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Dynasty Nerds Podcast | Dynasty Fantasy Football

The Top 12 Rookies in the 2026 NFL Draft for Dynasty! Dynasty Fantasy Football Podcast EP - 779

Dynasty Nerds Podcast | Dynasty Fantasy Football

Rich Dotson

Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

What does the 2026 NFL Draft class really offer dynasty managers? Garret Price, Jared Wackerly, Jagger May, and Andrew Mott launched the new Draft Nerds Network with a deep dive into the consensus top 12 prospects. The hosts warn this class lacks depth outside the elite tier, with just two quarterbacks cracking the first round in SuperFlex formats and a historically weak running back group. Listen to This Episode: 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎙️ Spotify ▶️ YouTube Jeremiyah Love tops the rankings with Christian McCaffrey comparisons, showcasing elite receiving skills and feel for the game. Fernando Mendoza leads the quarterbacks at number two despite his quirky personality, while Makai Lemon rounds out the top three receivers. The running back position looks brutal beyond Love, with Jonah Coleman and Emmett Johnson projected as mid-round picks at best. Carnell Tate, Jordan Tyson, and KC Concepcion form the core wide receiver group, while Kenyan Siddiq stands alone as the only first round tight end. The hosts debate landing spots and compare prospects to veteran free agents like Kenneth Walker and Breece Hall who may offer better value. Explore more tools and resources to stay ahead of your league. 📊 Rookie Big Boards 📝 Rookie Mock Drafts 📈 Dynasty Rankings 📱 Dynasty Nerds App 🧱 IDP Hub Start Using the Film Room Today! FastDraft: Download and deposit $10 using code NERDS on the FastDraft app and join your first draft to be eligible for a free one-year full bundle membership at Dynasty Nerds (new members only). FastDraft will match your deposit up to $50. Draft best ball teams in under 5 minutes! FFPC: New Users: Use promo code NERDS for $25 off your first FFPC Playoff Challenge Entry! 00:00:00 Start 00:02:15 12 - Emmett Johnson 00:10:36 11 - Denzel Boston 00:14:36 10 - Ty Simpson 00:22:34 9 - Germie Bernard 00:27:32 8 - Jonah Coleman 00:33:53 7 - KC Concepcion 00:37:47 6 - Kenyon Sadiq 00:41:22 5 - Jordyn Tyson 00:45:17 4 - Carnell Tate 00:46:58 3 - Makai Lemon 00:51:57 2 - Fernando Mendoza 00:58:23 1 - Jeremiyah Love 01:04:35 Top 12 Overview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome into the college show here on the Draft Nerds Network. You heard that right. Draft Nerds,

0:07.8

we have our own channel, our own page. We're still powered by Dynasty Nerds. We're all still one

0:12.4

big family. But this is the first official college show that is on the new network. So I am really,

0:19.3

really excited to get things kicked off, to get things

0:22.2

going here. And it's going to mean a little more Andrew and a little more jagger in our lives,

0:26.1

which of course we do not mind. But let's start off here. Let's kick it off here with Jared

0:30.3

Wackerley. Jared, how you doing, buddy? I'm doing pretty good, man. I'm doing good. It's,

0:35.8

I'm grinding this tape and it's looking kind of sour.

0:42.6

Man. Yeah, I'm doing good. Yeah. We'll be talking about those prospects and players today, but

0:49.0

Jagger May, how you doing, buddy? I'm good, man. I'm like the rest of y'all where this is like the most depressing scouting

0:56.0

season i've had it's like this is all pretty mid at best so yeah it's uh it's the calm before

1:03.0

the storm in 27 right andrew yeah i mean i i i don't want to be the third guy to sit here

1:08.2

and kill the mood immediately at the top of the show but i also feel like this is uh let's be let's take that glass half full approach and say it can only get better over the next couple of months. Right. There you go. We'll only get more excited, hopefully. Probably. Well, thank you. That's one way to put it. There we go. We're going to try to be as optimistic as we can.

1:28.2

And I will say there's some very fun prospects inside the top four, five, six guys here in this class.

1:34.9

So there are names that are going to be difference makers for your franchises,

1:39.5

but there's not going to be a lot of them.

1:41.5

They're going to be few and far between.

1:43.8

So today we're going to be looking at our consensus top 12 as it is today.

1:48.3

Now, we are now starting to get into the time where, hey, I have watched four, five, six,

1:53.7

seven games on some of these prospects. And I do have a good deep dive. Not on all of them yet,

1:59.2

but we're starting to get into that process now. So we're getting an idea, but obviously we're not going to be all the way through these guys for a few months still. But let's go ahead and get into it. We're getting into our number one. Should we start at 12 or 1? What do you guys want to start with? We're away from the back all the way to the front let's do that yeah working from 12 all right

2:19.4

we'll start low and then we'll build hype you know we'll get more and yeah excitement as

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