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Updated 2022 Fantasy Football Rookie Rankings (Pre-NFL Draft) - Treylon Burks, Kenneth Walker, Chris Olave, Isaiah Spiller

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Updated fantasy football rookie rankings for 2022 NFL rookies. These updated NFL rookie ranks are pre-NFL Draft, covering the top 115 rookie RBs, WRs, TEs, QBs.

Welcome back RotoBallers! The 2022 NFL Draft is just around the corner, and below you'll find our team's updated 2022 fantasy football rookie rankings -- the pre-NFL Draft edition. Since these rookie rankings are being published before the 2022 NFL Draft, be sure to check back often as we lead up to the 2022 NFL season. Based on the actual draft, these 2022 rookie rankings will of course change.

For those who are not yet familiar, four of our lead NFL analysts - Pierre Camus , Andrew Lalama, Brandon Murchison and Phil Clark - have been updating their rankings for fantasy football rookies all offseason long. In addition to these rookie rankings below, make sure you read our other dynasty rookie rankings and analysis articles, including detailed coverage of the NFL Draft, top rookie landing spots, and various in-depth NFL rookie profiles with film clips and analysis.

Aside from the below fantasy football rookie rankings, our 2022 fantasy football rankings dashboard is also locked and loaded 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. Lastly, if you haven't already downloaded our free and newly updated fantasy football mobile app, but sure you have that handy with your alerts turned on to receive free push notifications about the NFL Draft and NFL news all offseason long.

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Updated NFL Rookie Rankings (Pre-NFL Draft)

Fantasy football rookie rankings updated as of April 27th, 2022:

Tier Rank Player Name Pos
1 1 Breece Hall RB
1 2 Garrett Wilson WR
1 3 Jameson Williams WR
1 4 Drake London WR
1 5 Treylon Burks WR
1 6 Kenneth Walker RB
2 7 Chris Olave WR
2 8 Isaiah Spiller RB
2 9 Skyy Moore WR
2 10 George Pickens WR
2 11 Jahan Dotson WR
3 12 Malik Willis QB
3 13 Christian Watson WR
3 14 John Metchie WR
3 15 Rachaad White RB
3 16 Zamir White RB
3 17 James Cook RB
4 18 Justyn Ross WR
4 19 Trey McBride TE
4 20 Kenny Pickett QB
4 21 Khalil Shakir WR
4 22 Alec Pierce WR
4 23 Calvin Austin III WR
4 24 David Bell WR
4 25 Dameon Pierce RB
4 26 Brian Robinson Jr. RB
4 27 Matt Corral QB
4 28 Pierre Strong Jr. RB
4 29 Wan'Dale Robinson WR
4 30 Jalen Tolbert WR
4 31 Sam Howell QB
4 32 Desmond Ridder QB
4 33 Tyler Allgeier RB
4 34 Tyler Badie RB
5 35 Jerome Ford RB
5 36 Tyquan Thornton WR
5 37 Ty Chandler RB
5 38 Velus Jones Jr. WR
5 39 Kyren Williams RB
5 40 Carson Strong QB
5 41 Charlie Kolar TE
6 42 Jeremy Ruckert TE
6 43 Isaiah Likely TE
6 44 Greg Dulcich TE
6 45 Jelani Woods TE
6 46 Hassan Haskins RB
6 47 Jalen Wydermyer TE
6 48 Romeo Doubs WR
6 49 Jerrion Ealy RB
6 50 D'Vonte Price RB
6 51 Danny Gray WR
6 52 Zonovan Knight RB
6 53 Bo Melton WR
6 54 Jaivon Heiligh WR
7 55 Jalen Nailor WR
7 56 Kennedy Brooks RB
7 57 Isaih Pacheco RB
7 58 Daniel Bellinger TE
7 59 Keaontay Ingram RB
7 60 Charleston Rambo WR
7 61 Josh Johnson QB
7 62 Kevin Austin WR
7 63 Reggie Roberson WR
7 64 Tre Turner WR
7 65 Tyler Goodson RB
7 66 James Mitchell TE
7 67 Dai'Jean Dixon WR
7 68 Erik Ezukanma WR
8 69 Sincere McCormick RB
8 70 Cole Turner TE
8 71 Ty Davis-Price RB
8 72 CJ Verdell RB
8 73 T.J. Pledger RB
8 74 Leddie Brown RB
9 75 Max Borghi RB
9 76 Chigoziem Okonkwo TE
9 77 Dontario Drummond WR
9 78 Jashaun Corbin RB
9 79 Ty Fryfogle WR
9 80 Kyle Philips WR
9 81 Grant Calcaterra TE
9 82 Makai Polk WR
9 83 Jaylon Robinson WR
9 84 Snoop Conner RB
9 85 Devon Williams WR
9 86 Trey Knox WR
9 87 Kevin Harris RB
9 88 Master Teague RB
9 89 Jake Ferguson TE
9 90 Zay Flowers WR
9 91 Cade Otton TE
9 92 Abram Smith RB
9 93 Jack Coan QB
9 94 Trey Sanders RB
9 95 Taj Harris WR
9 96 Brock Purdy QB
9 97 Tyrion Davis-Price RB
9 98 Trestan Ebner RB
9 99 Elijah Collins RB
9 100 Jaquarii Roberson WR
10 101 Tanner Morgan QB
10 102 Bailey Zappe QB
10 103 Mike Harley WR
10 104 Anthony Russo QB
10 105 Isaiah Weston WR
10 106 Emeka Emezie WR
10 107 Jayden Daniels QB
10 108 Cam'Ron Harris RB
10 109 Bo Nix QB
10 110 McKenzie Milton QB
10 111 Dante Wright WR
10 112 D'Eriq King QB
10 113 Ronnie Bell WR
10 114 Zakhari Franklin WR
10 115 Charles Williams RB
10 116 Jeremiah Hall TE
10 117 Hudson Henry TE
10 118 Jayden Reed WR
10 119 Milton Wright WR


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