11 Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers: Dynasty (2025)

Below is a look at who is rising and who is falling in dynasty fantasy football after Week 13.

Dynasty Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers

Dynasty Fantasy Football Risers

Trey McBride (TE – ARI)

There was no doubt atop the dynasty tight end rankings coming into the season. The consensus was Brock Bowers, followed by Trey McBride, with a sizeable gap to the TE3. McBride is quietly putting together a dominant season and may have surpassed Bowers for the TE1 spot in the process.

After accusations that he may be allergic to the end zone, McBride has put that narrative to bed with eight touchdowns on the season, including seven across his last seven games. He corralled eight of his nine targets this week for 82 yards and a touchdown, en route to 22.2 fantasy points, marking the fifth game he’s cleared 20 points in his last five games.

The former Colorado State Ram (shoutout Jim Mora) is averaging 18.7 fantasy points per game (PPG), 3.3 points more than the TE2, and is outscoring the TE2 by a whopping 60.9 points overall. For context, his 18.7 PPG would make him the WR7 behind Ja’Marr Chase.

The switch from Kyler Murray to Jacoby Brissett has done wonders for McBride, and it doesn’t matter who is suited up at wide receiver; McBride is the top target in this offense and one of the best pass-catchers in the NFL.

Dontayvion Wicks (WR – GB)

Perhaps the toughest wide receiver corps to evaluate across the NFL, the Packers boast a bevy of talented pass-catchers but lack a true No. 1 WR. While we’ve seen flashes and spike weeks from Dontayvion Wicks in the past, he’s been unable to sustain any sort of success consistently. He posted his best game of the season on Sunday with six grabs for 94 yards and two scores, netting 28 fantasy points.

Wicks has seen added opportunities across the last few weeks with Matthew Golden banged up, in addition to Tucker Kraft joining Jayden Reed on injured reserve (IR). Still, Wicks’ 49% snap share on Sunday fell far below Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs, who played 73% and 84%, respectively.

It’s far from a guarantee that Wicks will maintain the target volume he’s seen in recent weeks or continue making the most of them, but he was a breakout pick of mine last season and has shown the ability to perform at a high level. It will be interesting to see his usage as Reed and Golden return. At a minimum, Wicks has put himself back on the radar.

Jalen Coker (WR – CAR)

Despite playing eight fewer snaps than Xavier Legette and 12 fewer than Tetairoa McMillan, Jalen Coker led the Panthers with six targets, corralling four of them for 74 yards and a touchdown. It’s taken some time for Coker to get up to speed following his six-week absence to begin the season due to a quad strain, but he’s coming along in recent weeks.

Coker has hit double-digit fantasy points in two of his last three games, including 17.9 this week. Outside of McMillan, the Panthers lack quality pass-catchers. It’s been clear since his mid-season breakout last year that Coker is a better playmaker than Legette or any of the team’s other options.

Blake Corum (RB – LAR)

Blake Corum found himself on the risers list earlier this season as his usage was increasing, but Sunday marked his best game yet. Corum toted the rock seven times for 81 yards and a score for 14.1 fantasy points. He played just 33% of the snaps in this one compared to 67% for Kyren Williams, who also found the end zone, but Corum has been consistently involved in the offense.

Corum has seen at least seven carries across the last six games, and with the potency of the Rams’ offense, that’s enough to be in lineup consideration with a positive game script. If he continues to run well, he may begin to see a larger share of the workload moving forward.

Chris Olave (WR – NO)

After exploding onto the scene as a rookie, Chris Olave has failed to live up to expectations over the last season and a half. Although he posted a modest score of 14.7 points on Sunday, Chris Olave has been on a heater recently, particularly after the departure of Rashid Shaheed and the emergence of Tyler Shough.

From Week 7 onward, Olave is averaging 16.9 PPG, good for the WR10 in that time span. He’s accumulated 221 yards and two touchdowns across the last two weeks. With a favorable schedule the rest of the way, Olave has an opportunity to take a lot of momentum into the offseason.

