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2025 WR Rankings for College Fantasy Football

The 2025 college fantasy football season is loaded with elite WR talent — and if you want to win your league, you need the right receivers. Our projections go beyond last year’s stat lines and dive deep into coaching trends, offensive schemes, and player usage.

We base every wide receiver projection on three years of WR production under the head coach, not just the team. Then we adjust based on surrounding talent, quarterback play, coaching changes, and style of offense. If a new dual-threat QB steps in? WR targets go down. If a pass-heavy OC takes over? We bump volume across the board.

These rankings are live and updated all offseason, giving you a real edge with fresh info that reflects roster moves, depth chart battles, and camp news.

Quick Notes

  • #1 – Jeremiah Smith (Ohio State): The best player in college football will be the feature of the Ohio State offense. 
  • #4 – Jairus Mack (WKU): Mack transferred to WKU from Charlotte along with his position coach who’s taking over at WKU in ’25.
  • #6 – Denzel Boston (Washington): A proven returning WR with excellent size/speed and a perfect offense. Could make a run at WR1. 

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How We Project College WR's

Our wide receiver projections are built around the head coach’s WR history, not just a single season:

  • Average WR1/WR2 production over 3 years

  • QB style and target distribution trends

  • OC tendencies (e.g., slot usage vs vertical attack)

  • Returning production and new starters

  • Red zone share and explosive play rate

We make manual adjustments when there’s a coaching staff change or a stylistic shift in QB play (e.g., from air raid to RPO-heavy attack).

🚀 Sleeper & Breakout WRs to Target in 2025

  • #11 – Landon Sides (North Texas): Huge upside in a typically great offense coached by Eric Morris, who put up some big numbers of his own as a collegiate WR.
  • #25 – Eric McAlister (TCU): TCU lost some key targets at WR opening the path for McAlister to take over a lead role in a premium WR fantasy offense.
  • #35 – Johntay Cook (Syracuse): Could also be a WR to fade with the multiple off-season transfers and arrests but finds himself in a perfect situation at Syracuse. If he reaches his 5-star potential, this is the place under Fran Brown. 

🧨 WRs to Fade (Bust Watch)

  • #18 – De’Corian Clark (UTSA): Is he actually healthy enough to play this season? Huge potential, huge risk.
  • #58 – Kevin Concepcion (Texas A&M): At 58 currently, he’s a good value but ADP suggests you’ll need to snag him much earlier. All A&M WR’s will have less opportunity with the dual-threat Marcel Reed at QB.
  • #12 – Evan Stewart (Oregon): Amazing talent and projected to have a great season, BUT concern with a new QB and great surrounding talent could lead you to prefer him as your WR2.

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FAQ

Each projection is based on three years of WR usage under the head coach, with team-specific adjustments made for current personnel, QB tendencies, and offensive scheme.

Jeremiah Smith tops our list thanks to elite target share, explosive play rate, and a favorable offensive system.

Yes — they update automatically with our live model, and we manually review them weekly leading up to the season.

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