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RotoBaller's top 100 fantasy football rookie rankings for 2025 NFL rookies. These updated staff rankings are from after the NFL Draft and include RB, WR, TE, QB.
The 2025 NFL Draft is officially in the rear-view mirror, which means the thick of dynasty rookie drafts is here! Below you will find our updated 2025 fantasy football rookie rankings after the NFL Draft, with updated ranks for the top 100 NFL rookies. Where do players like Travis Hunter, Omarion Hampton, Matthew Golden, RJ Harvey, Jayden Higgins, and more stand after landing in great spots? What about rookies who landed in crowded offenses like Colston Loveland, Luther Burden, and Dylan Sampson? Let's navigate the rankings below to find out.
Our team's fantasy football rookie rankings were updated immediately following the 2025 NFL Draft, and take draft capital and landing spot into account. We'll continue to make updates as developments around the league take place. In addition to this article, you should also check out our other dynasty rookie rankings and analysis articles, including in-depth coverage of the NFL Draft and various NFL rookie profiles.
Three of our lead fantasy football analysts -- Phil Clark, Jackson Sparks, and Matt Donnelly -- have put together these fantasy football rookie rankings. In addition to these rookie rankings, in our 2025 fantasy football rankings dashboard, you will also find our team's Dynasty League rankings. Bookmark these pages and use them to prepare for all of your 2025 fantasy football dynasty league drafts.
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NFL Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Football (Post-Draft)
Rookie rankings are updated after the 2025 NFL Draft. For more good information on strategies for dynasty for the 2025 season, be sure to check out RotoBaller's Dynasty Fantasy Football Guide.
2025 Fantasy Football Rookie Outlooks
Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Carolina Panthers
The first wide receiver off the board in 2025 went a little bit earlier than many thought he would. After a 1,319-yard and eight-touchdown senior season, the Carolina Panthers snatched Tetairoa McMillan with the eighth pick on Day 1. McMillan has a chance to immediately step in as the No. 1 wide receiver for quarterback Bryce Young.
McMillan is not necessarily a special prospect, but he is certainly a first-round talent. At 6-foot-4, 219 lbs, McMillan has the size and length to grant Young a huge catch radius at which to throw. McMillan's knock is his relative lack of separation ability, but he is a smooth route runner at his size with a high-end ability to make contested catches.
For fantasy, McMillan could be an immediate contributor. His main competition for targets includes Xavier Legette, who showed flashes as a rookie in 2024, and an aging Adam Thielen. McMillan is probably better than both of those players right now, and if he does not take over the No. 1 job in Week 1, it should not take long.
Throughout the draft process, McMillan has been heavily compared to Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans. Like Evans, McMillan is a big-bodied wide receiver who is deceivingly fast. Evans is not the greatest separator in the NFL, but his ball skills have made him highly successful and put him on track to enter the Hall of Fame when his career is over.
Emeka Egbuka, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Emeka Egbuka's selection by the Buccaneers at No. 19 was a bit of a surprise. Not only was Egbuka viewed as more of a second-round prospect, but he was selected ahead of Matthew Golden, who was viewed by some to be the best wide receiver in the draft.
Additionally, the Bucs already have wide receivers Jalen McMillan, Chris Godwin, and Mike Evans in place. Egbuka's landing spot is unfortunate for his 2025 fantasy football outlook. The Buccaneers were clearly trying to fortify their wide receiving corps for years to come with Mike Evans entering Year 12 and Chris Godwin coming off a serious ankle injury.
This passing offense will be formidable with this quartet of wide receivers, but there is only so much to go around. The Buccaneers will likely use Evans and Godwin as their main wideouts in two-wide receiver sets, with McMillan and Egbuka receiving runs throughout each game. Egbuka has the draft capital and talent to supersede McMillan on the depth chart.
However, McMillan is coming off a successful rookie season in which he caught eight touchdowns, and he will not simply fade away. Egbuka will likely be drafted towards the end of your fantasy draft as a late-round flier. He may be worth a shot in deeper leagues but given the unclear path to a substantial role, he is going to be better off avoided.
Matthew Golden, WR, Green Bay Packers
The Packers broke with their usual draft philosophy and selected a wide receiver in the first round. Golden is blazing fast with a 4.29 40-yard dash time at the NFL combine. He is going to step into a loaded wide receiving corps in Green Bay with a chance to be the leader sooner rather than later.
The Packers love the players they have in place at wide receiver, but they lack a high-end option and are instead deploying several solid options. They spread the ball around, but highly talented players demand the ball through a scheme, and Golden has that type of potential.
While incumbent No. 1 wide receiver Christian Watson is nursing a torn ACL suffered in Week 18, Jayden Reed, Dontayvion Wicks, and Romeo Doubs all figure to receive decent target shares in 2025. Golden will enter the fold with the ability to take the top off a defense like Watson, but with a more polished underneath game as well.
Golden may only be 5-foot-11 but he has an ability to pluck the ball out of the air like a bigger-bodied wide receiver. That ability will serve him well in the NFL. For fantasy football in 2025, Golden profiles as a rookie who could start slow as he navigates his way up the depth chart.
However, he is a fantastic name to watch for the second half of the 2025 season. This is a player the Packers will simply be unable to keep off the field because of his talent. If he can tap into his star potential as a rookie, he should supersede his position mates on the depth chart quickly.
Golden is a perfect draft and stash candidate. Additionally, if he does not come out on fire, he is an intriguing trade-for candidate as other fantasy football managers give up on him. Either way, Golden should be on your radar with a solid path to fantasy football relevance this season.
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