Fantasy Football Bounce-Back Candidates: Will Levis, Bijan Robinson, Josh Jacobs

When it comes to fantasy football, it doesn’t pay off to hold long-term grudges against players who have let us down in the past. Each season is a fresh slate in which the cost of the player and the situation needs to be assessed against previous performances. If we were building a fantasy football team of players deserving a second chance, these would be the seven players to put on it. Here are several fantasy football bounce-back candidates to consider in upcoming drafts.

Fantasy Football Bounce-Back Candidates

Will Levis (QB – TEN)

When Levis fell out of the first round of the 2023 NFL draft, it told us plenty about how the NFL saw him, marrying up to many analysts viewpoint that he could be boom or bust. Levis seized his opportunity when Ryan Tannehill was injured after a miserable defeat to the Ravens in London. Once Levis had the starting job, he never relinquished it.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Levis. He had four passing touchdowns in his debut, but then only managed four more in total over the next eight games. He at least had potential for fantasy football prowess, leading all quarterbacks with a 10.4 average depth of target and ranking ninth in big-time throw rate (6.19%).

The Titans have tried to build around Levis this offseason, adding veterans while slowly improving their offensive line. It might not be incredible, but there is definitely potential for fantasy fun.

Keeanu Benton with a insta-win against Peter Skoronski but Will Levis buys enough time to unpin the grenade. pic.twitter.com/HZ5riBnpDD

— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) June 5, 2024

Bijan Robinson (RB – ATL)

You could apply this second-chance sentiment to almost anyone who had the early parts of their NFL career tainted by Arthur Smith’s failure to recognize how to use top-tier talent. Robinson looks set to have a much larger opportunity share than the 52.1% he had during his rookie season. That ranked 27th at the position.

Robinson will need to eat into Tyler Allgeier‘s 12.2 touches per game to bolster his own 15.9. In 2023, 12 of the top 16 PPR RBs averaged at least 17.0 touches per game. Early indications are that the new Falcons coaching staff understands what they have in Robinson and intend to feed him adequately.

107 seconds of Bijan Robinson making dudes miss pic.twitter.com/EvcM87uXsu

— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) June 11, 2024

Josh Jacobs (RB – GB)

There’s perhaps no more divisive running back in the NFL than Jacobs. His believers point to the massive outlier season in 2022 as a sign of what he’s truly capable of, as Jacobs totted up 1,653 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns. Jacobs’s detractors, however, would point to that season being a one-off.

Jacobs is now in an offense run by Matt LaFleur who historically likes two-RB systems. The truth might lay somewhere in the middle. Jacobs has gone to a fun offense with a much better offensive line than the one he left behind in Las Vegas. LaFleur may like to use multiple running backs, but he’s a far more imaginative play-caller than those for whom Jacobs has played under in recent years.