When it comes to dynasty fantasy football, identifying cornerstone rookie draft targets is paramount to success. FantasyPros analyst Andrew Erickson has analyzed player potential, team situations and long-term outlooks, and he’s concluded these are three players every dynasty manager should prioritize.
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3 Must-Have Dynasty Rookie Draft Targets
Ladd McConkey (WR – LAC)
Concerns are his late breakout age at 21 years old, but it was in his third season as a redshirt sophomore (2022) when he totaled 762 receiving yards and seven scores en route to a 20% dominator rating. Be aware that he’s been competing for targets with arguably the best college football tight end of all time in Brock Bowers, since he’s been at Georgia. In 2022, AD Mitchell (2024 second-round pick) was also a Bulldog but was firmly behind McConkey on the depth chart. In the two games that McConkey played in 2023 without Bowers healthy, he posted his two highest yardage outputs of his final season.
