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Early 2022 Fantasy Football Rookie Rankings: Pre-NFL Draft

Treylon Burks - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Rookies, Draft Sleepers

RotoBaller's top fantasy football rookie rankings for 2022 NFL rookies. These early staff rankings are from before the NFL Draft and include RB, WR, TE, QB.

Welcome back folks, it's always football season at RotoBaller! Although it feels like the NFL season just ended, we're already looking ahead to 2022 -- and that starts with the rookies and the NFL Draft. Below in this article you'll see our early 2022 fantasy football rookie rankings. These rookie rankings are being released before the 2022 NFL Draft so things will of course change based on the draft results.

Continuous tweaks will be made to these rankings for fantasy football rookies all offseason long, so be sure to check back regularly for updates. In addition to this article, you should also be sure to check out our other dynasty rookie rankings and analysis articles, including in-depth coverage of the NFL Draft and various NFL rookie profiles.

Two of our lead fantasy football analysts - Pierre Camus and Phil Clark - have put together these fantasy football rookie rankings. You can click those links to give them a follow on Twitter, and let them know how much you like or dislike their rankings. In addition to these rookie rankings, our 2022 fantasy football rankings dashboard will soon be loaded up with early PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard rankingsBest Ball rankings and Dynasty League rankings. Bookmark that page, and use it to prepare for all of your 2022 fantasy football drafts.

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NFL Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Football (Pre-Draft)

Rankings have been updated post-NFL Scouting Combine.

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1 1 Breece Hall RB
1 2 Garrett Wilson WR
1 3 Treylon Burks WR
1 4 Kenneth Walker RB
1 5 Jameson Williams WR
1 6 Drake London WR
2 7 Chris Olave WR
2 8 George Pickens WR
2 9 Isaiah Spiller RB
2 10 Jahan Dotson WR
2 11 Skyy Moore WR
3 12 Malik Willis QB
3 13 John Metchie WR
3 14 Christian Watson WR
3 15 Rachaad White RB
3 16 Justyn Ross WR
3 17 Trey McBride TE
4 18 Zamir White RB
4 19 Kenny Pickett QB
4 20 Calvin Austin III WR
4 21 David Bell WR
4 22 Wan'Dale Robinson WR
4 23 Matt Corral QB
4 24 James Cook RB
4 25 Sam Howell QB
4 26 Brian Robinson Jr. RB
4 27 Alec Pierce WR
4 28 Pierre Strong Jr. RB
4 29 Tyler Allgeier RB
4 30 Dameon Pierce RB
4 31 Tyler Badie RB
4 32 Khalil Shakir WR
4 33 Jalen Tolbert WR
4 34 Desmond Ridder QB
5 35 Chigoziem Okonkwo TE
5 36 Kyren Williams RB
5 37 Jeremy Ruckert TE
5 38 Isaiah Likely TE
5 39 Ty Chandler RB
5 40 D'Vonte Price RB
5 41 Jalen Wydermyer TE
6 42 Tyquan Thornton WR
6 43 Carson Strong QB
6 44 Jerrion Ealy RB
6 45 Velus Jones Jr. WR
6 46 Jashaun Corbin RB
6 47 Isaih Pacheco RB
6 48 Hassan Haskins RB
6 49 Charlie Kolar TE
6 50 Jerome Ford RB
6 51 Jelani Woods TE
6 52 Greg Dulcich TE
6 53 Makai Polk WR
6 54 Kevin Austin WR
7 55 Bo Melton WR
7 56 Reggie Roberson WR
7 57 Charleston Rambo WR
7 58 Kyle Philips WR
7 59 Romeo Doubs WR
7 60 CJ Verdell RB
7 61 Jake Ferguson TE
7 62 Erik Ezukanma WR
7 63 Snoop Conner RB
7 64 Bailey Zappe QB
7 65 Zonovan Knight RB
7 66 Kennedy Brooks RB
7 67 Jack Coan QB
7 68 Sincere McCormick RB
8 69 Abram Smith RB
8 70 Keaontay Ingram RB
8 71 Master Teague RB
8 72 Zay Flowers WR
8 73 Cole Turner TE
8 74 Ty Fryfogle WR
9 75 Cade Otton TE
9 76 Tyler Goodson RB
9 77 Kevin Harris RB
9 78 Taj Harris WR
9 79 Elijah Collins RB
9 80 Jaquarii Roberson WR
9 81 Brock Purdy QB
9 82 Trey Knox WR
9 83 Trey Sanders RB
9 84 Dante Wright WR
9 85 Jayden Daniels QB
9 86 Jaylon Robinson WR
9 87 McKenzie Milton QB
9 88 Cam'Ron Harris RB
9 89 Tanner Morgan QB
9 90 D'Eriq King QB
9 91 Anthony Russo QB
9 92 Ronnie Bell WR
9 93 Bo Nix QB
9 94 Zakhari Franklin WR
9 95 Charles Williams RB
9 96 Jeremiah Hall TE
9 97 Hudson Henry TE
9 98 Jayden Reed WR
9 99 Milton Wright WR
9 100 Mike Harley WR


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