With the College Football season complete, and the NFL Draft cycle starting up, it’s time to focus on some of the most impactful players in every fantasy football and best ball season… the rookies.
Below are our 2023 Fantasy Football Rookie Rankings by position. For fantasy football and best ball purposes, they are focused on the offensive skill position players. With contests on Underdog Fantasy, Drafters and FFPC launching well before the NFL draft, we can gain a huge edge in our Best Ball drafts by capitalizing on the mis-priced rookies before the results of the draft come in. Of course, understanding the draft landscape is also important for those playing in dynasty leagues or planning for their dynasty rookie drafts.
If you are looking for where these rookies fit into our overall 2023 rankings, our overall top 250 rankings will be updated soon for 2023, as will our positional tiers.
Rank | QB | RB | WR | TE |
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1 | Bryce Young | Bijan Robinson | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | Michael Mayer |
2 | CJ Stroud | Jahmyr Gibbs | Jordan Addison | Dalton Kincaid |
3 | Anthony Richardson | Zach Charbonnet | Jalin Hyatt | Darnell Washington |
4 | Will Levis | Kendre Miller | Quentin Johnston | Sam LaPorta |
5 | Hendon Hooker | Tyjae Spears | Cedric Tillman | Tucker Kraft |
6 | Jaren Hall | Sean Tucker | Kayshon Boutte | Luke Musgrave |
7 | Jake Haener | Israel Abanikanda | Rashee Rice | Luke Schoonmaker |
8 | Tanner McKee | Zach Evans | Josh Downs | Davis Allen |
9 | Max Duggan | Roschon Johnson | Zay Flowers | Cameron Latu |
10 | Malik Cunningham | Devone Achane | A.T. Perry | Will Mallory |
11 | Tank Bigsby | Jayden Reed | ||
12 | Chase Brown | Nathaniel Dell | ||
13 | Keaton Mitchell | Rome Odunze | ||
14 | Eric Gray | Parker Washington | ||
15 | Kenny McIntosh | Andrei Losivas | ||
16 | Mohamed Ibrahim | Dontayvion Wicks | ||
17 | Dewayne McBride | Marvin Mims | ||
18 | Chris Rodriguez Jr. | Trey Palmer | ||
19 | Rasheen Ali | Demario Douglas | ||
20 | Deuce Vaughn | Xavier Hutchinson |