Past/Present/Future Rookie Pick Value: 2023 Mid 3rd

Rookie draft season is fast approaching! Everyone wants in on this exciting 2023 rookie class, whether your team is contending or rebuilding.

In this series, the DLF team will look at the rookie draft in groups of four to give a comprehensive view of those picks. We’ll do this by analyzing consensus picks of the past, the potential options for this year, and what the picks are worth on the trade market. For this series, we’ll be focusing on superflex formats. Let’s jump into it!

Historical Consensus Picks

2022

• 3.05 - Tyrion Davis-Price, RB SF
• 3.06 - Jelani Woods, TE IND
• 3.07 - Sam Howell, QB WAS
• 3.08 - Khalil Shakir, WR BUF

2021

• 3.05 - Kyle Trask, QB TB
• 3.06 - D'Wayne Eskridge, WR SEA
• 3.07 - Davis Mills, QB HOU
• 3.08 - Tylan Wallace, WR BAL

2020

• 3.05 - Darrynton Evans, RB TEN/CHI
• 3.06 - Anthony McFarland, RB PIT
• 3.07 - Devin Duvernay, WR BAL
• 3.08 - Jacob Eason, QB IND/SEA/CAR/SF

Well, I honestly have little nice to say about this group of players. The entire 2020 group carries essentially no dynasty value whatsoever. Evans, McFarland, and Eason haven’t done anything in their NFL careers, while Duvernay is currently the WR99 and buried on the Ravens’ run-first offense. Additionally, the 2021 group is almost as weak, as Wallace and Eskridge have barely played, and Trask has zero career NFL snaps.