Post-100 Picks
As your fantasy draft drags on, the beverages flow, and your league mates get bored, keep your focus with these 5 players you can target late… they could make all the difference.
RB: Jonathon Brooks (CAR), Current ADP 104
Brooks is the highest-upside running back available after pick 100: a former top prospect who has never actually had a chance to prove it in an NFL season.
Cleared for takeoff: Fully healthy entering 2026 OTAs after missing all of 2025 on the PUP list, Brooks has already been clocked at top speeds of 21 mph, which is early evidence the wheels are back.
Path to the starting role is real: The Panthers have internally floated Brooks as their lead back over Chuba Hubbard, who has "lost some prominence," with Rico Dowdle leaving in free agency and the backfield up for grabs.
Elite ceiling at a bargain price: Some formats have him ranked as low as RB52, yet if healthy, he's viewed as having legitimate RB1 / top-12 upside in Dave Canales' offense. The schedule also helps: Carolina faces the 6th-easiest run defense slate in 2026.
The risk is obvious (two ACL tears in the same knee) but at ADP 104, you're paying for a backup and getting a potential breakout starter if training camp reports go the right way. Monitor his health in August religiously.
WR: Josh Downs (IND), Current ADP 104
Downs was quietly one of the most efficient route runners in football last season, and now the one thing standing between him and a true WR1 role, Michael Pittman Jr., is gone.
Target hog in waiting: Despite playing in a low-volume passing attack, Downs was targeted on 29.4% of his routes in 2025… a rate that trailed only Puka Nacua and Malik Nabers league-wide. More opportunity only amplifies that.
Slot mastery plus red zone punch: He ranked 6th in the NFL in total slot snaps (421) last season, maintained 2.21 yards per route run, and racked up 15 red zone targets, which ranked 13th in the NFL for a receiver his size.
Contract year fuel: Entering the final year of his rookie deal and currently training for the full Z/slot role while target competition Alec Pierce remains sidelined… per Reception Perception, Downs already bested Pierce in target rate (22.2%) last season, making the hierarchy clear.
The Colts' WR schedule improves from 22nd easiest to 17th in 2026, the featured role is his to lose, and he's being drafted like a depth piece… that's the definition of an undervalued player in PPR formats.
TE: Travis Kelce (KC), Current ADP 117
Yes, this is the same Travis Kelce — and no, ADP 117 is not a typo.
A "down year" that would be a career year for most TEs: In 2025, Kelce finished as the overall TE8 in points per game (11.4 PPG), ranked 4th among all tight ends in targets (108) and 4th in receiving yards (851). That was his floor.
The schedule flips dramatically: After facing the 31st-easiest (2nd toughest) TE schedule in 2025, Kelce is projected to face the 8th-easiest in 2026, which is one of the biggest schedule swings of any player at his position.
Bieniemy returns, and Kelce's role expands when it matters: OC Eric Bieniemy is back to revitalize a Chiefs offense that scored just 21st in points last season. And when Rashee Rice is off the field, Kelce's target rate jumps to 24.4% of routes… underscoring he remains Kansas City's primary offensive engine.
He's entering what may be his final season under a new extension, motivated as ever, with a dramatically easier schedule and a coaching reunion that could unlock a dormant offense, so getting him at 117 is one of the cleaner value plays in any draft.
WR: Wan’Dale Robinson (TEN), Current ADP 111
Wan'Dale Robinson just finished as a top-15 PPR wide receiver, signed a massive $78 million deal, and is headed into the 2nd-easiest WR schedule in the NFL, yet he's being drafted as a borderline WR4/5.
Proven elite volume: Robinson has posted exactly 140 targets in back-to-back seasons, ranked 7th in the NFL in both targets and receptions (92) in 2025, and finished as the fantasy WR14 in total points and 13.6 PPG, all while playing through unstable quarterback play in New York.
The PPR floor is as secure as it gets: He led the NFL in slot snaps (543) last season and maintained a 1.97-yard target separation average (15th in the league). Now in Tennessee, he's been signed as the "central figure" and primary slot target for sophomore QB Cam Ward in Brian Daboll's system… a coach he played under for four seasons with the Giants.
He's no longer just a short-route specialist: Robinson shed the "quick-game only" label in 2025 with a career-high 11.0 yards per reception and 1,187 air yards, adding a vertical element to an already reliable PPR profile, and his 48.3% target share in a Week 17 showcase proved he can handle a true feature receiver workload.
A proven WR14 with a massive contract, a familiar offensive system, a target-friendly schedule, and no major competition for the slot role. So being drafted as a WR4/5 is the kind of gap you build championship teams around.
RB: Jordan Mason (MIN), Current ADP 122
Mason is the pick for managers who want a late-round running back with genuine starting upside… not a handcuff, not a committee piece, but a player who has already shown bell-cow production when given the opportunity.
Efficiency numbers that demand attention: Mason ranked 13th in true yards per carry (4.6), 11th in explosive rating, and 5th in yards after contact per attempt across the league in 2025 (albeit with a smaller sample size)… elite markers across the board for a back available at pick 122.
The table is cleared for him to take over: After Aaron Jones, who is starting to show signs of slowing down, the depth chart in front of him is effectively gone, with his only competition a 6th-round rookie (Demond Claiborne).
Kyler Murray makes the context even better: The addition of Kyler Murray to Minnesota is expected to boost offensive efficiency and generate game scripts that favor a power runner like Mason. He's also a virtual roster lock, entering the final year of his deal with $5.2M in dead money, so Minnesota isn't cutting him.
The receiving work is limited and the ankle injury that ended his 2025 season bears watching, but when Mason has been on the field with a full workload, he's been a legitimate top-12 producer in the past… and at pick 122, the price is right for that kind of upside.
So that’s the list. Players I’m paying attention to late in all my fantasy drafts that could make the difference on your roster.
-Joe