Adam Koffler's 7 fantasy football dark-horse league-winners for the 2025 season. Target these seven sleepers with league-winning upside for 2025 fantasy drafts: Ricky Pearsall, Matthew Golden, Emeka Egbuka, Drake Maye, and more.

Writing about early-round players to target is fun, but writing about those "dark-horses" set to smash their average draft position (ADP) is even more fun. Check out my dark-horse overall WR1 contenders and my dark-horse overall RB1 contenders articles.

The best part about these dark horses is that you'll have a real shot to get most of them on your fantasy team. In most cases, it even makes sense to reach for these guys, as they could easily outperform their ADP. Each of the seven players listed below has an ADP outside the top-90 players in 2025.

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