The first round of the 2025 NFL Draft is officially in the books, and while a handful of fantasy-relevant skill players heard their names called on Thursday night, many of the top dynasty prospects remain on the board heading into Day 2. That’s where value can be found-and where savvy dynasty managers can strike.

Using Derek Brown’s Top 100 Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings, we’re highlighting the best remaining players at the key fantasy positions (QB, RB, WR, TE) who have yet to be drafted. From names like Shedeur Sanders to potential steals like Kaleb Johnson, TreVeyon Henderson, and Tre Harris, these are the names to watch on Friday night when Rounds 2 and 3 get underway.

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NFL Draft Day 2 Best Remaining Prospects

Prior to the 2025 NFL Draft, Derek Brown released his Top 100 Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings. Now that Round 1 is in the books, we’re using that DBro 100 to keep an eye on the top remaining skill position prospects who could be relevant in dynasty fantasy football leagues. Here are the players who are still on the board heading into Rounds 2 and 3 on Day 2 of the Draft, including Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders.

Top Remaining Prospects Player Profiles

Kaleb Johnson (RB – Iowa)

Johnson is a fluid mover. He glides across the field with good bend around the edge. Some have questioned Johnson’s speed, but I have no worries about his raw speed. Johnson hits the gas as soon as he sees a sliver of daylight and can hit dingers. Johnson has a great feel for pressing and flowing through a run in sync with his offensive line. He can stop on a dime in the second level, pivoting and then hitting the gas again as he blows past a defender. He can make people miss in a phone booth. Johnson can stiff-arm a defender into the ground, but he isn’t a dominating physical runner. He excels with vision, footwork, bend, and speed. He isn’t a pile-pushing physical presence as a rusher, but he does keep his legs moving through contact.

Johnson is still a work in progress in pass pro, but he has all the tools to become a serviceable option in this realm. His hands are strong like magnets. Once he gets his mitts on a rusher, he isn’t letting go of them. He needs to improve his pass-blocking technique by utilizing his lower half and setting up lower, but the raw intangibles are there. Johnson was utilized as a receiving option in a limited capacity. He was a trustworthy option, though, with only two drops in his collegiate career. He was mostly used as a check-down option running flat or swing routes from the backfield. He did get the occasional angle route or outside alignment with a slant route. His loose hips and short-area agility give hope that he offers more in the NFL as a receiver than he showed in college.

TreVeyon Henderson (RB – Ohio State)

Henderson’s juice jumps out immediately as soon as you turn on the film. He consistently looks shot out of a cannon. Henderson, at times, will take a handoff and slow play the beginning of a rushing play as he casually inches toward the line before dropping the hammer into fourth gear and exploding upfield. The changeup can leave defenses on their heels. Henderson runs angry like a pissed-off Tasmanian devil. Despite his smaller muscular frame, Henderson runs with underrated power. While he’s not a player who will consistently punish defenses with his physicality, he can run through contact and deal out a mean, stiff arm. Henderson’s feet are electric. He’s a big play waiting to happen. He’s shifty, utilizing jump cuts and jab steps near the line and in the open field to find space in defenses to exploit.

Henderson also has a wicked spin move that he’ll use when defenders immediately penetrate the backfield, and he has to evade a tackler immediately after receiving a handoff. His tenacity as a pass protector is evident. He has no issue launching himself at incoming rushers to keep his quarterback clean. He plays with fearlessness as a pass protector. Henderson anchors well for a back his size, and he has numerous reps where he puts defenders on their butts when they attempt to get near his quarterback. Henderson is a serviceable receiver. He operated out of the backfield with flat routes and swing passes on many plays. He has the short-area agility to grow as a route runner at the next level. Henderson’s size and lengthy injury history likely slot him in as the thunder component of a running back-by-committee situation, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t handle 12-15 touches weekly and make the most out of his volume.

Tre Harris (WR – Ole Miss)

Harris is a nasty route runner. He has a deep release package with pacing variations and a bevy of in-route nuance. Harris plays 4D chess while corners are still playing checkers. He invites indecision into corners’ heads every snap. He gears down well at the top of his stem and can drop his hips easily. Harris has numerous moments in his film where he will set up corners for a later move. He will threaten deep or burn them on a double move when the play isn’t designed to come his way. That rep made the defender guard against getting burned deep as Harris snapped off a hitch route with razor-sharp precision. Harris isn’t a burner. He likely has 4.5 speed. I worry if he has enough raw speed to stack corners on go routes consistently, but that doesn’t mean he is slow, nor that he can’t get free downfield with his requisite juice and route running.

Harris is the “PostMaster General.” He excels at using his big frame, route running, and speed to burn corners on posts deep. Harris offers YAC upside with his blend of speed and play strength. He has the necessary lower and upper body strength to run through tacklers, stiff-arm them, or shed them easily when they aim high. The highlight reel catches from Harris where he skies above a defender or adjusts to a back shoulder ball are glorious. Harris is a ball-winner at the catch point with contested catch rates north of 60% in two of his last four collegiate seasons.

Jaylin Noel (WR – Iowa State)

Noel is an impressive route runner. He adds subtle jab steps, pacing shakeups, and head fakes to his routes. Noel was primarily a slot receiver in college (72.7% slot), but he also has the skills to win from the perimeter. Noel can also win downfield and has solid ball tracking. Noel attacks defenders with a varied release package. He has smooth, easy acceleration with the raw speed to nail big plays downfield. He can pull away from corners in routes and in the open field. Noel plays through contact well. He has the upper body strength and the route skills to beat physical corners and press coverage.

