Deep Fantasy Football Sleepers: Wide Receivers (2025)

Who should be concerned about which NFL players often go undrafted in fantasy football? Well, fantasy football managers – that’s who. While it’s obviously important to hit during the early rounds of drafts, nailing on those late-round, high-upside targets can also be integral to success over the course of a season. That’s why it helps to know which players are regularly available near the end of drafts, and which of those players to take a chance on instead of allowing them to go “undrafted.” Here are a few of our favorite fantasy football sleepers for deep leagues.

Fantasy Football Sleepers for Deep Leagues

Keenan Allen (WR – LAC): ADP 164 / WR61

Allen took a one-year sojourn in Chicago, but he’s back in his long-time home of Southern California. This time around, the six-time Pro Bowler is not the No. 1 option in the passing game, and the Chargers don’t really need him to be. Allen is, however, a seasoned vet who can serve as a sure-handed safety valve for a QB he’s very familiar with in Justin Herbert.

Allen played 15 games for the Bears last season, hauling in 70 passes for 744 yards and seven touchdowns. He may be better as a PPR option, but there should be something left on the bone regardless of fantasy format.

Jalen McMillan (WR – TB): ADP 165 / WR62

Yes, Mr. 1,000 yards Mike Evans leads the way. First-round rookie Emeka Egbuka is the hot name in Tampa Bay. Chris Godwin is still lurking, but health is often a question for the eight-year pro, as it is right now.

Chris Godwin #Buccaneers

Reports that he may start the season on PUP. This is not a shocker, many people are undervaluing the severity of the injury he is returning from.

I hope he can return and play well but it will be incredibly difficult https://t.co/KDOyOh14Au

— Tom Christ, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT (@FantasyInjuryT) August 14, 2025

Enter McMillan, who went on a serious run down the stretch of his first NFL campaign. The Buccaneers went 4-1 over the final five weeks of last season, averaging 33.4 points per game while clinching a division title in the process. With Godwin on the shelf, McMillan stepped up, averaging 4.8 receptions for 63.2 yards in that span. More importantly, he hit paydirt in every game, hauling in seven touchdowns in total.

Alec Pierce (WR – IND): ADP 207.5 / WR74

The QB situation isn’t ideal. The volume isn’t ideal. It may not matter for Pierce, and that’s all baked into the risk-free draft cost. He will disappear from the Colts’ offense at times, but Pierce led the NFL with 22.3 yards per reception last season and found the end zone in seven separate games despite only catching 37 total passes.

Pierce went over 100 yards three times in 2024, adding in games of 81 and 74 yards along the way. It’s a weekly dart throw with the former second-round pick out of Cincinnati. In deeper leagues, he’s often worth the gamble.