Nico Collins, Brandon Aiyuk and Cole Kmet didn't truly break out until their third NFL seasons, which makes you should keep an eye on players drafted in 2022 as you craft your 2024 Fantasy football rankings. Jameson Williams, Jahan Dotson and Treylon Burks were all first-round wideouts selected in 2022. With none having made a discernible impact yet, do any have the potential of being one of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts? While Burks has several wideouts ahead of him in Tennessee's pecking order, Williams and Dotson don't. The Lions and Commanders lost starting receivers in free agency, paving the way for more opportunities and a potential rise up the 2024 Fantasy football WR rankings. Which receiver could offer a better ROI with one of the late-round 2024 Fantasy football picks? Before crafting your 2024 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2024 Fantasy football rankings and 2024 Fantasy football cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Last year, the model accurately predicted that Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs would carry significantly more value than expected during his rookie season. The result: Gibbs rushed for 945 yards and 10 touchdowns while also catching 52 passes for 316 yards and a score. Gibbs was coming off the board in the middle of the fourth round on average but finished as a top-10 running back in CBS Sports PPR leagues.
The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, identifying A.J. Brown as a sleeper in 2020 and nailing Jonathan Taylor's monstrous season in 2021. Additionally, it's called past Fantasy football sleepers like Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018, and Davante Adams in 2017. Anybody who banked on players like those made a run at their league title.
The model is powered by the same people who generated projections for all three major Fantasy sites, and it beat human experts last season when there was a big difference in ranking. The projections update multiple times daily, so you're always getting the best Fantasy football advice.
Now, SportsLine has simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released its latest Fantasy football rankings 2024, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts.Head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2024 Fantasy football breakouts
One of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Panthers running back Jonathon Brooks. After backing up Bijan Robinson for two years at Texas, Robinson finally got his first chance to start last season. He averaged 142.5 scrimmage yards over his first 10 games in 2023 before tearing his ACL in November. Even with that, he was the first running back selected in this spring's draft, going No. 46 overall to a Panthers team that ranked 31st in scoring and 32nd in yards last season.
Incumbent RBs Miles Sanders and Chuba Hubbard combined to average just 3.6 yards per carry last year, with neither much of a receiving threat. Brooks is a three-down back, and while Carolina plans to ease him back after the injury, he should be the team's lead ball-carrier by the end of the season. He's a draft-and-stash type of player that the SportsLine model has pegged as a top-30 Fantasy RB, as it slots him ahead of Javonte Williams in its Fantasy football rankings 2024.
Another breakout that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Falcons wide receiver Drake London. Atlanta's offense will look very different this season with a new coach and coordinator calling the shots and a new quarterback under center. This opens the door for a player like London, who had the 33rd-most targets per game among wide receivers.
The upgrade from Desmond Ridder to Kirk Cousins \should benefit London and give his 2024 Fantasy football projections a boost. The former USC star is projected to go as late as the sixth round in some Fantasy football 2024 drafts, but managers should aim to draft him earlier than that.See which other Fantasy football breakouts 2024 to pick here.
How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football football rankings
SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising running back you aren't even thinking about being taken in the middle rounds of 2024 Fantasy football drafts. This running back is listed as a shocking top-10 option ahead of superstars like Jonathan Taylor and Joe Mixon.You can only see who it is, and the 2024 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.
So which 2024 Fantasy Football breakouts should you target? And which RB shocks the NFL with a top-10 performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2024 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that called Jahmyr Gibbs' breakout season, and find out.
