2021 Fantasy Football Sleepers
Sleeper: A draft term for a NFL player that an owner believes is going to have a breakout season. These are usually players who are not rookies, but they can be. For the most part they are not well known NFL players. Usually sleepers are drafted in the middle to late rounds of a draft. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
We have classified the following players as sleepers for 2021. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Everett  |
TE | LAC | 27 | 4 | Unranked |
Despite lacking a top-tier tight end, Russell Wilson continues to get the most out of his tight ends with value in scoring (22 over the past three seasons). Over the last two years, Seattle produ... Read More | |||||
| Anthony Firkser | TE | ATL | 3 | Unranked | |
The tight end position was an important part of the Titans' passing game last year, especially at the goal line. They finished with 94 catches for 967 yards and 12 touchdowns on 137 targets. Tenn... Read More | |||||
| Taysom Hill |
TE | NO | 31 | 4 | Unranked |
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In his four starts in 2020, Hill passed for 834 yards and four touchdowns while adding a high floor on the ground (39/209/4). His success led to 102.7 fantasy points (25.68 per game) in four-point passing touchdown leagues, which would have ranked seventh if Hill repeated hi... Read More | |||||
| Blake Jarwin | TE | --- | 27 | 4 | Unranked |
Despite losing their starting tight end in Week 1, Dallas still completed 75 passes for 737 yards and three touchdowns on 105 targets to the position. Overall, their tight ends had a 20 percent d... Read More | |||||
| Cole Kmet | TE | CHI | 1 | Unranked | |
The tight end position for Chicago was much more active in 2020. They set a three-year high in catches (80), receiving yards (738), touchdowns (9), and targets (129). The only negative came for a... Read More | |||||
| Adam Trautman | TE | NO | 1 | Unranked | |
The tight end catch opportunity in the Saints' passing game has been about the same over the past three seasons. They receive about 16.5 percent of the team's completions and close to 20 percent ... Read More | |||||
