The Dark Horses With #1 Overall Upside at Every Position

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Every draft season, a guy nobody is talking about ends up as the overall QB1, RB1, WR1, or TE1, and the managers who saw him coming are the ones holding the trophy. So this year I broke down the dark horses at every position with the upside to finish number one overall in 2026.

Some of these names will feel obvious. A few are going to sound insane, and those are the ones you want to stick around for. For every pick I go through the metrics and the situation changes, and exactly what has to happen for them to finish as the number one overall at their position.

Last year I was the loudest person in the room on Drake Maye, Chase Brown, George Pickens, and Tucker Kraft before he got hurt. All dark horses at the time, all finished near the top of their position. This list is built the same way.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro: the dark horses who finish #1 overall
00:29 QB: Trevor Lawrence
01:41 QB: Dak Prescott
02:23 QB: Caleb Williams
03:18 QB: Justin Herbert
04:10 QB: Brock Purdy
05:01 RB: Omarion Hampton
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06:43 RB: Kenneth Walker
08:16 RB: Chase Brown
09:30 RB: Cam Skattebo (honorable mention)
10:28 WR: Chris Olave
11:33 WR: Drake London
12:26 WR: A.J. Brown
13:17 WR: Ladd McConkey
14:09 TE: Tucker Kraft
14:45 TE: Isaiah Likely
15:23 TE: Dallas Goedert
15:53 TE: Dalton Kincaid
16:32 TE: Harold Fannin Jr.
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