The Sophomore WR Breakouts You Need in 2025

These Second-Year Stars are Your League-Winning WR Picks

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Drafting Second-Year WRs Has Historically Been a Fantasy Football CHEAT CODE…

Target These 6 WR BREAKOUT Picks:

The Data (Courtesy of Rotoviz)
Sophomore WRs on Average

  • Run More Total Routes

  • Generate More Expected Points

  • Score More PPR Fantasy Points
    Than WRs in Any Other Year.

I predicted Jaxon Smith-Njigba would be a WR1 last season with this logic…

2025 WR Breakouts

Marvin Harrison
Great Rookie Utilization

  • Ran 523 Routes (13th)

  • 116 Targets (19th)

  • 23% Targets

Now For The Bad

  • Only 71% of Targets Were Catchable
    (3rd WORST Among WRs with 80+ Targets)

If Murray connects with MHJ in 2025?
WR1.

Rome Odunze
Promising Rookie Season

  • 495 Routes (14th Most)

  • 94 Air Yards/Game

Ben Johnson Will Unlock CHI WRs:
DET Last Year

  • 278 Rec Yards/Game (2nd)

  • 0.37 EPA/Target (2nd)

  • 7% TDs/Target (3rd)

St. Brown & Williams (Weeks 11–17)

  • Top 12 WRs

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Keon Coleman
Passed the Rookie Eye Test

2024 Full-Time Games

  • Week 7: 14.5 PPR (WR13)

  • Week 8: 15.5 PPR (WR13)

Just Starting to Produce…
Then OUT 4 Weeks

Now in 2025

  • Bills WR1 Role is OPEN

  • Top 3 Scoring Offense

Ricky Pearsall
1st Round Draft Capital

Rookie Year Finish

  • Week 17: 24.7 PPR (WR8)

  • Week 18: 15.9 PPR (WR14)

49ers WR Room in Flux

  • Jennings: Contract Year / Trade?

  • Aiyuk: Not Healthy

  • Deebo: Gone

  • Kittle: Aging

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Xavier Worthy
Strong Rookie Finish (Weeks 15–17)

  • 21.0 PPR/Game (WR10)

  • 10+ Targets/Game

Key to KC Playoff Push

  • 85% Snaps Played

  • 1.0 TD/Game

Locked-In Chiefs WR1

  • Unique Role

  • Rice Suspension Looming

As for 2nd-Year Studs Already Drafted Early…

  • Brian Thomas Jr.

  • Ladd McConkey

  • Malik Nabers

They’re Already Stars—
And They’ll Only Get Better.

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