Why You Should Target 2025 Draft Picks in Dynasty Leagues
In dynasty fantasy football leagues, managers should always be looking to the future. The 2023 NFL Draft is in the books and the 2024 rookie draft class looks exciting already.
For this article, let’s peer a good distance into the future and focus on the ownership as well as the value of 2025 rookie draft picks. Whether you are working on a rebuild and see this class as a finishing touch, or are starting to ponder an aging team’s future and need for more liquid assets, this 2025 class can help. Both the class and the asset of owning 2025 draft picks should gain value over the next two years. Let’s start talking about some reasons why that’s important right now.
2025 NFL Draft Class Standouts:
The most relevant information in an upcoming draft is the talent involved. As it stands, the 2025 class contains players that came along well in their freshman season. Furthermore, prospects can still ascend to create a more formidable draft. Clemson’s Cade Klubnik and Penn States Nick Singleton showed their pedigree and validated eaches high level of recruitment. They also showed growth that has propelled them to the top of 2025’s quarterback and running back positions.
Klubnik is joined in the quarterback ranks by Penn State’s Drew Allar. He showed solid decision-making and gain more composure over the next two seasons. Additionally, with his physical tools, you have a top three that dynasty managers can get excited over. These can be trajectory-changing talents on your dynasty squads.
Along with Singleton, 2025 is littered with other top-end talents at vital fantasy positions. Georgia’s Branson Robinson, Texas A&M’s Evan Stewart, and Ole Miss running back Quinshon Judkins will all be returning to large roles or a growing role this coming fall. Judkins outplayed 2024 NFL Draft pick Zach Evans in the 2022 season as a true freshman. Additionally, he plays a downhill and physical game. As he matures into his body and figures out how to win inside and out, Judkins should very well be in the discussion for a top back with Singleton.
Stewart currently projects as the top wide receiver prospect and can see a skyrocket in his NFL Draft stock after showing his smoothness and playmaking this upcoming year. Not far behind Stewart is Missouri’s Luther Burden and Clemson’s Antonio Williams.
Gambling on Future Values in Dynasty Leagues
An important lesson to understand when acquiring capital is to accept the mystery of the value. At this point in the process, there are many unknowns and the draft’s final form can’t be predicted. That can be used to your advantage when accruing these picks.
If mired in a rebuild, trading a player like Mike Evans to get a 2025 first-rounder is a move you’d feel okay about making. Even adding an asset to him may sound less than ideal right now, but finding yourself with more liquid assets in 2025 is gonna take your team closer to contention at that time. Furthermore, these types of moves can extend and create contending windows if you maneuver the capital well through picks and trades.
Beyond that, draft picks so far out can be attainable because certain managers are more willing to trade their future for current talent. Players like Curtis Samuel, Gabe Davis, and even Jakobi Meyers are the ideal archetypes to move along with some small capital or another player and get a 2025 second in return.
For your squad, take the re-roll and go get an asset that could still be ascending in three years. As opposed to hoping for players putting up WR4-5 numbers to eventually become your WR2 at age 29 or 27. Moving these uncertain players can still be flipped for value if you display patience by getting your capital down the line.
To add to the mystery, there are plenty of names that could ascend with their current squads or through a change of scenery in college. Texas quarterback Maalik Murphy could look elsewhere for the opportunity and could join these talented names following a strong 2024 season.
Cal speedster, Jaydn Ott is a name that should be heard more and more over the next couple of years. However, he may not fully break through on fantasy radars for a while. When you start getting to these talents as the 10th or 15th best overall player, you’ll understand why taking the long way in a rebuild or retool can extend a contending window for your team.
These Picks Will Gain Value
The main takeaway from examining this 2025 class at this time is that there is understandable excitement about the players. There are a couple of running backs who could likely play in the NFL next season and certainly would be at the top of the upcoming 2024 class. All Judkins and Singleton can do is prove again as Sophomores why they are the top runners in the college game. However, if that does happen, they will likely become the talk of their class and that may even carry over into the 2024 offseason. Those value spikes will make you happy to have invested in 2025 picks early, and allow yourself more mobility to use those picks for players or more valuable future trades.
When it comes to the 2024 draft, you’re seeing the players become more known seemingly by the day. That will accelerate greatly during the fall and again towards the end of January and beyond. The class is seen as impeccable now, and youthful talent is always enticing to dynasty managers. 2025 is barely a discussion right now because it is so far out and there are still questions. Yet, every year college players come in and show skills to make dynasty managers curious about what their future holds.
Whether you are in a current rebuild and need all the picks you can get, or need to make savvy moves with your aging veterans, playing for 2025 and picks are a good way to ensure at least some level of an asset come that draft. The picks will find value, and it’s up to you to understand its value and upscale that pick either into a higher pick or player.
The 2025 draft class is not operating in the shadow of the 2024 class and its well-regarded talent. On the contrary, I see an argument for 2025 to be the stronger of the two, mainly due to the depth that it could provide dynasty managers. While we’ve discussed the top talent and discussed its potential values to acquire, I cannot stress how much talent this class could bring in. Nick Singleton has a teammate in Kaytron Allen that could lead many college programs in rushing. Texas running back Jaydon Blue is another young back that should have age and ability on his side come rookie draft time.
Conclusion
Talking about all these young players doesn’t even include the consideration of highly regarded 2024 eligible players who return for another season. We’ve seen it with players such as Zach Charbonnet and Blake Corum in the last two seasons. Whether it’s a quarterback who stays back for one more year of seasoning, or a player like Donovan Edwards who wants to put an entire season as a starter on tape, 2025 still has loads of potential for improvement.
Furthermore, these picks aren’t in high demand right now. However, they will start to receive consideration the moment the 2023 college season kicks off. Those 2025 picks shall only accrue value all the way until the draft commences in the Spring of 2025. Needless to say, now is the time to acquire them and now is a good offseason to make a decision to improve your team’s assets.
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