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Updated 2021 Fantasy Football Rookie Rankings: Post-NFL Draft

RotoBaller's top 100 fantasy football rookie rankings for 2021 NFL rookies. These updated staff rankings are from after the NFL Draft and include RB, WR, TE, QB.

Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our staff's updated 2021 fantasy football rookie rankings (top 100). These rankings are being released after the 2021 NFL Draft, but things will of course change as we get closer to the start of the NFL season. Adjustments to these rookie rankings will be made all offseason long up until Week 1, so be sure to check back regularly for updates. You can also see all of our team's other great articles and analysis of the 2021 NFL rookies, now that the NFL Draft has concluded.

Three of our lead fantasy football analysts - Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison and Phil Clark - have analyzed last year's college football season, the NFL Combine, the NFL offseason moves and of course the results of the NFL Draft - they are ready to rock. Below you will find their consensus staff rookies ranks for 2021 fantasy football, which will be updated regularly up until the start of the 2021 season. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, or let them know how much you love or hate their rankings.

Be sure to also check out our 2021 fantasy football rankings dashboard. It's already loaded up with tons of other great rankings. In case you missed it, you can also see our PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard rankingsBest Ball rankings and Dynasty League rankings. Bookmark that page, and prepare for all of your drafts.

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NFL Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Football (Post-Draft)

Rankings table below last updated on August 14th, 2021

Tier Rank Player Name Pos
1 1 Najee Harris RB
1 2 Kyle Pitts TE
1 3 Ja'Marr Chase WR
1 4 Trevor Lawrence QB
1 5 Javonte Williams RB
2 6 DeVonta Smith WR
2 7 Travis Etienne RB
2 8 Jaylen Waddle WR
2 9 Elijah Moore WR
2 10 Justin Fields QB
2 11 Rashod Bateman WR
2 12 Michael Carter RB
3 13 Trey Sermon RB
3 14 Rondale Moore WR
3 15 Kenneth Gainwell RB
3 16 Trey Lance QB
3 17 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR
3 18 Terrace Marshall Jr. WR
3 19 Kadarius Toney WR
3 20 Zach Wilson QB
3 21 Chuba Hubbard RB
4 22 Mac Jones QB
4 23 Amari Rodgers WR
4 24 Dyami Brown WR
4 25 Pat Freiermuth TE
4 26 Nico Collins WR
4 27 Josh Palmer WR
4 28 D'Wayne Eskridge WR
4 29 Rhamondre Stevenson RB
4 30 Tutu Atwell WR
4 31 Javian Hawkins RB
4 32 Kylin Hill RB
4 33 Elijah Mitchell RB
4 34 Tylan Wallace WR
4 35 Seth Williams WR
5 36 Chris Evans RB
5 37 Brevin Jordan TE
5 38 Jermar Jefferson RB
5 39 Hunter Long TE
5 40 Larry Rountree III RB
5 41 Khalil Herbert RB
5 42 Dazz Newsome WR
5 43 Ihmir Smith-Marsette WR
5 44 Kene Nwangwu RB
5 45 Kyle Trask QB
6 46 Dez Fitzpatrick WR
6 47 Demetric Felton WR
6 48 Kellen Mond QB
6 49 Anthony Schwartz WR
6 50 Noah Gray TE
6 51 Jaret Patterson RB
6 52 Marquez Stevenson WR
6 53 Jacob Harris TE
6 54 Frank Darby WR
6 55 Cornell Powell WR
6 56 Jaelon Darden WR
7 57 Shi Smith WR
7 58 Tommy Tremble TE
7 59 Davis Mills QB
7 60 Josh Imatorbhebhe WR
7 61 Kenny Yeboah TE
7 62 Sage Surratt WR
7 63 Cade Johnson WR
7 64 Tamorrion Terry WR
7 65 Austin Watkins WR
7 66 Pooka Williams Jr. RB
8 67 T.J. Vasher WR
8 68 Tre' McKitty TE
8 69 Jake Funk RB
8 70 Marlon Williams WR
8 71 Rakeem Boyd RB
8 72 Stevie Scott III RB
9 73 Trevon Grimes WR
9 74 Jamie Newman QB
9 75 Simi Fehoko WR
9 76 Trey Ragas RB
9 77 Deon Jackson RB
9 78 Eli Stove WR
9 79 Whop Philyor WR
9 80 Sam Ehlinger QB
9 81 Shane Buechele QB
9 82 Dax Milne WR
9 83 Ian Book QB
9 84 Feleipe Franks QB
9 85 Brennan Eagles WR
9 86 Mekhi Sargent RB
9 87 Reggie Roberson Jr. WR
9 88 K.D. Nixon WR
9 89 Raheem Blackshear RB
9 90 Johnathan Lovett RB
9 91 JD Spielman WR
9 92 JaTarvious Whitlow RB
9 93 Brady White QB
9 94 Shakif Seymour RB
9 95 K.J. Costello QB
9 96 Damonte Coxie WR
9 97 Vavae Malepeai RB
9 98 Zach Smith QB
9 99 Zac Thomas QB


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