Within a month of the 2025 NFL Draft, it’s a strange time for dynasty rankings. Both ranker options are bad. One is to rank the rookies in the best approximation of where they are ranked after the draft. The other is to wait until after the draft until you add the rookie to the rankings. The combined draft capital and landing sites play a key role in my dynasty rankings, so I chose the latter approach, even if I felt unhappy.
I’m doing something new this April to try and ease some of that frustration. I’m adding top rookies to my dynasty layers in each position. This is still a bit of a guess, but because Tia is easy to predict in its nature, she added Tetaroa Macmillan, Luther’s Badge, Emeka Egbuka, Matthew Golden and Travis Hunter to the wide receivers of the dynasty below.
One of the first things that immediately stand out is the lack of new receivers in the lower 4th floor. That’s certainly unusual. It is based in particular on the wide receiver class that has been around for the past five seasons. There is very likely at least one burden on Macmillan, or Egbuka after the draft, due to the draft and landing site. But nothing affects the wide range of receiver rankings or stages, like the way Hunter is employed by his team.
I wrote about this before this spring, but it’s a completely unique situation in 2025 so I’ll keep hugging it until I get the answer. Hunter is definitely the best wide receiver in its class and the best cornerback. He said he wanted to do both in the NFL, like he did in Colorado last year, where he delivered 96 catches for 1,258 yards and 15 touchdowns. It’s fun, most analysts agree that hunters can’t become full-time players on offense and defense. So where he drafted and where he hired the hunter is more important than anything in this class.
If Hunter is a full-time wide receiver drafted into the top five, I consider him the best wide receiver in my class and he will definitely move to the top three tier for me with a wide receiver. A recent poll of my followers on X agreed, saying 66.9% of respondents would be the top 13 dynasty wide receiver for him, and Hunter was more than the fifth person saying he would be the top 7 wide receiver immediately. If Hunter’s team prioritizes the defensive side of the ball, Hunter may not deserve a pick in the first three rounds of the rookie draft unless he plays in an IDP league where defensive players receive points in both offensive and defensive productions.
If your rookie draft is after the NFL draft, it doesn’t actually sound that complicated, right? Well, there’s one nightmare scenario. If a team says they’re drafting a hunter and knowing their position at rookie camp or, worse, training camp, we’re guessing during the drafting of a rookie and it’s a risk management exercise rather than talent assessment. I hope that doesn’t happen, but if that’s the case, I would probably rank Hunter as an early round two pick. I wouldn’t be surprised if some candidates are willing to put it at risk later in Round 1.
Here is my updated dynasty wide receiver ranking:
