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2026 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidates | Way Too Early Predictions (FFT Express)

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Jamey Eisenberg and Dave Richard dish their early breakout candidates.

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0:00.0

Time for some early breakout candidates here on Fantasy Football Today Express.

0:09.0

I'm Jamie Eisenberg.

0:10.2

That's Dave Richard.

0:10.9

He's giving us 10 breakout candidates for 2026.

0:14.0

Obviously, this list will change.

0:15.7

It's only the end of February.

0:17.5

Dave's got some guys that he's targeting.

0:18.9

All right, Dave, give me the first breakout candidate that we're looking.

0:21.4

I'm actually going to give you 19 names. And the first nine, we're not even going to talk about. They're obvious. They are rookies from last year. There are obvious breakout candidates from Ashton Gentie and Omaran Hampton to the two stud receivers. Tedman McMillow, Tedro and McMillan, Emeka, O'Bucca. It would help if I could talk.

0:38.4

Jackson, Dark, Cam Ward, Colson Loveland, Harold Fanon, Tyler Warren, they're going to be on everybody's breakout list. Forget those names for now. I still have 10 names. This is an interesting year for breakouts, by the way, Jamie. I don't know about you, but there are a lot of names that I am into.

0:56.9

And how about a fifth year breakout at wide receiver?

0:58.8

Maybe it's a 60 or I guess it's a six year.

1:04.7

In the case of Devante Smith, what if AJ Brown leaves Philadelphia and the Eagles don't really do anything to replace them and they commit to Devante Smith as their number one wide receiver?

1:09.4

If he clears 15.5 p.pr points, that's the best ever in his career.

1:15.7

And I think he could do that if he was promised a ton of targets, stays healthy.

1:20.3

Even if Philadelphia stayed conservative with the run, he could still fall into a higher target

1:26.1

production if there's no AJ Brown there. So that's the first name off my list and kind of surprising to go with somebody who's not in their second year, third year, or fourth year in Devante Smith. I'm kind of curious to get your reaction to that. It certainly could be the case. You know, I think we always talk about some of these guys that have had early career success, and then they fall off a little bit.

1:45.6

You know, what category do they fall in?

1:47.1

And I think this is certainly a guy that can have a almost a, you know, re-breakout type of season, especially if Dallas Goddard leaves on top of A.J. Brown leaving.

1:57.2

So there's a lot to love about about a situation.

2:00.4

So, yeah, for sure. Somebody that will skyrocket up draft boards if Brown and Goddard are not there.

2:05.9

Who's the next guy on your list?

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