Key Breakout Candidates for Fantasy Football Drafts

Cure your Fantasy Fest hangover; Join Ryan Wormeli, Derek Brown and Jake Ciely for their top 2025 fantasy football breakout candidates to target in drafts!

Can Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young battle his way back into fantasy relevance? Is Cleveland Browns WR Cedric Tillman trending in the right direction with QB Joe Flacco getting the starting nod? Plus, does George Pickens finally put it all together?

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Introduction - 0:00:00
FantasyPros ECR Rankings - 0:02:57
Bryce Young (QB - CAR) - 0:03:04
Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB - WAS) - 0:07:39
DraftKings Best Ball - 0:14:05
Cedric Tillman (WR - CLE) - 0:15:26
Tucker Kraft (TE - GB) - 0:19:24
Braelon Allen (RB - NYJ) - 0:25:02
Ricky Pearsall (WR - SF) - 0:30:02
Fantrax - 0:34:20
Marvin Mims Jr. (WR - DEN) - 0:35:37
George Pickens (WR - PIT) - 0:39:59
FantasyPros Draft Simulator - 0:44:49
Rome Odunze (WR - CHI) - 0:46:25 
Tetairoa McMillan (WR - CAR) - 0:51:12
Outro - 1:00:45

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