35 Fantasy Football Draft Values Experts Target (2025)

FantasyPros prides itself on many things. One of the most unique aspects we bring to fantasy football content is our expert consensus rankings (ECR), a collection of over 100 aggregated industry expert fantasy football rankings.

While ECR can often be wildly different from average draft position (ADP) data of different sites, it is helpful to see where potential values and pitfalls may lie. In this article, we’ll take a look at the players whose values are significantly different in Underdog ADP versus ECR. Here are fantasy football draft values experts target.

Fantasy Football Draft Values Experts Love

35 Players ECR Is Higher On

Player Name TEAM ECR ADP ADP vs. ECR
Evan Engram DEN 66.2 109.9 -43.7
Matthew Stafford LAR 121.2 156.1 -34.9
C.J. Stroud HOU 102.6 131.3 -28.7
Christian Kirk HOU 104.2 132.8 -28.6
Tucker Kraft GB 105.2 132.7 -27.5
Rico Dowdle CAR 141.4 168.6 -27.2
David Njoku CLE 94.2 119.7 -25.5
Hunter Henry NE 149.8 174.7 -24.9
Jake Ferguson DAL 114.4 138.2 -23.8
Travis Etienne JAC 102.6 124.9 -22.3
Tank Bigsby JAC 130 151.9 -21.9
Dylan Sampson CLE 160.4 182.3 -21.9
Jaylen Wright MIA 158.8 180.4 -21.6
MarShawn Lloyd GB 172 190.6 -18.6
Tua Tagovailoa MIA 128 145.8 -17.8
Trevor Lawrence JAC 112.4 129.8 -17.4
Rhamondre Stevenson NE 109.8 126.8 -17
Trey Benson ARI 131.4 147.5 -16.1
Pat Freiermuth PIT 152.8 168.6 -15.8
Brock Purdy SF 94.6 109.1 -14.5
Justin Fields NYJ 79.4 93.7 -14.3
Drake Maye NE 103.2 117 -13.8
Isiah Pacheco KC 83.6 97.2 -13.6
Mark Andrews BAL 93.8 107.2 -13.4
Dalton Kincaid BUF 127.4 140.1 -12.7
Najee Harris LAC 92 104.5 -12.5
Aaron Jones MIN 68 79.6 -11.6
J.J. McCarthy MIN 125 136.5 -11.5
Adam Thielen CAR 147.8 159.3 -11.5
Kenneth Walker III SEA 41.6 52.9 -11.3
Joe Burrow CIN 38.8 49.8 -11
Mike Evans TB 25.4 36.3 -10.9
Baker Mayfield TB 73.6 84.4 -10.8
Jayden Daniels WAS 30.8 41.4 -10.6
Alvin Kamara NO 44.6 55 -10.4

Evan Engram headlines players ECR loves compared to ADP, with him ranked almost four full rounds higher. Engram landed with the Broncos after being cut by the Jaguars in an offseason where Sean Payton couldn’t help but talk about needing a joker in his offense.

Many ECR rankers expect that to be Engram, but maybe this price is a little high for a player who ranked 28th among tight ends in yards after the catch per game last year (13.5).

Matthew Stafford is another player ECR is aggressive on, with the Rams quarterback remaining in Los Angeles for at least one more season and having no worse of a situation now that the team acquired Davante Adams.

Last year, Stafford failed to score more than one touchdown in 10 games and surpassed two touchdowns just twice. If he takes a step forward, finding more touchdowns will likely be key to that.

Travis Etienne seems to be out of favor in Jacksonville, with Bhayshul Tuten the clear desire of the new coaching staff, but it’s worth remembering that Tuten is still a fourth-round rookie and Etienne once upon a time was a first-round pick.

Etienne has his flaws, but ECR is expecting him to be the most useful back in Jacksonville this year and he is ranked two rounds ahead of his ADP.

The Steelers moved on from George Pickens and cleared the path for Pat Freiermuth to be the second pass-catching option in Pittsburgh. It seems ECR is confident the Steelers will figure out the quarterback situation and currently have Freiermuth ranked 15 spots ahead of ADP. If Aaron Rodgers signs in Pittsburgh, we can expect Freiermuth’s ADP to catch up to this ranking.

Justin Fields is an ECR favorite, ranking 14.3 spots ahead of ADP. Fields will be grateful for his new start in New York after spending the last 12 games of the season on the bench while Russell Wilson took over starter duties.

Fields was up and down for fantasy in his time as the starter, scoring over 18 points in three games and averaging 13.1 in the other three. Fields had career bests in completion rate (65.8%) and interception rate (0.6%), but he managed only a disappointing five passing touchdowns in six games.

Fields was very much playing things safe at times. However, he was one of only three quarterbacks with multiple rushing touchdown games last year. The other two were Jalen Hurts and Josh Allen. That upside is hard to ignore.

Joe Burrow‘s ECR ranking of 38.8 feels very aggressive for a non-rushing quarterback. His ADP is at 49.9, and he tends to stick to that because he lines up nicely to stack with either Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins or both

Burrow is an excellent quarterback, but almost every year, one of the non-rushing options gets elevated near the top tier, and it becomes very difficult for them to pay off their ADP.

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