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Who should I draft for fantasy football in 2025? Fantasy football outlooks for Quinshon Judkins, Ollie Gordon, Ashton Jeanty, Cam Skattebo, Dylan Sampson, Jaydon Blue, Colston Loveland, Jaylin Noel, Tahj Brooks, Tyler Warren, Elijah Arroyo.
Who Should I Draft? Some common 2025 fantasy football draft decisions are regarding players like Quinshon Judkins, Ollie Gordon, Ashton Jeanty, Cam Skattebo, Dylan Sampson, Jaydon Blue, Colston Loveland, Jaylin Noel, Tahj Brooks, Tyler Warren, Elijah Arroyo. But not to worry, we are here to help make these decisions and build winning teams in 2025. Draft your optimal fantasy football teams for 2025. Our free Who Should I Draft? tool will help make your fantasy football draft decisions. Compare up to four NFL players, and we tell you who to draft... all free! Make the right decisions.
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Fantasy Football Draft Outlooks
Below are some fantasy football outlooks written by our NFL team here at RotoBaller, bringing you their fantasy football analysis and advice on which players to consider drafting in 2025:
Jaylin Noel, WR, Houston Texans
Houston Texans rookie wide receiver Jaylin Noel inexplicably fell in the 2025 NFL Draft to deep in the third round, where he was chosen by the team that selected his former Iowa State teammate, Jayden Higgins, early in the second round. Noel's first challenge in the NFL will unfortunately be him competing for playing time.
While the team's WR1, Nico Collins, figures to easily hang on to the WR1 position and play the "X" role, Noel was more of a slot WR in college. Houston signed Christian Kirk, a slot wide receiver, in the 2025 offseason. Higgins' role also remains unclear, though with his size, he'll probably be asked to play on the perimeter opposite Collins. There's a scenario in which Noel doesn't get much playing time to start the season, due to the presence of the other three guys.
Additionally, if Texans offensive coordinator Nick Caley is as stupid as the now-fired Bobby Slowik was, it's possible that Noel could have another hurdle to overcome -- the team being run-heavy no matter how inefficient the RBs are. Caley is a former pass-game coordinator, though, so that's doubtful. Noel's breakout will come late this season or early next, but expect low volume to start.
Tahj Brooks, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals selected running back Tahj Brooks in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Brooks enjoyed a fine career at Texas Tech, which was highlighted by his final two seasons. He ran for over 1,500 yards and scored double-digit touchdowns in each of his last two years.
While he fell in the NFL Draft, Brooks is a solid rusher who can produce if the right circumstances arise. Following the release of Zack Moss, Brooks will now battle veteran Samaje Perine for the Bengals' RB2 job. Perine is now 29 years old and has never been particularly effective. The team is reportedly quite bullish on Brooks' outlook, and if he plays well this summer, he may win the RB2 job outright.
Either way, this is a battle that fantasy gamers should closely monitor as the Bengals RB2 will be in line for a massive workload if starter Chase Brown ever misses time. Brooks is not a priority late-round pick right now, but that will change if we start hearing reports he's climbing the team's depth chart.
Ollie Gordon, RB, Miami Dolphins
Coming into the 2024 season, perhaps no collegiate running back was thought to have a higher ceiling than Oklahoma State's Ollie Gordon II. Unfortunately, following an inefficient, injury-hampered junior season, Gordon saw his stock plummet before the 2025 NFL Draft, where he was eventually selected in the 6th round by the Miami Dolphins, 179th overall.
The 2023 Doak Walker Award winner will now attempt to carve out a role in an offense that doesn't appear to be a natural fit for his skill set. After taking approximately 58% of his career carries out of a man-gap scheme and then running a disappointing 4.61 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, he'll now battle Jaylen Wright to back up starter De’Von Achane (calf).
His most straightforward path to fantasy relevance will be through goal-line work, where at 6'1" and 226 pounds, he presents a very different look from Achane (5'9", 188 pounds) and Wright (5'10", 210 pounds). Alexander Mattison (neck) out for the year with a neck injury.
Achane and Wright are also banged up, Gordon suddenly has a path to touches in Miami’s backfield and could carve out a decent role. With the recent injury news, Gordon comes in as RotoBaller’s RB63 in PPR formats and 22nd in the latest rookie rankings.
Jaydon Blue, RB, Dallas Cowboys
New Dallas Cowboys running back Jaydon Blue, selected with the 149th overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 NFL Draft, is easily the best pass-catching running back on the squad right now. While the backfield is technically crowded right now, with RBs Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders being signed after the 2024 season and Phil Mafah also drafted this year (in the seventh round), Blue has a clear path to immediate fantasy relevancy in PPR leagues.
If he can establish himself as at least one of two backs that are primarily used in games, his penchant for forcing missed tackles and his solid receiving upside could make him a startable player. He forced 0.27 missed tackles per rush in 2024 and was second among 31 qualifying RB prospects in yards per route run and targets per route run. This is likely a big reason why Dallas selected Blue. Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott would certainly like a nice weapon to throw the ball to out of the backfield, and he and Blue should develop a connection early.
His career injury history will exacerbate Prescott's lack of mobility, so he could look Blue's way often on check-downs and dump-offs to get out of trouble. Blue comes in as RotoBaller's RB40 and should be a nice value in the late rounds of redraft leagues as well as a good dynasty stash.
Colston Loveland, TE, Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland (shoulder) was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, giving him elite draft capital. Despite his lack of college production, he had suspect QB play last season, so his statistics were misleading. He's an elite route-runner for a tight end and is 6-foot-6, so he has an elite catch radius.
The 21-year-old is still recovering from a shoulder injury he played through in 2024 that he had surgery to address in the offseason. Loveland being thought of so highly by new Bears head coach Ben Johnson says a lot. While the team already has wide receivers DJ Moore and Rome Odunze, and drafted wideout Luther Burden III in the second round of the 2025 draft, Loveland has already taken over the TE1 job as he has run with the starter all throughout training camp and the preseason. Still, it's a crowded pass-catcher room, making it hard to project Loveland's volume.
His ADP in redraft leagues is very low, so it shouldn't be hard to draft him in the later rounds. He's immensely talented and will be in the hands of an enormously talented offensive mind in Johnson. So, Loveland has a ton of upside for being relatively affordable. He's absolutely worth drafting and should finish as a top-8 TE this season.
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