Adonai Mitchell (WR – NYJ)

Both John Metchie and Adonai Mitchell made the risers list last week, and while I don’t often go back-to-back weeks for a player, I’ll make an exception for Mitchell. He officially put his stamp on his status as a dynasty riser after securing eight out of 12 targets for 102 yards and a touchdown in a win over the Falcons on Sunday.

A former second-round pick of the Colts, Mitchell is explosive with the size and speed combination to excel in the NFL. He was a raw prospect with respect to his physicality and hands, but could always win underneath and over the top. It’s glorious to see a player excel with a change of scenery, especially one whom you believed in as a prospect. It’s even more glorious if you roster him in dynasty.

Jayden Higgins (WR – HOU)

We are beginning to see why the Texans made Jayden Higgins the 34th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. He posted a career-high 65 yards on Sunday while bringing in all five of his targets and tallying 11.5 fantasy points.

Higgins has now cleared double-digit fantasy points in four of his last six games. While he’s still well behind Nico Collins in the pecking order, he’s clearly the second option in the passing attack. Higgins has amassed 28 targets over the last four games and has topped 50 yards or scored a touchdown in each of those games.

Dynasty Fantasy Football Fallers

Ricky Pearsall (WR – SF)

Despite leading all 49ers wide receivers with 58 offensive snaps, Ricky Pearsall managed just two receptions for 14 yards. It was a strong start to the season for Pearsall, but after missing six games with a knee injury, the first-round pick has totaled just 20 yards across the last three games.

Pearsall has shown a propensity for injury, and in an offense in need of dynamic receivers, you’d hope that he would have shown more as we near the end of his second season. Perhaps he is still working his way back to full health, but he was held out longer than expected and Kyle Shanahan stated they were not willing to bring him back before he was fully healthy.

Saquon Barkley (RB – PHI)

We’re not breaking any news here, but it’s been a tough season for Saquon Barkley and the Eagles’ offense, particularly on the ground. After carrying the ball 13 times for 56 yards on Friday, Barkley is on pace for 1,048 rushing yards, just over half of his total last season.

Barkley’s 5.6 fantasy points on Friday were his second-lowest total this season, and he’s cleared 20 points in just one game this season. He’s tied for the RB16 in PPG this season with Rico Dowdle and Travis Etienne, a far cry from the elite status we’ve come to expect from Saquon.

DK Metcalf (WR – PIT)

After a brief stretch of success early in the season for DK Metcalf, it’s been tough sledding over the last couple of months. The Steelers’ offense has been circling the drain for many weeks, but Metcalf has done very little to carry the load. On Sunday, he caught three passes for 32 yards. Metcalf has failed to hit 50 yards in each of the last five weeks while surpassing double-digit fantasy points just twice in his past seven games.

Metcalf is suffering the same fate that we saw from George Pickens in previous seasons, running a limited route tree with a heavy dose of go routes along the sideline, playing in a run-heavy offense and dealing with suboptimal quarterback play. That’s not a recipe for success, and Metcalf isn’t good enough to overcome the obstacles.

Rome Odunze (WR – CHI)

It looked as though Rome Odunze was in the fast lane heading towards a breakout season after the first few weeks of the season. Whether it’s through his own faults, Caleb Williams‘ limitations or a product of the Bears’ offense, Odunze has failed to take the next step as an elite-level receiver.

It’s difficult to ignore the low points we’ve seen from the second-year receiver this season. Odunze caught just two passes for eight yards on Friday, just four weeks removed from posting a donut in the box score. In between these games, Odunze posted yardage totals of 86, 41 and 53. He’s found the end zone just once since the team’s Week 5 bye and has topped double-digit fantasy points in just two of those games. He’s sitting as the WR29 in PPG this season while largely being valued as a dynasty WR1.