De'Zhaun Stribling or Isaiah Likely: who to draft first
Both players' board rank, position rank, draft pick and bye, measured across live 2026 drafts.
Updated Aug 26, 2026 at 9:50 AM ET
The board takes De'Zhaun Stribling first, 2 spots ahead of Isaiah Likely. That crosses a tier break, tier 17 to tier 6, so the board order is the tiebreak rather than roster need.
De'Zhaun Stribling
WR60 · SF · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 145
- Draft pick
- 12.03 (ADP 134.6 overall)
- Tier
- 17
Isaiah Likely
TE14 · NYG · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 147
- Draft pick
- 12.05 (ADP 136.5 overall)
- Tier
- 6
The gap
- Spots apart on the board2
- Pick difference1.9 picks of ADP
- Tierstier 17 and tier 6
- 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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