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2018 fantasy football dynasty rookie draft rankings

Published: May 16, 2018 at 04:28 AM

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Marcas Grant

Fantasy Analyst

Sometime in the future -- presumably before the robots have assumed dominion over mankind -- fantasy analysts will have devised a metric that will get us closer to knowing with certainty which rookie prospects are destined for success in the NFL. I mean, there are a lot of smart people doing a lot of good work to give us a pretty solid clue about this sort of thing. But at the end of it, we're all sorta looking into a crystal ball and trying to divine the future.

Now that we've reached May and fantasy football mock drafts are back in our lives, let's look at some of the professional freshmen and prognosticate what their futures could mean for our fake dynasty football teams. There's a chance that many of these players don't make a major fantasy impact in Year 1 but the idea is that many of them will be valuable pieces not too far from now. Y'know, barring the whole robot thing.

Overall

QBs

Baker Mayfield, Browns
Sam Darnold, Jets
Lamar Jackson, Ravens
Josh Rosen, Cardinals
Josh Allen, Bills
Mason Rudolph, Steelers
Danny Etling, Patriots
Kyle Lauletta, Giants
Luke Falk, Titans
Tanner Lee, Jaguars
Mike White, Cowboys
Logan Woodside, Bengals
Alex McGough, Seahawks

RBs

Saquon Barkley, Giants
Derrius Guice, Redskins
Sony Michel, Patriots
Nick Chubb, Browns
Rashaad Penny, Seahawks
Ronald Jones II, Buccaneers
Royce Freeman, Broncos
Kerryon Johnson, Lions
Kalen Ballage, Dolphins
Nyheim Hines, Colts
Boston Scott, Saints
Mark Walton, Bengals
Ito Smith, Falcons
Chase Edmonds, Cardinals
Jordan Wilkins, Colts
John Kelly, Rams
Trenton Cannon, Jets
Justin Jackson, Chargers
Bo Scarbrough, Cowboys
David Williams, Broncos
Nick Bawden, Lions

WRs

TEs

Mike Gesicki, Dolphins
Hayden Hurst, Ravens
Dallas Goedert, Eagles
Ian Thomas, Panthers
Mark Andrews, Ravens
Chris Herndon, Jets
Will Dissly, Seahawks
Jordan Akins, Texans
Troy Fumagalli, Broncos
Tyler Conklin, Vikings
Dalton Schultz, Cowboys
Jaylen Samuels, Steelers
Jordan Thomas, Texans
Durham Smythe, Dolphins
Ryan Izzo, Patriots

Marcas Grant is a fantasy editor for NFL.com and a man who thought about doing his rankings via Magic 8-Ball but quickly realized that asking it a few hundred yes-or-no questions would quickly become tedious. Give him your obnoxiously esoteric fantasy rankings methods via Twitter @MarcasG. If you read all of that, congrats. Follow him on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat (marcasg9).

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