Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall-of-Famer Bob Harris and Gary Davenport have well over 40 years of experience as fantasy football analysts and three Football Writer of the Year Awards between them. They know their stuff—or at least that's what they tell themselves.

They are admittedly not, however, experts on rookies. Harris specializes in wisdom and actionable information. For Davenport, it's being pedantic and wrong.

Still, as we put the NFL Scouting Combine in the rearview mirror and head toward Pro Days, Harris and Davenport have gathered to look at what happened in Indianapolis and how it affected the Class of 2025.

The Third Wheel

Cam Ward of Miami and Shedeur Sanders of Colorado may have skipped combine workouts, but nothing happened to alter their status as the top two quarterback prospects of 2025.

Post-Combine, who is your QB3 in the Class of 2025? Is there another signal-caller you believe could become a sneaky good NFL (and fantasy) starter?

Harris: I'm not going to overthink this one, Gary. I'll go with the consensus No. 3 prospect in the Footballguys 2025 Rookie Draft Guide, Jaxson Dart. The Ole Miss signal caller did everything well at the Combine. I agree that Ward and Sanders are the cream of this year's crop, much like Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels were last year. But there was also Bo Nix. Whatever we thought about the Oregon product heading into the draft, Nix demonstrated that the right coach, scheme, and supporting cast could lead to surprising fantasy goodness. Could Dart be this year's Nix? There's growing buzz he could sneak into the first round. If he lands in the right spot, as Nix did, Dart could surprise us this fall.

Davenport: You'll get no argument from me that Dart will probably be the third quarterback drafted. Or that he could be drafted in Round 1—someone will want that fifth-year option. But Dart is also being overhyped, in part because this just isn't a great class under center. Dart's NFL ceiling is likely an average starter—his tape just doesn't "wow" me.

If there is a quarterback who goes before Dart, it will be Alabama's Jalen Milroe. To be fair, Milroe (and Ohio State's Will Howard) didn't have a good combine, and both quarterbacks would have been wise to run the 40 and showcase their speed. But while Milroe is admittedly raw as a passer, he arguably has more arm talent than Dart and is easily the best scrambler of this year's top quarterback prospects.

Bleacher Report's Dame Parson's comp for Milroe is "Shades of Jalen Hurts with a jet pack & stronger arm." That kind of upside is going to appeal to quite a few NFL teams hoping to hit paydirt like the Philadelphia Eagles did when they made Hurts the fifth quarterback selected in 2020.

Running Back Roundup

Just as at quarterback, the No. 1 running back prospect of 2025 (Boise State's Ashton Jeanty) didn't work out at the Combine. But the rest of the class did—and it appears to be a deep and talented group.

Which running back prospect impressed you most in Indianapolis? Who should most be on the "sleeper" radar of fantasy managers?

Harris: To stay realistic and avoid overreacting to Bhayshul Tuten's phenomenal Combine performance, I'll stick with one of the top prospects heading into Indianapolis, North Carolina's Omarion Hampton. With Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty not participating, Hampton made a case to be the second back off the board in April.

I love my cliches, and one of my favorites says there are two things you can't coach: Size and speed. Hampton, at 221 pounds, ran a 4.46 40-yard dash. And his 10-foot, 11-inch broad jump and 38-inch vertical jump weren't far off the combine bests. More importantly, Hampton's body of work at UNC suggests he's NFL-ready. A balanced, versatile, highly explosive runner and pass-catcher who drew a Joe Mixon comp in the Footballguys Rookie Draft Guide, Hampton has amassed 3,759 yards from scrimmage and 33 touchdowns over the last two seasons. He projects as a first-round pick, with the Chargers and Broncos as potential landing spots.

Tuten's impressive Combine showing will boost his draft stock, but my sleeper is Brashard Smith. At 5-9 and 194 pounds, he'll be viewed as a complementary player. However, his 4.39 speed (third-fastest among the Combine backs) could make him a viable fantasy option in schemes maximizing that attribute. An endorsement from Footballguys and Rookie Scouting Portfolio author Matt Waldman adds to his intrigue.

Davenport: Hampton was indeed impressive in Indianapolis, and if a second running back is selected on April 24, he'll be the guy. In the interest of variance, though, I'll highlight a couple of other backs.

I'm certainly nowhere near the draftnik Waldman is—especially on offense. Most of what scouting I do is on defensive guys. But I have watched every snap of Ohio State football for the last 30-plus years. I was born and raised (and once again live) in Columbus—don't judge me.

I still believe that in a perfect world. Treveyon Henderson has a higher NFL ceiling. But Quinshon Judkins probably locked himself into the front half of Round 2 with his Combine performance. Judkins allayed fears about his long speed with a solid 4.48-second 40 in Indy, and his Relative Athletic Score was a beefy 9.89—highest at the position.

There could be a slew of running backs selected on Day 2, and Miami's Damien Martinez helped his case to be one with a strong Combine performance. At 217 pounds, Martinez was slimmed down relative to the Senior Bowl, and it showed—his 4.51-second 40 was good for a back his size. Martinez averaged over 1,000 yards a season and six yards a carry over three years with the Hurricanes. He could wind up a sneaky value both for the NFL team that drafts him and dynasty fantasy managers.