For many dynasty players, the highlight of the off-season is the annual rookie draft, and we are now mere weeks away from many of those drafts kicking off. Once our respective dynasty teams are eliminated from contention (and sometimes even before), we tend to turn our attention to the incoming rookie class, and delusions of grandeur take over. In fact, dynasty players spend nearly the entire off-season preparing for how they will use their draft picks or if they will use them at all.
In this twelve-part series, members of DLF use the latest data available here at Dynasty League Football, namely our April Rookie ADP and the DLF Trade Analyzer, to ensure you are as prepared as possible when your draft begins. Based on our most recent ADP data, we’ll suggest the player you could be soon adding to your team, and if you don’t like that, we’ll also include a potential pivot option. In addition, we’ll include options based on the updated 1QB rookie ADP for those who play in that format.
We all know the first round of rookie drafts includes the players we’ve been hearing about for months if not years, but difference-makers can be found in the second round and beyond, as well. Because of that, we’ll also address the other picks that accompany each respective first-round draft slot.
Rookie Selection 1.03
If you are a person who likes to pick nits, Hampton is not the player you want to evaluate. Hampton was a workhorse in Chapel Hill, surpassing 250 carries in each of his final two seasons and consistently producing even as North Carolina’s offense had its ups and downs. He profiles as a smooth transition to the NFL with immense fantasy upside as the rare back who can handle the football on all three downs.
