2025 Fantasy Football Breakouts: 5 Guys to Target Now

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Breakouts win leagues. We saw Jayden Daniels coming in 2024. Is it Rome Odunze’s turn now? Meet five breakout candidates for 2025.

Video: 5 Early Sleepers

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Justin Fields has proved that when he's on the field, so is big fantasy upside. Drafters are underrating the new Jets QB. So he leads this list of five high-ceiling fantasy football sleepers.

2025 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Sneaky Good, Stupid Cheap

1:08pm UTC 3/27/25

Build an unbeatable team with these seven fantasy football sleepers. A first-time starter with QB1 upside, an under-the-radar RB with 200+ carry potential, an exciting second-year breakout WR, and more!

Podcast: Rookie RB Preview 4-9-20

Jonathan Taylor, D'Andre Swift and J.K. Dobbins look like early picks in the NFL Draft. Will we find fantasy upside beyond that trio?

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Tue, May 23 2023 5:27 PM UTC

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Is this a strong RB class or merely a top-heavy group? It's easy to love Jonathan Taylor (unless you're trying too hard to not). D'Andre Swift and J.K. Dobbins should be easy picks in dynasty rookie drafts as well. But is Clyde Edwards-Helaire a shoo-in for fantasy production? Is Cam Akers about to be better off in the pros than he was in college? And who are the upside guys beyond that group? Let's dig in.

Here's the rundown:

Review of 2019 RBs ... 2:02

Stats that matter ... 4:42

Early RB tiers ... 12:53

Other guys to watch ... 38:53

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Matt Schauf, Editor

Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.