30 Sleepers the Experts Love to Draft (2024 Fantasy Football)

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.

2024 Fantasy Football Sleepers

Sleepers are players that have a strong chance to exceed expectations to become surprise difference-makers for fantasy managers.

Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers

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

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Sleepers

Our WR sleepers are based on a poll of experts who selected their favorite WRs with high upside. Each WR has a consensus draft rank below #55.

Rank	Wide Receivers	Team	Bye	Num Experts	ECR	ADP
1	Khalil Shakir	BUF	12	19	55	51
2	Romeo Doubs	GB	10	18	53	53
3	Dontayvion Wicks	GB	10	16	62	59
4	Josh Downs	IND	14	9	61	66
5	Darnell Mooney	ATL	12	9	69	70
6	Jahan Dotson	PHI	5	4	63	62
7	Rashod Bateman	BAL	14	5	70	76
8	Javon Baker	NE	14	4	84	96
9	Adonai Mitchell	IND	14	6	64	64
10	DeMario Douglas	NE	14	6	65	72

Fantasy Football Quarterback Sleepers

Our QB sleepers are based on a poll of experts who selected their favorite QBs with high upside. Each QB has a consensus draft rank below #15.

Rank	Quarterbacks	Team	Bye	Num Experts	ECR	ADP
1	Trevor Lawrence	JAC	12	14	16	16
2	Kirk Cousins	ATL	12	14	18	19
3	Will Levis	TEN	5	14	24	25
4	Geno Smith	SEA	10	9	23	24
5	Deshaun Watson	CLE	10	5	21	22

Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers

Our TE sleepers are based on a poll of experts who selected their favorite TEs with high upside. Each TE has a consensus draft rank below #15.

Rank	Tight Ends	Team	Bye	Num Experts	ECR	ADP
1	Luke Musgrave	GB	10	11	16	18
2	Taysom Hill	NO	12	8	21	17
3	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	6	7	15	14
4	Hunter Henry	NE	14	6	18	22
5	Tyler Conklin	NYJ	12	7	19	20