3 Wide Receivers Experts Love to Draft (2025 Fantasy Football)

When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and others to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Let’s dive into a few notable fantasy football players below. And you can check out which experts are higher or lower than our expert consensus rankings using our Fantasy Football Rankings Comparison Tools.

Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Wide Receivers to Target

Let’s dive into players our experts like more than the expert consensus rankings.

Players to Target

Davante Adams (WR – LAR)

Despite splitting time between the Raiders and Jets last season, Davante Adams still posted his fifth straight 1,000-yard campaign and finished as the WR14 (WR10 in points per game). He averaged over 2.0 yards per route run and ranked top-5 in both red-zone targets and targets share (27%), showing no signs of an age-related decline. Pairing with Matthew Stafford only boosts his outlook, especially under dome conditions in a highly competitive NFC West. Adams should feast as a reliable WR2, and his ceiling only rises if Puka Nacua misses time entering his third season.
– Andrew Erickson

Calvin Ridley (WR – TEN)

Calvin Ridley quietly returned solid value in 2024, topping 1,000 yards and leading the NFL in air yard share (48%). He surged late in the year, averaging 11.6 points per game (WR26) after DeAndre Hopkins was traded. With Nick Westbrook-Ikhine gone and No. 1 pick Cam Ward stepping in, Ridley remains the clear WR1 in Brian Callahan’s offense. He’s never finished worse than WR26 in a healthy season, making him a strong bet to beat his ADP again in 2025.
– Andrew Erickson

Jayden Reed (WR – GB)

Jayden Reed flashed big-play upside in 2024, posting two games with 138+ yards early in the season and finishing as fantasy’s WR26 overall (WR38 in ppg). However, his slot-only usage capped his opportunity – with just 68% route participation (71st among WRs) and only 4.4 targets per game. Despite the limited volume, Reed remained efficient, ranking 19th in yards per route run (2.2), and has led Green Bay in receptions and yards for two straight seasons. Even after the team drafted Matthew Golden in Round 1, Reed is still viewed internally as the pseudo-WR1. In an offense that spreads the ball around, his ceiling may be capped, but a bump in target share could lead to Reed smashing his ADP in 2025.
– Andrew Erickson