Late-Round Picks That Could Win You Your League

Deep Sleepers with Massive Upside

Author

Joe Orrico
July 14, 2025

Late-Round Picks Lead to Fantasy Football Championships…

Last Year They Were

  • Jauan Jennings

  • Tyrone Tracy

  • Jonnu Smith

Draft These DEEP SLEEPERS With League-Winning Upside:

Dont’e Thornton
Full List of WRs 6’4” (or Taller) That Ran 4.35 (or Faster) at the NFL Combine…

  • DK Metcalf

  • Calvin Johnson

  • Dont’e Thornton

MONSTER deep threat.
Currently working with starters in OTAs ahead of Jack Bech…
The next Nico Collins?

Elic Ayomanor
Projected as Week 1 Titans starter…

TEN WR ‘Competition’:

  • Treylon Burks (not good)

  • Calvin Ridley (veteran)

  • Tyler Lockett (washed)

Classic X WR strengths:

  • Earns deep targets

  • Body control

  • Ball tracking

  • Efficiency

TEN WR2?

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Brenton Strange
7 games last year with 65%+ snaps
→ Top 10 TE output in 4 of them

Evan Engram traded to DEN…
Vacates 7+ targets/game.

Jaguars GM LOVES Strange…
Clear TE1 on improving offense with a good (or better) QB.
Perfect late TE dart throw!

Dylan Sampson
RBs drafted at age 20 typically:

  • Break out more often

  • Are given more opportunities

  • Do great with things w/ them

Sampson is 20 and one of the best RBs in U Tennessee history…
Quinshon Judkins potentially facing legal trouble, too…

Kyle Monangai
Ben Johnson’s DET offense (per game):

  • Montgomery: 16 opportunities

  • Gibbs: 19 opportunities

That’s 35 backfield chances EACH WEEK. Thirty five!

Bears RBs:

  • Monangai

  • Johnson

  • Swift

Two of these guys will be valuable every week…

Daniel Jones
Yes, that Daniel Jones.

Expected Week 1 starting QB in IND…

Improvements over NYG:

  • 3 good pass catchers

  • Strong running game

  • Great offensive line

Going around Pick 200 on FastDraft
→ Outside Top 24 QBs
→ VALUE pick

  • Rushing upside!

Broncos WR2 Candidates

  • Marvin Mims

  • Troy Franklin

  • Pat Bryant

Steelers WR2 Candidates

  • Roman Wilson

  • Calvin Austin

Some of the BEST late-round picks you can make…
Both offenses can support two good fantasy WRs.

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Steals!

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