Sam LaPorta or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who to draft first
Both players' board rank, position rank, draft pick and bye, measured across live 2026 drafts.
Updated Aug 27, 2026 at 7:52 AM ET
The board takes Sam LaPorta first, 1 spot ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt. That crosses a tier break, tier 4 to tier 10, so the board order is the tiebreak rather than roster need. On the clock? Take Sam LaPorta. If your TE room is full and you need a RB, Jacory Croskey-Merritt is one line down.
Sam LaPorta
TE11 · DET · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 121
- Draft pick
- 10.06 (ADP 113.8 overall)
- Tier
- 4
Jacory Croskey-Merritt
RB39 · WAS · bye 7
- Overall rank
- 122
- Draft pick
- 10.07 (ADP 115.2 overall)
- Tier
- 10
The gap
- Spots apart on the board1
- Pick difference1.4 picks of ADP
- Tierstier 4 and tier 10
- 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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