Fantasy Football draft strategy 2025: Projected breakouts relative to ADP

Of all the subcategories pertaining to Fantasy football relevance, the term breakout can be the most difficult to accurately define. So, before we offer any such breakout candidates for the upcoming season, we'll do just that.

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Our definition of a Fantasy football breakout involves players who have already flashed both talent and some level of Fantasy football relevance but appear bound to break through their previous career ceilings. Although there is some overlap with the genre of sleepers, the main difference is that a breakout can come from an early-round draft pick if one believes he's bound to outperform his average draft position, or ADP.

Moreover, among Fantasy analysis, there is often a debate on whether rookies could or should be included in the category of breakouts. The answer is no. It seems to make logical sense that in order to break out, a player must first break "in" to the NFL, right?

Using the above criteria, below we will list our top breakout candidates for the 2025 Fantasy football season.  

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