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

Quarterback saw plenty of changes a year ago, with players such as Tua Tagovailoa, Jared Goff and Jordan Love moving into the top 10 overall in productivity. Bigger names such as Justin Herbert, Kyler Murray and Kirk Cousins all stumbled due to injury or less productive play, potentially sinking their 2024 Fantasy football projections. Now, the search for 2024 Fantasy football breakouts is on as owners are taking a close look at quarterback and other positions to find the players who will outperform their position in the 2024 Fantasy football rankings. Which overlooked players should you target in the 2024 Fantasy football tiers? 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: Chargers wide receiver Ladd McConkey. Los Angeles went into the offseason facing dire salary-cap circumstances and had to release Mike Williams and trade Keenan Allen to get back to compliance. Now the wide receivers' room has a different look and feel and McConkey will be a big part of the rebuild.

The second-round pick out of Georgia has sub-4.4 speed in the 40-yard-dash and he's a dynamic route runner. He already figures to start in the slot where he can make use of his short-area quickness. Justin Herbert is battling an injury during training camp but if McConkey can quickly build a rapport, the model predicts that he finishes ahead of fellow rookie Xavier Worthy and second-year wideout Jordan Aaddision (who are both being drafted at least a round earlier on average).

Another breakout that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle. He is expected to compete with Ezekiel Elliott for touches in Dallas' backfield this season. Elliott is projected to get the majority of the work near the goal line, but Dowdle could be in for a big role in Dallas' passing game.

Last season, Dowdle averaged 8.5 yards per reception and finished the season with four total touchdowns. If Elliott, who has averaged 3.8 yards per carry or less in the past two seasons, is ineffective early in the season, Dowdle could see his workload increase. SportsLine's model is projecting Dowdle to outperform running backs like Elliott, Gus Edwards and Tyler Allgeier, making him one of the Fantasy football breakouts 2024 to target on draft day. 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.