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Dynasty Startup Draft Cheat Sheet: Rankings, Tiers, Strategy Advice (2022 Fantasy Football)

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2022 Dynasty Startup Draft Rankings From the Most Accurate Experts

RK PLAYER NAME TEAM POS AGE ECR VS. ADP
1 Jonathan Taylor IND RB1 23 1
2 Ja’Marr Chase CIN WR1 22 -1
3 Justin Jefferson MIN WR2 22 0
4 Najee Harris PIT RB2 24 0
5 D’Andre Swift DET RB3 23 2
6 Christian McCaffrey CAR RB4 26 -1
7 Javonte Williams DEN RB5 22 2
8 CeeDee Lamb DAL WR3 23 0
9 Cooper Kupp LAR WR4 29 -3
10 Kyle Pitts ATL TE1 21 0
11 A.J. Brown PHI WR5 24 3
12 Joe Mixon CIN RB6 25 4
13 Austin Ekeler LAC RB7 27 -2
14 Breece Hall NYJ RB8 21 -1
15 Davante Adams LV WR6 29 0
16 Deebo Samuel SF WR7 26 -4
17 Dalvin Cook MIN RB9 26 0
18 Tee Higgins CIN WR8 23 6
19 Stefon Diggs BUF WR9 28 1
20 Mark Andrews BAL TE2 26 6
21 DK Metcalf SEA WR10 24 1
22 Tyreek Hill MIA WR11 28 -4
23 Alvin Kamara NO RB10 26 0
24 Nick Chubb CLE RB11 26 1
25 Jaylen Waddle MIA WR12 23 -6
26 DJ Moore CAR WR13 25 9
27 Cam Akers LAR RB12 22 2
28 Saquon Barkley NYG RB13 25 0
29 Diontae Johnson PIT WR14 25 1
30 Derrick Henry TEN RB14 28 -9
31 Josh Allen BUF QB1 26 -4
32 Antonio Gibson WAS RB15 23 4
33 J.K. Dobbins BAL RB16 23 0
34 Chris Godwin TB WR15 26 12
35 Travis Kelce KC TE3 32 -3
36 Terry McLaurin WAS WR16 26 2
37 Michael Pittman Jr. IND WR17 24 7
38 Ken Walker III SEA RB17 21 -1
39 George Kittle SF TE4 28 2
40 Patrick Mahomes II KC QB2 26 -9
41 Travis Etienne Jr. JAC RB18 23 4
42 Elijah Moore NYJ WR18 22 23
43 David Montgomery CHI RB19 25 -3
44 Mike Evans TB WR19 28 3
45 Justin Herbert LAC QB3 24 -6
46 Rashod Bateman BAL WR20 22 16
47 Aaron Jones GB RB20 27 -5
48 DeVonta Smith PHI WR21 23 12
49 Jerry Jeudy DEN WR22 23 7
50 Amari Cooper CLE WR23 27 3
51 Leonard Fournette TB RB21 27 -2
52 Lamar Jackson BAL QB4 25 -2
53 Joe Burrow CIN QB5 25 -2
54 Keenan Allen LAC WR24 30 -2
55 Josh Jacobs LV RB22 24 -1
56 AJ Dillon GB RB23 24 13
57 Elijah Mitchell SF RB24 24 7
58 Kyler Murray ARI QB6 24 -3
59 Treylon Burks TEN WR25 22 -16
60 Darren Waller LV TE5 29 3
61 Ezekiel Elliott DAL RB25 26 -4
62 Drake London ATL WR26 20 -28
63 James Conner ARI RB26 27 5
64 Marquise Brown ARI WR27 25 -6
65 T.J. Hockenson DET TE6 24 -6
66 Courtland Sutton DEN WR28 26 8
67 DeAndre Hopkins ARI WR29 30 16
68 Amon-Ra St. Brown DET WR30 22 -2
69 Darnell Mooney CHI WR31 24 1
70 Deshaun Watson CLE QB7 26 12
71 Dak Prescott DAL QB8 28 2
72 Mike Williams LAC WR32 27 0
73 Dallas Goedert PHI TE7 27 14
