Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft: PPR, Late Pick (2023 Fantasy Football)

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Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft

Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft Picks

Round 1, Pick 11: Zach Charbonnet (RB)

Zach Charbonnet is a dancing rhino covered in butter. Charbonnet is a tough runner with nimble feet for his size and a mean stiff arm. He can string together jump cuts to daylight more regularly than a person his size should be able to. Arm tackles don’t bring down Charbonnet. He slips through them with ease. Charbonnet has a strong leg drive and consistently finishes runs well. While his lateral agility will surprise, he’s still at his best when he gets downhill in a hurry. Charbonnet is a decisive runner who operated in a gap-heavier scheme over the last two seasons (53.5% of his runs came on gap designs). Charbonnet is a serviceable pass catcher. He displays soft hands, but his athletic ceiling will limit how creatively a team will deploy him through the air at the next level. He can be a trusted check-down option for his next quarterback. His calling card will be his ability to handle volume and break off chunk plays. His home run hitting ability will not. Charbonnet is a buildup speed back who utilizes his fancy footwork to cover up for an average burst.

Round 2, Pick 11: Tank Bigsby (RB)

Bigsby runs angry. He has the leg drive to push a pile and had multiple runs in 2022, where he carried would-be tacklers. He ranked 21st in missed tackles forced (minimum 100 carries). He’s a north/south straight-line runner with average burst. This isn’t to say he doesn’t have the lateral agility to explode upfield on outside-zone runs. Bigsby evades tacklers in the second level with a heavy dose of jump cuts. His vision can lapse. On interior runs, he’ll try to bounce them outside (usually a bad idea) instead of taking the crease. He does display plenty of inside zone runs where he hits the hole with authority, but there’s equal evidence of him hesitating at the line when defenders enter the picture. Bigsby’s ferocity comes through on pass pro reps. He tries to punish incoming rushers. He anchored well standing up defenders on the limited reps I saw on film. Last year on 91 pass-blocking reps, he allowed only one hurry and one pressure. His ability to pass protect could earn him some more passing down snaps which would be good for an average (to below-average) receiver like Bigsby.

Round 3, Pick 11: Sam Laporta (TE)

Laporta will make his mark as a receiver in the NFL. Blocking will be a skill he must continue honing in the NFL. If Laporta hits his ceiling in the NFL, it will be because of his pass-game abilities and not his run-blocking chops. Laporta runs routes like a wide receiver. He’s smooth in and out of his breaks with surprising foot quickness. Laporta played 20.2% of his snaps as a boundary receiver in 2022. He proved up to the task by leading all FBS tight ends in man coverage targets. He was also second in PFF receiving grade and third in yards per route run against man coverage (minimum ten man coverage targets). He’s also adept at finding the soft spots in zone coverage. He puts some impressive work after the catch on film. His start/stop ability and change of direction skills are noticeable. He has good acceleration after the catch with jukes, spin moves, and stiff arms to make a defensive back’s job of getting him to the ground tough. He ranked second in missed tackles forced and third in YAC among tight ends last year.