The NFL Draft is over, which means one thing to dynasty managers everywhere: It’s DRAFT SEASON! While the FantasyPros team is cranking out mock drafts for everyone to learn everything they can about how their rookie selections might go, a more helpful exercise may be tiering out and breaking down my top 36 rookies, which YOU can use to navigate the first three rounds, of your Superflex rookie drafts. So yes, this will be a mock draft, but we can call this the PERFECT mock draft to help you build your roster for 2024 and beyond! Here’s our latest Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft. And practice dynasty rookie mock drafts using our FREE mock draft simulator.
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Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft: Superflex, 12-Team (Fantasy Football)
Tier 1
2. Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR — ARI)
Tier 1 consists of two players, and you can’t miss with either selection. Caleb Williams walks into the most talented offense the Chicago Bears have ever had and is a contender for the best offense in the NFC. He is going to be a QB1 in his rookie season as long as he can stay healthy; the only real question is, can he do what CJ Stroud couldn’t and land inside the top 10? It’s Superflex, so the odds are that quarterbacks will go early and often in your drafts.
If you have a roster that is desperate for wide receiver help, then this year gives you a gift in Marvin Harrison Jr. The Cardinals brought in the next iteration of Larry Fitzgerald, and Harrison should look forward to being peppered with targets from Kyler Murray in 2024. In dynasty, he is already a top-five wide receiver, and in 2024, he has the chance to be a top-10 pass catcher in PPR leagues.
Tier 2
In the third spot, we have Malik Nabers, a player whose potential in 2024 is only limited by one factor: Daniel Jones. The Giants’ offense was in need of a true alpha wide receiver and playmaker, and they found that in Nabers. Similar to Harrison Jr., Nabers should approach the 120+ target range due to the lack of pass catchers in New York and the impending departures of Darren Waller (retired) and Saquon Barkley (left in free agency). His ability after the catch was one of his biggest strengths at LSU, which bodes well for his early career success. Despite a quarterback who may limit his overall production, Nabers is among the top-12 wide receivers in dynasty leagues.
Tier 3
This group is one of the most intriguing tiers in the top 36. You will see a lot of lists and mocks with the quarterbacks ahead of Nabers and Odunze, and I get the thought. My problem is that we, as a scouting community, have proven we are pretty awful at projecting quarterback success in the NFL. The top 3 wide receivers in this class are elite players and are not only some of the best players in the entire draft class but stand head and shoulders ahead of the fantasy-relevant skill players in this year’s draft. Rome Odunze may be a better wide receiver than Malik Nabers. He is that good. The reason he falls a tier below Nabers is volume. Always think of dynasty values in three-year windows, and because of the target competition in year one, Odunze falls behind Nabers and Harrison Jr.
Now let’s dive into the signal-callers. For dynasty, I am not going to fight you on any order, but I rank them based on the overall skillset and support they will have to get them to succeed in the NFL. Maye is the most talented of the bunch, even if he has some gunslinger to him that gets him in trouble. The Patriots are committed to Maye and refused to move off of him in the draft. They surrounded the UNC product with weapons that fit his skillset well in Ja’Lynn Polk and Javon Baker. McCarthy might not have the sexy highlight reel that the rest of the first-round quarterbacks have, but he has the best wide receiver in the NFL, and Kevin O’Connell and Josh McCown know how to develop young talent. That leaves Jayden Daniels. He sports the best rushing profile in the class but has shown struggles when getting past his first read and is flat-out bad at avoiding contact. This will be a huge problem when the players hitting him are NFL-caliber defenders. Longevity is a huge concern.
Rushing wise hard to argue against the potential but also looking at 16 Game Seasons from this list:
Cam Newton – 3/9
Kyler Murray – 2/5
Robert Griffin III – 0/9
Vince Young 0/6Cam is the outlier – eclipsing 14 games in 7 of his 9 played seasons. But he was 240+ lbs https://t.co/oltbUCuex7
— Marco Enriquez (@Marco_NFL) April 30, 2024
Tier 4
9. Brian Thomas Jr. (WR – LAC)
Brock Bowers is in a tier of his own among tight ends in this class. The term “generational” is appropriate for Bowers. He was also drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders, who drafted Michael Mayer in 2023. This further solidifies that he is going to be a tight end/wide receiver hybrid rather than the classic in-line tight end. He is firmly in the top five dynasty tight ends, even with his shaky quarterback situation.
When it comes to the rest of the wide receivers in this class, there are a ton of potential stars, but they come with some significant question marks. Their respective situations are really the only thing that elevates Thomas Jr. and McConkey from the rest of the group. Both have a chance to lead their teams in targets and have young quarterbacks who have shown the ability to feed their receivers. If you are sitting at the end of Round 1 or the top of Round 2, it is worth throwing some extra draft capital or future draft capital to get one of the players in this group as the drop-off from 10 to the next best is more significant than you may think.
Tier 5
12. Adonai Mitchell (WR – IND)
13. Jonathon Brooks (RB – CAR)
The end of Round 1 into the middle parts of Round 2 is the biggest group of players thus far and really can depend on team needs and personal player preferences. Xavier Worthy is unlikely to fall this far in rookie drafts, but he isn’t a player I am too upset about missing out on. One of the key tenets of a dynasty that you should live by is that if the best asset a player has is the team they play for, that is a problem; Worthy fits the bill. He has some skills that can translate well beyond his speed, but the Patrick Mahomes bump shouldn’t put him ahead of the players whose skill set exceeds his in the tiers above. That same sentiment rings true for the other receivers in this tier.
The first running backs off the rookie draft board will undoubtedly be Jonathon Brooks and Trey Benson. Both players landed in great spots that provide a combination of a perfect scheme fit and little long term competition to steal touches. Brooks will have an impact this year and is the top option for dynasty managers who don’t need him to win it all this year due to his recovery from a torn ACL. Benson, on the other hand, is a league-winning candidate for the Arizona Cardinals this year. He will share the backfield with James Conner, but by the end of the year, he should be siphoning off touches more and more. He has 4.3 speed, and while he is inconsistent as a pass catcher out of the backfield, he has the frame to be an impact player for the Cardinals and your fantasy teams in the weeks that matter most.
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Tier 6
21. Jermaine Burton (WR – CIN)
Tier 7
33. Bucky Irving (RB – TB)
35. Michael Penix Jr. (QB – ATL)
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