Last year in our Offensive Rookie of the Year best bet rankings, we faded Ashton Jeanty. Our top pick? Tetairoa McMillan, who cashed as a +1600 underdog while earning 41 of 50 first-place votes.
Can we recapture the magic in this year’s rankings? We again see the top-drafted running back as the favorite in most markets despite no running back winning the award since Saquon Barkley in 2018. Will Jeremiyah Love have better success than other highly regarded running backs like Jeanty and Bijan Robinson? And more importantly, are the chances he does better than the odds available in the market?
You can probably tell that Love is not going to be No. 1 on my list, but who will be? We have a No. 1 overall pick quarterback in Fernando Mendoza, two top-10 receivers in Carnell Tate and Jordyn Tyson and several interesting candidates later in the first round and even into Day 2 of the draft. We’ll also serve up three extreme longshots who could make some noise. Although he didn’t end up earning any votes, our top +10000 or higher pick last year was Woody Marks, who saw much more action than anticipated by racking up 911 yards from scrimmage and scoring five TDs.
