After you get past the top 100 players in your fantasy football draft, it is super important to find those sleepers that your league mates don't know about. You gotta find those guys who are winning their job in camp, maybe benefiting from injuries, or so far down the draft board that your league mates either forget about them or don't even know they exist. That's right, today Headliner Nation, we're going to be going through 25 sleepers that are all currently outside the top 100 players being drafted in 2025. We got wide receivers, running backs, quarterbacks, tight ends, and I'm going to be going through it pretty quick. Probably going to be going through it pretty dirty.
I got about five points for each player, and I'm guessing you're going to absolutely love it. So be sure to hit the like button. We're also now over five shows a week.
So if you are not subscribed to the channel, why the hell not? Your league mates are subscribing. You do not want to fall behind before the season.
even starts. But let's go ahead and kick it off with the highest ranked player we're going to have in today's show. He's currently going 102nd overall, and it's wide receiver Ricky Pearsall of the San Francisco 49ers. And like I already mentioned, he's going 102nd overall, the wide receiver 45 off the board.
Currently, right now, he is the wide receiver one in San Francisco. Brandon Ayuk is not going to be 100% healthy for quite some time. We also know that Jawan Jennings has some Tee Higgins contract vibes kind of going on right now.
He wants to get paid, he's got some nagging injuries, he's not on the field all the time. It's literally like Tee Higgins PTSD all over again. But we saw Ricky Pearsall pop up the end of 2024. He had 14 catches for 210 yards and two touchdowns over just the last two weeks of the season. And remember, he started a little bit slow last year because he was recovering from being shot. Now, with a ninth-round ADP, as a wide receiver one, for a top-10 passing NFL offense, Ricky Pearsall is still being slept on.
Now, after him, we're going down to Emeka Abuka of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, currently going 116th overall, the wide receiver 49. That is absolutely stupid low, if you ask me. Chris Godwin is nowhere near healthy and has a super high chance of re-injury once again this year when he takes the field. we've already seen Emeka Abuka playing all over the field this offseason, on the outside and in the slot. And you have to think he's going to be spending a lot more time in the slot with Chris Godwin out.
Now, in case you've forgotten, we've seen the slot wide receiver eat in the Tampa Bay offense for multiple years. Baker Mayfield has already come out and talked up the abilities of Abuka. Mike Evans may be a little bit more of a big play threat with more touchdown upside, but the volume, the receptions, could easily migrate towards Emeka Abuka.
In my opinion, one of the biggest offseason sleepers still. How he is still this low, I have no idea. We're into August and this is crazy. Now after Abuka, we got Wandel Robinson and I know you've heard me bring up his name a ton this offseason.
He's currently going 205th overall, the wide receiver 68. He's been in a ton of our shows this offseason, really exposing his efficiency and his volume that he's been getting at the position. Now he is kind of a boring option, but the dude had 140 targets last year and now has a huge QB upgrade this year. With no other major offseason offense additions in New York, Wandel Robinson could be great for PPR leagues.
Now obviously at the point you're drafting him, he's not going to be somebody you rely upon week one, but as a flex play with that type of volume this late in the draft, it's a no-brainer. Which then takes us to Josh Palmer in Buffalo, 213th. overall as of right now, the wide receiver 73. We already know that Khalil Shakir is banged up and going to miss some time this offseason.
How much does that linger into the regular season? Now everyone right now is talking about Keon Coleman, and as much as I like Keon Coleman, he's a little bit more of a Mike Evans style wide receiver, the big play threat type guy that's going to remain big play dependent. But Josh Palmer is still only 25 years old.
and Buffalo just gave him one of the highest free agent wide receiver contracts this offseason. He is easily capable of 100-plus targets in this offense. Now, he's struggled with health in the past and was always in the shadow of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams in Los Angeles. Now in Buffalo, if he can stay healthy and on the field, and you can get him this cheap, the guy could be a massive value on the bottom of your fantasy football benches.
