A preview of what next year's dynasty rookie mocks may look like.
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Welcome to Monday Mocks, where I’ll bring you…you guessed it, a new mock draft every Monday during the off-season. In my opinion, drafting is the best part of fantasy football, so I do as much of that as I can. This series will be filled with all types of mocks. We’ll draft startups, rookies, devys, and more.
While the rest of the dynasty world is focused on the upcoming NFL Combine and the incoming rookie class, I decided now was the perfect time to look ahead to next year. The sentiment felt through the dynasty community every year is “wait until next year!” This year is a little different, both because of the strength of the 2024 rookie crop and the early concerns about next year’s group. This could mean those future picks you use to move up in drafts or acquire win-now veterans don’t hold as much value.
I gathered a few friends around the industry to help me mock it out. We drafted based on a superflex, PPR league, and here was the draft order:
Scott Connor, Dynasty Trades in Five
Cody Carpentier, Roster Watch
Shane Hallam, Dynasty League Football
Jeff Bell, Footballguys
Travis May, AtoZ Sports
Kevin Coleman, Footballguys
Ryan McDowell, Dynasty League Football
Nick Whalen, Devy Report
Felix Sharpe, Campus2Canton
Bruce Matson, Dynasty League Football
Curtis Patrick, Rotoviz
Rob Willette, Dynasty League Football
Sanders, along with his father, owned the headlines early in the college football season before struggling down the stretch. Fanfare or not, Sanders did show significant improvement as a passer and overall playmaker, putting himself on the map as a legit NFL prospect. In what is already being viewed as a down quarterback class, expect dynasty managers to chase a player with the upside of Sanders. Connor expects Sanders to be “close to the consensus QB1” this time next year.
Like Sanders, Ewers could have been part of the class of 2024 but instead chose to return to school. That was likely a surprise for the Longhorns, who remain loaded at the quarterback position with super recruit Arch Manning waiting in the wings. Carpentier noted that Ewers and the Longhorns lost multiple receiving weapons to the Draft, but also gained a five-star freshman receiver along with multiple college veterans through the transfer portal.
The first non-quarterback selected is Missouri’s Burden, the explosive playmaker, whom Hallam called his 1.01 in this rookie class, even in the superflex format. Burden was a top recruit a couple of years ago and has led a rapidly improving Tigers program during his time on campus. Burden took a huge step forward as a sophomore, catching 86 passes for over 1,200 yards and nine scores.
