The NFL offseason is nearly upon us. While others (and myself in the coming weeks) focus on 2024 way-too-early fantasy football rankings, 2024 free agency, and NFL team needs, let’s take a look ahead to the 2024 NFL draft and what it has to offer in terms of dynasty fantasy football talent.

Throughout the draft season, I’ll be delivering prospect overviews at every fantasy position to keep tabs on the top dynasty prospects. For those looking to dig deeper, check out the highly-coveted FantasyPros Dynasty Draft Kit and the fully-fledged 2024 NFL Draft Guide.

Be sure to check out all the individual 2024 NFL Draft prospect profiles for all positions written by FantasyPros’ Matthew Jones. I cross-referenced a lot of my player notes with Jones’ great scouting breakdowns of the WRs in this class.

Let’s dig into the top incoming rookie wide receivers for dynasty fantasy football leagues in 2024 to get familiar with names we will be overly obsessing about over the next three months. Here are my takeaways on all the top 2024 dynasty rookie draft wide receivers. Below we dive into a few notable names.

• Erickson’s Fantasy Football Forecast: Recap & Takeaways for 2024
• Erickson’s Early Fantasy Football Rankings, Tiers & Notes: QB | WR
• 2024 Dynasty Fantasy Football Draft Kit
• 2024 NFL Draft Guide

Top Dynasty Rookie Wide Receivers

Ricky Pearsall (WR – Florida)

Ricky Pearsall broke out at Arizona State in his third season with a 28% dominator rating in 2021, tallying 580 yards and 4 TDs.

After transferring to the SEC, the 6-foot-3 and 192-pound WR continued to succeed over the next two years at Florida, with dominator ratings of 25% from 2022-2023, finishing with 963 receiving yards and 4 TDs in his final season as a Gator.

On the FantasyPros Football Podcast, our very own Thor Nystrom sat down with Pearsall to talk further about his route-running prowess and “ludicrous” hands.

He’s an older prospect, considering he will be 24 years old this season.

Javon Baker (WR – UCF)

He couldn’t sniff the field at Alabama, so Javon Baker transferred to UCF. He enjoyed two strong seasons with the Knights, posting dominator ratings of 23% and 31% in the last two seasons.

The 6-foot-1 and 201-pound WR was a big-play savant, owning the second-highest yards per reception (21.9) nationally in 2023.

Ainias Smith (WR – Texas A&M)

Smith first burst onto the scene in 2020, posting a 27% dominator rating at just 19 years old. He sustained his success in his third season but got hurt in 2022.

The 5-foot-10 and 200-pound WR bounced back in his final year in 2023, amassing a career-high 795 receiving yards on 53 catches with two TDs (15% dominator rating).

He will turn 23 years old this year. He also has experience playing RB and as a return specialist.

Jermaine Burton (WR – Alabama)

Took forever to break out until his senior year at 22 years old with a 30% dominator rating. Went from the University of Georgia over his first two seasons to Alabama his final two collegiate seasons.

Although he did post a very serviceable 19% dominator rating his first year at Bama, with 677 yards and 7 TDs, he was also used exclusively downfield, with a 20.2 aDOT (3^rd-highest in the FBS) in 2023.