Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 7 (2025): Fantasy Football Pickups for Tre Tucker, Bam Knight, Sterling Shepard, Luke McCaffrey, Elic Ayomanor, Tez Johnson, Kendrick Bourne, Kameron Johnson, more

October 19, 2025

Updated weekend fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season. Top fantasy football free agents and streamers to add off waivers including Bam Knight, Sterling Shepard, Luke McCaffrey, more.

Welcome back RotoBallers to our weekend waiver wire rankings for fantasy football Week 7 of the 2025 season. Below you'll find our freshly-updated waiver wire rankings for the weekend, including players like Tre Tucker, Bam Knight, Sterling Shepard, Luke McCaffrey, Elic Ayomanor, Tez Johnson, Kendrick Bourne, Kameron Johnson. These waiver wire rankings will help guide you through waiver wire decisions you may need for injured players, bye-week crunches, or if you're just looking for a streamer or bench stash with upside.

As injury updates come in throughout the week, and roster percentages increase as players are picked up, we adjust our waiver wire rankings and you can find those below. Will Tez Johnson or Kameron Johnson emerge as viable WRs in the potent Buccaneers passing attack? Will Bam Knight emerge in the Cardinals backfield this week, or will it continue to be a split with Michael Carter? Is Luke McCaffrey or Elic Ayamanor set to emerge with injuries to their fellow WRs? Which players are worth adding and starting as priorities for Week 7?

These Week 7 waiver wire rankings are updated for the weekend by Nick Mariano, RotoBaller's lead fantasy football analyst and forecaster. For those who are not familiar, he brings you his weekly waiver wire rankings and priority adds for the top 85 options to consider across various positions and league sizes. Good luck in Week 7 on the waiver wire and in your matchups!

Who To Pick Up for Fantasy Football Week 7?

Quarterbacks (QB) and Defenses (D/ST) are grouped together at the bottom of the list:

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Outlooks

Sterling Shepard, WR, Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Sterling Shepard should be in line for an increase in workload moving forward, with Mike Evans (hamstring), Chris Godwin (fibula), Bucky Irving (shoulder/foot), Jalen McMillan (neck), and now Emeka Egbuka (hamstring) all injured and expected to miss some time.

Shepard remains one of the few healthy Buccaneer receivers, and his competition for targets includes rookie Tez Johnson, Cade Otton, and Kameron Johnson. Shepard is the most proven and experienced in that pass-catching room, and heading into what is expected to be a high-scoring affair against the Detroit Lions (53.5 point total according to sportsbooks), should be a solid low-end WR2 play and prioritized on the waiver wires this week.

Luke McCaffrey, WR, Commander

Washington Commanders wide receiver Luke McCaffrey has scored in three of his last four games and is emerging as a much-needed playmaker in a banged-up Washington WR room. McCaffrey has only eight receptions on the season, but three of them have gone for touchdowns, and one went for 50 yards on an outstanding catch and beautiful deep ball from Jayden Daniels.

McCaffrey's season high for route share was 43.5% back in Week 3, and he hasn't been higher than 40% since then. With Terry McLaurin (quadriceps) out for his fourth straight game and Deebo Samuel Sr. (heel) uncertain for Sunday, McCaffrey could see a bump in routes and targets in Week 7 against Dallas.

It'd be an ideal spot for McCaffrey to get more run, as the Dallas defense has been abysmal against opposing wide receivers, allowing the most PPR points per game. McCaffrey would be a player to consider plugging in for Samuel if he is unable to go.

Elic Ayomanor, WR, Titans

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Elic Ayomanor is expected to handle an increased workload against the New England Patriots in Week 7 after Calvin Ridley (hamstring) was ruled out for the contest. Ridley missed most of last week's game, too, and Ayomanor benefited, catching three passes for 27 yards on a season-high 93 percent snap share.

The catch total was nothing special, but that large snap share indicates that Ayomanor is on the field for almost every play, and that his target share should start to increase as a result. The Patriots have allowed the 13th-most fantasy points to wide receivers this season, leaving Ayomanor in the WR3/flex range.

Tez Johnson, WR, Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie wide receiver Tez Johnson has been trending up the last two weeks with five receptions, 104 yards, and a touchdown on seven targets with Mike Evans (hamstring) and Chris Godwin (leg) sidelined. Fellow rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka (hamstring) was also injured in the Week 6 win over the San Francisco 49ers.

Although Johnson only caught one pass (on three targets) on Sunday, he played a season-high 72% of the offensive snaps and made his one reception count with a 45-yard touchdown, his first in the NFL. Evans could return on Monday against the Detroit Lions for the first time since straining his hamstring, but Egbuka and Godwin are expected to be inactive.

It means that the speedy 23-year-old Johnson could feature more again in Tampa's pass-heavy offense as a deep threat for quarterback Baker Mayfield against a depleted Lions secondary. Johnson is setting up as a boom/bust flex option in Week 7 in deeper fantasy leagues.

Kameron Johnson, WR, Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon said that WR Kameron Johnson "has the physical tools and brightness to go in and play several spots," according to the Pewter Report. The Buccaneers have "all the confidence putting him in games."

They feel that Johnson is just scratching the surface and can "make people miss when he has the ball in his hands." The 23-year-old had a career-best performance in the team's Week 6 win over the San Francisco 49ers, catching all four of his targets for 64 yards and a touchdown.

Mike Evans (hamstring) and Chris Godwin (leg) were already out, and then rookie Emeka Egbuka (hamstring) went down with an injury on Sunday. Johnson played almost 50% of the offensive snaps, and a bigger role should await him on Monday night against the Detroit Lions, with Godwin and Egbuka unlikely to play. He will be in play as a WR streamer in Week 7, especially if Evans misses another contest.

Running Backs - Week 7 Waiver Wire Rankings

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Quarterbacks - Week 7 Waiver Wire Rankings

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Defenses (D/ST) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Rankings

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Week 7 Waiver Wire Articles

In addition to the Week 7 waiver wire rankings, here's a look at some other free waiver wire resources available at RotoBaller. Each week, our NFL team puts out a complete array of fantasy football waiver wire articles to compliment our slick new Who Should I Pickup? Waiver wire player comparison tool - bookmark that! Here are more detailed Week 7 waiver wire articles:

• Week 7 waiver wire pickups (all positions)
• Week 7 FAAB waiver wire bids
• Week 7 running back waiver wire pickups
• Week 7 wide receiver waiver wire pickups
• Week 7 tight end waiver wire pickups
• Week 7 quarterback waiver wire pickups
• Week 7 defense (D/ST) streamers and pickups
• Week 7 kicker streamers and pickups

For anyone unfamiliar, we release all sorts of fantasy football waiver wire articles every week. As part of that, Nick Mariano releases our waiver wire rankings list on Mondays to help you prioritize which players to target as free-agent adds off waivers.

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