Welcome to my ranking of the top 50 rookies for 2021 fantasy football Superflex dynasty leagues. I’ve based the rankings on 0.5PPR scoring, though adjusting for full point or standard scoring would result in very little change to the rankings, as I have based this on potential returns over a minimum three-year period. The only difference between these rankings and my rookie dynasty rankings is purely the position of the quarterbacks, who obviously see a major ADP bump in this format with a second quarterback starter on a weekly basis and therefore an extra quarterback breaks into my top 50 as a result. My re-draft rankings, which is an aggregated view with those of each of the NerdBall staff rankings, includes 10 of this year’s rookie class currently, so you can see our views on this year’s rookie class in a redraft format there.
The latest iteration of the rankings have been updated to reflect the news about Travis Etienne’s foot injury and what we’ve seen from training camp and the preseason. Unless there are any further major injuries, this will be the last update to the rankings before the season.
Rankings last updated: 8/27/21
Rank | Player | POS | Team |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Trevor Lawrence | QB | JAX |
2 | Justin Fields | QB | CHI |
3 | Zach Wilson | QB | NYJ |
4 | Najee Harris | RB | PIT |
5 | Kyle Pitts | TE | ATL |
6 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR | CIN |
7 | Trey Lance | QB | SF |
8 | Javonte Williams | RB | DEN |
9 | DeVonta Smith | WR | PHI |
10 | Jaylen Waddle | WR | MIA |
11 | Michael Carter | RB | NYJ |
12 | Mac Jones | QB | NE |
13 | Elijah Moore | WR | NYJ |
14 | Rashod Bateman | WR | BAL |
15 | Terrace Marshall Jr. | WR | CAR |
16 | Rondale Moore | WR | ARI |
17 | Trey Sermon | RB | SF |
18 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB | PHI |
19 | Dyami Brown | WR | WAS |
20 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | DET |
21 | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB | NE |
22 | Travis Etienne | RB | JAX |
23 | Pat Freiermuth | TE | PIT |
24 | Amari Rodgers | WR | GB |
25 | Tylan Wallace | WR | BAL |
26 | Chuba Hubbard | RB | CAR |
27 | Kadarius Toney | WR | NYG |
28 | Nico Collins | WR | HOU |
29 | Tutu Atwell | WR | LAR |
30 | Josh Palmer | WR | LAC |
31 | Jermar Jefferson | RB | DET |
32 | Kellen Mond | QB | MIN |
33 | Elijah Mitchell | RB | SF |
34 | Kyle Trask | QB | TB |
35 | Kylin Hill | RB | GB |
36 | D'Wayne Eskridge | WR | SEA |
37 | Seth Williams | WR | DEN |
38 | Brevin Jordan | TE | HOU |
39 | Larry Rountree III | RB | LAC |
40 | Davis Mills | QB | HOU |
41 | Demetric Felton | WR | CLE |
42 | Chris Evans | RB | CIN |
43 | Javian Hawkins | RB | TEN |
44 | Khalil Herbert | RB | CHI |
45 | Tamorrion Terry | WR | SEA |
46 | Sage Surratt | WR | DET |
47 | Anthony Schwartz | WR | CLE |
48 | Jaret Patterson | RB | WAS |
49 | Shi Smith | WR | CAR |
50 | Ian Book | QB | NO |