Fantasy Football Draft Sleepers (2025)

Thankfully, the 2025 fantasy football season is just around the corner. Each year, fantasy players want to construct their team with a proper mix of good-value players and upside sleepers while avoiding players with high bust potential. Here are notable players from the NFC West and their fantasy football outlook.

Fantasy Football Draft Sleepers: NFC West

ADP via FantasyPros

Fantasy Football Sleepers to Target

Cooper Kupp (SEA): ADP 87.3 | WR38

Kupp was once the top wide receiver in fantasy football. He finished as the WR1 in 2021, averaging 25.9 PPR fantasy points per game. While the veteran missed half the following season with an injury, Kupp finished as the WR1 on a points-per-game basis, averaging 22.4 fantasy points per outing. Unfortunately, Puka Nacua and injuries have limited his fantasy upside the past two years, averaging 13.7 fantasy points per game in 2023 and 14.6 last season.

However, Kupp is far from washed. He was the WR38 in 2024 and the WR19 on a points-per-game basis among wide receivers with at least nine games played despite his struggles late in the year. Furthermore, the veteran is more than just a solid bench option like his ADP suggests. Instead, the former Eastern Washington star had multiple spike weeks last season despite playing alongside Nacua, scoring 20 or more fantasy points in nearly half of the contests.

Some are concerned about the veteran after he was released by the Los Angeles Rams this offseason. However, Kupp is replacing DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett and their 182 targets from 2024 in Seattle. More importantly, new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak had the New Orleans Saints’ passing attack clicking last year before all the injuries happened. While he is no longer a superstar, Kupp is still a solid starting option for fantasy players, especially in three wide receiver leagues.

Ricky Pearsall (SF): ADP 98.3 | WR43

Unfortunately, Pearsall’s rookie season was ruined as the former Florida star missed the first six games after getting shot during an attempted robbery right before the start of the year. He was the WR81 last season, averaging 8.5 PPR fantasy points per game, finishing as the fourth-highest scoring 49ers’ wide receiver behind Jauan Jennings (14), Deebo Samuel (10.2), and Brandon Aiyuk (8.9). However, fantasy players should expect Pearsall to have a sophomore-year breakout, especially given San Francisco’s current wide receiver room.

The 49ers traded away Samuel this offseason. Unfortunately, Aiyuk will start the year on the Physically Unable to Perform list, likely missing at least the first six weeks before potentially spending most of the season on a snap count. More importantly, Jennings is dealing with a calf injury for the second time this offseason and is sitting out training camp looking for a new contract. Meanwhile, Pearsall has been a superstar as the team’s No. 1 wide receiver during training camp.

While he has finally moved ahead of Jennings in the ADP, Pearsall should get drafted as a mid-range WR3 and well before the veteran. Despite getting shot and having a limited role as a rookie, the former Florida star was outstanding when seeing the ball. He averaged 21.6 fantasy points per game in the three contests with six or more targets, totaling three receiving touchdowns. Pearsall can be a league-winning pick with a full-time role on offense.

Production	Jennings Full Season	Jennings Games w/6+ Targets (10)	Pearsall Full Season	Pearsall Games w/6+ Targets (3)
Target Share	22.7%	26.1%	12.9%	20.2%
Receiving Yards Per Game	65.0	77.8	36.4	94.3
Yards Per Route Run*	2.47	2.65	1.45	2.77
Fantasy Points Per Route Run*	0.53	0.60	0.34	0.64
Fantasy Points Per Game	14.0	17.7	8.5	21.6
WR Finish Over 17-Game Pace	WR17 (238.0)	WR4 (300.9)	WR50 (144.5)	WR2 (367.2)