Fantasy Football 2025 Sleeper WRs to Target in Updated Flex Rankings

The simple aim for any fantasy football draft is to exit it with more value than you invested.

While you'll need your first- and second-round picks to perform like the stars you're expecting them to be, you also need some later-round sleepers to outproduce players plucked from much higher up the draft board.

This time last year, expectations were up for the rookie receiving trio of Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr. and Ladd McConkey, but the bar probably wasn't set high enough, since each finished among the top-12 players at their position in PPR fantasy points.

The 2025 NFL season brings with it a new batch of sleepers, and we're here to spotlight a couple of our favorite underrated pass-catchers after updating our top-30 flex rankings.

Flex PPR Rankings

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Top 30

1. Ja'Marr Chase, WR, CIN
2. Bijan Robinson, RB, ATL
3. Justin Jefferson, WR, MIN
4. Saquon Barkley, RB, PHI
5. CeeDee Lamb, WR, DAL
6. Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, DET
7. Christian McCaffrey, RB, SF
8. Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, DET
9. Puka Nacua, WR, LAR
10. Ashton Jeanty, RB, LV
11. Nico Collins, WR, HOU
12. Malik Nabers, WR, NYG
13. Brian Thomas Jr., WR, JAX
14. De'Von Achane, RB, MIA
15. Bucky Irving, RB, TB
16. Jonathan Taylor, RB, IND
17. Chase Brown, RB, CIN
18. Derrick Henry, RB, BAL
19. Brock Bowers, TE, LV
20. A.J. Brown, WR, PHI
21. Mike Evans, WR, TB
22. Trey McBride, TE, ARI
23. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, SEA
24. Drake London, WR, ATL
25. Ladd McConkey, WR, LAC
26. Josh Jacobs, RB, GB
27. Kyren Williams, RB, LAR
28. Tyreek Hill, WR, MIA
29. Kenneth Walker III, RB, SEA
30. Alvin Kamara, RB, NO

Sleeper WR: Ricky Pearsall, San Francisco 49ers

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While it'd be a stretch to say the fantasy community is ignoring Pearsall, his average draft position of 87th in PPR leagues (40th among wide receivers, per FantasyPros) doesn't at all reflect the massive amount of upside he'll carry into the upcoming campaign.

It took a while for the 49ers to make him a priority in their passing attack last season, but his furious finish proved what he can do with a big opportunity. Over his final two outings, he turned 18 targets into 14 receptions for 210 yards and a couple of scores.

Now, is he guaranteed to see that level of volume this time around? Honestly, it kind of feels like yes, if only due to the dearth of viable options around him. Brandon Aiyuk is hurt, Jauan Jennings is banged up (and wants a new contract), Deebo Samuel is gone and Demarcus Robinson is suspended for the first three games.

It isn't quite Pearsall-or-bust in this aerial attack since George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey are still around, but in the receiving room, it's sort of exactly that. In other words, it'll be awfully easy for fantasy managers to value Pearsall for his projected involvement, but they should also appreciate his talent, upside and explosive finish to his rookie season.

Sleeper WR: Keon Coleman, Buffalo Bills

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If you were tasked with ranking the NFL's best quarterbacks right now, how many names would get mentioned ahead of Buffalo's Josh Allen? Two? Three? None? Whatever the answer is, it obviously isn't big.

Coleman, then, gets the benefit of playing alongside perhaps the league's best passer, but it goes further than that. There's a non-zero chance he becomes the first option for Allen in this passing game.

Granted, Coleman will have to do more to seize that role than he did as a rookie, when he finished with 29 catches for 556 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games. That said, his big-play ability shined through that otherwise seemingly quiet stat line. His average reception spanned a whopping 19.2 yards, and he did a solid job of converting four of those 29 grabs into points.

In a perfect world, that was all stage-setting for a breakout 2025 season. If that's how this plays out, fantasy managers will be wondering why they didn't draft Coleman a lot sooner. At his current ADP (117th overall, 48th at receiver), there's virtually no risk but major potential rewards.