Top 5 Most Polarizing Wide Receivers to Draft (2025 Fantasy Football)

While the 2025 fantasy football redraft season is still months away, FantasyPros already has early rankings up. One of FantasyPros’ awesome features is the standard deviation tool that gives fantasy players an idea of how much of a consensus there is among the experts regarding a certain player.

Today, I look at five wide receivers with a higher standard deviation, examine the argument or reasoning behind the disagreement among the experts, and give my opinion on whether the player is ranked too high or too low in the rankings.

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Most Polarizing Wide Receivers

Tee Higgins (CIN) — WR12 | 2.1 STD. DEV

Higgins’ fantasy value will drastically change depending on what happens with him this offseason. While the FantasyPros rankings have the star receiver as the WR12 in their rankings, Higgins could fall outside the top 24, depending on which team he plays for next season. However, his ideal fantasy landing spot is to remain in Cincinnati. He missed five games because of injuries. Yet, Higgins finished as the WR4 on a points-per-game basis, averaging 15.5 half-point PPR fantasy points per game, posting a higher average than Puka Nacua (15.2).

Chris Olave (NO) — WR28 | 2.3 STD. DEV

While Olave is the Saints’ clear-cut No. 1 wide receiver, he had fewer total half-point PPR fantasy points than Rashid Shaheed last year (69.8 vs. 60.7) despite playing in more games (eight vs. seven). Therefore, expect the former Ohio State star to be one of the more polarizing wide receivers heading into the 2025 season. Yet, Olave’s talent is undeniable. Furthermore, his struggles last year were partly because of multiple concussions. Even with Derek Carr under center, I will draft Olave, especially as the 28th wide receiver off the board.

Jerry Jeudy (CLE) — WR31 | 2.2 STD. DEV

The fantasy community had given up on Jeudy heading into last season. The veteran had little value with Deshaun Watson under center. Yet, that changed once Jameis Winston took over as the starter. Jeudy was the WR4 from Week 8 through Week 15, with Winston starting, averaging 9.9 targets and 17.6 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. However, his numbers were slightly inflated by a 36 fantasy point performance in Week 13 against his former team. I’m out on drafting Jeudy unless Winston is starting for the Browns next year.

Cooper Kupp (LAR) — WR41 | 2.8 STD. DEV

Unfortunately, Kupp has likely played his final game for the Rams, as the team plans to trade him this offseason. The veteran wide receiver isn’t the superstar he was a few years ago. However, Kupp is far from washed. He finished as the WR22 on a points-per-game basis last season, averaging 11.8 half-point PPR fantasy points per contest, posting a higher average than DJ Moore (11.1) and Tyreek Hill (10.5). Fantasy players should be interested in drafting Kupp as a WR3 in 2025, depending on where he lands this offseason.

Quentin Johnston (LAC) — WR51 | 2.5 STD. DEV

Fantasy players should have high expectations for Ladd McConkey next year after an impressive rookie season. However, don’t forget about Johnston. After an awful rookie year, the former TCU star was a solid flex option in 2024, finishing as the WR37, averaging 9.8 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. Furthermore, he led the Chargers in receiving touchdowns (eight) while ranking second in every other receiving category behind McConkey. Unless the team adds a big-name pass catcher in the offseason, Johnston could be positional to have a third-year breakout in 2025.

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