ROOKIE RADAR | vol. 3

Welcome to the ROOKIE RADAR: your weekly deep dive into current and future NFL rookies. Every week, I’ll bring you a mix of risers, fallers, sleepers, trends, scouting reports, mock drafts, and player features. The mission? Making ANGLE RANKS users the sharpest, most knowledgeable football addicts in these fantasy streets. Below is a breakdown of how we'll be grading a players traits going forward, and what they mean in terms of ability:

2026 Rookie/s: Week 4

Jeremiyah Love, RB, Arizona Cardinals - Sleeper Player Ranking RB #14

Week 3: fpts: 21.90  att: 21  yds: 90  ypc: 4.29  tar: 5  rec: 5  yds: 19  

ypr: 3.8  td: 1

Season: fpts: 42.40  att: 41  yds: 160  ypc: 3.9  tar: 12  rec: 10  yds: 44  

ypr: 4.4  td: 1

Scouts Take: 

The 1st-round and former Notre Dame rookie running back followed up a pair of quiet performances with a statement game on Sunday. The number 3 overall selection in the 2026 NFL Draft, Love is morphing into Arizona’s unquestioned bell-cow right before our eyes. With elite talent that rivals established NFL running backs like Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson, Love’s diverse skill set makes him the most dangerous multi-dimensional rookie weapon in the 2026 class. Blessed with elite quickness, acceleration, fluidity, change of direction, lateral agility, and explosiveness, Love is a threat to score on every touch. He displays good vision and decision-making abilities, as well as a good knack for knowing when to work behind his blocks, and utilizes very good instincts and spatial awareness to get to the second level. Love is also very good within the pass offense, as he excels at screens or as a checkdown option out of the backfield. His elite ability to transition from receiver to runner in a blink separates him from his running back brethren. My ceiling comp is a hybrid of Jamaal Charles and Reggie Bush.     

Analytics Take: 

According to Sleeper, Love’s snap share jumped from 40% to 64%. That’s a 24% increase, signifying a feature role within the Cardinal offense. An even greater signal was the massive 78% rush share, relegating Tyler Allgeier to a true handcuff role. The slow ramp-up of touches is a Mike LaFleur special. The rookie head coach utilized the same tactic when he was an offensive coordinator for the New York Jets and was integrating another talented running back in Breece Hall. Love’s workload expansion came with high-value passing-game usage, running 22 routes on 41% route share and commanding an 11% target share. While his early-season efficiency sits at 3.9 yards per carry, his underlying volume metrics-including handling 69% of the short yardage opportunities-hint at an elite fantasy floor moving forward.  

Fantasy Take:

Jeremiyah Love is a league-winning option now and for the future. After posting 21.9 fantasy points with 109 scrimmage yards and a receiving touchdown against the 49ers, he's a must-start RB1/RB2 heading into a favorable week 4 matchup versus the Giants. His increased usage and talent make him a top-12 weekly RB asset, helping you optimize your lineup choices. 

2027 Rookie/s: Week 3

Jadan Baugh, RB, University of Florida

DeKalb County, Georgia, sits squarely within the Georgia Piedmont region, roughly 15 miles southeast of Downtown Atlanta. Known for its signature, nutrient-dense red clay, that fertile soil sprouts Georgia Pines almost as prolifically as it does SEC and NFL running backs - Jim Brown, Herschel Walker, Nick Chubb, Alvin Kamara, and Jahmyr Gibbs, to name a few. The latest in the Peach State lineage? Jadan Baugh, running back, University of Florida.

Born in Decatur and raised in nearby Ellenwood, Jadan began his gridiron greatness at the age of six in his backyard. His father, Corey Bryant, noticed his natural size and strength compared to other children and signed him up to do what every young Georgia boy does: play football. 

The youth coaches noticed Jadan’s stature too, initially starting him on the offensive and defensive lines. His father, knowing better, pushed for a move to running back, where Jadan scored three touchdowns in his very first game. 

Jadan moved from the pee-wee fields to Friday night lights, motivated by a weekly tradition his father came up with. Every Monday, Corey sent Jadan a text message with the image of a Heisman Trophy and the words, “Go get that.”

At Columbia High School, Jadan earned a reputation as an “Iron Man” who refused to leave the field. As the undisputed best player on his team, he played all over the field: quarterback, running back, and wide receiver, and was also a standout defender, playing defensive back and linebacker. In fact, when major college programs first began scouting Columbia High School, they weren’t looking at Jadan as a star running back - they were convinced he was an elite SEC linebacker. He racked up 180 career tackles and 8 interceptions; even the Florida coaching staff admitted their primary evaluation of him was on the defensive side of the ball. 

Violent play strength and unusual athletic ability attracted schools to offer Jadan as a linebacker, but as his recruitment progressed, he realized his heart was on offense with the ball in his hands. The turning point for Florida and former Gator head coach Billy Napier came after he received a phone call from his brother, Matt Napier. During a scrimmage with the younger Napier’s team, Baugh dominated the scrimmage on offense, rushing with a level of power that stunned the opposing team. Immediately after the scrimmage, Matt called his brother in Gainesville and said: 

“Hey, man, you’ve gotta keep him in that orange and blue. That kid is all world. He’s different” 

In May 2023, Jadan verbally committed to the Arkansas Razorbacks after drawing interest from South Carolina and Georgia Tech. In his final prep season, he finished with 16 offensive touchdowns and 6 interceptions, cementing himself as a four-star and drawing interest from SEC powers, Alabama and Florida. Around Christmas time of that same year, Baugh signed his national letter of intent with the Florida Gators.

