Overview

• USA TODAY Sports, The Sporting News and PhillyVoice rolled out coordinated rankings and cheat sheets that place wide receivers at the top of most fantasy draft boards.
• Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase stand alone as the only players in the ‘potential league-winner’ tier for 2025.
• A robust second tier of WR1 options features Puka Nacua, Malik Nabers, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Nico Collins and CeeDee Lamb.
• Analysts identify rookies and second-year receivers such as Tetairoa McMillan, Travis Hunter, Marvin Harrison Jr., Emeka Egbuka and Jayden Higgins as high-upside sleepers in later rounds.
• Rashee Rice’s unresolved legal case leaves his suspension status in question and Sporting News’s non-PPR top-150 list notes that running backs retain a slight edge in standard formats.