Winning your fantasy football league often comes down to the players you grab in the final rounds of your draft. While early-round stars set the foundation, it’s the late-round steals who can deliver league-winning upside at a bargain. Our 2025 list of Fantasy Football Late-Round Draft Steals comes straight from the trusted insights of our Featured Pros experts. These undervalued sleepers could turn into weekly starters — or even this year’s breakout stars — if you play your draft right. Let’s break down the late-round picks you can target to outsmart your league mates this season.
Late-Round Fantasy Football Draft Steals
Late-Round Running Back Steals
Which one RB outside the top 45 in half-PPR RB ADP do you plan to target in all drafts as a late-round steal and why?
Isaac Guerendo (RB – SF)
“I want all of the Isaac Guerendo. If Christian McCaffrey goes down with injury (and he’s more likely than most), Guerendo will be the definitive lead back, getting 20+ touches a game with a good chance to finish in the top 10 every week. You can find no more upside at this stage of the draft.”
– Ben Wasley (The Fantasy First Down)
“Isaac Guerendo. It’s not exactly a well-guarded secret in the fantasy community that the backup to Christian McCaffrey is a potentially lucrative lottery ticket, given McCaffrey’s extensive injury history and the historical production of running backs in Kyle Shanahan’s system. Jordan Mason played in place of an injured McCaffrey early last year and was averaging 120 yards from scrimmage per game over the first five games before getting hurt himself. We just need to make sure Guerendo has a firm grasp on the 49ers’ No. 2 RB job and isn’t being pushed by rookie Jordan James in training camp.”
– Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros)
Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB – WAS)
“The Washington Commanders selected Jacory Croskey-Merritt in the seventh round of the draft, which is not a position that excites fantasy owners, unless they are following Commanders media feeds and listening to what teammates and coaches are saying about him. Luckily for Croskey-Merritt, he has many factors that could lead to him earning a role in his first year and rewarding owners who take a risk on him. He has great size for an NFL back at 5-foot-11 and 206 pounds, the backfield (Brian Robinson, Austin Ekeler, Jeremy McNichols, Chris Rodriguez) isn’t overly solid without a 1,000-yard rusher in 2024 (or since 2021) and he has fresh legs after eligibility issues limited him to a single game in his last year at Arizona. If looking for a player to stash in the last round of redraft leagues, those who take Croskey-Merritt could be rewarded with a player who has a larger role when the fantasy playoffs roll around.”
– Adam Dove (The Fantasy Couriers)
MarShawn Lloyd (RB – GB)
“MarShawn Lloyd is a forgotten man after an injury-wrecked rookie season. But he remains an intriguing prospect and has a clear path to the No. 2 job in Green Bay. That’d make him a high-upside handcuff behind Josh Jacobs. And Lloyd could even carve out a big enough role behind Jacobs to have some standalone value. Head coach Matt LaFleur tends to favor committee backfields.”
– Jared Smola (Draft Sharks)
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