Draft These Sleeping Giants Before They Break Out in 2025

Every Year Good Players Make the Jump to Fantasy Football ELITE

Author

Joe Orrico
July 17, 2025

Every Year Unexpected Players Make the Jump from Good to ELITE

Last Season They Were:

  • De’Von Achane

  • Drake London

  • Trey McBride

Draft These Sleeping Giants Ahead of Their BEST Fantasy Football Seasons Yet

DJ Moore
Ben Johnson will unlock CHI WRs

Lions with Johnson as OC last year:

  • 278 rec yards/game (2nd)

  • 0.37 EPA/target (2nd)

  • 76% catch rate (1st)

  • 7% TDs/target (3rd)

  • 6.5 YAC/rec (4th)

St. Brown and Jameson Weeks 11–17:

  • Both top 12 WRs

It’s Moore time

Kenneth Walker
Games missed:

  • 2024: 6

  • 2023: 2

  • 2022: 2

But when healthy?

2024 Weeks 1–7 (per game):

  • 22.3 fantasy points (RB2)

Only Derrick Henry was better in that span

RB1 overall challenger

Elite RB role:

  • 13% HVT rate/snap (4th)

Give us 17 GP

George Pickens
Previous QBs:

  • Mitch Trubisky

  • Kenny Pickett

  • Justin Fields

  • Russ Wilson

Now in 2025:

  • Escapes Arthur Smith

  • Best offense yet

  • Prime of career

  • Has real QB

DAL ranked top 10 in total WR fantasy points

  • Five of last six seasons

It’s time

Dalton Kincaid
Before injury last year:

  • Top 10 TE overall

Has monster TE skillset:

  • Great after catch

  • Soft hands

BUF elite passing offense:

  • 0.26 EPA/target (5th)

  • 6.7 YAC/rec (1st)

Won’t take much for elite jump:

  • Improve blocking

  • Stay healthy

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Courtland Sutton
Discounting Nix adjustment games…

2024 Weeks 8–18 after bye:

  • 18.0 fantasy points/game (WR7)

  • Averaged 9+ targets/game (WR9)

Projects for 10+ targets/game in 2025

100% of WRs who hit that mark last season
Finished top 12 WRs

D’Andre Swift
More Ben Johnson hype

2024 Detroit offense per game:

  • Montgomery: 16 opportunities

  • Gibbs: 19 opportunities

35 backfield chances each week

Last year Lions rushing:

  • 4.7 yards/attempt (6th)

  • 1.7 TD/game (2nd)

  • 9% boom rate (1st)

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More Sleeping Giant Draft Targets

QB

  • Caleb Williams

  • Trevor Lawrence

TE

  • Hunter Henry

  • Jake Ferguson

WR

  • DK Metcalf

  • Xavier Worthy

  • Calvin Ridley

RB

  • Tyjae Spears

  • Travis Etienne

  • Isiah Pacheco

Could make the jump to elite in 2025

That’s all for now- see you tomorrow or inside the Discord server.
– Joe 🫡