Five Fantasy Football Sleepers to Draft This Weekend: Dallas Goedert & More

The NFL preseason is officially in the books, and the regular season is right around the corner. With that in mind, many fantasy football leagues are conducting their drafts leading up to the season opener on Wednesday, September 9.

The makeup of any strong fantasy football team features high-end talent from in the opening few rounds of drafts. With that said, adding a few sleepers helps build depth and could ultimately make the difference for any championship-contending squad.

Below, we’ll break down a few of the top fantasy football sleepers to draft this weekend, including their current average draft position and player projections for season-long stats on PrizePicks.

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2026 Fantasy Football Sleepers Worth Drafting This Weekend

The average draft position (ADP) in this story is being taken from real-time PPR draft results via FantasyPros.

Users can predict More or Less on season-long player stats for the upcoming 2026 NFL campaign. That includes pass, rush, and receiving yards, TDs, INTs, and more!

Five player stand out for your drafts, including a QB, an RB, two WRs, and a TE.

Bo Nix (QB, Broncos)

ADP: 115 (QB13)

PrizePicks Projections for 2026: 3,474.5 Pass Yards | 24.5 Pass TDs | 10.5 Pass INTs

• According to FantasyData, Nix finished 2025 with 304.8 fantasy points in full-point PPR scoring formats, seventh-highest among QBs.
• Nix completed 63.4% of his passes for a career-high 3,931 yards and 25 TDs to go along with 11 INTs. His 3,931 yards were the eighth-most.
• Per PlayerProfiler, Nix registered 612 passing attempts (36.0 per game) last season, which led the NFL. In addition, the Broncos’ standout QB ranked third in deep ball attempts with 71, or 4.2 shots per contest.
• The 2024 first-round pick sat sixth in air yards (4,463), averaging 262.5 per game.
• Nix had five weeks in which he scored at least 20.0 fantasy points.
• The Broncos made a big splash in the offseason when the team landed star WR Jaylen Waddle in a trade with the Miami Dolphins. Waddle gives Nix another marquee pass catcher alongside WR Courtland Sutton and allows WR Troy Franklin to move into the slot. Waddle has produced three 1,000-yard campaigns in his first five NFL seasons and set the rookie receptions record (104) in 2021. 

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Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB, Commanders)

ADP: 108 (RB41)

PrizePicks Projections for 2026: 599.5 Rush Yards

• Croskey-Merritt led the Commanders in carries (175), rushing yards (805), and rushing TDs (8) in 2025 while sharing the backfield with RB Chris Rodriguez.
• JCM finished the season as RB33 in full-point PPR scoring formats with 140.3 fantasy points. His 4.6 yards per carry were tied for 10th among RBs.
• In 2025, Croskey-Merritt registered a 26.6% juke rate, ranking seventh among qualifying RBs. He also tallied 49 evaded tackles, good for 21st.
• The Washington RB finished his debut campaign strong, averaging 12.4 fantasy PPG. Croskey-Merritt tallied 22.5 fantasy points (11 carries for 105 yards and 2 TDs) against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 17 in his second-highest output of the year.
• Rodriguez is gone, but Croskey-Merritt will be battling with veteran RB Rachaad White for carries. The Commanders signed White to a one-year, $2 million deal in the offseason, but it’s possible that White could be used more in the receiving game. White recorded 205 receptions across four NFL seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Wan’Dale Robinson (WR, Titans)

ADP: 119 (WR48)

PrizePicks Projections for 2026: 699.5 Rec Yards | 67.5 Recs | 3.5 Rec TDs

• Robinson had a career season in 2025, as he caught 92 passes for a career-high 1,014 yards and 4 TDs. His 11.0 yards per reception were also the highest of the 2022 second-round pick’s career.
• In his final season with the New York Giants, Robinson finished as the WR14 with 217.9 fantasy points. He had six games of 15+ points, averaging 13.6 overall.
• In the 2026 offseason, Robinson cashed in on his career year by signing a four-year, $70M contract with the Tennessee Titans. In doing so, Robinson reunites with Brian Daboll, who served as his head coach with the Giants and is now the Titans’ offensive coordinator.
• Daboll is expected to use Robinson primarily out of the slot again in Tennessee, with WR Calvin Ridley and rookie WR Carnell Tate lining up on the outside. Robinson led the NFL in slot snaps (543) in 2025, lining up there 56.0% of the time.
• He also registered 386 yards after the catch (2.8 per target), good for 13th among wideouts.

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De’Zhaun Stribling (WR, 49ers)

ADP: 114 (WR46)

• The 49ers’ first-year WR caught 11 passes for 109 yards in two preseason games and had the fifth-highest yards per route run (4.95) among WRs, per Pro Football Focus.
• In 2025, Stribling caught a career-best 55 passes for 811 yards and 6 TDs at Ole Miss.
• Stribling registered a 17.8% target share, which ranked 39th among collegiate WRs in 2025. He also tallied a personal best 71.4% catch rate in his lone season with the Rebels.
• Stribling’s 14.8 yards per catch were the second-highest of his college career behind a 17.2 mark in 2024 at Oklahoma State.
• Stribling could be in line for plenty of targets if the injury bug continues to hit the 49ers. WR Mike Evans is currently dealing with a groin injury, while TE George Kittle is still working his way back from a torn Achilles tendon that he suffered last season. That's on top of WR Ricky Pearsall (knee) being out for the year already.

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Dallas Goedert (TE, Eagles)

ADP: 112 (TE13)

PrizePicks Projections for 2026: 574.5 Rec Yards | 56.5 Recs | 4.5 Rec TDs

• Goedert wrapped up the 2025 season as the TE7 with 185.1 fantasy points. His 20.0% target rate was eighth at his position.
• The star TE proved to be a force in the Eagles’ offense, racking up a career-high 60 receptions for 591 yards and a personal best 11 TDs. He had previously never had more than 5 TDs in a single season.
• He was among the league’s most efficient TEs in the red zone, hauling in 13 of his 15 targets there (seventh). Goedert also tallied a whopping 30.0% target share in the red zone, fifth for TEs.
• Goedert’s 11 TDs were tied with Arizona Cardinals star and No. 1 fantasy TE Trey McBride for the league lead among TEs.
• The veteran TE recorded 12.3 fantasy PPG in full-point PPR scoring formats, the most of his career.

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Landing a few sleepers in the later rounds of your fantasy football draft can improve your chances of contending for a championship. Players such as Broncos QB Bo Nix and Eagles TE Dallas Goedert might just provide immense value to fantasy rosters throughout the 2026 season.

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