2023 Rookie Rankings

Rankings are taken from Mock Draft Database for now. My personal rankings will be posted sometime in February.

Average # of QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs drafted per Year:

	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	7yr AVG
QBs	9	10	13	11	13	10	15	11.57
RBs	22	18	19	25	20	26	20	21.43
WRs	28	36	34	28	33	32	33	32.00
TEs	18	11	12	16	14	14	9	13.43

Based on the 7yr Avg. numbers, it’s safe to project that 12 QBs, 22 RBs, 32 WRs & 14 TEs will be drafted in 2023. I don’t think you need to know every single prospect, most of them won’t matter, but I think it’s a good idea to get familiar with the top half of these numbers for your fantasy drafts, so roughly 6 QBs, 11 RBs, 16 WRs & 7 TEs.

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We can boil it down even further by looking at the average number of positions drafted by round:

	RD. 1	RD. 2	RD. 3	RD. 4	RD. 5	RD. 6	RD. 7	Total
QB	3.83	0.83	1.33	1.67	1.00	1.83	1.50	12.00
RB	1.67	2.33	3.00	4.50	2.67	3.17	4.00	21.33
WR	3.67	5.17	3.83	4.67	4.50	6.00	4.83	32.67
TE	1.17	1.50	2.67	2.50	2.00	1.33	1.50	12.67

There are roughly 30 prospects drafted in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft. This reflects the drop-off in the mid 3rd round of your 12 team rookie drafts. With these numbers, it’s a good idea to research the Top 6 QBs, 7 RBs, 13 WRs and 5 TEs.

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The Top 32:

Rank	Position	Player	School	Draft Projection
1	RB1	Bijan Robinson	Texas	14
2	WR1	Quentin Johnson	TCU	9
3	RB2	Jahmyr Gibbs	Alabama	30
4	QB1	Bryce Young	Alabama	2
5	QB2	CJ Stroud	Ohio State	4
6	WR2	Jordan Addison	USC	15
7	WR3	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Ohio State	20
8	WR4	Josh Downs	UNC	34
9	WR5	Jalin Hyatt	Tennessee	35
10	WR6	Zay Flowers	Boston College	36
11	TE1	Michael Mayer	Notre Dame	16
12	QB3	Will Levis	Kentucky	6
13	QB4	Anthony Richardson	Florida	21
14	RB3	Zach Charbonnet	UCLA	63
15	WR7	Kayshon Boutte	LSU	43
16	WR8	Rashee Rice	SMU	52
17	RB4	Devon Achane	Texas A&M	74
18	RB5	Zach Evans	Mississippi	81
19	RB6	Tank Bigsby	Auburn	94
20	TE2	Darnell Washington	Georgia	40
21	TE3	Dalton Kincaid	Utah	45
22	WR9	Cedric Tillman	Tennessee	69
23	WR10	Marvin Mims	Oklahoma	79
24	WR11	Xavier Hutchinson	Iowa State	88
25	WR12	Parker Washington	Penn State	90
26	RB7	Deuce Vaughn	Kansas State	99
27	RB8	Chase Brown	Illinois	100
28	TE4	Luke Musgrave	Oregon State	54
29	QB5	Hendon Hooker	Tennessee	66
30	QB6	Tanner McKee	Stanford	68
31	TE5	Tucker Kraft	South Dakota State	75
32	WR13	Nathaniel Dell	Houston	96

Check out the list of biggest Risers and Fallers here!

Quarterback:

Pos.	Player	School	1/16/23	1/27/23	Change
QB1	Bryce Young	Alabama	3	2	1
QB2	CJ Stroud	Ohio State	4	4	0
QB3	Will Levis	Kentucky	6	6	0
QB4	Anthony Richardson	Florida	20	21	-1
QB5	Hendon Hooker	Tennessee	62	66	-4
QB6	Tanner McKee	Stanford	47	68	-21
QB7	Jaren Hall	BYU	76	78	-2
QB8	Max Duggan	TCU	222	187	35
QB9	Clayton Tune	Houston	136	188	-52
QB10	Jake Haener	Fresno State	183	195	-12
QB11	Tyson Bagent	Shepherd	251	233	18
QB12	Aidan O’Connell	Purdue	354	243	111
QB13	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	UCLA	328	272	56
QB14	Stetson Bennett IV	Georgia	241	316	-75
QB15	Lindsey Scott Jr.	Incarnate Word		324	-324

Running Back:

