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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Calvin Ridley  |
WR | JAX | 28 | 5 | WR - #18 |
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In his third year in the NFL in 2020, Ridley turned into a beast WR1, leading to 90 catches for 1,374 yards and nine scores on 143 targets. Unfortunately, he missed Week 9 with a foot injury that lingered over the final two months of the year. Ridley didn't have surgery unti... Read More | |||||
| George Pickens | WR | PIT | 22 | 1 | WR - #35 |
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The Steelers made another aggressive move to upgrade their wide receiver position by adding Pickens in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He performed well in his freshman year at Georgia (49/727/8 on 77 targets). However, the following season, he tore an ACL in his... Read More | |||||
| Elijah Moore | WR | CLE | 23 | 2 | WR - #36 |
The Jets caught a break when the speedy WR Elijah Moore made it back to them in the second round in 2021. He projected as a slot receiver with the ability to test a defense in the deep passing game. Moore will be a zone-buster while possibly struggling against physical corners... Read More | |||||
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba | WR | SEA | 21 | R | WR - #41 |
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Last year at Ohio State, Smith-Njigba played in three games with empty stats (5/43 on nine targets) due to a hamstring injury. His success in 2021 (95/1,606/9 on 112) was enough to convince Seattle that he is NFL-ready. He finished that year with five explosive games (15/240... Read More | |||||
| Jahan Dotson | WR | WAS | 23 | 1 | WR - #44 |
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Dotson progressed in each of his four seasons (13/203, 27/488/5, 52/884/8, and 91/1,182/12) at Penn State. In 2021, he worked more as a possession-type receiver (13.0 yards per catch) than in his first three years (15.6, 18.1, and 17.0). Dotson had two dominating games (... Read More | |||||
| Skyy Moore | WR | KC | 23 | 1 | WR - #45 |
Over his first 18 games at Western Michigan, Moore caught 76 of his 123 targets for 1,190 yards and six touchdowns. In 2021, his game reached a higher ceiling over 12 starts (95/1,292/10), leading to the Chiefs investing their second-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
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| Marvin Mims | WR | DEN | 21 | R | WR - #48 |
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Over three seasons at Oklahoma, Mims caught 123 of his 183 targets for 2,398 yards and 20 touchdowns, averaging 19.5 yards per catch. His best season (54/1,083/6) came in 2022, highlighted by two matchups (7/163/2 and 5/162/2). He only had one other game (9/106) with more th... Read More | |||||
| K.J. Osborn |
WR | MIN | 26 | 3 | WR - #53 |
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Osborn had 146 catches for 2,037 yards and 17 touchdowns on 261 targets over his four seasons in college.
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| Rashee Rice | WR | KC | 23 | R | WR - #59 |
| Over four seasons at SMU, Rice caught 233 of his 358 targets (65.1), leading to 3,111 yards and 25 touchdowns. Last year he set career-highs in catches (96), receiving yards (1,355), touchdowns (10), and targets (157). Rice had a floor of eight catches in seven of his 12 starts, highlighted by six games (8/166/1, 9/132/2, 11/193, 12/122, 9/180/2, and 13/147/1).... Read More | |||||
| Curtis Samuel | WR | WAS | 27 | 6 | WR - #60 |
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It took four seasons for Samuel to shine in the NFL. Carolina drafted him in the second round in 2017 after a dominating season at Ohio State (1,636 combined yards with 15 touchdowns and 97 catches). He worked in a split role at running back and receiver.
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| Jalin Hyatt | WR | NYG | 22 | R | WR - #61 |
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After two short seasons (20/276/2 and 21/226/2) in college, Hyatt shined as the Tennessee Volunteers' big-play wide receiver in 2022. He caught 67 of his 91 targets (73.6%) for 1,267 yards and 15 touchdowns. Hyatt dominated last year vs. Alabama (6/207/5) while adding four o... Read More | |||||
| Zay Flowers | WR | BAL | 23 | R | WR - #74 |
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Over four seasons at Boston College, Flowers caught 200 of his 361 targets for 3,056 yards and 29 touchdowns over 48 games. He chipped in with 57 rushes for 345 yards and two scores. BC featured him more in the deep passing games based on his yards per catch (15.3) and lower... Read More | |||||
| John Metchie | WR | HOU | 23 | 1 | WR - #78 |
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Over his final 26 games at Alabama, Metchie caught 151 passes for 2,058 yards with 14 touchdowns on 212 targets. His catch rate (71.2) ranked highly. In 2020, he worked more as a big-play receiver (16.7 yards per catch) while transitioning to a possession player (11.9 ya... Read More | |||||
| Rashid Shaheed |
WR | NO | 25 | 1 | WR - #99 |
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Shaheed had a short opportunity (146/2,164/18 with 30 rushes for 179 yards and two scores) over five seasons at Weber State. His top output came in 2018 (41/442/5). The Saints signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2022.
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