Noel flashed an increasingly dependable set of hands in college, with a 4.8% drop rate in his final season and a 52% contested catch rate. His play strength shows up at the catch point as he has more than a few snags with multiple defenders competing with him for the ball. He attacks the ball outside of his frame with aggressive hands.

Jayden Higgins (WR – Iowa State)

Physical X wide receiver. Higgins’ play strength shows up in his routes and against press. He has no issues playing through contact and dealing with physical corners. It shows up consistently at the catch point, as he had a 2.2% drop rate or lower in each of the last three seasons and a 55.6% contested catch rate in college. Higgins excels in the short/intermediate areas of the field with surprisingly nimble footwork for his size. He gets open at will on slants and out routes where his footwork shines, and he can use his size to box out corners. I wouldn’t be surprised if he were to transition to big slot in the NFL. If Sean Payton drafts him don’t be surprised if his turns him into Michael Thomas 2.0.

Higgins has a decent second gear, but I question his long speed. I wonder in the NFL if he has the raw speed to stack corners on the perimeter downfield consistently. Higgins has plenty of route nuance in the short and intermediate routes, but he has to continue to add tricks to the bag as a downfield receiver. He struggles to get separation on go routes, but he wasn’t asked to run them much at Iowa State. Higgins also needs to sell the vertical push on comebacks and curls consistently. He’ll get lax here at times, and it leaves corners glued to him after his route break. He has nice body control in the air and some nice back-shoulder grabs, especially in the red zone. His strong hands and ability above the rim should help him on the perimeter and in the red zone in the NFL. Higgins isn’t a dynamic YAC threat. He looks more like an athletic tight end after the catch. He can provide some YAC, though, with his physicality with tackle-breaking.

RJ Harvey (RB – UCF)

Harvey is a tough runner. His leg drive allows him to pinball off defenders and pick up tough yards. He sheds arm tackles well, especially in the second level, and is a better short-yardage runner than you’d expect from a player his size. Harvey’s lateral agility and burst improved toward the end of the 2024 season. After watching some of his early-season games, I questioned his long speed, initial burst, and lateral agility. All of those improved as the 2024 season moved along. While he might not be a home run hitter in the NFL (he gets caught from behind plenty), he should have the ability to break off chunk runs. He has a good feel for when to press and flow with outside-zone runs.

He can get tentative at the line with some inside zone and interior runs. His vision isn’t horrible by any stretch of the imagination, but when the picture is muddier, his feet can get choppy. At times, he needs to be more willing to bounce runs. Harvey’s grit shows in pass protection. He’s a willing and able blocker who is willing to stick his nose in there and get physical. His strong lower half serves him well here. As a receiving option, he is nothing more than a dump-off option at this juncture. He was tasked with only leaking out the backfield for check-downs in college. He does have moments as a receiver where he has concentration drops when he gets ahead of himself and worries too much about what he is about to do with the ball in his hands before securing the pass.

Shedeur Sanders (QB – Colorado)

Sanders’ mechanics are so smooth. He arrives in the NFL with solid and efficient footwork, a lightning-fast release, and an easily repeatable throwing motion. Sanders isn’t a hyper-mobile quarterback, but his pocket movement and escapability are impressive. He will slide in the pocket and spin out of incoming rushers, and then he will quickly reset his base with his eyes locked downfield. Sanders will hold the ball at times, and this will be a talking point during the draft cycle, but let’s provide some context regarding this.

Last year, he had the 23rd-highest time to throw among all FBS quarterbacks with at least 150 dropbacks. Does Sanders have moments where he should get rid of the ball quicker/on time? Sure, they are there, but it is not consistent, and it is not a problem. Overall, Sanders does a good job feeling the rush and playing from the pocket on time. The offensive line for Colorado was rough (2024: 51st in pass blocking grade), routinely allowing quick pressure and free rushers in Sanders’ face. Sanders was forced to use his escapability and superb footwork to elude defenders and extend plays far too often. This fact will naturally increase Sanders’ time to throw. The better barometer for his play in this regard is the fact that his pressure-to-sack ratio was 20.2% or lower in three of his four collegiate seasons.

He doesn’t have a cannon for an arm, but Sanders has plenty of arm strength to make every throw an NFL offense will need. His accuracy and ball placement are his superpowers. He layers some very nice throws into the second level and beyond, opting for dialing down the velocity, as he instead prioritizes ball placement. Sanders routinely puts the ball where only his receivers can get it. He routinely throws his receivers open and laces deep passes into tight windows. Sanders has no issues standing tall in the pocket and taking a big hit to deliver an accurate ball to his receiver. Sanders’ high football IQ shows up consistently in the film. He will move up in the pocket and threaten to take off running to freeze linebackers as his wide receivers come open. He is also patient and will wait for his receivers to clear defenders on crossing routes as he waits for a second window to open up.

The Colorado offense was screen-heavy and utilized a lot of quick passing, but this could have easily been a result of the state of their offensive line. Sanders is an intelligent player, and his film is littered with him moving through progressions quickly and moving defenders with his eyes. I don’t have a high level of concern with him going through full-field reads in the NFL. Sanders can scramble when needed, but I don’t consider him to be a rushing threat in the NFL. He will be a pocket passer who can buy time with his legs and pick up the occasional chunk yardage on the ground if the defense falls asleep or a play breaks down.

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