74 Miles Sanders PHI RB27 25 12
75 Brandon Aiyuk SF WR33 24 5
76 Garrett Wilson NYJ WR34 21 -28
77 Michael Thomas NO WR35 29 -6
78 Clyde Edwards-Helaire KC RB28 23 -2
79 Pat Freiermuth PIT TE8 23 12
80 Tony Pollard DAL RB29 25 16
81 Dalton Schultz DAL TE9 25 4
82 James Cook BUF RB30 22 -4
83 Kareem Hunt CLE RB31 26 15
84 Gabriel Davis BUF WR36 23 8
85 Allen Robinson II LAR WR37 28 -10
86 Damien Harris NE RB32 25 4
87 Jameson Williams DET WR38 21 -26
88 Brandin Cooks HOU WR39 28 -4
89 Russell Wilson DEN QB9 33 6
90 JuJu Smith-Schuster KC WR40 25 -9
91 Chase Claypool PIT WR41 23 2
92 Trey Lance SF QB10 22 9
93 Jalen Hurts PHI QB11 23 -5
94 Tyler Lockett SEA WR42 29 8
95 Chris Olave NO WR43 21 -28
96 Trevor Lawrence JAC QB12 22 28
97 Michael Carter NYJ RB33 23 12
98 Dawson Knox BUF TE10 25 1
99 Justin Fields CHI QB13 23 31
100 Matthew Stafford LAR QB14 34 14
101 Hunter Renfrow LV WR44 26 -7
102 Rhamondre Stevenson NE RB34 24 11
103 Chase Edmonds MIA RB35 26 8
104 Devin Singletary BUF RB36 24 8
105 Mike Gesicki MIA TE11 26 1
106 Aaron Rodgers GB QB15 38 11
107 Michael Gallup DAL WR45 26 -3
108 Kadarius Toney NYG WR46 23 -3
109 Rashaad Penny SEA RB37 26 11
110 Noah Fant SEA TE12 24 13
111 Christian Kirk JAC WR47 25 -11
112 Calvin Ridley ATL WR48 27 –
113 James Robinson JAC RB38 23 -3
114 Derek Carr LV QB16 31 27
115 Tua Tagovailoa MIA QB17 24 29
116 Cole Kmet CHI TE13 23 18
117 Skyy Moore KC WR49 21 -40
118 Alexander Mattison MIN RB39 23 13
119 Rachaad White TB RB40 23 -12
120 Isaiah Spiller LAC RB41 20 -4
121 Melvin Gordon III DEN RB42 29 11
122 Mac Jones NE QB18 23 29
123 Rondale Moore ARI WR50 22 -2
124 Albert Okwuegbunam DEN TE14 24 14
125 Darrell Henderson Jr. LAR RB43 24 28
126 Hunter Henry NE TE15 27 19
127 Zach Wilson NYJ QB19 22 30
128 Adam Thielen MIN WR51 31 -25
129 Ronald Jones II KC RB44 24 14
130 Christian Watson GB WR52 23 -51
131 Tyler Boyd CIN WR53 27 -6
132 Irv Smith Jr. MIN TE16 23 10
133 Robert Woods TEN WR54 30 -7
134 Jahan Dotson WAS WR55 22 -37
135 Khalil Herbert CHI RB45 24 20
136 Zach Ertz ARI TE17 31 1
137 George Pickens PIT WR56 21 -48
138 Odell Beckham Jr. FA WR57 29 26
139 David Njoku CLE TE18 25 15
140 Kirk Cousins MIN QB20 33 21
141 Kenneth Gainwell PHI RB46 23 17
142 Kenny Golladay NYG WR58 28 10
143 Brian Robinson Jr. WAS RB47 23 3
144 Tom Brady TB QB21 44 -8
145 Dameon Pierce HOU RB48 22 -37
146 Jakobi Meyers NE WR59 25 2
147 Zamir White LV RB49 22 -14
148 DJ Chark Jr. DET WR60 25 -21
149 Trey McBride ARI TE19 22 -9
150 Laviska Shenault Jr. JAC WR61 23 17

