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Early Fantasy Rankings for Rookies
David Dorey April 28, 2010	Comments		Print

Here are some preliminary rankings for rookies. This will obviously change as we see more of these rookies on their new teams and the pre-season player rankings in their entirety typically take a full month before they are ready. Until then, here are the early rankings on the rookies. Barring the knowledge of what they look like wearing NFL uniforms, this is in large part about the situation that the rookies have been drafted into. IDP Rookie Rankings »

Quarterbacks
Rnk	Pick	Player	NFL	College
1	1.01	Sam Bradford	STL	Oklahoma
2	2.16	Jimmy Clausen	CAR	Notre Dame
3	1.25	Tim Tebow	DEN	Florida
4	3.21	Colt McCoy	CLE	Texas
5	5.24	John Skelton	ARI	Fordham
6	4.24	Mike Kafka	PHI	Northwestern
7	7.02	Levi Brown	BUF	Troy
8	5.37	Jonathan Crompton	SD	Tennessee
9	6.07	Rusty Smith	TEN	Florida Atlantic
10	6.12	Dan LeFevour	CHI	Central Michigan
11	6.35	Tony Pike	CAR	Cincinnati
12	7.32	Sean Canfield	NO	Oregon St
13	7.43	Zac Robinson	NE	Oklahoma St
Wide Receivers
Rnk	Pick	Player	NFL	College
1	1.22	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	Georgia Tech
2	1.24	Dez Bryant	DAL	Oklahoma St
3	2.07	Arrelious Benn	TB	Illinois
4	2.28	Golden Tate	SEA	Notre Dame
5	3.13	Damian Williams	TEN	USC
6	3.14	Brandon LaFell	CAR	LSU
7	3.2	Jordan Shipley	CIN	Texas
8	3.18	Emmanuel Sanders	PIT	SMU
9	3.23	Eric Decker	DEN	Minnesota
10	3.25	Armanti Edwards	CAR	Appalachian St
11	3.24	Andre Roberts	ARI	Citadel
12	3.26	Taylor Price	NE	Ohio
13	4.01	Mardy Gilyard	STL	Cincinnati
14	4.03	Mike Williams	TB	Syracuse
15	4.09	Marcus Easley	BUF	Connecticut
16	4.10	Jacoby Ford	OAK	Clemson
17	5.25	David Reed	BAL	Utah
18	5.28	Riley Cooper	PHI	Florida
19	5.34	Kerry Meier	ATL	Kansas
20	6.08	Carlton Mitchell	CLE	South Florida
21	6.22	Dezmon Briscoe	CIN	Kansas
22	6.26	Antonio Brown	PIT	Central Michigan
23	6.28	Trindon Holliday	HOU	LSU
24	6.29	David Gettis	CAR	Baylor
25	6.3	Joe Webb	MIN	UAB
26	6.37	Kyle Williams	SF	Arizona St
27	7.12	Terrence Austin	WAS	UCLA
28	7.15	Marc Mariani	TEN	Montana
29	7.48	Tim Toone	DET	Weber St

Running Backs
Rnk	Pick	Player	NFL	College
1	1.12	Ryan Mathews	SD	Fresno St
2	1.09	C.J. Spiller	BUF	Clemson
3	1.30	Jahvid Best	DET	California
4	2.26	Ben Tate	HOU	Auburn
5	2.27	Montario Hardesty	CLE	Tennessee
6	2.19	Toby Gerhart	MIN	Stanford
7	2.04	Dexter McCluster	KC	Mississippi
8	4.14	Joe McKnight	NYJ	USC
9	6.19	Jonathan Dwyer	PIT	Georgia Tech
10	5.08	John Conner	NYJ	Kentucky
11	6.04	Anthony Dixon	SF	Mississippi St
12	6.11	Deji Karim	JAC	So Illinois
13	6.24	James Starks	GB	Buffalo
14	6.31	Charles Scott	PHI	LSU
Tight Ends
Rnk	Pick	Player	NFL	College
1	1.21	Jermaine Gresham	CIN	Oklahoma
2	2.10	Rob Gronkowski	NE	Arizona
3	3.06	Ed Dickson	BAL	Oregon
4	3.29	Tony Moeaki	KC	Iowa
5	4.16	Dennis Pitta	BAL	Brigham Young
6	3.31	Jimmy Graham	NO	Miami (Fla.)
7	4.15	Aaron Hernandez	NE	Florida
8	4.20	Garrett Graham	HOU	Wisconsin
9	4.27	Clay Harbor	PHI	Missouri St
10	5.01	Michael Hoomanawanui	STL	Illinois
11	5.23	Andrew Quarless	GB	Penn St
12	5.31	Brody Eldridge	IND	Oklahoma
13	6.01	Fendi Onobun	STL	Houston
14	6.05	Dennis Morris	WAS	Louisiana Tech
15	6.13	Nate Byham	SF	Pittsburgh
16	6.16	Anthony McCoy	SEA	USC
17	7.07	Mickey Shuler	MIN	Penn St
18	7.20	Dorin Dickerson	HOU	Pittsburgh
19	7.26	Jim Dray	ARI	Stanford
20	7.28	Dedrick Epps	SD	Miami (Fla.)
21	7.38	Jameson Konz	SEA	Kent St

COMMENTS (page 1 of 1)

Rusty T

Posted Apr 29, 2010 10:34pm EDT

Well, i respectfully disagree. Bryant's more talented and the team is way better. The qb usually makes the wr and you've got Romo vs. either Orton and then most likely Tebow down the line in Denver. Thomas was picked ahead of him most likely because Mcdaniels put a ton of emphasis on character because of all the crap going on in Denver. Only time will tell of course - we'll just have to wait to see what happens.

Meyer1995

Posted Apr 29, 2010 9:37pm EDT

Thomas is safer maybe, but he is also much more unproven and raw coming from a predominantly option offense. Bryant has proven he can take over a game and own talented cornerbacks. He may have to share the ball in Dallas but he will also be on the second best cornerback, never draw a double team and Romo has shown he likes to target the open man which should be Bryant. Also, Dallas has a much better running game which will also open up the play action pass and with Witten galloping down the middle and Austin roaming the other side of the field this could be a great year to own Dez Bryant if he can come into camp and stay out of trouble.

Dorey

Posted Apr 29, 2010 4:10pm EDT

For the same reasons he was drafted before Bryant - he is talented and a lesser risk than Bryant. Plus the loss of Brandon Marshall in DEN leaves a void to fill. In Dallas, Bryant has to share with Miles Austin, Jason Witten and maybe Roy Williams.

Rusty T

Posted Apr 29, 2010 10:38am EDT

Thomas over Bryant. what the hell?

Skipsp1124

Posted Apr 28, 2010 4:55pm EDT

Are these dynasty or redraft rankings? It looks like redraft.

narky31

Posted Apr 28, 2010 1:57pm EDT

What about the undrafted FA's that were picked up? I know there are a couple of RB's that went undrafted that I would put ahead of some of the RB's that were drafted. LeGarrette Blount, Stefan Johnson anyone?

chiloveragain

Posted Apr 28, 2010 7:58am EDT

Yo, chilover, Dexter McCluster is being converted to a WR by KC. He'll most likely play the slot position.

chilover

Posted Apr 28, 2010 2:59am EDT

oh...and by the way,..dexter mccluster, drafted by kc....he's a 5'9", 172lb RB!...not a wr!...you got the pick and round right...

chilover

Posted Apr 28, 2010 2:42am EDT

love the info...my rookie/dynasty draft is approaching... but since when did clay harbor, missouri state, become a rb?....he's a 6'3", 250lb te...and a pretty good one at that!...

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