Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Wide Receivers (2026 Fantasy Football)

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2026 Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Wide Receivers

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Derek Brown shares his outlook for a few dynasty rookies.

Zachariah Branch is a manufactured touch and an underneath target option for an NFL offense. He finishes college with a 5.2 aDOT (3.6 in 2025) and a 77.9% slot rate. Branch has a compact, muscular build that lends itself to after-the-catch production. In 2025, 77.4% of his targets were within nine yards of the line of scrimmage or behind it. 49.4% of his target volume was via screens as he ranked second in screens among all FBS wide receivers. Branch has immediate and palpable speed. He looks shot out of a cannon as soon as the ball is in his hands. In 2025, he ranked 16th in yards after the catch per reception (ninth in 2024) and 12th in missed tackles forced per attempt. Branch has the raw speed and after the catch ability to take any low aDOT target to the house. Branch has underrated route-running chops when he was able to flash them in 2025. He sets up corners well with subtle jab steps while displaying a solid grasp of manipulating a corner’s leverage. There is upside here that he could be a more diverse player than his collegiate usage foretells. It’s just a projection, though. Many times, NFL teams don’t draft players of this archetype for who they can become, but target them for who they are, what they bring to the table skillset-wise as a prospect. Dynasty Outlook: Branch was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the NFL Draft. I’ll be avoiding him in rookie drafts. In college, he was a screen merchant. We have seen this archetype of wide receiver fail time and time again in the NFL (Rondale Moore and Malachi Corley). I’m trying to learn from past mistakes here. If you want to take the chance on Branch, I wouldn’t do it any earlier than the mid-to-late third round of rookie drafts. I won’t be following you down that road.

Elijah Sarratt has average burst and long speed but a quick first step off the line. It allows him to earn quick separation off the line, but corners can recover during the route with Sarratt lacking the raw speed to maintain his early cushion. Physical corners and ones with speed can hang with him, which is a worry about his separation skills translating to the NFL. Sarratt profiles best as a supporting perimeter possession receiver, or he could move inside as a power slot. He lacks the raw speed to separate consistently with vertical routes, but he has the catch point strength and body control to win at the catch point and with back shoulder throws. His downfield ball tracking is solid. Sarratt finished college with a 60% contested catch rate. His lateral agility at the line and the top of his stems, combined with his size, allows him to win on in-breaking routes. He lacks the short-area burst to be utilized on double moves. Sarratt’s athleticism could cap his ceiling and usage as a player. He’s not a dynamic YAC/RAC threat. He has the upper-body strength to break some tackles, but lacks the immediate burst and speed to offer a ton after the catch. He has 13 missed tackles across his last two collegiate seasons. In his two seasons with Indiana, he had only 4.7 and 5.7 yards after the catch per reception. Dynasty Outlook: The Ravens selected Sarratt in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. Sarratt will have to beat out Rashod Bateman (signed through 2029) and fellow rookie Jakobi Lane to crack the starting lineup in a low-volume passing offense. I like Sarratt a lot, but I’m not a huge fan of his landing spot. Passing volume and target competition could make it quite difficult for him to pop in year one. Sarratt is a decent selection at the end of the second round or beginning of the third round in your rookie drafts as a bet on talent.

Eric Rivers was a “true” perimeter wide receiver in 2025 (72.7% out wide). Rivers has the release package and route-running chops to operate on the outside. He exhibits efficient footwork off the line and at the top of his stem. Rivers shows off a firm understanding of how to set up corners dancing in their blind spot at times or timing his route break with a corner’s hip flip. Rivers has elite speed. He hits the accelerator and goes. Rivers subtly changes direction in his routes and loses little speed when doing so. Georgia Tech utilized him plenty on deep overs where he could simply run away from defenders. Rivers’ ball tracking is strong. Rivers can win downfield, but he wasn’t just a deep threat in 2025. Only 22.7% of his target volume was via deep targets. Rivers has a small catch radius considering his frame, but he also doesn’t flash the in-the-air body control to snag a ton of targets outside of his body. His size also shows up at the catch point as he’s not winning many 50/50 battles for the ball. Rivers is a scrappy player. He negotiates physical coverage well when presented with it, which wasn’t much, given the nature of college football, but also the inability of corners to get their hands on him. Dynasty Outlook: Rivers was a predraft crush for me. Unfortunately, he dropped out of the NFL Draft, but he signed a UDFA deal with the Buccaneers. I’ll draft Rivers with my final pick in a rookie draft in the last round or pick him up off waivers and stash him on a taxi squad. I’m a believer in his talent. I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s this year’s Jalen Coker.