2026 UFL Fantasy Football Position Preview
The 2026 UFL season is weeks away from kickoff! That makes it the perfect time to fire up your UFL fantasy football drafts and draft a winning lineup. There have been multiple changes to the league. These have included new rules that are intended to lead to more points. Which is great for your fantasy football team. Among the changes have been new coaches, new teams, and new players. Let’s take a look at the top projected UFL fantasy football players by position!
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Quarterback
We don’t know the full starting line-ups yet since there are no official depth charts. However, we can start to guess who may start. My assumptions for the starting quarterbacks are Matt Corrall, Jalen McClendon, Luis Perez, Brandon Silvers, Donovan Smith, Jordan Ta’amu, Jason Bean, and Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Here’s how I rank the 2026 UFL fantasy football quarterbacks.
Here is how I’m ranking these guys.
- Jordan Ta’amu – DC Defenders
- Matt Corrall – Birmingham Stallions
- Dorian Thompson-Robinson – Orlando Storm
- Jalen McClendon – Columbus Aviators
- Luis Perez – Dallas Renegades
- Brandon Silvers – St. Louis Battlehawks
- Jason Bean – Louisville Kings
- Donovan Smith – Houston Gamblers
Jordan Ta’amu returns for his fourth consecutive year at quarterback for the DC Defenders. He has consistently thrown the ball more than other quarterbacks. That’s more attempts and more yards. Sure, there have been interceptions. However, there have also been touchdowns. Ta’amu also has good scrambling abilities.
Behind him, I have Matt Corrall. Corrall returns to the Stallions under new coaching. I don’t have a lot of belief in AJ McCarron being able to step in as a first-time head coach and having a ton of success. However, Corrall was one of the better quarterbacks in the league when healthy.
Next up is former NFL player Dorian Thompson-Robinson. We saw what Anthony Becht was able to do with Manny Wilkins. DTR should produce similar results in being able to move the ball in the air and scramble.
Ranked fourth, we have Jalen McClendon. He’s inconsistent, but has one of the biggest arms in the UFL. He’s not afraid to sling it and will hopefully be given the opportunity in Ted Ginn Jr’s first head coaching position.
For the last five, I have Luis Perez, who is Mr. 500. Perez can manage the game, but he doesn’t often put up mind-blowing numbers. He’s followed by Brandon Silvers, Jason Bean, and Donovan Smith.
Running Back
Much like the quarterbacks, we don’t know the starters. However, taking my best guess, this ended up being much harder than ranking the quarterbacks. Here’s a look at my UFL fantasy football running backs.
- James Robinson – Louisville Kings
- Anthony McFarland – Birmingham Stallions
- Jashua Corbin – Orlando Storm
- Jerveon Howard – St. Louis Battlehawks
- Toa Taua – Columbus Aviators
- Dae-Dae Hunter – Dallas Renegades
- Deon Jackson – DC Defenders
- Update: Marcus Yarns – Houston Gamblers
James Robinson is a former NFL starter. You have to imagine he’s hungry to get back on the field. Much like the number two-ranked Anthony McFarland, I have a feeling that when he’s on the field, he will look like one of the best athletes on the field. I am somewhat concerned about him losing some touchdowns to Ian Wheeler, but he’s still my top guy with McFarland close behind.
At three and four, I have Jashuan Corbin and Jerveon Howard. These are both hard-running guys. Corbin led the league in rushing last year. Meanwhile, Howard returns to the Stallions, where he was their lead back last year. It’s a different offense and different coaching, but they should still lean on his hard-running style.
Speaking of hard-running style, last year we saw Toa Taua emerge towards the end of the season when he got an opportunity. I am assuming a Todd Haley offense will run the ball, but I’m not positive with Ted Ginn being the head coach. Either way, Taua should get opportunities to set the tone of each game by running.
I was going to put Deon Jackson next. However, I think DC will still get Abram Smith involved, and he will vulture short-yardage touchdowns. Therefore, just ahead of Deon Jackson is Dae Dae Hunter. Hunter has shown consistency and can do damage on the ground and in the air.
Update: I had Nate McRary at eight. However, he was released a few days ago. So I’m going with who I thought he’d be competing with, Marcus Yarns.
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Wide Receiver
Finally, we can’t have our UFL fantasy football rankings without wide receivers. This is by far the hardest group to rate because there is plenty of talent in the pool. Here are my wide receiver rankings.
- Chris Rowland – Orlando Storm
- Ty Scott – DC Defenders
- Jahcour Pearson – St. Louis Battlehawks
- Cam Echols-Luper – Birmingham Stallions
- Tyler Vaughns – Dallas Renegades
- Jontre Kirklin – Houston Gamblers
- Hakeem Butler – St. Louis Battlehawks
- Deon Cain – Birmingham Stallions
- Lucky Jackson – Louisville Kings
- Keke Chism – Columbus Aviators
What a group. Until we know more, I’d be happy with any of the top ten guys here. However, for my ranking purposes, I have Chris Rowland coming out as the number one UFL fantasy football wide receiver. The long-time DC Defender now finds himself on the Orlando Storm. Anthony Becht’s Battlehawks team last year was the highest efficiency team in the regular season and the highest-graded offense per PFF. He’ll find ways to utilize Chris Rowland’s talents, and DTR will be slinging it to him.
Right behind him is Ty Scott, the guy who I think will get more work for DC because Rowland is no longer there. Scott had plenty of flashes and flourishing last year, despite some injuries. He was on track to lead the league in receiving. Now, fully healthy, he’ll give all the other receivers a run for their money.
Next is Jahcour Pearson, who was one of the best receivers in the league back when he was part of the XFL’s Seattle Sea Dragons. Now he finds himself on the Battlehawks and ready to jump back towards the top of the league. He’ll be the speed of the receiving corps to number seventh-ranked Hakeem Butler. Butler is a big-bodied receiver who may get a lot of the redzone looks, but Pearson should be a PPR machine.
At four, I have Cam Echols-Luper. He’s spent some time in the NFL and more recently in the CFL. He’s got a lot of talent and is hungry to prove that he still has what it takes. He made some incredible catches in the CFL and will really help Matt Corrall out.
Next at five, we have Luis Perez’s favorite target, Tyler Vaughns. Vaughns had some huge games last year. Again, Perez doesn’t always throw for 300+ yards. However, when he is throwing it, more often than not, he’s looking towards Vaughns.
At six, I have Jontre Kirklin. This is another guy who was one of the top receivers at one time in spring football. While I don’t have a ton of faith in the Gamblers’ season overall, their lack of options leads me to believe Kirklin is about to get a huge volume of work.
At eight, since I already talked about Butler at seven, is Deon Cain. It’s all dependent on how AJ McCarron’s offense does. However, he did have the third-most receiving yards last year and the second-most touchdowns. I think he’ll take a slight step back just because of new competition and mouths to feed, but will still be relevant.
At nine and ten, I have Lucky Jackson and Keke Chism. Both of these guys have shown they can perform in the spring leagues, and I think they’ll continue to do so. Jackson could end up being the number one target on the Kings. If Jason Bean proves to be a successful player, Jackson will benefit. Last year, Chism had 299 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns.
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