2025 Fantasy Football Breakouts: 5 Guys to Target Now

12:14am UTC 4/3/25

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

10:07am UTC 3/27/25

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!

Video: Week 9 Preview Podcast

Zach Charbonnet got much more work in Week 8 than Ken Walker fantasy football teams would like. Is it time to worry? And which QB has Jared suddenly excited?

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Tue, Jun 4 2024 8:45 PM UTC

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Pete Carroll's fired up about Zach Charbonnet. Does that mean it's time to panic over Kenneth Walker III? Did Will Levis turn himself into a fantasy starter with one game? Why is Jared drunk on Bryce Young? And is it FINALLY Jonathan Taylor Breakout Week? We're answering those questions and more on this fantasy football podcast.

0:00 Intro

0:35 Will Levis

3:58 DeAndre Hopkins

5:26 Bryce Young

10:54 Jonathan Taylor

13:00 Isiah Pacheco

14:40 Zach Charbonnet and Ken Walker

20:10 Jerome Ford and the Browns backfield

24:17 Aidan O’Connell and Davante Adams

26:12 C.J. Stroud and the Texans

28:58 Week 10 streaming defense

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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.