2023 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 2023. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
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| Dalton Kincaid | TE | BUF | 26 | R | TE - #17 |
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Over his four full seasons in college, Kincaid caught 174 passes for 2,609 yards and 35 touchdowns despite having limited experience in high school. Last year his game reached an impactful level (70/890/8 on 96 targets), highlighted by a sensational game (16/234/1) again... Read More | |||||
| Chigoziem Okonkwo | TE | TEN | 26 | 1 | TE - #29 |
Despite a short resume (77/717/8 on 117 targets) over 30 games at Maryland, Okonkwo handled himself well in his rookie season after getting selected in the fourth round in the 2022 NFL Draft.
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| Cole Kmet | TE | CHI | 26 | 3 | TE - #39 |
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After a quiet rookie season (28/243/2), Kmet more than doubled his production in catches (60) and yards (612) in 2021 while failing to find paydirt. His season started with a quiet eight weeks (22/197 on 36 targets). He posted three playable games (6/87, 8/65, and 6/71) ... Read More | |||||
| Sam LaPorta | TE | DET | 24 | R | TE - #5 |
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Over four seasons at Iowa, LaPorta caught 153 passes for 1,786 yards and five touchdowns, highlighted by his final two years (53/670/3 and 58/657/1). He gained more than 100 yards in two (7/122 and 9/101) of his last 13 games. In 2022, LaPorta had a floor of five catches in ... Read More | |||||
| Michael Mayer | TE | LVR | 24 | R | TE - #51 |
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Over three seasons at Notre Dame, Mayer caught 180 passes for 2,099 yards and 18 touchdowns while adding length to his catches in each year (10.7, 11.8, and 12.1). He had almost the same production in 2021 (71/840/7) and 2022 (67/809/9). Mayer gained more than 100 yards ... Read More | |||||