 

Check out the latest consensus dynasty rookie draft rankings and tiers from our community of experts.

2022 Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings & Tiers

RK TIERS PLAYER NAME TEAM POS BYE WEEK AGE
1 1 Breece Hall NYJ RB1 10 21
2 1 Drake London ATL WR1 14 20
3 1 Garrett Wilson NYJ WR2 10 21
4 2 Treylon Burks TEN WR3 6 22
5 2 Jameson Williams DET WR4 6 21
6 2 Ken Walker III SEA RB2 11 21
7 2 Chris Olave NO WR5 14 21
8 2 Skyy Moore KC WR6 8 21
9 3 Christian Watson GB WR7 14 23
10 3 George Pickens PIT WR8 9 21
11 3 Jahan Dotson WAS WR9 14 22
12 3 James Cook BUF RB3 7 22
13 3 Rachaad White TB RB4 11 23
14 3 David Bell CLE WR10 9 21
15 3 Dameon Pierce HOU RB5 6 22
16 4 Isaiah Spiller LAC RB6 8 20
17 4 John Metchie III HOU WR11 6 21
18 4 Alec Pierce IND WR12 14 22
19 4 Jalen Tolbert DAL WR13 9 23
20 4 Trey McBride ARI TE1 13 22
21 4 Kenny Pickett PIT QB1 9 24
22 4 Wan’Dale Robinson NYG WR14 9 21
23 4 Brian Robinson Jr. WAS RB7 14 23
24 4 Zamir White LV RB8 6 22
25 4 Malik Willis TEN QB2 6 23
26 4 Tyler Allgeier ATL RB9 14 22
27 5 Desmond Ridder ATL QB3 14 22
28 5 Khalil Shakir BUF WR15 7 22
29 5 Matt Corral CAR QB4 13 23
30 5 Tyrion Davis-Price SF RB10 9 21
31 5 Jelani Woods IND TE2 14 23
32 5 Tyquan Thornton NE WR16 10 21
33 5 Hassan Haskins TEN RB11 6 22
34 5 Calvin Austin III PIT WR17 9 23
35 5 Greg Dulcich DEN TE3 9 22
36 5 Romeo Doubs GB WR18 14 22
37 5 Kyren Williams LAR RB12 7 21
38 6 Sam Howell WAS QB5 14 21
39 6 Jerome Ford CLE RB13 9 22
40 6 Justyn Ross KC WR19 8 22
41 6 Tyler Badie BAL RB14 10 22
42 6 Keaontay Ingram ARI RB15 13 22
43 6 Jeremy Ruckert NYJ TE4 10 21
44 6 Pierre Strong Jr. NE RB16 10 23
45 6 Danny Gray SF WR20 9 23
46 6 Ty Chandler MIN RB17 7 24
47 6 Velus Jones Jr. CHI WR21 14 25
48 6 Isaiah Likely BAL TE5 10 22
49 6 Carson Strong PHI QB6 7 22
50 7 Snoop Conner JAC RB18 11 22
51 7 Kennedy Brooks PHI RB19 7 23
52 7 Kyle Philips TEN WR22 6 22
53 7 Cade Otton TB TE6 11 23
54 7 Daniel Bellinger NYG TE7 9 21
55 7 Jerrion Ealy KC RB20 8 21
56 7 Charlie Kolar BAL TE8 10 23
57 7 Bo Melton SEA WR23 11 23
58 7 Isaih Pacheco KC RB21 8 23
59 7 Jake Ferguson DAL TE9 9 23
60 7 Erik Ezukanma MIA WR24 11 22

 

FantasyPros Staff Consensus 2022 Dynasty Superflex Rookie Draft Rankings

Rank Player Pos College Age Height Weight NFL Team
1 Drake London WR USC 20 6’3″ 219 Falcons
2 Breece Hall RB Iowa State 20 5’11” 217 Jets
3 Jameson Williams WR Alabama 20 6’1″ 179 Lions
4 Treylon Burks WR Arkansas 21 6’2″ 225 Titans
5 Garrett Wilson WR Ohio State 21 5’11” 183 Jets
6 Kenneth Walker III RB Michigan State 21 5’9″ 211 Seahawks
7 Kenny Pickett QB Pittsburgh 23 6’3″ 217 Steelers
8 Skyy Moore WR Western Michigan 21 5’9″ 195 Chiefs
9 Chris Olave WR Ohio State 21 6’0″ 187 Saints
10 Christian Watson WR North Dakota State 22 6’4″ 208 Packers
11 James Cook RB Georgia 22 5’11” 181 Bills
12 Jahan Dotson WR Penn State 21 5’10” 178 Commanders
13 George Pickens WR Georgia 21 6’3″ 195 Steelers
14 Dameon Pierce RB Florida 22 5’10” 216 Texans
15 Malik Willis QB Liberty 22 6’0″ 219 Titans
16 Rachaad White RB Arizona State 23 6’2″ 210 Buccaneers
17 David Bell WR Purdue 21 6’0″ 212 Browns
18 Trey McBride TE Colorado State 22 6’3″ 246 Cardinals
19 Desmond Ridder QB Cincinnati 22 6’3″ 211 Falcons
20 Matt Corral QB Mississippi 23 6’1″ 212 Panthers
21 Alec Pierce WR Cincinnati 21 6’3″ 211 Colts
22 Isaiah Spiller RB Texas A&M 20 6’0″ 217 Chargers
23 Jalen Tolbert WR South Alabama 23 6’1″ 194 Cowboys
24 Brian Robinson Jr. RB Alabama 22 6’1″ 228 Commanders

 

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