Fantasy football rankings 2024: Breakouts from top NFL model that nailed Jahmyr Gibbs' huge season

Running back Austin Ekeler spent seven seasons with the Chargers, with several of those campaigns resulting in Fantasy football stardom. He is now entering his first season with the Commanders and hoping for a fresh start following an injury-riddled season. Ekeler will reunite with former head coach Anthony Lynn, who is now Washington's running backs coach. Is Ekeler flying under the radar as one of the 2024 Fantasy football sleepers? The veteran could share time with Brian Robinson Jr., who rushed for 733 yards and five touchdowns on 178 carries. Will Robinson wind up as one of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts in the 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: Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. The legacy wideout is coming off a strong college career, ranked third and sixth, respectively, in Pro Football Focus receiving grade over the past two years. He has the size and talent to become a stud right away in the NFL, especially given Arizona's depth chart.

The Cardinals do not have many quality targets for quarterback Kyler Murray, as tight end Trey McBride is the only legitimate competitor to lead the team in receptions. Harrison could immediately wind up near the top of the league in targets, especially since the Cardinals love to throw the ball with Murray. Harrison is a popular breakout pick, but the model thinks he deserves the hype.

Another breakout that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers. The former LSU standout led the SEC in receptions (89) and receiving yards (1,569) last season while ranking second in receiving touchdowns (14). Now, he'll join a Giants team in desperate need of a playmaker on the outside.

New York ranked 31st in passing offense last year and the offense has since lost its best two players, running back Saquon Barkley and tight end Darren Waller. Nabers brings elite versatility to New York after he split time between the slot and out wide at LSU, while offering both game-breaking speed and yards after catch ability. He ranked eighth in FBS last season with 17.6 yards per reception (min. 50 catches). 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.