Harold Fannin fantasy football insight from Hayden Winks - PPR Rankings

Here was the intro to my Fannin scouting report: "This profile feels too good to be true. 120 yards per game (!!!), including massive ones against Penn State (137), Texas A&M (145), and in the bowl game (213). Fannin is an excellent hands catcher at all levels with athleticism to create separation from all alignments. He has "by you" speed on seam routes and won on breaking routes, even as the isolated receiver at times. Bowling Green tossed him 37 receptions behind the line of scrimmage to showcase his yards after the catch ability (34 forced missed tackles), too." All that translated immediately. Fannin has the record for most receiving yards by a rookie TE picked after 34th overall, and it wasn't close. The closest thing we've had to this recently was Sam LaPorta, who is a pretty good comp for him in general. Fannin was half PPR's TE10 on TE8 usage as a rookie on the Browns, who were 31st in points and passing yards per game. He actually was 4th in targets per game (6.6), but the rookie could only manage a weak 42% success rate thanks to horrific QB play from Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel. It clearly wasn't his fault on tape. Fannin broke tackles, settled into zones, was manufactured touches for, and then showed a lot of flexibility in the route. Those QB problems remain with Deshaun Watson as the presumed Week 1 starter, and the Browns' No. 30 projected points ranking from the betting markets reflect the pessimism. Fannin's overall ceiling will be held in check by his QB, his arguably league-worst OL (featuring 5 new starters btw), and a very run-focused new hea...