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The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

1098: Post-Draft Rookie Rankings

The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Now that the dust has settled, JJ digs into the top of his rookie draft rankings, explaining the “why” behind the tiers and how to attack your draft.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.4

This is the late round podcast with your host, JJ Zacharisa.

0:15.7

What's up, everyone?

0:17.0

It's JJ Zacharisen.

0:18.4

In this episode 1098 of the late round fantasy football podcast.

0:23.1

Thanks for tuning in. I went over my pre-draft rookie rankings right before the draft,

0:27.6

and then my post-draft rookie rankings were immediately in the prospect guide when that draft

0:32.0

ended. But I don't do this post-draft rookie rankings episode right away. I let it sit for a minute.

0:37.8

That's why you heard the analyzing front office decision-making episode last week.

0:41.9

That allowed me to talk more about these situations across the league and across the draft.

0:46.7

But we're back with the rankings today. I'll be going through the first round of single

0:50.8

quarterback rookie drafts, though I can tell you where I'd throw Fernando Mendoza and Ty Simpson and Superflex as well. It's a straightforward episode, but now that we have

0:59.4

landing spots, I can talk about how I'm letting those landing spots dictate things.

1:03.8

Now before getting to the post draft rankings, I just want to send another reminder about

1:07.5

the late round prospect guide. It's all updated. It's ready for your rookie drafts.

1:11.9

Over 170 pages of content, including a background on the Zapp models, prospect writeups

1:17.1

for every guy who was at the Combine, Year 2 profile writeups, rankings, and more.

1:22.6

You can find it over on late round.com and it will deliver immediately to your email inbox after you purchase. Again, that's late round.com, and it will deliver immediately to your email inbox after you purchase.

1:29.0

Again, that's late round.com.

1:33.9

Unsurprisingly, my 101 didn't change pre-to-post draft. It's still Jeremiah Love.

1:39.0

I don't need to go crazy talking about how good Jeremiah Love is as a prospect.

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