After nearly two years of immense struggles, Bryce Young finally flashed enough at the end of last year to creep onto the radar as a 2025 Fantasy football breakout. He had 10 total touchdowns and zero turnovers over the final three games of 2024, becoming the first quarterback since Drew Brees in 2019 to do that over the final three games of a season. The top overall pick from 2023 ranked second in positional Fantasy points over those last three weeks, giving promise to both Carolina fans and anyone who takes Young in Fantasy football drafts 2025.

Fellow draft class member, C.J. Stroud, took a step back last season, going from the QB9 as a rookie to finishing as the QB18 as a sophomore. If Stroud continues his regression, and Young takes another step forward, then where will these two signal callers fall in the 2025 Fantasy football rankings? And which 2025 Fantasy football breakouts should be on your radar? Before crafting 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 Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels would comfortably outperform his ADP (QB13). The result: Daniels threw for 3,568 yards and 25 touchdowns with only nine interceptions and added 891 rushing yards with six more scores on the ground to take home NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. He finished as QB5 in CBS Sports PPR leagues and was a great addition to 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 correctly predicting C.J. Stroud would take a step back in 2024. 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 Football sites, and it beat human experts last season when there was a big difference in ranking. The 2025 Fantasy football PPR rankings and 2025 Fantasy football standard rankings 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 2025, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them. 

Top 2025 Fantasy football breakouts

One of the 2025 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Steelers receiver Calvin Austin III. The 2022 fourth rounder is the only Pittsburgh wideout who had more than five catches last year to return to the team, so he has an edge in familiarity with OC Arthur Smith’s scheme. Austin, despite standing just 5-foot-9, is a big-play threat as his 15.2 yards per reception ranked 10th best in the NFL.

Whatever Aaron Rodgers can provide at quarterback should be an upgrade over what Pittsburgh got from the position last year, which also benefits Austin. After newcomer D.K. Metcalf, Austin has very little competition for targets amongst Steelers wideouts, with the team’s receivers coach saying, outside of those two, everyone else is “battling for a spot.” Despite not having the name credentials of someone like Stefon Diggs, SportsLine’s advanced model puts Austin on par with Diggs amongst wideout Fantasy rankings.

Another potential breakout that SportsLine’s Fantasy football rankings 2025 have identified: Jaguars wide receiver Travis Hunter, who has an over/under of 750.5 receiving yards. A lot is being made about how much he’ll play on both sides of the ball and how it may cut into his production offensively. However, Hunter regularly handled well over 100 snaps per game at Colorado and the Jaguars desperately need a receiver opposite Brian Thomas Jr. to balance the passing attack.

Hunter led the Big 12 in receptions (96) and receiving touchdowns (15) while also ranking second in the conference and fifth nationally in receiving yards (1,258). He’s got high-level body control and proven athleticism, and the model predicts that he outperforms receivers like Jameson Williams and Darnell Mooney, who both finished top 25 in the NFL in receiving yards last season. See which other Fantasy football breakouts 2025 to pick here.

How to find proven 2025 Fantasy football rankings

SportsLine is also extremely high on a rookie running back to make an immediate impact. The model ranks this player as a top-10 option ahead of more established stars like Christian McCaffrey and Bucky Irving. You can only see who it is, and the 2025 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.

So which 2025 Fantasy Football breakouts should you target, and which RB shocks the NFL with a top-10 performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2025 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that called Jayden Daniels’ breakout rookie season, and find out.

2025 Fantasy football ADP

(PPR, via CBS)

1. Ja’Marr Chase (2.33)
2. Bijan Robinson (2.78)
3. Jahmyr Gibbs (5.22)
4. CeeDee Lamb (5.89)
5. Saquon Barkley (6.36)
6. Justin Jefferson (6.56)
7. Malik Nabers (7.89)
8. Amon-Ra St. Brown (10.22)
9. Ashton Jeanty (10.67)
10. Puka Nacua (10.89)