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2025 Fantasy Football Rookie QB Rankings: Post-NFL Draft - Cam Ward, Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe, Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel, Tyler Shough

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Fantasy football rookie quarterback rankings for 2025. RotoBaller's top rookie quarterbacks and draft targets, including Cam Ward, Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe, and more.

The 2025 rookie quarterback class is weak compared to the last few groups, but we saw two first-rounders that are sure to make an impact at some point in their careers. The QBs selected after Round 2 will find a more difficult path to playing time, but they can be taken in the later rounds of rookie drafts as cheap dart throws. To assist with your rookie drafts, let's dive into these 2025 fantasy football rookie quarterback rankings. Below, you will find out where signal-callers like Cam Ward, Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe, Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel, Tyler Shough, and more stand among all rookie QBs.

These 2025 rookie rankings are released after the 2025 NFL Draft. 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.

Four of our lead fantasy football analysts -- Phil Clark, Jackson Sparks, Andrew Lalama, 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 that page, and use it to prepare for all of your 2025 fantasy football dynasty league drafts.

Editor's Note: Explore RotoBaller’s Dynasty Fantasy Football hub for year-round dynasty rankings, trade tips, rookie analysis, and long-term player outlooks. Dominate your league with our sleepers, stash targets, and dynasty draft advice. Click here for Dynasty rankings and strategy.

 

NFL Rookie Quarterback Rankings for Fantasy Football (Post-Draft)

Rookie rankings are from after the 2025 NFL Draft

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Tier
QB
Rank
Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Cam Ward QB 9
1 2 Jaxson Dart QB 21
1 3 Jalen Milroe QB 34
2 4 Shedeur Sanders QB 37
2 5 Tyler Shough QB 39
2 6 Will Howard QB 58
2 7 Kyle McCord QB 68
3 8 Quinn Ewers QB 73
3 9 Dillon Gabriel QB 74
3 10 Riley Leonard QB 83
3 11 Graham Mertz QB 84
3 12 Kurtis Rourke QB 87
4 13 Cam Miller QB 90
4 14 Brady Cook QB 103
4 15 Seth Henigan QB 105

 

Fantasy Football Outlooks for Rookie Quarterbacks

Cam Ward, Tennessee Titans

The Titans fell in love with Ward quickly after meeting with him for the first time at the scouting combine in February. The 22-year-old has good size, a big arm, and plenty of mobility to make plays outside of the pocket. In his only year with the Hurricanes, Ward threw for a career-high 4,313 passing yards, 39 touchdowns and seven interceptions while racking up 204 rushing yards and four TDs on 60 carries.

He should be considered more of a pocket passer at the next level, where he figures to start immediately over former second-rounder Will Levis. Look for the Titans to try and clean up his mechanics to help with his accuracy. Ward has the skills to be a solid NFL starter in time, but inconsistencies should be expected in Year 1.

His pass-catching group, consisting of Calvin Ridley, Tyler Lockett, Chig Okonkwo, and a handful of rookies, is one of the weaker units in the NFL, so Ward is unlikely to be a locked-in starter in single-QB formats. However, his 1.01 draft capital insulates him in dynasty leagues, making him a safe pick with long-term upside.

- Keith Hernandez

Jaxson Dart, New York Giants

The New York Giants traded back up into the first round to draft quarterback Jaxson Dart, who will likely take over the starting job by midseason this year. While the team also signed QB Russell Wilson in the offseason, his play has declined markedly since his glory years with the Seahawks, owing to his reduced mobility and unwillingness to challenge defenders in the middle of the field.

Wilson likes to pad his stats by taking check-downs, chucking the ball deep, and taking a million sacks rather than throwing to parts of the field where he's more likely to risk an interception. That's part of the reason his touchdown-to-interception ratio looks so good every year, but he's not a priority free agent.

The biggest problem for Wilson is that stud WR Malik Nabers excels in the intermediate areas of the field. Wilson will likely be benched for Dart, who is the best QB prospect in this year's class. Year 1 may be tough for him, as he's a young player and the team has offensive line issues and doesn't have a great WR corps outside of Nabers. But he will probably at least be the starter by Week 9, and he has the talent to develop into a quality starter.

- John Johnson

Jalen Milroe, Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks chose Jalen Milroe, a quarterback from Alabama, in the 2025 NFL Draft. While he's very raw as a prospect, he does have fantastic rushing upside at the position. Should he take over the starting job at any point, he'll have immediate upside, since rushing yards are so much more valuable than passing yards in normal fantasy football scoring formats. Milroe has fantastic speed and has the athleticism to become lethal on read-option plays and scrambles, if he can develop his game.

The guy ahead of him, Sam Darnold, has a history of subpar NFL QB play. Sure, he was fine in 2024, but that's because of the Vikings and Kevin O'Connell. With Seahawks general manager John Schneider's handiwork in once again making sure the offensive line is weak by never addressing its issues, Darnold could be benched sooner rather than later.

In dynasty leagues, Milroe actually has a ton of upside, though the Seahawks have such a terrible OL that he might never pan out in the pros. As a later-round flyer in dynasty leagues, you could make worse picks. In redraft leagues, it's better to avoid him for now, though his rushing upside alone could make him relevant if Darnold is benched or gets injured.

- John Johnson

Tyler Shough, New Orleans Saints

The closer we got to the NFL Draft, the more it felt like we were destined to see Tyler Shough leap up draft boards. Ultimately, the Saints made Shough the third quarterback drafted after Cam Ward and Jaxson Dart. But, like...why? Shough was the oldest prospect drafted in this year's NFL Draft.

In fact, it's been mentioned that he might be the last player born in the 1990s to be drafted. Maybe you view that as a sign of his experience and his ability to come in and take over the Saints' starting role right away. In one sense, that's correct — his age and experience mean he probably will be the Saints' starter immediately. However, that doesn't mean he will be the long-term answer for New Orleans.

For Shough, his late breakout was a combination of things. He began his career at Oregon, where he was a redshirt freshman. However, at the end of the year, it became clear that the team saw Anthony Brown as its future quarterback, so Shough left for Texas Tech. In Lubbock, Shough broke his collarbone, ending his 2021 campaign early. In 2022, he dealt with a shoulder injury that caused him to miss some time. In 2023, he suffered a broken fibula early in the year and missed the rest of the season.

The next stop was Louisville, where Shough finally had a full, healthy season and showcased skills that made him look like an NFL prospect. It took until 2024 for a guy who started college in 2019 to look like an NFL quarterback, which feels like a bad sign. It's just hard to see why Shough can be the answer in New Orleans. Yes, he's got NFL-level skills, but how much more developmental room does he have? Is this version of Shough the best version we'll get?

- Justin Carter



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