The Devy Fantasy Football Top 100: 10-6
As devy dynasty football grows in popularity, finding edges around the margins becomes far more difficult. Your average devy manager can rattle off the four deep of Georgia’s running back depth chart with ease. The proliferation of camps and the presence of social media can make players stars when they are in high school.
Of course, players emerge on the scene every year. Development is seldom linear. Football is a difficult game, and I can say this as a former mediocre high school football athlete who played in the nation’s thirty-first most talent-rich state, so I know of what I speak.
Below we examine some of the game’s top devy talent as part of the Devy 100.
10. Jeremiah Smith, WR Ohio State (2027 Draft-Eligible)
Profile: One of the better receiver prospects in memory, Jeremiah Smith hits campus with endless devy hype. The fact he joins a Buckeye program notorious for wide receiver development only adds to the intrigue.
Much like former Ohio State and now Arizona Cardinal Marvin Harrison Jr., Smith just looks the part of an NFL receiver despite his youth. At 6’3” and 215 pounds, he has a filled-out frame and used it to toy with high school defenders, his dominance often becoming mundane. It would have been easy for Smith to just run past and jump over defenders, but he has clearly put in the work to become a complete receiver. His decorated track and field background certainly does not hurt his projection, as it becomes clear Smith is a premier athlete regardless of the level of competition. The biggest of recruits do not always pan out, but Smith has the look of a premier talent who can take college football by storm from day one and parlay it into an elite NFL career, a la Julio Jones and A.J. Green before him.
2024 Outlook: Smith can play right off the bat. Will he be able to crack the Buckeyes’ rotation? Emeka Egbuka and Carnell Tate appear destined for roles, but Smith should prove too good to keep off the field, even for a program that often slow-plays their young receivers.
