Jonathon Brooks or Aaron Jones Sr.: who to draft first
Both players' board rank, position rank, draft pick and bye, measured across live 2026 drafts.
Updated Aug 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM ET
The board takes Jonathon Brooks first, 9 spots ahead of Aaron Jones Sr.. That crosses a tier break, tier 10 to tier 11, so the board order is the tiebreak rather than roster need.
Jonathon Brooks
RB35 · CAR · bye 5
- Overall rank
- 98
- Draft pick
- 8.12 (ADP 95.5 overall)
- Tier
- 10
Aaron Jones Sr.
RB36 · MIN · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 107
- Draft pick
- 9.07 (ADP 103.1 overall)
- Tier
- 11
The gap
- Spots apart on the board9
- Pick difference7.6 picks of ADP
- Tierstier 10 and tier 11
- Board size280 draftable players
Every figure here is consensus average draft position measured across live drafts, not an opinion. The verdict line above restates board order and the tier gap and nothing else. Where the round.pick form is shown it assumes a 12-team league.
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