Wide Receiver Sleepers 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 Wide Receiver Sleepers

Here are fantasy football draft sleepers the experts love to target.

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 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.

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Sleepers

Rank Wide Receivers Team Bye Num Experts ECR ADP
1 Khalil Shakir BUF 12 9 54 52
2 Romeo Doubs GB 10 8 56 53
3 Dontayvion Wicks GB 10 7 63 62
4 Jahan Dotson WAS 14 5 62 58
5 Darnell Mooney ATL 12 8 69 70
6 Josh Downs IND 14 5 61 59
7 Javon Baker NE 14 5 77 84
8 Adonai Mitchell IND 14 4 64 61
9 DeMario Douglas NE 14 4 65 74
10 Ja’Lynn Polk NE 14 5 68 71
11 Rashod Bateman BAL 14 3 76 79
12 Michael Wilson ARI 11 5 67 69
13 Jermaine Burton CIN 12 5 72 75
14 Mike Williams NYJ 12 3 58 63
15 Jerry Jeudy CLE 10 4 60 56
16 Ricky Pearsall SF 9 4 71 67
17 Troy Franklin DEN 14 2 81 73
18 Gabe Davis JAC 12 3 59 65
19 Demarcus Robinson LAR 6 2 75 80
20 Quentin Johnston LAC 5 2 82 72
21 Jalen Tolbert DAL 7 3 107 90
22 Jauan Jennings SF 9 1 116 103
23 DJ Chark Jr. LAC 5 2 93 91
24 Wan’Dale Robinson NYG 11 1 70 77
25 Luke McCaffrey WAS 14 2 90 87

Fantasy Football Draft Outlook: Sleepers

Dontayvion Wicks (GB)

Dontayvion Wicks made significant contributions to the Packers’ offense during Christian Watson’s absence, showcasing his big-play ability and reliability as a target. With 39 receptions for 581 yards and 5 touchdowns, Wicks demonstrated his potential to be a valuable asset in the passing game. Despite being a fifth-round rookie, he ranked among the top rookies in yards per route run, hinting at his promising future in an offense led by Jordan Love. As a deep sleeper, Wicks has the opportunity to emerge as a key playmaker in the Packers’ ascending offense.

Fantasy Football Draft Rankings

Check out the consensus 2024 fantasy football draft rankings from our experts.