Ryan Kirksey's second-year fantasy football draft targets and league-winners for 2025. His top sophomore risers and must-have players, including Ladd McConkey.

There is a popular theory in fantasy football circles that players in their second year make a huge leap up to the next level of production. Rookies take a while to get acclimated to the NFL, the pace of play, and the more physical game they were used to in college. With a year of the offensive playbook ingrained in them, second-year players can often be league-winners.

As the 2025 fantasy football season gets closer, there is no shortage of second-year players who should be elite assets for fantasy teams this year. Many of these players already offered league-winning upside as rookies, so if they take another leap, we could be

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