Dave's top five third-year fantasy football sleepers, draft values, or breakout candidates for 2025. His top Year 3 draft targets, including Tucker Kraft.
Over the last few years, we have increasingly seen fantasy football managers lean into youth more than ever before. This is largely because we have had a plethora of young players enter the league and immediately return elite results.
However, just because a player isn’t a high-end contributor right out of the gates doesn’t mean he can't eventually become one. Sometimes, it takes a few years for players to fully mature and come into their own. We typically see this happen with wide receivers, and we often see them experience breakout seasons in their third year. While that’s the most common position where we see this phenomenon occur,