Fantasy Football Draft Values: Kimani Vidal, Ray Davis, Rashod Bateman

As training camps begin to get underway it is beyond clear that redraft season is upon us. Whether you’ve been enjoying not thinking about fantasy football for a few months, or deep in the best ball lobbies, or maybe just working out what attention your dynasty rosters need, now is the time to view things through a different lens entirely.

These are the best fantasy football draft values in each round, based on redraft fantasy football ADP. Below we dive into a few notable picks.

Fantasy Football Draft Values for Every Round

Round 13 – Kimani Vidal (RB – LAC)

Perhaps Gus Edwards and J.K. Dobbins are past their injury issues and able to hold down the RB1 and RB2 work for the Chargers this year, and perhaps Edwards is more efficient than he was in the second half of last year when his yards per carry dropped from 4.6 to 3.1 and his missed tackles forced dropped from 2.0 to 1.0 per game. Equally, perhaps the Chargers end up needing to lean on the rookie running back they drafted in Kimani Vidal. It’s a very thin play but so were James Robinson and Kyren Williams. Vidal rushed for 1661 yards and 14 touchdowns in his final season in college. At a low cost, he’s worth the dart throw.

Round 14 – Ray Davis (RB – BUF)

The Bills don’t seem to trust James Cook around the goal line, subbing him out for Latavius Murray at times in 2024 and drafting Ray Davis could be a further part of that plan with the former Kentucky running back picking up the yardage that’s blocked and getting the hard yards that Cook would occasionally leave on the table. At 5ft 8 and 211lbs he has enough size to be useful around the goal line, but he’s also a fine receiver with 61 catches in the last two years. With question marks at wide receiver, running backs could be a big part of the Bills offense in 2024.

Round 15 – Rashod Bateman (WR – BAL)

Through the early stages of training camp beat reporters have praised Rashod Bateman consistently, calling him the Ravens best wide receiver in the practice sessions. Bateman is unlikely to outplay Zay Flowers, who shined in his rookie season in a way Bateman never has, but the drumbeat for Bateman has been consistent all offseason with the Ravens moving on from Odell Beckham Jr. who was second in targets and receiving yards last year, and all the coaching staff have consistently propped up Bateman, who is enjoying his first fully healthy offseason of his NFL career. In the fifteenth round, it’s worth a shot, given how good this Ravens offense can be.

Todd Monken on Rashod Bateman: “We’re expecting great things from him.”

Bateman has probably been the team’s top WR through the first four practices. pic.twitter.com/ZBxRF3Z5RF

— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) July 24, 2024