Rookie league winners? 12 rookies you need to draft to win your fantasy league this year

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Boom or bust week’ rolls on this week with Ray Garvin joining Matt Harmon to go full BOOM. Every year rookies burst on to the scene and help fantasy managers win their titles. Harmon and Garvin are here to identify 12 rookies you need to target in your drafts that can help win you a title in 2025. To be clear, this show doesn’t tell you the obvious like ‘draft Ashton Jeanty or Omarion Hampton’. We are here to help you find those guys at an ADP value they will only ever be as rookies.

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0:00.0	Big show for you here today.
0:01.9	Ray Garvin joins me to break down 12 rookies you need to be considering in fantasy football this year.
0:07.0	We go all throughout the draft board.
0:09.2	Ray Garvin starts us off with seventh round rookie Jacori, Kroski Merritt.
0:13.8	Just how real is this fast-rising rookie running back from Washington?
0:17.9	Also, why Travis Hunter is my favorite pick to make in the seventh round right now.
0:21.8	We also talk about several big-name players all throughout the course of your draft boards that you want to take a look at.
0:27.7	You don't want to miss this show.
0:29.1	We got plenty coming for you.
0:30.6	All that and more coming up.
0:32.5	Let's get into it.
0:33.2	Music What's going on, everybody.
0:47.6	Welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy forecast, presented by Toyota, the official automotive partner of the NFL.
0:56.1	It is a hell of a day to talk ball.
0:58.7	And join me to do just that is Ray Garvin.
1:01.5	Ray, what's going on, buddy?
1:04.6	Matt, I'm excited, baby.
1:06.4	We are weeks away, days away.
1:09.0	NFL season is right around the corner.
1:10.9	And y'all brought me on to talk. Rookies? Rookie talk today? Let's go, baby. I'm excited. Oh, yeah. Listen, when we had the rookie episode on the schedule, I was like, we definitely are getting Ray for that. Because I know you're going to be doing some rookie analysis for us here at Yahoo. This is your specialty.
1:31.9	Your channel on YouTube, your whole business is literally called Destination Devi.
1:37.0	So for those who don't know what Devi leagues are, it's the absolute sickest freaks of the fantasy football world.
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