Which then brings us to Dante Thornton Jr., wide receiver 79 right now. 257th overall. He's the current wide receiver two on the depth chart in Las Vegas right now, and he's making consistent plays in camp almost daily. He's 6'5", 205 pounds, and has 4'3 speed. They play in a division that's going to require... a ton of offense to stay competitive. Remember, they're going up against Kansas City, Denver, and the Los Angeles Chargers. He's going to be Geno Smith, quote unquote, DK Metcalf in this offense this year. But the beauty of it is, you get a starting wide receiver, a team's wide receiver too, and he is absolutely free on draft day. How about Diami Brown of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Currently wide receiver 80, 260th overall. We have a new Liam Cohen. offense that's going to open up the Jags passing game. They wanted Diami Brown in free agency. They actively went after him. Plus, we also know that a bulk of defensive attention is going to be looking the way of Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter. But don't forget, Travis Hunter won't be on the field for 100% of the offensive snaps. With a wide receiver like Diami Brown, he can stretch the field as well. He's very big play capable and can rack up yardage in bunches. After him is Calvin Austin of the Pittsburgh Steelers, currently wide receiver 84, 269th overall. And he is the current starting slot wide receiver and the wide receiver 2 as of right now overall in Pittsburgh for Aaron Rodgers. He's going to benefit from those Rodgers dump-offs, and he is an absolute burner with huge yak ability. I really view Calvin Austin this year as kind of like Aaron Rodgers' new age Randall Cobb. With limited options in this overall passing offense, Calvin Austin could feast in 2025. How about Torrey Horton, wide receiver 97, 302nd overall. He's highly unknown to a bulk of fantasy players, but he's the current wide receiver 4 right now in Seattle. But it's not like Cooper Cup and MVS are models of perfect health. If they miss any time, Horton will be the main beneficiary. He's already making all kinds of plays in camp. getting first team reps and has ridiculous hands, capable of being a high volume wide receiver. We saw that in college at Colorado State. But let's keep going further down the list. How about Kayshaun Booty of the New England Patriots, currently wide receiver 100, 319th overall, and he's currently starting outside opposite of Stephon Diggs in New England. We know that Kayshaun Booty was the most explosive wide receiver in New England last year towards the end of the season. He's been one of the best wide receivers they've had in camp this offseason as well. With a new offense coming to New England with head coach Mike Vrabel and the return of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, Booty could be in line for some big-time production. Now, learning a new offense shouldn't be anything new to Booty. He has had a different offensive coordinator every single year of his college and NFL career. If this guy could get some stability, we could see some pretty decent numbers. But this is just too much fun to not keep going deeper at the ball catcher position. How about Malik Washington of the Miami Dolphins? He's currently outside the top 100 wide receivers and drafts, dude not even being considered on draft day. However, he is the current starting slot wide receiver for the Dolphins. Waddle and Hill have struggled with health at times over the last couple of years. Now Malik Washington's last year in college, he had 110 catches. for 1,426 yards and nine touchdowns. He just needs a chance here in his second year. Now, last season, Jonu Smith played 227 snaps in the slot. Now, he's gone, and Malik Washington is free on draft day. How about Demarcus Robinson? He's also outside the top 100 wide receivers right now, and he's in line to start the season in the quote-unquote Brandon Iyuk role in San Francisco. Now, we've already discussed the fact that Jennings has a little T. Higgins in him. Wait, that sounded awkward. You know what I mean. But we've seen Demarcus Robinson, as of late, show that he is still more than capable because of his production we saw with the Rams here in recent years. Robinson is already looking great in camp, and he's going undrafted everywhere. How about Jimmy Horn Jr. of the Carolina Panthers? Another guy outside the top 100 wide receivers. He is highly, highly underrated. He is looking unstoppable in camp. And we also know this Carolina offense finally started to click towards the end of 2024. Bryce Young looked pretty good. Now this is a pretty stacked wide receiver room in Carolina, but Jimmy Horn is standing out. With the way things are going right now, I don't see how they