Fantasy Football Rankings 2024: Sleepers, breakouts, busts by NFL model that nailed Deebo Samuel's off year

After being the 13th overall selection in this year's NFL Draft, expectations are high for tight end Brock Bowers. However, stud rookie tight ends like Sam LaPorta last year are rare, as the likes of Travis Kelce, George Kittle and T.J. Hockenson combined for just five touchdowns as rookies. Knowing that LaPorta was an outlier as a rookie is the type of 2024 Fantasy football advice that could help you avoid reaching for someone like Bowers. However, when it comes to rookie wide receivers, you shouldn't hesitate in snatching them early. A record-tying seven of them were first rounders this year, including Marvin Harrison Jr., Rome Odunze and Malik Nabers. Making 2024 Fantasy football projections could be harder for rookies than proven veterans.

With reliable 2024 Fantasy football rankings, you can find value throughout your upcoming draft and identify potential 2024 Fantasy football sleepers, 2024 Fantasy football breakouts, and 2024 Fantasy football busts. Before setting your 2024 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2024 Fantasy football rankings and cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine .

Last year, the model accurately predicted that Buccaneers running back Rachaad White was being dramatically undervalued. White was coming off the board in the seventh round on average in 12-team PPR leagues, but he emerged as Tampa Bay's workhorse ball carrier and provided significantly more value than expected, finishing No. 4 at his position. White rushed for 990 yards and six touchdowns while adding 64 catches for 549 yards and three more scores as a receiver. Anybody who followed the model's advice scored an every week starting running back in the middle rounds.

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 2024 Fantasy football PPR rankings and 2024 Fantasy football standard 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 2024 Fantasy football rankings, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them .

Top 2024 Fantasy football sleepers

One of the 2024 Fantasy football sleepers the model is predicting: Browns wide receiver Jerry Jeudy. After being a first-round pick in 2020 and spending four years with the Broncos, Jeudy was traded to Cleveland in the offseason to complement fellow Alabama wideout Amari Cooper. Jeudy was miscast as a No. 1 receiver in Denver, but is behind Cooper with the Browns. That means fewer double-teams and not matching up with an opponent's top cornerback, which should lead to more production.

Donovan Peoples-Jones had 839 yards in 2022 as Cleveland's No. 2 wideout, while Elijah Moore had 640 yards in 2023 despite only starting 12 games. That came despite the revolving door at quarterback for Cleveland, which expects Deshaun Watson's better health to end that. At his best, Jeudy was the WR18 for the 2022 Broncos, who finished dead last in the NFL in scoring, so the upside in a more potent offense is tantalizing. SportsLine's model has Jeudy outproducing players like Jameson Williams and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, despite those two being drafted earlier on average. See more Fantasy football sleepers 2024 here .

Top 2024 Fantasy football breakouts

One of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. The son of the Hall of Fame wide receiver Marvin Harrison Sr., the younger Harrison was a two-time consensus All-American at Ohio State. He led the Big Ten in receptions, yards per catch and receiving touchdowns in 2023, and he finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting.

The Cardinals revamped the wide receiver position during the offseason, after Marquise Brown and Rondale Moore departed during free agency. Harrison has a chance to emerge as the No. 1 option in Arizona's pass-heavy attack during training camp, and is considered by many to be the most polished wide receiver to enter the NFL in the last decade. With tight end Trey McBride's emergence as one of the top young pass-catching tight ends in the NFL, Harrison should see plenty of single coverage in 2024. See more Fantasy football breakouts 2024 here .

Top 2024 Fantasy football busts

As for players to avoid, the model lists Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins as one of its 2024 Fantasy football busts. Dobbins is certainly talented, but he's dealt with several serious injuries throughout his career. He suffered a torn Achilles in Week 1 last year and has missed 43 games due to various injuries in his career, including a torn ACL, torn LCL, and torn Achilles tendon.

Dobbins will also have to compete with Gus Edwards and Kimani Vidal for touches in Los Angeles' backfield, which further dampens his 2024 Fantasy football outlook. That's a big reason why the model ranks him as RB30 in its 2024 Fantasy football rankings, behind backs like Tony Pollard and Zack Moss, who are both being drafted later. See more Fantasy football busts 2024 here

How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football football rankings

SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising quarterback you aren't even thinking about being taken in the middle rounds of 2024 Fantasy football drafts. This quarterback is listed as a shocking top-10 option ahead of stars like Trevor Lawrence and Aaron Rodgers. You can only see who it is, and the 2023 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine .

So which 2024 Fantasy Football sleepers, breakouts and busts should you target and fade, and which QB 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 nailed Deebo Samuel as a bust last year , and find out.