NFL Draft Prospects Bust Candidates (2025 Dynasty Fantasy Football)

Every NFL Draft cycle, the hype and hope build for players. While a large contingent will pay off for Fantasy GMs in dynasty fantasy football, there’s also a yearly swath of players that will come crashing back to earth. Those players that bust and leave Dynasty GMs regretting their rookie draft decisions. Here are a few 2025 NFL Draft prospects our experts are lower on compared to the draft community. These are dynasty rookie draft bust candidates we’re avoiding.

Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice

Jalen Milroe (QB – Alabama)

Milroe has plenty of arm strength to make every necessary throw. The problem isn’t velocity for Milroe; it’s ball placement. His accuracy is erratic at every level. He has some nice throws on film while on the move, but there are also plenty of head-scratchers. Milroe also throws a flat ball to the second level. It’s rare to see him lace a layered throw to the second level of a defense. Most throws are delivered on a line. He’ll have to develop this part of his game to consistently have success against zone defenses in the NFL. Milroe is a “see it, throw it” quarterback. He isn’t an anticipatory thrower of the football. I anticipate him having issues with receivers being “NFL open” at the next level unless he operates in a scheme with plenty of designed looks and easy reads. His internal clock is a second slow. He doesn’t get through his progressions quickly and often gets hung up on his first read. Milroe’s field vision is subpar. He misses too many receivers breaking open, especially across the middle of the field. This is also true in a scramble drill, though, as Milroe hyper-focuses on one receiving option or drops his eyes immediately. Milroe will exhibit quiet feet in the pocket at times and deliver some accurate passes in the face of pressure, but those reps are dwarfed by the times that he bails clean pockets. Milroe needs to keep his eyes downfield more. Many times, at the first sniff of pressure, he immediately flips the switch to runner and forgoes his receiving options. He attempts to answer too many problems that defenses present for him with his legs. Milroe has 4.5 speed as a straight line/linear runner. He can make subtle changes of direction, but he can get himself into trouble when attempting to string together multiple moves. He’s at his best when getting downhill and turning on the jets, as he isn’t a quick twitch rusher. He’s also not the most physical ball carrier. Last year, among 80 qualifying quarterbacks, Milroe ranked 33rd in yards after contact per attempt and 23rd in elusive rating (per PFF).
– Derek Brown

Isaiah Bond (WR – Texas)

As a small, blazing-fast receiver coming out of the University of Texas, Isaiah Bond is sure to draw comparisons to Xavier Worthy. But Worthy had 12 touchdowns and nearly 1,000 receiving yards as a freshman. Bond never had a 700-yard campaign across three college seasons (two at Alabama, one at Texas) and never had a season where he averaged even 50 receiving yards a game. But Bond will become a coveted dynasty asset if some NFL team falls in love with his speed and drafts him in the second round.
– Pat Fitzmaurice

Dylan Sampson (RB – Tennessee)

Sampson is an upright-running speedster who wins with speed, vision, and smooth footwork. He also navigates traffic in the second level well with jump cuts. Sampson’s play strength limitations show up in pass protection and as a runner. Sampson goes down easily with first contact many times, especially if defenders are aiming at his legs or feet. He can break tackles when defenders hit him high. His raw upper body strength makes its way to the field more consistently than his lower half. Sampson can hold his own in pass pro. He engages well but can be blown off his feet or moved as his anchor isn’t great. He’s best utilized as a chip option at this juncture. Sampson is a runway back. His speed is more of the build-up variety, and he’s able to create yards on his own with speed and footwork in the second level. If he’s contacted near or behind the line of scrimmage, he’s most likely going down. He’s a serviceable pass catcher. Sampson had only three drops in his collegiate career. He was utilized as a check-down option. His speed could lend itself to wheel routes and some creative usage in the NFL, but that didn’t come to fruition in college.
– Derek Brown

Harold Fannin (TE – Bowling Green)

Harold Fannin put up absurd numbers last season: 117-1,555-10. That included big games against quality opponents Penn State and Texas A&M. His hands and movement skills will play in the NFL. The concern is that the 230-pound Fannin isn’t big enough to play in-line, which means he might not play a full complement of snaps in the NFL, potentially limiting his upside.
– Pat Fitzmaurice

Savion Williams (WR – TCU)

A physical specimen. Easy, immediate speed from the snap. He isn’t the most twitchy player, but he has a quick first step off the line and smooth footwork when asked to gear down and drop his hips or at the top of his route stem. He has good bend on in-breaking routes. Williams was a manufactured touch king at TCU, with screens, handoffs, and Wildcat quarterback snaps. The TCU coaching staff focused on getting Williams involved in various ways every game. Williams has more than a few concentration drops on film, with at least an 11% drop rate in three of his final collegiate seasons. Overall, I’m not worried about his hands, as many of these are of the concentration variety. A better measuring stick for his mitts is his 75% contested catch rate in college. He has no issues keeping his focus with 50/50 balls in the air or passes outside of his frame. The ball placement from his quarterbacks at TCU didn’t do him any favors. He was forced to adjust to plenty of inaccurate targets. Williams is a nice red zone threat with the size to box out smaller corners. Williams should be eased into a full-time traditional wide receiver role in the NFL. He has the traits to become a needle-moving wide receiver. In the limited snaps where he faced physical coverage at the line, he exhibited good hand fighting and the play strength to fight through it in his routes and earn separation, but it was a small sample.
– Derek Brown