Fantasy Football Predictions: Drake London, Nico Collins, Malik Nabers (2024)

When Fantasy football experts put together their redraft rankings, several factors determine how they rank each player. However, that doesn’t mean how the experts think the upcoming season will go. For example, an expert’s top-12 wide receiver rankings aren’t necessarily how they feel wide receivers will finish in 2024.

The rankings include upside, floor, injury risk, and more. Instead of providing my top-12 wide receiver rankings for the upcoming season, I will look into my fictional crystal ball and predict how the top-12 wide receivers will finish the 2024 fantasy football season. Here are a few WR1s in my 2024 fantasy football predictions.

Predicting Top-12 Wide Receivers

Drake London (ATL)

Unfortunately, London has struggled in the NFL because of awful quarterback production, catching every career pass from Marcus Mariota, Desmond Ridder and Taylor Heinicke. Thankfully, London won’t have that problem again with Kirk Cousins and Michael Penix Jr. on the roster. The former USC star has averaged 8.6 half-point PPR fantasy points per game in his career despite a 2.6% touchdown rate. Cousins has produced multiple top-12 wide receivers in his career, including two in the same season twice. Expect London to earn his first WR1 finish in 2024.

Nico Collins (HOU)

Collins was a popular third-year breakout candidate last year, ending the season as the WR9, averaging 14.7 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. While he will have target competition, the former Michigan star is Houston’s clear-cut No. 1 receiver. Tank Dell is coming off a massive leg injury, while Stefon Diggs is on the wrong side of 30 and has had back-to-back years with late-season struggles. Furthermore, Collins had a significantly higher yards per route run rate (3.37) than Dell (2.40) and Diggs (2.06) in 2023 (per Fantasy Points Data).

Malik Nabers (NYG)

Many will call having Nabers finish as a WR1 a hot take because of Daniel Jones and Drew Lock. However, the former LSU star has been unbelievable during training camp and the preseason despite awful quarterback play. The rookie will be the focal point of the Giants’ passing attack following Darren Waller’s retirement. Jaylen Waddle was the WR16 as a rookie, averaging 8.8 targets and 12.1 half-point PPR fantasy points per game despite poor quarterback production. Nabers should put up slightly better numbers in his rookie year.

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NFL Drake London Marcus Mariota Desmond Ridder Taylor Heinicke Kirk Cousins Michael Penix Jr. Nico Collins Tank Dell Stefon Diggs Malik Nabers Daniel Jones Drew Lock Jaylen Waddle