Many wide receivers are appropriately priced at Underdog Fantasy. However, a trio of wideouts are undervalued. Two of the highlighted wide receivers have a fantasy football average draft position (ADP) inside the top 80 picks, but one is picked outside the top 150. Here are three wide receivers that are currently undervalued in fantasy football drafts.
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Undervalued Wide Receivers for 2025 Fantasy Football
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Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN) | ADP: 57.8/WR33
The Bo Nix draft pick didn’t have encouraging results through two games, and Courtland Sutton struggled mightily in those games, posting 5.8 and 3.1 half-PPR points. Fortunately, Nix and Sutton rebounded, with the latter finishing tied for the WR22 in half-PPR points per game (11.8) among wide receivers with more than three games played in 2024.
Sutton’s production over the full season, including the first two weeks, was stellar. Still, if you eliminate the first two games, his numbers are even more impressive. According to the data suite at Fantasy Points, Sutton had the following numbers from Week 3 through the Wild Card Round:
- 78.5% route participation
- 13.8 yards average depth of target (aDOT)
- 46.4% air yards share
- 24.4% target share
- 0.27 targets per route run
- 33.1% first-read percentage
- 14 end-zone targets
- 81 receptions (5.1 per game)
- 1,092 receiving yards (68.3 per game)
- 2.38 yards per route run
- 8 touchdowns
- 12.6 half-PPR points per game
- 15.3 expected half-PPR points per game
If Sutton posted his numbers from Week 3 through the Wild Card Round over the full season, he would have ranked third in air yards share, tied for 13th in target share, ninth in first-read percentage, 15th in yards per route run, tied for eighth in end-zone targets and 14th in expected half-PPR points per game among 128 wide receivers with at least 150 routes.
The Broncos need to add at least one more weapon to the passing attack, but more than one would be ideal. They also need to upgrade their backfield. Those additions could eat into Sutton’s usage. Nevertheless, his 2024 production with a rookie signal-caller was much better than his WR33 fantasy football ADP, making him a steal. Sutton should be picked over a handful of wide receivers he’s going behind.
Khalil Shakir (WR – BUF) | ADP: 79.1/WR44
Khalil Shakir doesn’t have an Earth-shattering ceiling. Nevertheless, he’s an undervalued, steady contributor. Among wideouts who played more than three games in 2024, Shakir was tied with George Pickens for WR41 in half-PPR points per game (9.6).
Shakir’s best weekly finish was WR10 in Week 14, his only week as a WR1. However, he was a WR2 four times and a WR3 four additional times. Shakir was a top-36 half-PPR wideout in nine of his 15 games, with an additional WR38 finish.
Shakir is being drafted essentially where he finished in a breakout campaign. There’s meat on the bone for him to improve on last year’s finish. Per the data suite at Fantasy Points, among 128 wide receivers with at least 150 routes (including the postseason), Shakir was the WR44 in expected half-PPR points per game (11.2), more than his 9.5 half-PPR points per game.
Shakir’s most straightforward paths to expanding upon last year’s stellar season would be ticking up from a 69.9% route participation rate, the Bills increasing their situation-neutral pass rate or Buffalo facing more negative game scripts in 2025.
According to RotoViz’s pace app, the Bills were tied for the fifth-lowest situation-neutral pass rate (51%) last season. They don’t need to revert to their pass-happy days to increase the pass-catching opportunities for Shakir and Buffalo’s pass-catching weapons. Shakir is an ideal floor-setting low-end WR3 or high-end WR4, allowing gamers to take swings on more volatile, boom-or-bust wideouts.
Jalen Coker (WR – CAR) | ADP: 153.9/WR66
The Panthers traded up from the second round to the 32nd pick in the first round to pick Xavier Legette last year, but undrafted free agent Jalen Coker was their most impressive rookie wideout. He was snapped up quickly after the draft as a priority undrafted free agent (UDFA), receiving a notable $25,000 signing bonus and over $200,000 in guaranteed money. Carolina’s investment paid off.
Coker had Pro Football Focus’ (PFF) sixth-highest receiving grade among 19 rookie wide receivers with at least 20 targets in 2024. He was also tied for eighth in yards per route run (2.97) in man coverage among 111 wide receivers with at least 10 targets.
Coker didn’t run any routes until running four in Week 4, but ran at least 13 in 10 games after that, reaching at least 26 eight times. Despite his late debut, Coker had three finishes with at least 10.5 half-PPR points in his final 10 games, tallying 15.8 in Week 8 (WR12), 19 in Week 11 (WR11) and 10.5 in Week 18 (WR33).
Coker had an uphill battle even to make Carolina’s active roster. He also had a steep learning curve after playing college football at Holy Cross. Coker exceeded even the most ambitious expectations in his rookie season. His lack of draft capital could put his playing time at risk if the Panthers keep taking swings at wide receiver. Yet, after playing well in his rookie season, it’s easy to dream about his impressive measurables.
Jalen Coker is a WR prospect in the 2024 draft class. He scored a 8.54 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 497 out of 3402 WR from 1987 to 2024. https://t.co/abjYvrshXj pic.twitter.com/WQvXizoJdI
– Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 17, 2024
Coker’s WR66 ADP is over-correcting for his lack of meaningful draft capital. He’s an appealing pick at or a bit ahead of his ADP.
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