Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings (2024 Fantasy Football)

Round 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft is in the books, and we’ve already had severely high-profile dynasty rookie draft picks come off the board. How has that impacted our dynasty rankings? Let’s dive in. We’ll have you covered as you prepare for your dynasty rookie drafts. In order to dominate your dynasty rookie draft, check out our expert consensus dynasty rookie draft rankings. And sync your league to practice with fast and free dynasty rookie mock drafts. Below, we dive into dynasty rookie rankings from some of our fantasy football expert community.

Dynasty Fantasy Football Draft Rankings

Andrew Erickson shares his updated dynasty rookie draft rankings following all of the excitement of Round 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft.

Dynasty Fantasy Football Draft Rankings

Andrew Erickson shares his updated dynasty rookie draft rankings following all of the excitement of Round 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft.

Fitz’s Dynasty Draft Outlook

And our own Pat Fitzmaurice was busy Day 1, sharing his immediate reaction and rankings to each offensive skill position player selected in Round 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft. Here’s a look at his thoughts on the Chiefs’ selection of Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy:

Chiefs Draft Xavier Worthy

The Kansas City Chiefs have injected a shot of adrenaline into their WR room, selecting Xavier Worthy of Texas with the 28th pick of the first round after making a trade with Buffalo to move up four spots.

Kansas City is a dream landing spot for a wide receiver, and Worthy seems like an especially good fit for Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s system.

Speed is Worthy’s calling card. He broke the record for the fastest 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting combine with a 4.21. Worthy combines that explosive speed with high-quality route-running. He’s no mere deep threat; the Longhorns endeavored to get the ball into Worthy’s hands on shorter routes, too, positioning him to do damage after the catch. Worthy played both outside and in the slot at Texas, and that versatility should help with his transition to the NFL.

Worthy was productive from the get-go at Texas, catching 62 passes for 981 yards and 12 touchdowns as an 18-year-old freshman. He finished his three-year run in Austin with 75 catches for 1,014 yards and five touchdowns last season while sharing targets with WR Adonai Mitchell ad TE Ja’Tavion Sanders.

Xavier Worthy is 5-11, 165 pounds, so he’s not going to win many tests of strength against NFL defensive backs. His lack of physicality shows up in contested-catch situations. He also has questionable ball skills, with 12 drops over the last two years.

The good news is that Reid is going to find all sorts of creative ways to get Worthy into open space, and QB Patrick Mahomes isn’t going to force Worthy to make a lot of contested catches. The Chiefs value speed at wide receiver, but they’ve taken some missteps in trying to add speed at the WR position, signing Marquez Valdes-Scantling, trading for Kadarius Toney, and drafting and reacquiring Mecole Hardman. Worthy is a better player than any of those three and should quickly become a valuable fantasy asset in the Kansas City offense, even though he’ll have to share targets with TE Travis Kelce and WR Rashee Rice.

In dynasty, I had Worthy ranked WR6 among rookies before the draft but have moved him up to WR4. I have him ranked WR28 overall for dynasty. He’s likely to go somewhere from 1.04 to 1.07 in 1QB dynasty rookie drafts, and in the late first round of superflex rookie drafts.

Xavier Worthy’s predraft FantasyPros Expert Consensus Ranking in half-point PPR redraft leagues was WR66. His predraft Underdog best-ball ADP was RB58. He’ll get more expensive after landing with the Chiefs. I tentatively have him ranked WR46 for redraft.

Check out all of Fitz’s Dynasty Rookie Draft Outlook & Advice for Round 1 Picks