2024 Fantasy Football Studs
Stud: A NFL player who has proved himself to be a top scoring player at his position. These players should be started each week regardless of match-up and should only be benched during bye weeks and significant injuries. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
Our writers have classified the following players as studs for 2024. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Mahomes | QB | KC | 29 | 7 | QB - #1 |
| There was a noticeable dropoff in Patrick Mahomes's play last season. Mahomes posted a career-worst 6.8 ADOT and was forced to scramble 51 times as the potent downfield element was missing from Kansas City's attack. Enter record-setting Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown to quell that concern. Even in a "down" 2023 showing, Mahomes completed a career-best ... Read More | |||||
| Josh Allen | QB | BUF | 28 | 6 | QB - #2 |
| Although he failed to throw for 30 touchdowns for the first time in four years, Josh Allen's career-best 15 rushing scores helped lead him to another overall QB1 finish. Adversity is at hand in 2024, with Stefon Diggs and Gabriel Davis gone. Second-round rookie WR Keon Coleman joins Curtis Samuel and standout TE Dalton Kincaid in a new-look offense, Meanwhile, th... Read More | |||||
| Jalen Hurts | QB | PHI | 26 | 4 | QB - #3 |
| Despite throwing for a career-high 3,858 yards and 23 touchdown strikes last season, Jalen Hurts saw a dip in efficiency and yards per attempt while tossing 15 interceptions. However, his 15 rushing scores boosted Hurts to an overall QB2 finish. With the 'tush push' remaining in play, Hurts offers a safe floor. But it remains to be seen how the arrival of RB Saquo... Read More | |||||
| Lamar Jackson | QB | BAL | 27 | 6 | QB - #4 |
| Year One in Todd Monken's offense resulted in the finest passing season of Lamar Jackson's career. Jackson set career-best numbers in attempts (457), completions (307), completion rate (67.2%), and yards (3,678). He also remained one of the position's most potent rushing threats, leading all quarterbacks with 821 yards and an additional five scores on the ground. ... Read More | |||||
| C.J. Stroud | QB | HOU | 23 | 1 | QB - #5 |
| The 2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, Stroud became the third quarterback in NFL history (joining Tom Brady and Joe Montana) to lead the league in passing yards per game (273.9) and TD-to-INT ratio (23-to-5). It was a sensational debut and he's just getting started. Stroud ranked fourth in the league with a 9.4 average depth of target and was the only NFL quar... Read More | |||||
