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Refreshed September 3, 2026

Draft Strategy

ADP vs Production for 2026

Where the draft room and last season's box score disagree, and which way each disagreement runs.

Bhayshul Tuten is the biggest disagreement in 2026 full-PPR drafts: the room takes him 36 spots earlier than his 5.9 points per game ranks him, around pick 53.8 in round 5, across 7,848 real drafts.

What a Gap Means, and What It Does Not

A gap is a disagreement, not a verdict. Average draft position is forward looking: it already accounts for a torn ACL, a new offensive coordinator, a backfield that just signed someone, and rookies with no NFL snaps to rank at all. Production is simply what happened last season.

So a player taken far earlier than his production is being drafted on expectation, and one taken far later is being drafted on doubt. Often the room is right and last season is the misleading number. The useful question is not who is wrong, it is what the room is pricing that the box score cannot see.

Drafted on expectation

The room takes these players earlier than last season’s production ranks them. Rookies and changed situations dominate this list by design: there is no box score to rank a player who has not played yet.

PlayerDraftedProducedGap
Bhayshul TutenRB JAXRd 5, RB225.9 PPG, RB5836
Luther Burden IIIWR CHIRd 5, WR268.6 PPG, WR6034
Justin JeffersonWR MINRd 1, WR611.9 PPG, WR3327
DJ MooreWR CHIRd 4, WR2410.2 PPG, WR4622
Kenneth Walker IIIRB SEARd 2, RB1111.3 PPG, RB2918
Ladd McConkeyWR LACRd 4, WR2011.3 PPG, WR3818
Emeka EgbukaWR TBRd 3, WR1811.6 PPG, WR3517
DeVonta SmithWR PHIRd 3, WR1611.9 PPG, WR3216
Mark AndrewsTE BALRd 11, TE127.7 PPG, TE2816
Colston LovelandTE CHIRd 5, TE310.3 PPG, TE1815
Chris Godwin Jr.WR TBRd 7, WR389.2 PPG, WR5315
Mike EvansWR TBRd 5, WR2810.6 PPG, WR4214

Drafted on doubt

The room waits longer on these players than last season’s production ranks them. A lost starting job, a crowded depth chart, or a season the room reads as an outlier all land here.

PlayerDraftedProducedGap
Troy FranklinWR DENRd 16, WR8810.4 PPG, WR4345
Jauan JenningsWR SFRd 13, WR6211.5 PPG, WR3626
Travis HunterWR JAXRd 14, WR809.1 PPG, WR5426
Quentin JohnstonWR LACRd 8, WR4513.2 PPG, WR2025
Ryan FlournoyWR DALRd 15, WR818.7 PPG, WR5625
Wan'Dale RobinsonWR NYGRd 8, WR4013.6 PPG, WR1723
Tyrone Tracy Jr.RB NYGRd 13, RB5410.7 PPG, RB3123
Keon ColemanWR BUFRd 15, WR828.6 PPG, WR5923
Keenan AllenWR LACRd 12, WR5910.8 PPG, WR4019
Stefon DiggsWR NERd 8, WR4412.4 PPG, WR2618
Deebo Samuel Sr.WR WASRd 10, WR5111.8 PPG, WR3417
Kayshon BoutteWR NERd 14, WR728.9 PPG, WR5517

How to read the columns

  • Drafted is where the player goes on average in a 12-team league, as a round and a rank within his position.
  • Produced is his points per game last season in full PPR, and his rank within his position on that number.
  • Gap is the distance between those two positional ranks. Bigger means the two views disagree more.

Want the same comparison for half PPR or standard, or for a player who is not on these lists? Every player’s draft position sits on his player page, and you can pull the full board in any format through the DraftCall MCP server.

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