My Dynasty Off-Season: 2025 Dynasty Rookie Quarterback Rankings

Well, that was fun. Another year in the books, and hopefully you were able to grab that dynasty league championship. While the games are thrilling and the results matter, this is the time of year I really look forward to. Yes, the off-season is my favorite part of fantasy football. I love diving into the NFL Draft, analyzing rookies, re-assessing the veteran dynasty landscape, and giving you all the info I can to help you get ready for the upcoming season.

This year, I’m continuing my series – My Dynasty Off-Season. This is where I pull back the curtain a little to share what I’m doing in terms of team building, roster evaluation, player assessments, trade possibilities, value changes, and anything else that’s on my mind. I hope this series helps guide you through the off-season and positions you for success next year. Over the coming weeks, I’m going to share my positional rankings for the rookies in detail. If you missed it, this was the preview version. Today, let’s jump into the quarterbacks.

Quarterbacks

1.) Cam Ward, Miami

There is clearly going to be a great debate as to who should go first in the NFL Draft between Ward and Shedeur Sanders. However, I have Ward as the top quarterback from a dynasty standpoint. It’s hard to argue with his numbers. After all, he posted over 11,000 passing yards with 87 touchdowns over just the past three seasons. While not a true dual-threat dynamo like others we’ve seen (Jayden Daniels), he seems to be mobile enough to make things happen. He’s also very experienced, having spent five years as a collegiate starter. While some may see that as a bad thing, I clearly don’t as we’ve seen inexperienced players with elite talent (Anthony Richardson) really struggle to make the transition to the next level. With this much experience, Ward should be NFL ready and with the patience level at an all-time low in the NFL, that should bode well for his chances.

At this point, it stands to reason the Titans are going to take him with the top overall pick unless they’re overwhelmed by a trade offer. They haven’t taken the plunge with a quarterback this highly since Marcus Mariota, so it’s not hard to see their hesitation as that pick ended up burning them. If they choose not to take Ward, it’s almost inevitable someone trades up to get him at the top of the draft. With the Titans, you could see a path to success, but they have lots of needs on the offensive side of the ball in order to give him a realistic chance to succeed. Regardless, Ward looks like the top option in dynasty leagues and a sure-fire top pick in Superflex drafts.

2.) Shedeur Sanders, Colorado

I just can’t help but think his ultimate destiny is going to lie in the hands of his Father. Still, he’s going to be a top ten pick in the NFL Draft and should have a chance to be an instant contributor to both and NFL franchise and a dynasty fantasy football team. With 64 touchdowns and just 13 interceptions the past two seasons, Sanders has proven he can throw the ball. However, the big question is just how much he can contribute on the ground. He simply hasn’t been very dynamic as a rusher and that means he’s going to need to be an elite passer (maybe with an elite receiver) to be a true QB1 in dynasty leagues (the Giants, perhaps). This is what I think puts Ward ahead of him at the moment.

Sanders looks to have a floor in the NFL Draft of #7 to the Jets. The Titans (1), Browns (2), Giants (3), Raiders (6) or Jets (7) would all likely seriously consider his services. In the end, it really does seem like he’s destined for the Giants as they are in dire straights at the position and it’s unclear if Sanders would even accept playing for the Browns. We’ll see soon enough, but if Sanders is paired with Malik Nabers, that’s exciting. Even if the Giants add both Jameis Winston and Russell Wilson, it shouldn’t stop them from taking Sanders as you just simply don’t get that chance very often.

3.) Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss

The former Trojan and Ole Miss Rebel, Dart seems to be one of the highest rising draft prospects on the board. It’s not hard to see why as he’s done nothing but improve every year he’s been in college, culminating in a 4,279-yard, 29-touchdown, six-interception gem last season. When you add above average rushing ability, you have a pretty intriguing prospect. He needs to improve his footwork and become more consistent in his reads, but he’s also likely not going to be a day one starter, giving him time to develop. In the end, Dart is a step down from some others in this draft, but he does seem to have a pretty high floor.

