Nothing brings dynasty fantasy football managers out of hibernation like rookie draft season. After months of radio silence, every single dynasty league I am in has seen at least one trade in the weeks since the NFL Draft. In this period of heightened activity, now is a great time to look to trade for some undervalued players, especially undervalued veterans relative to the shiny new rookies.

Today, I’ll offer some of the best dynasty draft values. These can also be viewed as potential trade targets. To find these players, I’ll use KeepTradeCut’s (KTC) crowdsourced Dynasty rankings and FantasyCalc’s trade-based rankings. I’ll also occasionally reference FantasyPros’ expert consensus rankings (ECR), but the previous two sources are the most accurate reflection of the dynasty market, given that they are directly sourced from community opinions and community trades, respectively. With that in mind, let’s get right into it.

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Best Dynasty Fantasy Football Draft Values

Jameson Williams (WR – DET)

Last season, Jameson Williams was the WR19 in total half-PPR points and the WR20 in points per game. He’s a former 12th-overall pick who just turned 24 and is one of a small handful of truly game-breaking athletes at the NFL level. How is he the WR29 (FantasyCalc) or WR28 (KTC) in community rankings?

Yes, not everything is perfect in Williams’ situation. The departure of Ben Johnson will almost certainly hurt the Lions’ offense, and Amon-Ra St. Brown isn’t going anywhere as an absolute target hog. There are also plenty of other mouths to feed in Detroit. But Williams proved last year that he doesn’t need elite volume to put up solid fantasy numbers.

Although his 74.5 PFF receiving grade was fairly mediocre, his 2.26 yards per route run (YPPR) ranked 22nd among qualified receivers. As he enters what will somehow be just his second full season in the league, Williams’ upside is worth chasing.

Tetairoa McMillan (WR – CAR)

At this time of year, it’s very rare for rookies to be undervalued. And I don’t think the Panthers’ first-round pick is undervalued by much. But Tetairoa McMillan is, at the very least, consistently ranked behind fellow rookie Travis Hunter, and I believe that is a mistake. Yes, Hunter is a generational player with unparalleled upside. But he also has unique downside risk.

Meanwhile, McMillan is an early-declare player who posted outstanding numbers at Arizona and then received elite draft capital as the eighth-overall pick. He also lands in a perfect situation in Carolina, where he should immediately be the Panthers’ No. 1 WR. Even if he’s not quite as exciting as Hunter or as generational as Marvin Harrison Jr. (or Malik Nabers) from last year, McMillan is not getting the respect he deserves as an excellent prospect.

Dontayvion Wicks (WR – GB)

Here is a list of qualified receivers who earned targets at a higher rate than Dontayvion Wicks last season: Puka Nacua, Malik Nabers and Drake London. That’s it.

Here is a list of some wide receivers with higher dynasty values than Wicks on KTC: Troy Franklin, Marquise Brown and Tank Dell.

Wicks is buried on the Packers’ depth chart, and he struggled mightily with drops in 2024. But I’m willing to take a chance on any 24-year-old with that kind of target-earning ability at prices this low.

Nico Collins (WR – NO)

This one is a bit tricky. Depending on what site you check, Collins might be in the right position among dynasty receivers. He’s the WR9 on KTC, for example, and it’s hard to argue that he 100% belongs above any of the eight superstars above him. However, in terms of actual trade value, Collins is clearly in the wrong tier. His value is very close to those of Drake London, Marvin Harrison Jr., Ladd McConkey or Jaxon Smith-Njigba (Harrison is even ahead of him, according to FantasyCalc).

The 26-year-old is a better dynasty option than those other players. If we remove games in which he played fewer than 50% of the snaps due to injury, Collins averaged 15.8 half-PPR points per game last season. That would rank him second only to Ja’Marr Chase for the whole season. He also ranked third in YPRR and second in PFF offense grade, his second straight year ranking among the top three receivers in both metrics.

Collins is quite simply one of the most talented receivers in the entire league, and he’s locked in as the top target for a talented young passer in C.J. Stroud (I have my doubts about Stroud, but he and the Texans’ offense certainly can’t be any worse than they were last season). If you can get him for less than truly top-tier prices, do it.

Michael Pittman Jr. (WR – IND)

Michael Pittman Jr. isn’t a game-changing talent like Collins. But he was a top-24 receiver for three straight seasons and has essentially been written off after one bad year. This is especially egregious once we consider the context of Pittman’s down season. He was playing through a fractured back that was originally expected to be season-ending and catching passes from the least accurate starting quarterback the NFL has seen in years.

Anthony Richardson is still in Indianapolis. But we were drafting Pittman as a top-20 receiver with Richardson as his quarterback last year, and he is still the Colts’ No. 1 WR (sorry, Josh Downs truthers, you can’t be a No. 1 WR on a 70% route share).

Pittman is also still just 27, so he will maintain relevance even in a worst-case scenario where 2025 is another lost season. He’s worth attempting to steal from a disgruntled manager at prices outside the top 50 receivers.

Puka Nacua (WR – LAR)

What more does Puka Nacua have to do to be respected as a truly elite dynasty wide receiver? He followed up an absurd rookie season in which he ranked seventh in half-PPR points per game by moving up to fifth. Even that undersells Nacua’s dominance. If we cut the sample to the eight games last season in which he played at least 50% of the Rams’ offensive snaps (aka wasn’t injured), he averaged 18.1 half-PPR points per game. Ja’Marr Chase was the only other player above 16.2.

It’s not like the former fifth-rounder is just a fantasy points merchant. He straight-up led the league in PFF offense grade among receivers last season, as well as ranking first in both yards and targets per route run. It is fair to argue that Nacua’s numbers are boosted by Matthew Stafford, who won’t be around forever.

However, before adjusting for the Stafford effect, Nacua arguably belongs with Chase and Justin Jefferson in the top tier of dynasty receivers. Before you call me crazy, consider that Nacua finished right in between those two superstars in points per game last season while being a year younger than both. After considering the Stafford of it all, I don’t quite have Nacua that high, but I certainly don’t have him as low as his WR7 rankings on KTC and FantasyCalc.

A.J. Brown (WR – PHI)

Honestly, this was the first team where I felt spoiled for choice. Philadelphia’s offense last year passed the ball at an absurdly low rate (3% below the next closest team and 13% below average). This has led to their passing-game pieces being undervalued almost across the board.

Jalen Hurts below Joe Burrow is a travesty, and Dallas Goedert is also multiple spots too low, but the real crime mistake is A.J. Brown’s ranking of WR14 on KTC. Even last year, he averaged 14.9 half-PPR points per healthy game (WR6) in the Eagles’ hyper-conservative offense.

Meanwhile, the 27-year-old is still clearly one of the most talented receivers in the game. He ranked second in PFF receiving grade, second in yards per route run, third in Fantasy Points Data’s Route Win Rate and first by a huge margin in ESPN’s player-tracking-based rankings. When regression inevitably comes for the Eagles’ passing volume, all that talent will turn into some massive fantasy games, so now is the time to get Brown on your roster.

Calvin Austin III (WR – PIT)

This one’s pretty simple. The 2022 fourth-round pick has a real shot to be the Steelers’ No. 2 WR this season, and that makes Calvin Austin worth considering in dynasty formats. I just used that same logic to make a case for Allen Lazard, of all people, and it also applies to the 26-year-old.

For what it’s worth, you could also apply this logic to Roman Wilson, Austin’s main competition for a starting spot. But Wilson at least still carries some value, while Austin is ranked outside the top 100 receivers. That price is essentially free (and might be in some leagues), so Austin is worth throwing a dart at.

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Ted Chmyz is a fantasy football contributor for FantasyPros.com. Find him on Twitter and Bluesky @Tchmyz for more fantasy content or to ask questions.