Super Sleepers
Super Sleeper: A high risk/potential player who is mostly unknown by many fantasy football players. These players have lots of upside and could surprise with their fantasy output.
We have classified the following players as super sleepers for 2023. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
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| Kayshon Boutte | WR | NE | 21 | R | WR - #118 |
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Over 27 games at LSU, Boutte caught 131 of his 205 targets for 1,782 yards and 16 touchdowns. His game was on the fast track to the NFL over his first six games in 2021 (38/509/9 on 53 targets), highlighted by three games (9/148/3, 4/85/2, and 6/127/1), but a right ankle inj... Read More | |||||
| Jalen Tolbert | WR | DAL | 24 | 1 | WR - #143 |
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Dallas added Tolbert in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He played well over his final two seasons (64/1,085/8 and 82/1,474/8) at South Alabama. Tolbert gained 17.6 yards per catch in college with a low catch rate (55.5). His release and route running project well, poi... Read More | |||||
Donovan Peoples-Jones  |
WR | DET | 24 | 3 | WR - #66 |
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Over three seasons at Michigan, Peoples-Jones caught 103 passes for 1,327 yards and 14 TDs on 181 targets. His best season (47/612/8) came in 2018 as a sophomore. He didn't have a game with over 90 yards receiving in his college career. Peoples-Jones will make some plays and... Read More | |||||
| Tank Dell | WR | HOU | 24 | R | WR - #67 |
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Over his final two seasons in college (Houston), Dell delivered two exceptional seasons (90/1,329/12 and 109/1,398/17) thanks to elite targets (135 and 154 – 10.7 per game). He had a floor of seven catches in 15 of his final 20 games, with 11 of those showings resu... Read More | |||||
| Jonathan Mingo | WR | CAR | 22 | R | WR - #69 |
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Over four seasons at Mississippi, Mingo caught 112 passes for 1,751 yards and 13 targets, with his best value coming in 2022 (51/861/5). Last year he posted one monster game (9/247/2) while gaining more than 100 yards in three other matchups (8/128/2, 6/136/1, and 3/103) in ... Read More | |||||
| Jayden Reed | WR | GB | 23 | R | WR - #83 |
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Over four seasons with Michigan State, Reed caught 203 of his 333 targets with 2,919 yards and 27 touchdowns. His best year came in 2021 (59/1,026/10), but he had regression in his output in 2022 (55/636/5). Read More | |||||
| Michael Wilson | WR | ARI | R | WR - #84 | |
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After flashing in 2019 (56/672/5 on 84 targets) for Stanford, Wilson only played 14 more games over the next three seasons (64/911/5 on 95 targets). His highlight game (6/176/2) last year came against Washington. Wilson missed time came from a pair of foot injuries. Read More | |||||
| Josh Palmer | WR | LAC | 24 | 2 | WR - #87 |
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Palmer had flashes of upside in his college career, but his production was empty in too many games. His route running continues to develop with a chain mover feel. Palmer brings good hands with the talent to set up defenders. His challenge comes off the line in press coverag... Read More | |||||
| Josh Downs | WR | IND | 22 | R | WR - #93 |
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The North Carolina Tarheels gave Downs an elite opportunity over the past two seasons, leading to 194 catches for 2,373 yards and 19 touchdowns on 268 targets over 24 games. He sat out two games last year with a lower-body injury while choosing to opt out of his team's bowl ... Read More | |||||
| Cedric Tillman | WR | CLE | 23 | R | WR - #95 |
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Tillman piqued the interest of NFL teams after his 2021 season in college (64/1,081/12 on 90 targets). Last year he played in only six games (37 catches for 417 yards and three touchdowns) due to his battle with an ankle issue. Tillman ended 2021 with an impressive seven-gam... Read More | |||||
