Elijah Sarratt Fantasy Football Outlook With Baltimore Ravens
Matt LaMarca breaks down the fantasy football impact of the Baltimore Ravens drafting Elijah Sarratt in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Not all prospects have a straight line to the NFL. Elijah Sarratt was essentially an afterthought throughout his high school career, failing to land a single Division I offer. However, after hooking up with Kirk Cignetti at James Madison and Indiana, he’s now headed to the Ravens. They selected him with the 115th overall pick, making him the 19th receiver off the board. Let’s dive into his NFL prospects.
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Elijah Sarratt Fantasy Football Stock/Outlook With The Ravens
Sarratt lasted much longer than most people expected in this draft, but good things come to those who wait. Sarratt landed with one of the best quarterbacks in football in Lamar Jackson. Jackson was clearly hampered by an injury last season, but the year prior, he lit up the league to the tune of 41 touchdown passes and just 4 interceptions. He’s gotten more efficient as a passer in basically each season, to the point where he’s now one of the most surgical QBs in the NFL.
Sarratt will compete with fellow rookie Jakobi Lane (pick No. 80, WR13) for playing time alongside Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman. Whichever rookie can win that battle has a chance to see the field at a decent clip. While Flowers has established himself as the team’s unquestioned top receiver, Bateman has been a bit underwhelming since being drafted in the first round back in 2021.
The fact that the Ravens lost No. 2 TE Isaiah Likely this offseason also means the Ravens could use more three-receiver personnel. Ultimately, anyone who has the chance to be on the field and catching passes from Jackson has some value, so it’s definitely a solid landing spot for Sarratt.
Should You Plan to Draft Elijah Sarratt this year?
Before the draft, Sarratt had an ADP of just inside the top 210 picks on Underdog. That means he was not someone who was expected to make a huge impact this season. That’s probably still a fair assessment. The fact that Lane was drafted earlier gives him the inside track to playing time.
However, Sarratt still stands out as an appealing dynasty option. He grades out better than plenty of receivers who were drafted ahead of him in Dwain McFarland’s Rookie Super Model. Even with less draft capital invested in him than initially anticipated, Sarratt has simply produced at every level. I’m not betting against him in the NFL.
2026 Scouting Report For Elijah Sarratt
After a freshman season at St. Francis, Sarratt landed with Cignetti at James Madison and was an All-Sun Belt receiver in his first season. He went with Cignetti to Indiana, where he served as the team’s top receiver. He did that despite competing for targets with Omar Cooper, who was a first-round pick for the Hoosiers.
Sarratt had 53 catches for 937 in his first season with Indiana, and he followed that up with 65 catches and 830 yards in his final season. Most impressively, he led the entire NCAA with 15 receiving touchdowns.
That should be his calling card at the NFL level. He was a contested-catch specialist, posting a 28% mark throughout his college career. That puts him in the 81st percentile. It should give him a role as a red-zone option at a bare minimum, and other early-round receivers with strong contested-catch figures have panned out in recent years (Alec Pierce, Nico Collins and Michael Wilson).
However, most of Sarratt’s damage came in the short part of the field during his time with the Hoosiers. Just under 50% of his targets came within 9 yards of the line of scrimmage, so some of the more successful contested-catch specialists were bigger downfield threats.
Overall, the Rookie Super Model gives him a grade of 76, good for the seventh-best mark at the position in this class. There have been 56 WRs with a grade between 72 and 82 since 2018, and 36% have delivered at least a WR3 season by their third year.
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