With just the Super Bowl remaining to close out the 2024-25 fantasy football calendar year, it is time to focus on next season, with an early look at sleepers to target.

Several players closed out this season strong and captured my attention, so I’m jotting them down to keep track of with free agency and the 2025 NFL Draft right around the corner (both of which have the potential to alter this list). Here are a few early fantasy football sleepers to keep an eye on.

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Early Redraft Fantasy Football Sleepers

Jakobi Meyers (WR – LV)

Want another bargain-basement option you can use next year? Look no further than Meyers, who continues to fly under the fantasy radar each season despite improving his statistics yearly since 2021.

If you want to win some bar bets this offseason, Meyers’ 2024 statistics are a fantastic place to start. His 129 targets topped other household names like Tyreek Hill, Terry McLaurin and Zay Flowers. He finished with more receiving yards (1,027) than Calvin Ridley, Mike Evans or George Pickens. Even though it feels like Meyers has been in the league since the Y2K scare, he just turned 28 and has several incredibly productive years ahead of him.

Atop the depth chart on a team utterly bereft of offensive talent other than Brock Bowers, Meyers is a shoo-in for low-end WR2 territory based upon pure volume alone — an upgrade under center through free agency (Kirk Cousins or Sam Darnold) or the draft (should the team acquire Cam Ward or Shedeur Sanders) would catapult his prospects and average draft position (ADP).

The cherry on top of his 2025 outlook? He enters a contract year determined to acquire a long-term extension (either with Las Vegas or elsewhere) and the most productive portion of his 2024 season came after the team parted ways with Davante Adams. I’ll be happy taking the non-sexy pick every draft when others reach on rookies.

Malik Washington (WR – MIA)

I’ve discussed Malik Washington in several articles this offseason, but I wanted to plant my flag again in case it went unnoticed thus far. A first glance over his rookie statistics isn’t particularly inspiring — 26 receptions on 36 targets for 223 yards and zero touchdowns won’t draw much attention for those unwilling to see the bigger picture.

Hopefully, you are.

I kept my eye on Washington all year long since I was a big fan of his skill set in college at the University of Virginia. His small stature but outstanding speed is a calling card of the Mike McDaniel playbook — spread apart defenses and force them to respect your speed, and then dominate the game with drag routes and slants with players that can add massive yardage after each reception.

Washington saw little action before Week 10 last year and was predominantly used as a return specialist. Extending the timeline even further, he only had 10 receptions entering Week 15, when Miami finally woke up and realized he was ready to handle a more prominent role. Over the final four weeks of the season, he reeled in 16 receptions on 20 targets and began siphoning work away from secondary options Jonnu Smith and Jaylen Waddle.

During the final game of the year against the New York Jets, Tyreek Hill utterly quit on the team halfway through the game and refused to retake the field after playing just 40% of the offensive snaps. Afterward, he notably stated that he was “out” from Miami and “needed to do what was best for his career” moving forward.

I’d be shocked if the team put up with that sort of behavior willingly and didn’t seek to trade him. Hill will enter 2025 at 31 years old and failed to eclipse the 1,000-yard receiving mark for the first time since 2019. I’m contemplating that he has lost a step and that his best days are behind him.

Miami has routinely finished among the league leaders in pass attempts each year and I don’t foresee that changing anytime soon. Washington’s talent, coupled with the uncertainty ahead of him on the depth chart and an offense needing pivot options, intrigues me. He has received little fanfare from other pundits, but I expect him to shine in training camp this year and be a much more significant part of Miami’s plans moving forward.