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

Players like Jordan Love, Nico Collins and Rachaad White all broke out last year, but who can you identify as the players who could be 2024 Fantasy football breakouts? Cardinals receiver Michael Wilson is in line for more opportunities, even with the addition of Marvin Harrison Jr., after the Cards lost their top two receiver in terms of targets. Roster changes are one of the simplest avenues to a player getting the opportunity to reach his full potential, and should be the players your 2024 Fantasy football strategy focuses on. 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: Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels. Regardless of whether or not the No. 2 overall pick was in a serious quarterback competition with veteran Marcus Mariota, Daniels was named Washington's starter last week and his skill set is incredibly alluring.

He completed 72.2% of his passes for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns while throwing only four interceptions and also rushed for 1,134 yards and 10 scores. He's more dynamic as a runner than any other rookie quarterback in this class and his likely importance to the Commanders' rushing attack raises his floor substantially. That's why the model ranks him as a top-10 Fantasy football quarterback for 2024, ahead of talented second-year options like C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson.

Another breakout that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Packers receiver Jayden Reed. As a second-round rookie, Reed gave a glimpse of his Fantasy potential by leading Green Bay in receptions (64), receiving yards (793) and receiving TDs (eight). He managed to do this while playing in just 52.7% of offensive snaps, while second-year WR Romeo Doubs logged 77%. Now that Reed enters his sophomore season, his usage should get closer to that 77%, and more playing time means more chances to rack up stats.

Reed has already earned the trust of Jordan Love as the latter's passer rating when targeting Reed was 117.9. Just five WRs in the league had higher passer ratings when targeted (min. 50 targets). Additionally, Reed had as many rushing TDs (two) as both Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon last season as Green Bay did everything it could to get the ball in the wideout's hands. The model sees Reed as taking the next step this season as a Fantasy football 2024 breakout, even ranking him on par with Stefon Diggs. 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.