When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and others to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Let’s dive into a few notable fantasy football sleepers below. And check out all of the fantasy football draft sleepers experts love in our consensus sleeper rankings.
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2024 Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers
Here are fantasy football draft sleepers the experts love to target.
Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers
Who are Fantasy Football Sleepers?
Sleepers are players that have a strong chance to exceed expectations to become surprise difference-makers for fantasy managers. Our RB sleepers are based on a poll of experts who selected their favorite RBs with high upside. Each RB has a consensus draft rank below #45.
| Rank | Running Backs | Team | Bye | Num Experts | ECR | ADP |
| 1 | Rico Dowdle | DAL | 7 | 29 | 42 | 42 |
| 2 | Jaleel McLaughlin | DEN | 14 | 21 | 45 | 48 |
| 3 | J.K. Dobbins | LAC | 5 | 17 | 48 | 43 |
| 4 | Ray Davis | BUF | 12 | 17 | 52 | 58 |
| 5 | Jaylen Wright | MIA | 6 | 13 | 51 | 46 |
| 6 | Tyler Allgeier | ATL | 12 | 9 | 47 | 50 |
| 7 | Khalil Herbert | CHI | 7 | 5 | 50 | 53 |
| 8 | Bucky Irving | TB | 11 | 6 | 56 | 61 |
| 9 | MarShawn Lloyd | GB | 10 | 5 | 53 | 51 |
| 10 | Braelon Allen | NYJ | 12 | 5 | 57 | 59 |
| 11 | Kimani Vidal | LAC | 5 | 6 | 66 | 52 |
| 12 | Tyrone Tracy Jr. | NYG | 11 | 7 | 63 | 57 |
| 13 | Audric Estime | DEN | 14 | 3 | 62 | 64 |
| 14 | Roschon Johnson | CHI | 7 | 5 | 55 | 63 |
| 15 | Justice Hill | BAL | 14 | 2 | 69 | 70 |
Fantasy Football Draft Outlook: Sleepers
Rico Dowdle (DAL)
Dowdle will fight Ezekiel Elliott for work in Dallas this season. Dowdle has long been a fav player of mine. Last year, among 53 qualifying backs, he ranked 16th in yards after contact per attempt while also having the 23rd lowest stuff rate (per Fantasy Points Data). Could Dowdle be the next Alexander Mattison? It’s possible, but I’m willing to make the bet that he surprises people in 2024. He’s an RB3/4 who could easily post RB2 numbers if he runs away from Elliott with the job.
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