Fantasy Football Draft Targets: Javon Baker, Khalil Shakir, Nico Collins, Michael Wilson (2024)

Underdog Fantasy best ball drafts began before the Super Bowl, and I jumped into the action immediately. As a result, I’ve selected 23 teams. Twenty teams were in The Little Board, and three were in The Big Board.

Now’s an excellent time to look at the players I’ve drafted the most frequently to this point.

Most-Rostered Best Ball Players (February 2024)

Wide Receivers

Rookie wide receivers are littered up and down the wide receivers table. They were comically underrated for the first few weeks after best ball drafts opened, but their ADPs are skyrocketing now. Javon Baker was almost always available in the final round of drafts until approximately a week ago. He had an eye-catching week of practices at the Senior Bowl, and FantasyPros Derek Brown is a believer.

Hello Javon Baker.

People are still sleeping on how good he is. https://t.co/2VGQXeRnVi

- Derek Brown (@DBro_FFB) February 24, 2024

Mike Renner from The Locked On Network and previously from PFF also had high praise for Baker before the Senior Bowl, comparing him to Victor Cruz.

Brian Thomas and Troy Franklin are projected to be first-round picks in our latest NFL consensus mock draft. Additionally, NFL Mock Draft Database projects Keon Coleman in the first round, Adonai Mitchell and Xavier Legette in the top 50 picks, Ja'Lynn Polk and Roman Wilson inside the top 60 selections and Malachi Corley within the top 70.

Furthermore, Wilson's standout performance at the Senior Bowl has strapped a rocket to his ADP's back, lifting him from the final round in Underdog Fantasy's drafts to a top-170 ADP. In other words, I scooped him up at a bargain before the market jumped onto the bandwagon.

Khalil Shakir is a useful standalone pick. However, the percentage of rosters he was drafted to was inflated by Allen's roster percentage. In addition, Michael Wilson was a cheap stacking choice with Murray.

Nico Collins and Dontayvion Wicks are on the table, and I recently highlighted them as draft values. Moreover, Wicks doubles as a sweet stacking selection with Love. Jayden Reed and Christian Watson are also players to stack with Love, albeit their ADPs are before their rocket-armed quarterback's ADP.

Andrei Iosivas wasn't completely overwhelmed in his rookie season, leaping from the Ivy League to the NFL. He's cheap exposure to Burrow and Cincinnati's offense and has elite physical tools.

Andrei Iosivas is a WR prospect in the 2023 draft class. He scored a 9.96 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 14 out of 3048 WR from 1987 to 2023. https://t.co/X6YqWnv4u7 pic.twitter.com/H6HY22ZS9h

- Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 15, 2023

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NFL Javon Baker Brian Thomas Troy Franklin Keon Coleman Adonai Mitchell Xavier Legette Ja'Lynn Polk Roman Wilson Malachi Corley Khalil Shakir Michael Wilson Nico Collins Dontayvion Wicks Jayden Reed Christian Watson Andrei Iosivas