It’s really hard to say where Dart is going to end up. Depending on what happens with Aaron Rodgers, the Steelers could be in play in round one. If he’s not taken on day one, teams like the Colts, Saints, Seahawks, Raiders, and a whole host of others could be waiting in round two. The Steelers could still take him even with Rodgers in the fold as well. Regardless, he looks like a solid prospect and a fast riser at the moment. He could even move up into the mid-first when all is said and done because of the premium placed on the position. Dart has some intriguing skills and seems to have a higher floor than Jalen Milroe.

4.) Jalen Milroe, QB ALA

Speaking of Milroe, he entered the season with Heisman aspirations. After all, he was slated to lead Alabama back to the promised land under new Head Coach Kalen DeBoer and was coming off a season with 2,834 passing yards, 531 rushing yards, 35 total touchdowns and just six interceptions. Unfortunately, Milroe disappointed on almost every level, throwing for just 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. While he added a whopping 20 rushing touchdowns and 726 rushing yards, the results were just too mixed last season. His athleticism is off the charts, but the fear is he’s just too much like Justin Fields or an old school Kordell Stewart than a truly dynamic player like Jalen Hurts or Jayden Daniels. The biggest red flag could be the fact he threw just five touchdowns and ten interceptions in SEC play last season. In the end, he’s just not refined enough as a passer to be considered in the elite level of quarterbacks but he does have tremendous upside as a runner.

Milroe is likely going to go in round three as a day two prospect with upside. All it takes is one team to believe they can turn him into a player like Hurts for him to be taken and he really does have tantalizing upside. The challenge with Milroe is obvious – he has a high ceiling and low floor. In a business where nobody has patience, that’s a tough project to spend solid draft capital on. A team is going to feel lucky enough to do it and they’re either going to be rewarded handsomely or the victim of a four-alarm dumpster fire – it’s just hard to see anything in between.

5.) Quinn Ewers, QB TEX

Ewers may simply go down as the guy who held off Arch Manning at Texas for a couple of years, but dynasty managers want more. He showed some serious flashes at Texas, throwing for nearly 7,000 yards and 53 touchdowns over the past two seasons. While his interception total went up to 12 last year, one just has to look at his 445 attempts and it won’t exactly raise any red flags. A pure pocket passer, the knock on Ewers from a dynasty perspective is the fact he just doesn’t bring anything in terms of running the ball as he posted -82 rushing yards last season.

It seems he’s starting to slide a little bit as the draft process unfolds, but it’s hard to see him sliding past day two. If he does, all bets are off. However, all it takes is one team to believe he can be a future start and while Ewers is a likely candidate to sit his first year, he really does have some solid potential. He’s not quite in the same tier as Dart or Milroe, but he does have some nice upside. After all, any player who can realistically hold off Manning for as long as he did has some serious potential.

6.) Dillon Gabriel, QB ORE

It’s been a long, strange journey for Gabriel, who had stops at UCF, Oklahoma, and Oregon over a six-year college career. There’s no doubting his production as he threw for more than 10,000 yards with 85 touchdowns and 18 interceptions over the last three of those seasons. The reason he’s knocked down on NFL Draft lists is really all about his size. At only six feet and 200 pounds and having a relatively weak arm compared to some of his peers, it’s hard to see him having the durability or skill set truly needed to last long-term in the NFL. He has also seen a lot of his numbers inflated as a great number of his throws have been of the short variety where his receivers can get into space and work, inflating his numbers. Still, Gabriel has proved a lot of people wrong in his career and should have a decent chance to make an NFL roster.

At this point, Gabriel is looking like a late round pick in the NFL Draft. Still, he should be monitored as players his size (Russell Wilson, Drew Brees) have had success in the NFL, despite not necessarily fitting the mold. Gabriel is a solid prospect and it’s hard to look at the numbers and not be impressed. He’s a gamer in every sense of the word as well, fighting through a lot of doubters throughout his career. He’s a bit of a sleeper at the moment, but this seems like a player worth taking a chance on in a rookie draft, especially a Superflex one.

I’ll be back next time with a look at running backs!