

Travis Etienne Jr. left for New Orleans with a lucrative long-term deal, and now the Jacksonville Jaguars’ running back room is in flux. Is it though? Tuten now gets his time in the sun heading into 2026 after showing glimpses of his talent last season behind Etienne.

The Jaguars also brought in Chris Rodriguez Jr. from the Commanders on a deal in free agency, but pardon me if I’m not as enthusiastic about Rodriguez as some are. We’re talking about Rodriguez, who was cut multiple times by the Commanders and not offered a restricted free-agent tender by the team.

Meanwhile, Tuten was earning a little bit of run alongside Etienne until a finger injury cut short his 2025 rookie season. According to NFL Next Gen Stats, Tuten would have been ninth in the NFL with a 47% success rate on the ground, which is the percentage of runs that result in a positive expected points added (EPA), had he had enough qualifying carries. Tuten also would have been 10th amongst that same cohort in yards after contract per attempt (3.6). There is a LOT to like here with Tuten and this Jaguars’ offense.

We can’t completely dismiss Rodriguez, who has a history with head coach Liam Coen dating back to their time at the University of Kentucky. LeQuint Allen or Ameer Abdullah could also find a role in the passing game, but in terms of the high-value touches in the Jaguars’ offense, Tuten has first crack at the vast majority of those touches that provide a direct path to a LOT of fantasy scoring. On an offense that should score quite a bit and has a ton of weapons, this is a running back with excellent explosion and evasion metrics that translate into fantasy points with more volume and a clear role. You want to be in on Tuten in 2026.

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Romeo Doubs, New England Patriots​

As a generational Romeo Doubs hater as a Packers fan, I have to swallow my pride and finally recognize a bargain when I see one. Doubs priced himself out of Green Bay, and with that gambit comes a move into a more fantasy football-friendly New England offense, which will likely feature more team pass attempts and a quarterback in Drake Maye who is working his way into the elite quarterback conversation.

The Packers were bottom-six in the NFL in total team pass attempts with 489 last season, a bottom-nine pass rate over expected (-4.4%), and had the fourth-lowest pass rate of all NFL teams last season with 56%. How uncondensed were the Packers in 2025? Well, Doubs led the team with 85 targets last season, but six other Packers had at least 30 targets. To say the passing game wasn’t the focus of the Packers’ offense is putting it mildly.

In 2025, Doubs did put up one of the better seasons he’s had in his four NFL seasons. On a team that spread the ball around to a half-dozen receivers, Doubs still managed 85 targets and 724 yards, with his best YPRR (1.73) of his career. In free agency, he got the bag from New England and will slot in as a clear WR2 next to A.J. Brown in a new-look Patriots’ passing game. If this offense takes another step in efficiency and volume, Doubs is poised to be a massive value.

Doubs’ average draft position (WR53) is being priced like he’s still in Green Bay, but I’m more than willing to pay that reasonable price to see if Doubs can get 100+ targets this season as he enters his age-26 season. A bet on Doubs in 2026 is one about being in a better fantasy situation, hoping that Maye takes the next step and reaping the benefits of having Brown attract so much attention. It also won't hurt his cause to play the Dolphins and Jets twice a season.

Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs​

Travis Kelce will turn 37 years old in October. Now that he’s a married man, people seem to think that he’s just going to ride into the sunset. “Father Time comes for everybody”, they say. While Kelce is certainly not in his prime years as a fantasy asset, managers need to remember he just finished as fantasy TE3 last season - his 12th full campaign.

Kelce has been a model of consistency throughout his career, with 10 straight seasons of at least 100 targets, never finishing worse than TE7 at any point in his career. Up until last season, he also had a target-per-route-run mark above 20% in every season. But again, Kelce is an ‘old.’

Despite his advanced age - and you know how much I dislike olds - Kelce is still plenty valuable in fantasy for 2026. The wide receiver room is in serious flux. Xavier Worthy hasn’t been a solid producer in his two seasons thus far. Legal troubles and injuries have mounted for Rashee Rice. Behind those two, there is not much. The Chiefs invested heavily in the run game with Kenneth Walker III, bringing what looks to be a singular focus on that position unseen since the first go-around with Kareem Hunt almost a decade ago.

If you’re playing in PPR leagues, Kelce’s value holds even more weight, with no fewer than 72 catches and 823 yards in his 11 seasons after his first full year in 2014. Kelce maintained a solid 8.3 yards per target last season - fully in line with his prime marks - as well as a 20% first-read target rate. The last two seasons’ worth of efficiency (1.43 and 1.47 yards per route run in 2024 and 2025) may stick out, but the volume will certainly be there.

If you don’t want to pay exorbitant prices for the top tight ends in fantasy and want to get the rest of your positions set up first, coming back to Kelce in the middle rounds is a great strategy to still get somebody you can bank on to produce and be a key cog in their offense. With some of the players around Kelce in ADP, such as Isaiah Likely and Dalton Kincaid, you have to wonder how their target-earning will work out in a new location (Likely) and among numerous pass-catchers (Kincaid). Not the case here, as Kelce is a tight end you plug and play into your fantasy lineups every week that you can draft in the middle rounds!

Honorable Mentions​

• QB Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys
• QB Tyler Shough, New Orleans Saints
• RB J.K. Dobbins, Denver Broncos
• RB Jonathon Brooks, Carolina Panthers
• WR Zay Flowers, Baltimore Ravens
• WR Josh Downs, Indianapolis Colts
• TE Harold Fannin Jr., Cleveland Browns
• TE Juwan Johnson, New Orleans Saints

This article originally appeared on The Huddle: The Most Undervalued Players In 2026 Fantasy Football Drafts

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