2026 Draft and Keeper Info
League keeper rules
Eligibility
For a player to be kept the following year, they must be on your roster the day the playoffs begin and the day they end. (Updated for 2024-2025 season)
Keep any undrafted player, or any player drafted in the third round or later.
This includes trade and FA adds: the keeper tag travels with the player.
Ex. Tony drafts AJ Brown in the 11th round, then keeps him the following year in the 10th. He is then traded to Neil. If Neil wants to keep him the following year, it would cost him his 8th.
Keeper price
If the player was drafted, they take the round they were drafted in, then subtract one round for their keeper price.
Ex. a 6th round pick costs a 5th rounder, 4th costs a 3rd.
Repeat keepers
If you choose to repeat keep, you'll pay in triplicate for your picks (not $ buy-in). This ensures a player can't be kept super long-term, in most cases two years maximum unless you scored a HoF talent in the late-late rounds and kept them for three years.
- First year Keeper's round drafted, minus 1 = 1 round penalty
- Second year 1 × 3 = 3 round penalty
- Third year Last year's penalty times 3 = 3 × 3 = 9 round penalty
- Fourth year Cannot be re-kept, as penalty would be −27 rounds
Undrafted players
If you want to keep a player that was undrafted, you can keep them at the cost of their ADP round plus two rounds, based on their Sleeper ADP. The ADP will be locked in one week before the draft. This will also "set" the player's original drafted position.
Ex. Chase Claypool is projected in the 8th round in the ADP. He can be kept as a 10th rounder, as if you drafted him in the 11th the previous year. Next year, he would be an 8th rounder.