Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft: Jaylen Wright, MarShawn Lloyd, Xavier Worthy (2024 Fantasy Football)

Landing spots change everything.

We all have preconceived notions about prospects before the NFL Draft. Some of those notions are completely upended when we discover that teams were higher or lower on those prospects than we were. We’ll also have to adjust if a player lands in an especially desirable or undesirable situation.

Soon after Roger Goodell steps to the podium amidst a chorus of boos, we’ll have to start tweaking our dynasty rookie rankings. But for now, our appraisals of these prospects are pretty much set.

Let’s run through a four-round superflex dynasty rookie mock draft, leaning on predraft priors. Here are all four rounds of my picks. Below we’ll dive into a few notable dynasty rookies. And be sure to practice for your league and run your own mocks with our free draft simulator.

Superflex Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft

1.09 — WR Brian Thomas Jr., LSU

Here’s where rookie drafts get interesting. There are a handful of compelling candidates for pick 1.09 in superflex drafts, but Thomas probably has the best credentials. He’s a projected first-rounder with a mouth-watering combination of size (6-2 1/2 , 209 pounds) and speed (4.33). Thomas also had 1,177 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns last season despite sharing targets with Malik Nabers in Baton Rouge.

1.10 — WR Xavier Worthy, Texas

Worthy melted stopwatches at the NFL Scouting Combine with his record-setting 4.21-second time in the 40-yard dash. But Worthy isn’t another Phillip Dorsett or John Ross; he’s a true football player who showed up in Austin as an 18-year-old freshman and had 62 catches for 981 yards and 12 touchdowns in his first taste of Power-5 football. His speed is lethal, but Worthy is also a sharp route-runner, and he’s a tough kid who played through a broken hand in 2022.

2.09 — RB MarShawn Lloyd, USC

Lloyd is an intriguing, hit-or-miss prospect who offers a nice blend of speed and power. At the combine, he ran a 4.46 at 220 pounds. But Lloyd never handled a heavy load in college, topping out at 116 carries in 2023, and he’s had fumbling issues. His landing spot will be telling with regard to how the NFL views him.

2.10 — RB Jaylen Wright, Tennessee

Wright is a speedy big-play threat who was lightly used at Tennessee, so comparisons to Alvin Kamara are inevitable. A Kamara-esque career is within Wright’s range of outcomes, but it’s always tricky to assess skill players who come out of Josh Heupel’s gimmicky but effective spread offense.