Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice: Blake Corum, Roman Wilson, MarShawn Lloyd (2024 Fantasy Football)

The 2024 NFL Draft has come and gone. While the real NFL draft is over, the fantasy football drafts are just beginning! That’s especially true when it comes to dynasty rookie drafts. NFL Draft landing spots allow us to start to zero in on fantasy football and dynasty rookie draft pick values. Let’s dive into our dynasty rookie draft outlook and advice for a few rookies.

Fantasy Football Rookie Draft Outlook

Here’s what Fitz expects for a few rookies selected during the 2024 NFL Draft.

Rams Draft Blake Corum

The Los Angeles Rams are adding some national championship pedigree to their RB room, selecting Michigan’s Blake Corum with the83rd overall pick of the draft.

Corum was Michigan’s lead running back last season, fueling the Wolverines’ 15-0 season with 1,245 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns. Corum was also a prolific producer in 2022, with 1,463 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns.

Corum isn’t especially big (5-7½, 205 pounds) or fast (4.53), but he might be the best pure runner in this RB class. He has excellent vision, good acceleration and lateral agility, and the sort of exceptional contact balance you might expect from a back with such a compact build.

Despite his smaller stature, Corum was a workhorse for Michigan, averaging 18.7 carries per game over the last two years. His 59 touchdowns over the last three years suggest that Corum has a nose for the end zone.

Although Corum carried a heavy load for Michigan, he isn’t likely to see anything close to that sort of usage with the Rams, who already have Kyren Williams on the roster. Corum wasn’t a prolific pass catcher in college and might not see a lot of action on passing downs. Perhaps the biggest concern with Corum from a fantasy standpoint is that a lack of size and speed could limit his ceiling.

It will be interesting to see how Rams head coach Sean McVay deploys his running backs this year. Williams was one of the most heavily worked running backs in the league last season. averaging 21.7 touches a game during the regular season. Williams is only 5-9 and weighs less than 200 pounds, so it makes sense to lighten his load.

Corum will probably have a limited role as a rookie, barring injury. But he’ll be an important handcuff, since he could have a valuable role if anything were to happen to Williams.

I’m fond of the ultra-productive Corum and have him ranked RB3 in this rookie class. My overall dynasty ranking for Corum is RB32. In superflex rookie drafts, Corum will probably be selected somewhere in the third round. In 1QB rookie drafts, he’ll probably go somewhere in the back half of the second round.

For redraft, Corum had a predraft FantasyPros Expert Consensus Ranking of RB44 in half-point PPR redraft leagues. Corum’s predraft Underdog best-ball ADP was RB41. I’m tentatively ranking him RB41 in redraft.

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Steelers Draft Roman Wilson

WR Roman Wilson of Michigan will be joining the Pittsburgh Steelers, who selected Wilson with the 84th overall pick of the draft.

It’s a good landing spot for Wilson. More on that in a moment.

The 22-year-old Wilson supplied the Wolverines with 48 catches for 789 yards and 12 touchdowns last year as a key cog in Michigan’s national championship season. He’s an athletic slot receiver who ran a 4.39 at the NFL Scouting Combine and posted a Relative Athletic Score of 8.59.

Roman Wilson is lightning-quick and will occasionally blow by defenders to make big plays downfield. He’s extremely sure-handed, with two drops and zero fumbles last season. Wilson never had more than two drops in any of his four years in Ann Arbor.

The 5-10½, 185-pound Wilson has suboptimal size and playing strength, and he has short arms. And while Wilson has the speed to be dangerous after the catch, he isn’t going to break many tackles.

The Steelers needed help at wide receiver after trading Diontae Johnson to the Panthers. Young WR George Pickens has flashed star potential for the Steelers, but Pickens has been inconsistent and could use a reliable sidekick. The other receivers on the Steelers’ roster are unexciting: Van Jefferson, Calvin Austin III and Quez Watkins.

Wilson could conceivably start for Pittsburgh right away. He might be second or third in the target pecking order behind Pickens and perhaps TE Pat Freiermuth — not a bad situation from a fantasy perspective. And with the Steelers adding QBs Russell Wilson and Justin Fields in the offseason, their passing game should be vastly improved. One word of caution, however: Offensive coordinator Arthur Smith’s usage of his skill players can be unpredictable and frustrating.

In dynasty, I have Wilson ranked WR11 among rookies and WR51 overall. He’s likely to go in the early-to-mid second round of 1QB rookie drafts or in the late second round of superflex drafts.

Wilson’s predraft FantasyPros Expert Consensus ranking was WR83 in half-point PPR formats, and he had a predraft Underdog best-ball ADP of WR66. I have Wilson ranked WR65 for redraft.

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Packers Draft MarShawn Lloyd

The Green Bay Packers have selected MarShawn Lloyd with the 88th pick of the NFL Draft.

A lot of NFL Draft and fantasy analysts regard Lloyd as a boom-or-bust RB prospect, with some attributes that could conceivably make him a star, and some attributes that could potentially short-circuit his professional career.

MarShawn Lloyd has a tantalizing combination of speed and power. He carries 220 pounds on a 5-8½-inch frame and ran a 4.46 at the combine, giving him a 93rd percentile speed score, according to PlayerProfiler.com. Lloyd has big-play speed and can break ankles with his sharp cuts. He runs with attitude and determination, fighting for extra yards and occasionally rattling the chinstraps of defenders. His compact frame helps him power through arm tackles.

The 23-year-old Lloyd averaged 7.1 yards per carry in his final college season, with nine rushing touchdowns on 116 carries.

One of the concerns with Lloyd is that he has a sparse résumé. He never had more than 116 carries in any of his collegiate seasons, and he averaged just 10.5 carries per game for USC last season. Lloyd doesn’t have much experience as a pass blocker or pass catcher either, with 34 receptions in his three years of college football. Lloyd also has some concerning ball-security issues, with five fumbles over the last two years.

In his first year with the Packers, Lloyd figures to be used lightly. The Packers signed Josh Jacobs in the offseason and will probably use him in something close to a workhorse capacity, and they re-signed A.J. Dillon to be Jacobs’ primary backup. Lloyd might have to serve a one-year apprenticeship before he gets any meaningful playing time.

In dynasty, I have MarShawn Lloyd ranked RB5 among the rookies and RB33 overall. In 1QB rookie drafts, Lloyd is likely to come off the board in the middle to latter part of the second round. In superflex rookie drafts, he’s likely to be selected in the top half of the third round.

Lloyd’s predraft FantasyPros Expert Consensus Ranking in half-point PPR redraft leagues was RB59. Lloyd’s Underdog best-ball ADP before the draft was RB54. Since he could be buried on Green Bay’s RB depth chart in Year 1, I can rank Lloyd no higher than RB63 for redraft.

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