It’s extremely important in your fantasy football draft prep to be able to identify players that are overvalued to avoid and undervalued players to target. We have you covered, as we examine several early overvalued busts and undervalued sleepers ahead of the 2022 fantasy football draft season.

Undervalued Fantasy Football Sleeper: Kareem Hunt

Kareem Hunt 2022 Fantasy Football Outlook

Kareem Hunt’s been rumored to be on the trade block this offseason. His contract expires in 2023, and the Browns have a mighty stable of backs behind Nick Chubb including D’Ernest Johnson, Jerome Ford, and Demetric Felton.

If no deal is reached by the time the season starts, it would be much less likely that Hunt stays in Cleveland, making him a prime trade target for any team that suffers an injury at running back through training camp/preseason.

Last year Hunt was limited to just eight games due to a calf injury – but he maintained his effectiveness when healthy through the first six weeks of the season. He was a top-10 running back in PPR averaging 17 fantasy points per game averaging just south of 15 touches per game.

Hunt’s true upside will always be capped in a backfield as the Robin to Chubb’s Batman. But should an injury occur to Chubb or another star running back, Hunt would easily flirt with league-winning upside if he is awarded the requisite volume to do so.

His 6th-ranked yards after contact per attempt (3.54), 6th-ranked yards per route run (1.81), and 26% target rate suggest he’s not slowing down entering age 27-season. All he needs is a change of scenery to recapture his rookie year accolades when he lead the NFL in rushing yards.
– Andrew Erickson

FantasyPros Staff Consensus 2022 Redraft Fantasy Football Rankings