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Fantasy Football: What historical trends can tell us about the 2025 rookie wide receiver class

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Odell Beckham Jr. and Mike Evans were both top-10 fantasy wideouts in 2014 .

The market tried to correct the rookie WR rules after the 2014 explosion, but the adjustment year was a washout.

The NFL backed off receivers at the draft, with DJ Moore the first one selected with the 24th overall pick.

Seven different rookie wideouts got to 100 fantasy points this year , headed by Jefferson (WR6 ), Claypool (WR14), Lamb (WR17), Higgins (WR28) and Aiyuk (WR33) Class of 2021 saw three wideouts land in the top-10 picks (Ja'Marr Chase , Jaylen Waddle , DeVonta Smith ) Three more wideouts landed in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft.

Tetairoa McMillan , Bryce Young looked significantly improved down the stretch.

Travis Hunter , Travis Hunter should be a great pro, but the market has already priced him up.

Emeka Egbuka's football IQ might be the bigger selling point than raw talent, but we said that about JSN and eventually, that cashed in.