
Clay's Playbook: A game plan for your draft day
Mike Clay
created: July 31, 2025, 8:15 a.m. | updated: July 31, 2025, 1:21 p.m.
Wide receiver has become the priority position in fantasy football, but hitting on impact running backs remains extremely important.
Fifty of the 133 WRs (38%) taken in Rounds 1-3 of the NFL draft from 2014 to 2023 finished worse than 90th in wide receiver fantasy points as rookies.
When it comes to early-career sleepers and breakouts, history shows that draft position matters.
In 2025, I'm not sweating running back vs. wide receiver in the first couple of rounds.
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