Draft HQ
Sunday, Sep 6 · 16 teams · 14 rounds · 224 picks. Yahoo locked.
Who moved a pick
Archive of the 2026 draft. For next season's picks, see 2027 Pick Ownership. Round 13 was the designated keeper round for 2026. Round 14 was drafted live and reflects imported traded picks. Below are the teams whose draft selections shifted before draft date.
Keeper mechanics
One keeper per team. Selected in the designated keeper round. One-and-done applies, with a specific carve-out for new owners.
One keeper per team
Up to sixteen keeper declarations. Only those players come off the pool before the draft opens.
Declare by the deadline. Silence = no keeper, and you draft with a full slate.
Selected in Round 13
Each valid keeper occupied the team's Round 13 selection. Fifteen keepers were preloaded. X Bettors used the open Round 13 selection after the attempted keeper was voided.
Round 13 is the designated keeper round for 2026. The Keeper Code refers to it as the designated keeper round so the rule doesn't need to be rewritten each season.
One-and-done
A player kept going into Year N cannot be that same franchise's keeper going into Year N+1. Back to the pool.
The pool refreshes annually. Nobody stashes the same player forever.
New-owner exception
A manager NEW to a franchise slot is exempt from one-and-done on the players kept by the previous owner. First keeper cycle only.
Applies once per new-owner transition, not every season.
Off-limits, then wide open
These thirteen players were kept in 2025 and cannot be kept again by the same franchise in 2026. Nothing stops another team from drafting them.
Draft Lottery
All 16 teams entered with equal odds. Final order revealed live Friday, Sep 4. Archived.