Pos.	Player	School	1/16/23	1/27/23	Change
RB1	Bijan Robinson	Texas	12	14	-2
RB2	Jahmyr Gibbs	Alabama	30	30	0
RB3	Zach Charbonnet	UCLA	54	63	-9
RB4	Devon Achane	Texas A&M	65	74	-9
RB5	Zach Evans	Mississippi	77	81	-4
RB6	Tank Bigsby	Auburn	130	94	36
RB7	Deuce Vaughn	Kansas State	106	99	7
RB8	Chase Brown	Illinois	108	100	8
RB9	Kenny McIntosh	Georgia	105	103	2
RB10	Roschon Johnson	Texas	153	108	45
RB11	Sean Tucker	Syracuse	98	125	-27
RB12	DeWayne McBride	UAB	115	129	-14
RB13	Kendre Miller	TCU	182	136	46
RB14	Mohamed Ibrahim	Minnesota	146	153	-7
RB15	Israel Abanikanda	Pittsburgh	116	154	-38
RB16	Eric Gray	Oklahoma	139	159	-20
RB17	Tyjae Spears	Tulane	160	164	-4
RB18	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	Kentucky	211	168	43
RB19	Hunter Luepke	North Dakota State	162	185	-23
RB20	Camerun Peoples	Appalachian State	300	196	104
RB21	Evan Hull	Northwestern	287	208	79
RB22	Keaton Mitchell	Eastern Carolina		235	-235
RB23	Lew Nichols III	Central Michigan		260	-260
RB24	Trelon Smith	UTSA		279
RB25	Tavion Thomas	Utah	268	285	-17
RB26	Travis Dye	USC		289
RB27	Tiyon Evans	Louisville		293
RB28	Xazavian Valladay	Arizona State	288	344	-56
RB29	Khalan Laborn	Marshall	314	350	-36
RB30	Rasheen Ali	Marshall	277		277

Wide Receiver:

Pos.	Player	School	1/16/23	1/27/23	Change
WR1	Quentin Johnson	TCU	10	9	1
WR2	Jordan Addison	USC	13	15	-2
WR3	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Ohio State	19	20	-1
WR4	Josh Downs	UNC	35	34	1
WR5	Jalin Hyatt	Tennessee	33	35	-2
WR6	Zay Flowers	Boston College	41	36	5
WR7	Kayshon Boutte	LSU	45	43	2
WR8	Rashee Rice	SMU	53	52	1
WR9	Cedric Tillman	Tennessee	81	69	12
WR10	Marvin Mims	Oklahoma	101	79	22
WR11	Xavier Hutchinson	Iowa State	112	88	24
WR12	Parker Washington	Penn State	88	90	-2
WR13	Nathaniel Dell	Houston	96	96	0
WR14	Rakim Jarrett	Maryland	147	102	45
WR15	Dontayvion Wicks	Virginia	107	117	-10
WR16	AT Perry	Wake Forest	118	124	-6
WR17	Dontay Demus Jr.	Maryland	126	150	-24
WR18	Andrei Iosivas	Princeton	173	152	21
WR19	Puka Nacua	BYU	219	155	64
WR20	Jayden Reed	MSU	151	160	-9
WR21	Trey Palmer	Nebraska	181	172	9
WR22	Charlie Jones	Purdue	141	173	-32
WR23	Ronnie Bell	Michigan	163	174	-11
WR24	Elijah Higgins	Stanford	196	177	19
WR25	Jonathan Mingo	Mississippi	170	197	-27
WR26	Tyler Scott	Cincinnati	227	206	21
WR27	Keytaon Thompson	Virginia	274	225	49
WR28	Joseph Ngata	Clemson		234	-234
WR29	Frank Ladson Jr.	Miami	261	238	23
WR30	Demario Douglas	Liberty	262	239	23
WR31	Jake Bobo	UCLA	269	241	28
WR32	Jalen Cropper	Fresno State	203	242	-39
WR33	Michael Wilson	Stanford		252
WR34	Mitchell Tinsley	Penn State		254
WR35	Je’Quan Burton	Florida Atlantic		255
WR36	Jadon Haselwood	Arkansas	266	263	3

Tight End:

Pos.	Player	School	1/16/23	1/27/23	Change
TE1	Michael Mayer	Notre Dame	18	16	2
TE2	Darnell Washington	Georgia	49	40	9
TE3	Dalton Kincaid	Utah	50	45	5
TE4	Luke Musgrave	Oregon State	51	54	-3
TE5	Tucker Kraft	South Dakota State	131	75	56
TE6	Sam LaPorta	Iowa	78	82	-4
TE7	Cameron Latu	Alabama	125	141	-16
TE8	Josh Whyle	Cincinnati	178	144	34
TE9	Luke Schoonmaker	Michigan	140	162	-22
TE10	Will Mallory	Miami		220
TE11	Brenton Strange	Penn State		221
TE12	Davis Allen	Clemson	216	226	-10
TE13	Zack Kuntz	Old Dominion	200	231	-31
TE14	Jahleel Billingsley	Texas		287