So much changes year to year in fantasy football and the NFL and leagues can be won by correctly predicting the consistency of players. In 2023, we saw some incredible breakouts, but which of them will sustain into 2024? Here are all my 2023 breakouts that will sustain during the 2024 fantasy football season. Below we dive into a few notable players.
Breakouts That Will Sustain (Fantasy Football 2024)
Puka Nacua (WR – LAR)
The king of all 2024 breakouts was the rookie sensation, Puka Nacua, who single-handedly dragged teams into the fantasy playoffs while breaking the rookie records for both receptions and receiving yards. Nacua showed the ability to earn targets regardless of whether Cooper Kupp was on the field, with him seeing seven or more targets in every single game during the fantasy season. He also tied Tyreek Hill, CeeDee Lamb and Amon-Ra St. Brown for most top-12 weekly PPR finishes with nine. Rams head coach Sean McVay has shown over the years that he will lean into player’s strengths and go out of his way to scheme plays around those with unique talents and Nacua should have no problem sustaining his success.
Most Receiving Yards In A Playoff Game By A Rookie, All-Time:
1. Puka Nacua – 181
2. D.K. Metcalf – 160
3. Jeremy Maclin – 146
T-4. Keenan Allen – 142
T-4. Keith Jackson – 142
6. Reggie Bush – 132
7. Rashee Rice – 130
8. Billy Cannon – 128
9. Bobby Burnett – 127— Russell Clay (@RussellJClay) January 17, 2024
Kyren Williams (RB – LAR)
Another Rams player who can expect sustained success is Kyren Williams. Before the 2022 season, reports started to emerge that the Rams were high on Williams only for him to get injured on the opening kickoff. Then, in 2023, we saw the Rams fully turn things over to Williams with him leading all running backs in snap share at 82.1% and ranking fourth in opportunity share at 74%. Sean McVay has never had a worry about leaning into a single running back during his time with the Rams, and with the same leadership around the team, it feels unlikely that Williams could go the same route as James Robinson and be replaced for a player with higher draft capital.
Brock Purdy (QB – SF)
It was fair to enter the 2023 season with some skepticism towards Purdy, as we’ve seen Kyle Shanahan turn pumpkins into carriages before now and the elite weapons in San Francisco can make most quarterbacks look great. But after a season where Purdy finished as the QB8 in points per game, it’s time to give him some respect. Purdy threw multiple touchdowns in nine games, and finished inside the top-12 among quarterbacks on 10 different occasions, making him more reliable than Dak Prescott and Patrick Mahomes. While Purdy may lack the ceiling outcomes of those quarterbacks, he has all the tools needed to succeed and can be a success in San Francisco for a long time.
it will never not be funny that the 49ers told us that brock purdy was the starter all off season and fantasy analysts around the globe were like "okay but it might be trey lance"
— Linda™ (@Lindellions) December 18, 2023
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