With reports that Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby could enter the NFL Supplemental Draft, dynasty commissioners may soon be faced with a question many leagues have never had to answer:
How should supplemental draft players be acquired in dynasty fantasy football?
A few months ago, I created a thread on X/Twitter about why commissioners should be discussing league rules early in the offseason. Situations like this are exactly why.
Most leagues spend a lot of time discussing rookie drafts, waivers, roster cuts, taxi squads, and trade deadlines. Very few spend any time discussing what happens if a player enters the NFL after rookie drafts have already been completed.
Now is the time to have that conversation.
What Is the NFL Supplemental Draft?
The NFL Supplemental Draft exists for players who become eligible after the traditional NFL Draft has already taken place.
If an NFL team selects a player in the Supplemental Draft, they immediately join the league and are eligible to play that season. The NFL team then forfeits the equivalent draft pick in the following year's NFL Draft.
For dynasty leagues, that creates a unique problem.
Rookie drafts are already over.
FAAB has already been spent.
Rosters have already been built.
So how should leagues handle a player like Brendan Sorsby if he enters the player pool?