Fantasy football rankings 2025: Sleepers, busts, breakouts from model that called C.J. Stroud’s down year

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With the bulk of NFL free agency in the books and the 2025 NFL Draft now completed, NFL rosters are starting to take shape and Fantasy football owners are starting to turn their attention to the 2025 Fantasy football rankings. Bears quarterback Caleb Williams had an up-and-down rookie season, but Chicago spent its offseason trying to build around last year’s No. 1 overall pick. They hired Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson as the new head coach, beefed up the offensive line and added Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III to an already talented skill group. 

Where does Williams belong in the 2025 Fantasy football QB rankings and who are the 2025 Fantasy football sleepers, 2025 Fantasy football breakouts and 2025 Fantasy football busts you need to be aware of with draft season approaching? Before setting your 2025 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2025 Fantasy football rankings and cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

Last year, the model accurately predicted that Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud might take a step back in his second season. He finished as QB18 and anybody who avoided drafting him early dodged a major headache in their Fantasy football lineups. The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, identifying A.J. Brown as a sleeper in 2020, nailing Jonathan Taylor’s monstrous season in 2021 and calling Rachaad White’s breakout in 2023. Additionally, it has 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 2025 Fantasy football PPR rankings and 2024 Fantasy football standard 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 2025 Fantasy football rankings, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them

Top 2025 Fantasy football sleepers

One of the 2025 Fantasy football sleepers the model is predicting: 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy. Mr. Irrelevant in the 2022 NFL Draft saw a drop-off in 2024 after a stellar first full season as a starter in 2023, but he still averaged 8.5 yards per pass attempt and would have comfortably topped the 4,000-yard mark if he hadn’t missed two games.

Purdy also added surprising value as a runner, rushing for 323 yards and five touchdowns to give the offense a lift while it battled heavy injuries. Having Christian McCaffrey, Brandon Aiyuk and Trent Williams healthy should all be huge boosts for Purdy’s productivity. That’s a big reason why the model ranks him as a top-10 option at QB despite the fact that he is the 14th QB off the board on average and finished as QB15 last season. See more Fantasy football sleepers 2025 here.

Top 2025 Fantasy football breakouts

One of the 2025 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty. After rushing for 821 yards and seven touchdowns as a freshman, Jeanty led the Mountain West in rushing as a sophomore and piled up 1,916 scrimmage yards and 19 touchdowns in a breakout sophomore season. However, he took his game to another level in 2024 and emerged as one of the most anticipated running back prospects in years.

Jeanty rushed for 2,601 yards and 29 touchdowns in his junior season to lead the nation in both categories and led Boise State to the College Football Playoff. He was a missed-tackle generating machine in college and that was a driving force behind the Raiders selecting him with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Now the model predicts that he produces as a top-15 running back in his rookie season. See more Fantasy football breakouts 2025 here.

Top 2025 Fantasy football busts

As for players to avoid, the model lists Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving as one of its 2025 Fantasy football busts. A fourth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Irving put together an unexpected rookie season by rushing for 1,122 yards and eight touchdowns as a rookie despite splitting time with Rachaad White in the Tampa Bay backfield. He also added 47 catches for 392 yards to finish as RB12 in CBS Sports PPR leagues.

Now Irving is the sixth running back off the board on average in early 2025 Fantasy football drafts and carries a late-second round ADP. However, the Bucs still only put one running back on the field nearly 80% of the time and Irving will still face competition from White and Sean Tucker for touches. Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and first-round pick Emeka Egbuka will also require a lot of attention in the passing game and those are all reasons why the model ranks Irving outside its top 15 RBs. See more Fantasy football busts 2025 here

How to find proven 2025 Fantasy football football rankings

SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising wide receiver you aren’t even thinking about being taken in the early rounds of 2025 Fantasy football drafts. This wide receiver is listed as a shocking top-15 option ahead of stars like A.J. Brown and Tyreek Hill. You can only see who it is, and the 2025 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.

So which 2025 Fantasy Football sleepers, breakouts and busts should you target and fade, and which WR shocks the NFL with a top-15 performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2025 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that called C.J. Stroud’s disappointing sophomore season in 2024, and find out.

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