Fantasy football rankings 2024: Breakouts from an NFL model that nailed Jahmyr Gibbs' big season

Tank Dell was a third-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft and went largely unselected in Fantasy football last season. Still, any owners who used an early-season waiver claim on him were handsomely rewarded, which proves even players taken after the first round of the NFL Draft can have significant impacts as Fantasy football rookies. Dell was forming a strong connection with Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud midway into both of their rookie seasons before the former's season ended due to a broken leg in Week 13. Dell is healthy this season, but the Texans added established offensive playmakers in Stefon Diggs and Joe Mixon this year, so how should that affect Dell's placement in 2024 Fantasy football rankings? Before crafting your 2024 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2024 Fantasy football rankings and 2024 Fantasy football cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine .

Last year, the model accurately predicted that Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs would carry significantly more value than expected during his rookie season. The result: Gibbs rushed for 945 yards and 10 touchdowns while also catching 52 passes for 316 yards and a score. Gibbs was coming off the board in the middle of the fourth round on average but finished as a top-10 running back in CBS Sports PPR leagues.

The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, identifying A.J. Brown as a sleeper in 2020 and nailing Jonathan Taylor's monstrous season in 2021. Additionally, it's called past Fantasy football sleepers like Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018, and Davante Adams in 2017. Anybody who banked on players like those made a run at their league title.

The model is powered by the same people who generated projections for all three major Fantasy sites, and it beat human experts last season when there was a big difference in ranking. The projections update multiple times daily, so you're always getting the best Fantasy football advice.

Now, SportsLine has simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released its latest Fantasy football rankings 2024, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them .

Top 2024 Fantasy football breakouts

One of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Bears quarterback Caleb Williams. The former Heisman Trophy winner was the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and the first of six quarterbacks selected in the first 12 picks. However, he's arguably walking into the best offense of all of them and he should be able to reap the benefits of a supporting cast much better than most No. 1 picks have seen.

Chicago traded out of the No. 1 pick in 2023 for a package that included two first-round picks, two second-round picks and D.J. Moore. As a result, they landed Williams and will now pair him with Moore, six-time Pro Bowler Keenan Allen, fellow first-round pick Rome Odunze, Cole Kmet and Pro Bowl running back D'Andre Swift. It's an embarrassment of riches and a big reason that the model predicts Williams finishes as the top rookie quarterback and even outperforms last year's passing yardage champion Tua Tagovailoa.

Another breakout that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers. The Giants selected Nabers with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and if it wasn't for Marvin Harrison going at No. 4 overall and above him in 2024 Fantasy football drafts, Nabers could have been looking at the highest ADP in Fantasy football history this season. He has the physical tools at 6-foot, 200 pounds to be a WR1 in the NFL and he finished second in college football in receiving yards (1,569) while scoring 14 touchdowns at LSU.

Nabers had all this production while playing alongside Brian Thomas Jr., who was the No. 23 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. There's an argument to be made that Thomas is more talented than any receiver he'll play with on the Giants this season with Darius Slayton, Wan'Dale Robinson and Jalin Hyatt as his biggest competition for targets among wideouts. Nabers could become Daniel Jones' top option in the passing game in Week 1 and after going 6-11 last year, New York may need to throw often, which boosts Nabers 2024 Fantasy football outlook. See which other Fantasy football breakouts 2024 to pick here .

How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football football rankings

SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising running back you aren't even thinking about being taken in the middle rounds of 2024 Fantasy football drafts. This running back is listed as a shocking top-10 option ahead of superstars like Jonathan Taylor and Joe Mixon. You can only see who it is, and the 2024 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine .

So which 2024 Fantasy Football breakouts should you target? And which RB shocks the NFL with a top-10 performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2024 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that called Jahmyr Gibbs' breakout season , and find out.