Following his 2025 sophomore season breakout performance and the firing of the head coach who recruited him to Gainesville, Billy Napier, Baugh had a decision to make. Elite programs, most notably the Texas Longhorns, smelled blood in the water and were hunting the excellent college running back in the transfer portal. The situation was intensely emotional as, days before his decision, his grandfather passed away. Despite the grieving, Florida’s newly hired head coach, Jon Sumrall, made an unforgettable gesture. On Christmas Eve, Summarall and his family, alongside his offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner, showed up to Jadan’s grandmother’s house to offer condolences and cook and eat at his family's Christmas breakfast. Baugh noted that seeing the coach prioritize him and his family through a major life moment convinced him to shut down the portal recruitment and remain loyal to the Gators. 

When reflecting on his son’s decision to remain in the orange and blue, Corey Bryant gave a perspective that went viral amongst college football fans: 

"You can go to Texas and have a great year, but it’d be just a great year. If you stay at Florida and have another great year, you’ll go down as one of the best running backs to ever come through the place. You’ll always have a home in Gainesville."

College Career (2024–Present)

2024 Statistics:

• Rushing Attempts: 133 Carries
• Rushing Yards: 673 Yards
• Rushing Touchdowns: 7 TDs
• Total Offense: 706 Total Yards (including receiving)
• Kickoff Returns: 15 Returns
• Kickoff Return Yards: 319 Yards
• Kickoff Return Average: 21.3 YPR

2025 Statistics:

• Rushing Attempts: 220 Carries
• Rushing Yards: 1,170 Yards
• Rushing Touchdowns: 8 TDs
• Total Offense: 1,380 Total Yards (including receiving)
• Receptions: 33 Catches
• Receiving Yards: 210 Yards
• Receiving Touchdowns: 2 TDs

2026 Statistics (Through 4 Games):

• Rushing Attempts: 83 Carries
• Rushing Yards: 600 Yards
• Rushing Touchdowns: 11 TDs
• Total Offense: 618 Total Yards (including receiving)
• Efficiency Metrics
• Yards Per Carry (YPC): 7.2 YPC
• Touchdown Percentage: 13.3% of carries

Scouting Report

Height: 6007v
Weight: 231v
40: 4.55 unverified
Vert: 37 unverified
Broad: 10-4 unverified

Body Type & Athletic Ability: 

Very good height & elite weight for the position; stocky, thick muscular build with little fat; powerful lower body with elite musculature. According to “Feldman’s Freak List,” the prospect has live game GPS tracking data of over 21 mph. 

• Max Squat: 565 pounds
• Close-Grip Bench Press: 350 pounds
• Power Clean: 335 pounds

Displays very good athletic ability, highlighted by elite, explosive power and competitive play strength; shows very good lateral agility and good acceleration.   

Strengths:

• Wins with a patient, calculated one-cut running style; gets north quickly. 
• Excels rushing between the tackles and on the edges.
• Efficient feet in the hole, doesn’t dance or hesitate, slides to daylight
• Rushing processing and decision-making is very good, rarely taking false steps
• Does a nice job reading and hugging blocks and shooting into the second level
• Elite jump cut, often leaving defenders grasping air - truly unique skill for a man his size
• Elite contact balance, elite at forcing missed tackles, rarely brought down by one defender, regularly runs over linebackers and defensive backs
• Elite stiff arm, go-to move in the open field
• Solid spin move
• Shows explosion, very good acceleration in the open field
• Glides for a prospect of his size; light feet, does not plod
• Solid receiver out of the backfield, shows soft natural hands, showed ability to win in the intermediate on a route down the sideline against Tennessee 
• Shows good FBI and ability to block in the passing game, displays physicality.

Weaknesses:

• Needs more reps in the pass game
• Is he a three-down running back in the NFL?
• Can he create on his own? Can he string together moves?
• Usually has a runway; can he get to the second level when the point of attack is compromised?
• Runs upright at times; will flail arms when cutting back; needs to drop his weight
• As an NFL prospect, is his long speed enough?

Comp: Le’Veon Bell

NFL Draft Projection: 2027 First Round

Fantasy Take: Baugh should be a top-6 pick in all dynasty formats. 

By David Whitman | Draft | Dynasty | Devy | C2C | X: @GridironNerd

Citations: 

McFarland, D. (2026, September 30). Jeremiyah Love leads the utilization report for week 4. Fantasy Life.

https://www.fantasylife.com/articles/fantasy/fantasy-football-takeaways-jeremiyah-love-utilization-report

Barnett, G. (As cited in Thompson, E.). (2025, August 27). UF RB Jadan Baugh spearheads Gators run game. Orlando Sentinel

ESPN. (2026). Jadan Baugh College Football Statistics. Retrieved September 30, 2026, from https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/5079322/jadan-baugh

Florida Gators Athletics. (2026). 2026 Football Roster: Jadan Baugh. FloridaGators.com. Retrieved September 30, 2026, from floridagators.com

Thompson, E. (2026, April 1). Florida’s Jadan Baugh is tough to tackle — and harder to call. Orlando Sentinel.

Nakos, P. (As cited in Yahoo Sports). (2026, July 20). Jadan Baugh reveals why he chose Florida over transfer portal. Yahoo Sports / On3.

Henderson, B. (2026, May 5). Jadan Baugh's dad makes powerful statement about why he stayed at Florida. Hail Florida Hail.