Dynasty: Pre-Draft Rookie Rankings

With rookie drafts just around the corner its good to create a baseline for where these prospects rank amongst each other before landing spot is know. The guys from the Dynasty Zone Podcast (Tom Corson, Ron McCleese, and Chris Donikian) joined me to break down our top 35 rookie prospects for dynasty leagues. Without landing spots known, these rankings are a talent based evaluation. Obviously landing spot will be key but our pre-draft rookie rankings should give a strong framework to work with.

*Feel free to sort by each analyst and overall

Player	Position	School	Kyle	Ron	Tom	Chris	Overall
Corey Davis	WR	Western Michigan	1	1	2	2	1
Leonard Fournette	RB	LSU	2	3	3	3	2
Christian McCaffrey	RB	Stanford	3	4	5	1	3
Dalvin Cook	RB	Florida State	4	2	4	4	4
Joe Mixon	RB	Oklahoma	5	7	1	5	5
Mike Williams	WR	Clemson	6	5	6	6	6
John Ross	WR	Washington	9	6	9	7	7
OJ Howard	TE	Alabama	10	8	7	8	8
Evan Engram	TE	Ole Miss	7	12	11	9	9
D'Onta Foreman	RB	Texas	8	11	10	13	10
Chris Godwin	WR	Penn St	12	10	12	10	11
JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	USC	11	14	14	12	12
Zay Jones	WR	East Carolina	13	9	13	19	13
Alvin Kamara	RB	Tennessee	15	15	16	11	14
Curtis Samuel	WR	Ohio State	21	17	8	15	15
Carlos Henderson	WR	Lousianna Tech	14	13	18	17	16
Samaje Perine	RB	Oklahoma	18	16	17	16	17
David Njoku	TE	Miami	19	22	15	14	18
Kareem Hunt	RB	Akron	16	18	19	20	19
Jeremy McNichols	RB	Boise State	17	21	21	18	20
Taywan Taylor	WR	Western Kentucky	22	19	24	23	21
Jamal Williams	RB	BYU	20	26	20	24	22
Isaiah Ford	WR	Virgina Tech	23	23	27	26	23
Cooper Kupp	WR	Eastern Washington	29	25	23	25	24
Bucky Hodges	TE	Virgina Tech	30	29	26	21	25
Josh Reynolds	WR	Texas A&M	28	20	31	28	26
Dede Westbrook	WR	Oklahoma	31	28	22	27	27
KD Cannon	WR	Baylor	26	31	25	31	28
ArDarius Stewart	WR	Alabama	32	27	33	22	29
Malachi Dupree	WR	LSU	25	30	30	30	30
James Conner	RB	Pittsburgh	27	35	29	29	31
Elijah Hood	RB	North Carolina	24	34	28	35	32
Marlon Mack	RB	South Florida	33	24	32	33	33
Amara Darboh	WR	Michigan	34	33	34	32	34
Wayne Gallman	RB	Clemson	35	32	35	34	35

The names at the top of our rankings were very similar but there was some differentiation about where they came in. Ron and I are firmly on team Corey Davis. I strongly believe he should be the 1.01 in all drafts. Tom is riding with Joe Mixon, while Chris is going with his namesake Christian McCaffery. Leonard Fournette and Dalvin Cook also make a ton of sense as a possible 1.01. After the top five there is a clear tier but a ton of value can still be had.

Both O.J Howard and Evan Engram made the top 10 in the overall rankings. As a group we believe these players can be impact fantasy performers on the level of Jordan Reed, Travis Kelce and other elite fantasy tight ends. They have the versatility to play in a variety of spots and roles for their future team.

Names like Chris Godwin, Carlos Henderson, and Zay Jones appear higher on our ranking than some may think. They all have a ton of potential and upside at the next level. All three guys could vault even higher if they end up in an ideal landing spot.

Check back in the coming weeks as we update these rankings for landing spot!

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