don't find him some sort of a role in this offense. But another guy in that same wide receiver room is a sleeper as well. Hunter Renfro, currently outside the top 100 wide receivers. Now Renfro's on the same team and in the same camp as Jimmy Horn. The only difference here is we have seen Hunter Renfro produce in the NFL in the past already. Now head coach Dave Kanellis was behind figuring out putting Chris Godwin in the slot and all the success he had in Tampa Bay before leaving to coach the Carolina Panthers. Renfro could easily become Bryce... Young's binky in 2025. Now if you're looking for your binky here this fantasy football season you gotta get yourself a 2025 draft guide. They're already available at tfhdraftguide.com. Everything you need to absolutely dominate your league mates this season. It's got sleepers and breakouts and busts, rankings, tier rankings, injury analysis, offensive line rankings, and so much more. But if you want to add to the fun you can get your draft guide for free. All you got to do is head over to underdog fantasy or download the app. Create a new account using the referral code headliners. Once you do that, all you need to do is make your initial deposit and enter a contest of your choice. It can be a best ball draft. It can be a player pick'em, whichever you so choose. But once you complete that process, Underdog is going to cover the cost of your draft guide and will send it to you for free. Now, it typically takes us 24 to 48 hours to get the information from Underdog for everyone who has signed up. But if you've completed that process, don't worry, you're going to get taken care of. Now, there are links to everything down below in the comment section, so be sure to check it out after the video is over. But all right, let's move on to some running backs now. Now, the first one is going to be J.K. Dobbins, currently 113th overall, the RB40, 4-0 off the board. Now, I know when you hear the name J.K. Dobbins, the first thing that comes to your mind is injury concerns, and it does for me as well. But when he was on the field last year, he was one of the most efficient running backs in fantasy football. He averaged 13.5 fantasy points per game just last season, and as of right now, he's the current RB1 on the depth chart in Denver. Now, he is more of a short-term, sell-high type player, but if you find yourself outside the top 100 and you need a little bit of running back help to start the season, that's J.K. Dobbins. Now, before people get butthurt in the comments, I love R.J. Harvey, and that's going to be his backfield, and he's going to take over the job as the season progresses. or once Dobbins gets hurt. Hence the entire reason why I said J.K. Dobbins is more of a short-term sell-high player to start off with in 2025. How about Tank Bigsby? 125th overall and the RB 42 off the board. That offense in Jacksonville is going to be much improved. There are plenty of pass catchers to pull defenders outside of the box, and we saw this offense before. Run by Liam Cohen, have a system that feeds two running backs in Tampa Bay with the likes of Bucky Irving and Rashad White. Tank Bigsby this year could be the Bucky Irving in that offense. But here's why I like him. He's the RB 42 off the board. By that point, he's probably your running back four on your roster and could be the week one starter. You have nothing to lose at that point because you're not starting the season being reliant upon him. Which brings us to Isaac Garendo of the San Francisco 49ers, 132nd overall, the RB45. And with so much worry every single year about the health of Christian McCaffrey, his handcuff has added value. Now, Garendo has RB1 upside with a CMC injury, and he is the ultimate trade piece to a CMC owner if Christian McCaffrey were to go down. He already showed last year that he can produce when given an opportunity. So depending on how my draft is going, By the time we get to the point where Isaac Garendo is coming off the board, I'm going to look at my overall roster. Can I steal him around earlier than the CMC owner? Because if I can, I may be able to trade that owner for a piece that I actually need on my team. But then we also have Trey Benson of the Arizona Cardinals as well. 150th overall in the RB52. Now James Conner is still the RB1 in Arizona, but Benson is the successor and we already know that James Conner struggles staying healthy. an entire 17-game season. Plus, James Conner has already come out himself and said that Trey Benson is going to get a lot more touches in 2025. Now, to start the season, I would expect a whole lot of James Conner. But as the season progresses, Trey Benson could have a larger and larger role. Now, if he were to go down, Arizona typically feeds its RB1 