3 Rookie WRs To Draft In Your Fantasy Football League

After talking about three rookies to draft in your fantasy football league in my last article, let’s narrow it down to wide receivers specifically. For this exercise, we’ll be avoiding players that I’ve already talked about in-depth.

That excludes Tetairoa McMillan, Jayden Higgins, and Kyle Williams from this list. You can find my thoughts on them in the linked articles.

For this article, we’ll talk about wide receiver sleepers specifically, as all three players are drafted later than the WR40 using ADP from FantasyPros. Let’s dive right into it!

3 Rookie WRs To Draft In Your Fantasy Football League

Matthew Golden: ADP WR43

Let’s not forget that Matthew Golden was a 1st round draft pick this past season. Being selected 23rd overall by the Green Bay Packers, the exception is that Golden will go out there and contribute from day one.

Golden is stepping into a wide receiver room that is in need of a WR1. Last season, Jayden Reed had the most receiving yards with 857, but he played in the slot for 76.5% of his snaps (per PFF).

This signals that Reed is set up to be a complementary wide receiver as opposed to being an outside X receiver that could dominate that team’s target share. The next closest wide receiver was Christian Watson, who tore his ACL last year.

Golden plays with extreme fluidity, strong hands, and overall crisp route running. Getting the potential WR1 on an offense with Jordan Love, who had 4,159 yards in 2023, is a great value.

Pat Bryant: ADP WR67

Not many people know about Pat Bryant, and you can use that to your advantage. Bryant was a day two draft pick by the Denver Broncos, whom I was able to watch play at Illinois.

While Bryant has below-average NFL speed, he runs his route smoothly, and he’s a monster in contested catch situations. Bryant won’t blow by any defenders, but he does just about everything else at a high level.

The situation for Bryant is very advantageous as well. Bo Nix led all rookies in passing yards, and he’s set for a big year two.

Not only is Nix a good quarterback who can get Bryant the ball efficiently, but there’s little target competition. Outside of Courtland Sutton, the Broncos didn’t have another receiver with over 550 yards. Bryant has a chance to step into this offense on day one and be fantasy productive.

Jack Bech: ADP WR68

The last player on this list for fantasy football is Jack Bech. In the NFL Draft, Bech went in the 2nd round as the Las Vegas Raiders selected him.

While the Raiders are going to be run-heavy following the selection of Ashton Jeanty, they got a big quarterback upgrade. Geno Smith is much better than what the Raiders have had in the past, and in 2024, he threw for 4,320 passing yards.

Bech played his final college season at TCU, where he showed off elite route running, great toughness, and the ability to finish catches through contact.

Brock Bowers is the clear number one receiving threat, but there’s a chance that Bech could have a better season than Jakobi Meyers. While it’s not super likely, Bech is extremely talented, and he should be the WR3 at the very least.

If that’s the case, there’s a world where Bech could be a solid FLEX option on your fantasy football team if Smith is able to throw for over 4,000 yards even with Jeanty in town.