The Origins: Gamma contest is here – FastDraft’s latest twist on rookie-only best ball with a six-round, third-round reversal format that rewards sharp drafting and breakout forecasting. In this multi-entry tournament, only 2025 NFL rookies are eligible at QB, RB, WR, and TE, and each 10-team draft is structured to test your ability to project which first-year players will make an immediate fantasy impact. With weekly auto-optimized lineups filling four starting slots, every pick must carry real spike-week upside.
In this article, I’ve ranked my top 60-plus rookies through the lens of Origins: Gamma.
For a more in-depth breakdown of positional value, draft tiers, and high-upside dart throws to help you maximize your entries, check out the full strategy article titled: 2025 Fantasy Football Best Ball Advice FastDraft (Rookies Only). ADP has moved slightly since that article dropped, so I have made adjustments in the rankings.
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FastDraft Origins Rookie-Only Best Ball Rankings
The TLDR version:
- I’m leaning more toward the Treyvon Henderson and R.J. Harvey paths than Quinshon Judkins and Kaleb Johnson. Judkins and Johnson profile as more traditional early-down volume-dependent rushers with less confidence as receivers. Also, the Browns offenses? Gross.
- I’d also expect Harvey to fall some after the recent signing of J.K. Dobbins.
- Cam Ward is dialed in as the 1.02, and I think you probably have to eat the chalk. No QB projects more favorably for 17 games played among this class than Ward. QBs score the most points, making Ward a sure-fire bet to score inside your top 4 players every single week.
- Plugged-in Saints beat reporter Nick Underhill believes that Shough will be the Saints’ starting QB in 2025, based on the draft capital they used on him and him being hand-picked by new head coach Kellen Moore.
- My favorite QB to select is Milroe (other than Cam Ward). Because I don’t think he’s even a complete zero without the starting job. The Seahawks GM and HC have already talked about getting him on the field, where he can use his legs. Those points count in the best ball format. And if Sam Darnold goes down or implodes, the former Alabama QB would be valued as highly as a first-round pick in the Fast Draft format. Chase the rushing upside with Milroe compared to some of these fringe WR rookies and other QBs.
- Reach on Cam Skattebo. I’m not opposed to going aggressively after Skattebo over the Day 2 WR crop. We want RBs in this class, and he is supremely discounted because he went in Round 4 (by three draft slots). I understand that in dynasty drafts, selecting a player like Skattebo over WRs drafted much earlier is malpractice. But if he earns the starting job in New York – just takes one Tyrone Tracy fumble – he is going to out-score most, if not all, the WRs/TEs going ahead of him.
- I love Emeka Egbuka, but this is 2023 Jaxon Smith-Ngijba and 2024 Rome Odunze all over again for his 2025 production.
- Bhayshul Tuten should be circled on your boards with an ADP of 19. The new Jaguars coaching staff has no allegiance to Travis Etienne or Tank Bigsby. And Tuten is explosive AF.
- If this Bears offense takes off in Year 1 under Johnson and Year 2 of Caleb Williams, it will be 100% correlated to a rookie breakout. I can’t confidently pinpoint whether it will be Loveland or Burden, but I bet one hits in a big way. #BearDown in Origins.
- Some of the biggest ADP risers in the Gamma contest compared to past Origins contests: Tyler Shough, Kyle Williams, Pat Bryant and Brashard Smith
- Woody Marks was a previous priority for me in this format before the Nick Chubb signing and now I want nothing to do with. Instead, I’d much rather draft Bears rookie RB, Kyle Monangai
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2025 Rookie Best Ball Rankings (FastDraft Origins)
| Rank | Player |
| 1 | Ashton Jeanty (RB – LV) |
| 2 | Cameron Ward (QB – TEN) |
| 3 | Tetairoa McMillan (WR – CAR) |
| 4 | Omarion Hampton (RB – LAC) |
| 5 | Travis Hunter (WR – JAX) |
| 6 | TreVeyon Henderson (RB – NE) |
| 7 | RJ Harvey (RB – DEN) |
| 8 | Kaleb Johnson (RB – PIT) |
| 9 | Quinshon Judkins (RB – CLE) |
| 10 | Matthew Golden (WR – GB) |
| 11 | Jayden Higgins (WR – HOU) |
| 12 | Emeka Egbuka (WR – TB) |
| 13 | Tyler Shough (QB – NO) |
| 14 | Jaxson Dart (QB – NYG) |
| 15 | Cam Skattebo (RB – NYG) |
| 16 | Colston Loveland (TE – CHI) |
| 17 | Bhayshul Tuten (RB – JAX) |
| 18 | Luther Burden III (WR – CHI) |
| 19 | Tre Harris (WR – LAC) |
| 20 | Kyle Williams (WR – NE) |
| 21 | Jack Bech (WR – LV) |
| 22 | Tyler Warren (TE – IND) |
| 23 | Jaydon Blue (RB – DAL) |
| 24 | Jaylin Noel (WR – HOU) |
| 25 | Jalen Milroe (QB – SEA) |
| 26 | Mason Taylor (TE – NYJ) |
| 27 | Terrance Ferguson (TE – LAR) |
| 28 | Brashard Smith (RB – KC) |
| 29 | Jarquez Hunter (RB – LAR) |
| 30 | Dylan Sampson (RB – CLE) |
| 31 | Kyle Monangai (RB – CHI) |
| 32 | Elic Ayomanor (WR – TEN) |
| 33 | Shedeur Sanders (QB – CLE) |
| 34 | DJ Giddens (RB – IND) |
| 35 | Elijah Arroyo (TE – SEA) |
| 36 | Trevor Etienne (RB – CAR) |
| 37 | Jalen Royals (WR – KC) |
| 38 | Jordan James (RB – SF) |
| 39 | Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB – WAS) |
| 40 | Tahj Brooks (RB – CIN) |
| 41 | Woody Marks (RB – HOU) |
| 42 | Ollie Gordon II (RB – MIA) |
| 43 | Dillon Gabriel (QB – CLE) |
| 44 | Isaac TeSlaa (WR – DET) |
| 45 | Jaylin Lane (WR – WAS) |
| 46 | Devin Neal (RB – NO) |
| 47 | Harold Fannin Jr. (TE – CLE) |
| 48 | Damien Martinez (RB – SEA) |
| 49 | Tory Horton (WR – SEA) |
| 50 | Chimere Dike (WR – TEN) |
| 51 | Pat Bryant (WR – DEN) |
| 52 | KeAndre Lambert-Smith (WR – LAC) |
| 53 | Dont’e Thornton (WR – LV) |
| 54 | Savion Williams (WR – GB) |
| 55 | Xavier Restrepo (WR – TEN) |
| 56 | Phil Mafah (RB – DAL) |
| 57 | Tai Felton (WR – MIN) |
| 58 | LeQuint Allen (RB – JAX) |
| 59 | Konata Mumpfield (WR – LAR) |
| 60 | Gunnar Helm (TE – TEN) |
| 61 | Oronde Gadseden II (TE – LAC) |
| 62 | Arian Smith (WR – NYJ) |
| 63 | Will Howard (QB – PIT) |
| 64 | Jimmy Horn Jr. (WR – CAR) |
| 65 | Quinn Ewers (QB – MIA) |
| 66 | Mitchell Evans (TE – CAR) |
| 67 | Nick Nash (WR – ATL) |
| 68 | Kalel Mullings (RB – TEN) |
| 69 | Marcus Yarns (RB – NO) |
| 70 | Efton Chism III (WR – NE) |
| 71 | Jordan Watkins (WR – SF) |
| 72 | Isaiah Bond (WR – FA) |
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