heavily. That guy could end up being Trey Benson, and that's why he's not a bad stash at the bottom of your bench in deeper leagues. But now let's do a couple tight ends, the football kind. Of course, right off the bat, it's Kyle Pitts, 140th overall, the tight end 18. And I broke him down in length in yesterday's league winning upside video. So if you haven't watched that video yet, you may want to. Because as of right now, Kyle Pitts is being drafted lower than what his floor has even been the last couple of years when he has quote unquote sucked. But now we already know we have a Darnell Mooney injury and a full year of Michael Penix. The risk that has been there for years with Kyle Pitts is no longer there. Which takes us to Brenton Strange of the Jacksonville Jaguars, 168th overall, the tight end, 21 off the board. And we have seen in the past that Trevor Lawrence likes to throw the ball ball to his tight ends. Now, opposing defenses are going to have other weapons to worry about, right? Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter, maybe Diami Brown as well. That means there's not going to be a lot of focus on trying to stop Brenton Strange, and he should be open underneath quite a bit. He could easily turn into a big-time red zone target in Jacksonville. Don't forget, Liam Cohen made Kate Otten fantasy relevant last season in Tampa Bay. How about Mason Taylor for the New York Jets, 202nd overall, the tight end 26. Now, historically... we have seen Justin Fields rely on the tight end position in his offense. Taylor is already highly involved with the number one offense in Jets camp, and he's expected to be the week one starter. That would make him potentially the number two target in the New York Jet offense for Justin Fields, and he's going at 202nd overall. How about Elijah Arroyo, tight end 29, 233rd overall off the board, and he's climbing up the depth chart. of the Seattle Seahawks since the departure of Noah Fant. A second round draft capital means he could be their tight end one by week one. He's a huge red zone threat and he's making plays all over camp almost daily. Now his shorts, yes, a little short, but his game is huge. Which only leaves us one more tight end. How about Darren Waller of the Miami Dolphins? 195th overall and the tight end 25. This is more so the what if here, right? He was once a top tight end. in the NFL. He enters one of the NFL's highest powered offenses. The wide receivers in Jalen Waddell and Tyreek Hill haven't exactly been 100% healthy the last couple years, and we saw Jonu Smith eat in this offense just last year. You can draft Darren Waller as your tight end too if you miss out on one of the top tier guys and just see what happens. But I also wanted to include a couple quarterbacks as well. How about Drake May of the New England Patriots? 123rd overall, the QB 18 off the board. we have a new coaching staff that should really open up the playbook for Drake May. They added weapons in guys like Stephon Diggs and rookie Kyle Williams. There's some rushing upside there. Don't forget that Drake May had 421 yards rushing in just 13 games last season. The overall confidence is growing in his second year, and he is a big-time sleeper. Then we got Bryce Young of the Carolina Panthers, 162nd overall. The QB 26, another guy who I have talked about a lot this offseason. including in my video yesterday once again for players with league winning upside. We saw Bryce Young take huge steps forward towards the end of 2024. Now he has a much improved offensive line. He added one of the best rookie wide receivers in the draft in Tedaroa McMillan, and he's already shown us that he has a ceiling of QB6 overall in fantasy football. By the time you add in all the other weapons he has, Bryce Young could definitely surprise a lot of people. And then lastly, Geno Smith of the Las Vegas Raiders. 173rd overall, the QB 28 off the board. Now he reunites with Pete Carroll in Las Vegas. Gino's best season of his career was with Pete Carroll in Seattle in 2022. Now there are a lot of lesser named weapons in Las Vegas and what he had in Seattle, but still options at every level. We got guys like Brock Bowers, Jacoby Myers, Dante Thornton, Ashton Gentry in the backfield. This division is going to require a lot of points to be scored to stay competitive, and Geno Smith has been a super solid QB too for years. But there is a little bit of an added bonus here. At least now he gets to play in a dome instead of all the wet weather in Seattle. Now everyone can sit and talk all NFL offseason about the best players on the field, but in fantasy football, the players who find those deep sleepers that absolutely pop off are the better ones that have a chance of walking away with championships.