Fantasy Football 2026: Do Not Draft list includes 20 overvalued players, featuring one first-round pick
We dive into the players who are not worth the cost in Fantasy Football drafts
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Technically, there's no such thing as a do-not-draft player in Fantasy football, at least for 90% of the draft. Everyone is a value at some point, and risky players are worth the risk if they have upside and the price is right.
That being said, we can look at where players are going in Fantasy football drafts via their average draft position and consider many potential picks as players we won't roster in any leagues. This could be for a number of reasons, including the hype outpacing what I believe is the upside versus the risk the player brings, or injury uncertainty throwing a player's value into limbo, or questions about their role in the offense based on camp reporting and preseason usage, just for a few examples.
Last year, our do-not-draft list started with Derrick Henry and Ashton Jeanty in the first round, and while both players were ultimately solid in Fantasy, neither lived up to that lofty draft price. We had many other correct calls on players to avoid and also a few who blew past their draft price, but in sum we did a good job of steering around several of the worst Fantasy misfires of last season.
So which players should you avoid early in your 2026 Fantasy drafts? And who else throughout the draft makes sense to avoid at their current ADP? ... Join SportsLine here to see R.J. White's Do Not Draft list for 2026 Fantasy football leagues!
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