Hitting on your rookie draft selections is the easiest way to escape dynasty purgatory. Unfortunately, that’s one of the most difficult parts of our job. A coin flip between two similarly-graded prospects can be the difference between winning or losing your favorite fantasy league. Luckily for our readers, the team at FantasyPros has your back. While others are taking a much-needed break from the grind, we’re already knee-deep in 2025 NFL Draft coverage.

With the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, Pro Days and plenty of data/film to dig through, we’re still in the early stages of the evaluation process. However, here are three overvalued 2025 rookies to avoid based on current FantasyPros 2025 dynasty rookie rankings.

Overvalued Rookies

Harold Fannin Jr. (TE – Bowling Green)

After racking up 1,600+ total yards and 11 touchdowns this season at Bowling Green, you must admire tight end Harold Fannin Jr.’s production. He was one of the most dominating players in college football, forcing missed tackles at an impressive clip against both college football elites (19 receptions, 282 yards, two touchdowns vs. Penn State and Texas A&M) and MAC rivals alike.

However, there’s reason to doubt how much of Fannin’s production will translate to the National Football League. He is a good football player with terrific hands, but there are growing concerns about his athletic ability and overall movement skills. He has the opportunity to quiet the doubters at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, but I’m passing at his current average draft position (ADP) of 21 overall.

Isaiah Bond (WR – Texas)

While Fannin is a productive player with questionable upside, Texas wide receiver Isaiah Bond is on the other side of the equation. Bond is one of the most athletic wide receivers in this class, but he couldn’t put it all together at his stops in Alabama and Texas. He never reached 670 receiving yards in any of his three collegiate seasons and scored 11 total touchdowns in his career.

We’ve seen a handful of prospects excel in the NFL despite never producing in college, but there’s more risk involved in those selections. It might depend on how lucky you’re feeling or how much conviction you have in Bond as a prospect, but I’m currently focused on Iowa State’s Jayden Higgins and Utah State’s Jalen Royals in this range. Higgins is a big-bodied X-receiver with a wide catch radius, while Royals is an underrated athlete who profiles as a Z-receiver at the next level.

Ollie Gordon II (RB – Oklahoma State)

Entering this season, Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II was regarded as one of the top running back prospects in college football. He won the 2023 Doak Walker Award after a terrific sophomore season (1,732 rushing yards, 330 receiving yards, 22 offensive touchdowns) and looked on his way to stardom.

Unfortunately, it all fell apart this season. Gordon’s downfall started with an offseason arrest for suspicion of DUI and that negative energy followed him into the 2024 season. Gordon saw his production cut in half in 2024, finishing with a pedestrian 880 rushing yards and less than 200 receiving yards on the season.

Some of his struggles fall on the mess around him at Oklahoma State (3-9, 0-9 in Big 12), but it’s hard to justify Gordon’s current ADP of 26 overall. While I think Gordon will find a role in the NFL, his questionable long speed and inability to create on his own could ultimately limit his fantasy football upside. Running backs I prefer in this range include Tennessee’s Dylan Sampson, UCF’s RJ Harvey and Oregon’s Jordan James.

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