With 2025 Fantasy Football right around the corner, finding players with great value is crucial when drafting your team. Acquiring players with boom potential later in the draft rounds boosts your team's success and your chances of winning your league.
Some of the most crucial pieces of a championship roster are the elite receivers, and I’ll be using KeepTradeCut’s rankings to show where these wide receivers are being valued by the community.
In today’s article, I’ll be helping you find some of the receivers being undervalued heading into the 2025 season and preparing you for your draft.
Jerry Jeudy
(Denver Broncos)
KTC Rank: WR40
You’d think that a receiver who put up WR1 numbers last year would be being taken much higher than his current ranking, but Jerry Jeudy is still sitting at the bottom of these wide receiver rankings.
In 2024, Jeudy put up 90 receptions, 1,229 yards, and 4 TDs for a total of 240.9 fantasy points and a WR12 overall finish in PPR settings.
Jeudy did all of this with a spattering of quarterbacks throwing him the ball, including Deshaun Watson, Jameis Winston, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, and Bailey Zappe.
This offseason, the Browns made an effort to find a more stable situation at quarterback, bringing back Joe Flacco and adding Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel, and Shedeur Sanders.
Many analysts also expected the Browns to make additions to their receiver corps this offseason, which is why Jeudy’s value was originally down, but now that we're through both free agency and the draft we see that the Browns did not anyone of significance outside of Diontae Johnson, who has bounced around teams for the past several years.
With the increased stability in his quarterback room and lack of competition in the wider receiver corps, Jeudy is primed to have an electric season, performing at the same or better level that he did last year.
Josh Downs
(Indianapolis Colts)
KTC Rank: WR37
Josh Downs has been a victim of unstable quarterback play in his first two seasons as an Indianapolis Colts player, but has been one of their most consistent players on offense.
Downs finished as the WR35 in 14 games last year, putting up 72 receptions, 803 yards, and 5 TDs. Downs averaged 13.11 points per game last season as well.
One thing that Downs has shown consistently is his elite route running and catching abilities. In this tweet from @MattHarmon_BYB on X, it shows Downs’ elite win rate against coverage and what routes he excels at running.
Downs’s role as the slot receiver in Indy shouldn't be affected by the additions made in the offseason, and will continue to be one of their most targeted players.
With a step forward from any of the quarterbacks in Indianapolis, Downs could have an elite season and be a steal at his current value.
Rashee Rice
(Kansas City Chiefs)
KTC Rank: WR15
Rashee Rice started off blazing in 2024, averaging 21.6 points per game through the first three games of the season, before tearing his LCL in Week Four.
This isn't a fluke either, as Rice averaged 18.5 points per game over the last six games in 2023. Rice excels with his after-the-catch ability, displayed in his 2023 season, ranking third overall in yards after the catch per FantasyPros.
Rice’s ability to take short throws and turn them into monster plays is a major factor in his success, and he should be able to increase his work in the slot as Xavier Worthy and Travis Kelce help take the defense away from Rice.
You also can’t forget who’s throwing the ball to Rice either, which is, of course, Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes has supported a top-30 fantasy wide receiver every year except for last year in 2024, with 5 of those seasons being top 5 wide receiver finishes overall.
With Rice looking to build on a stellar finish in 2023 and a blazing start in 2024, he is being undervalued as the overall WR15, with major upside to be a top-eight finisher in 2025.
Calvin Ridley
(Tennessee Titans)
KTC Rank: WR57
Calvin Ridley probably isn’t the first name you think of when it comes to high upside players, saying that he’s past his prime, the Titans offense isn't going to be good, and so on, but Ridley can offer some very good value this year.
When you're looking at Ridley, being 30 years old seems like a concern, but don’t forget that he missed almost two full seasons in 2021 and 2022 and doesn't have the wear and tear from those seasons affecting his body.
With that being said, let's talk about the stats. Ridley finished as WR28 overall in 2024 with 64 receptions, 1017 yards, and 4 TDs. The Titans' offense last year ranked 26th in total passing offense and also had the 30th-ranked offensive line per nfllines.
This offense last year relied on Will Levis and Mason Rudolph as their starting quarterbacks, and in turn, Ridley suffered. However, in the draft this year, the Titans added former Miami star quarterback Cam Ward with the first overall pick.
This selection should bring stability to Ridley’s situation and should be a great veteran presence for Ward to quickly build chemistry with, and should head up the depth chart in 2025.
While the Titans added several new faces to the wide receiver room this offseason, including Tyler Lockett, Elic Ayomanor, and Chimere Dike, Ridley should still earn a majority of the targets as he has played with this offense before and has proven his ability in the past.
At such a low ranking spot, watch out for Ridley to dominate those projections this year and put up another solid year for fantasy football.
Ricky Pearsall
(San Francisco 49ers)
KTC Rank: WR36
Wrapping things up here is Ricky Pearsall. The former first-round selection understandably started slow after being shot in an attempted robbery, but began to show out at the end of the season.
Pearsall finished the 2024 season with back-to-back top 15 games with 28.7 points in week 17 and 18.9 points in week 18, with 8+ targets in both games.
In the offseason, the 49ers traded Deebo Samuel away, and entertained the idea of trading Brandon Aiyuk away as well, showing their commitment and trust in Pearsall as their WR1 in the offense.
With the limited competition and guaranteed quarterback play due to Brock Purdy’s new contract, Ricky Pearsall is primed to lead the team's receiving core and put up a great fantasy year in 2025.
Conclusion
The wide receivers I listed above are just a few of the players being undervalued currently, but the ones that I personally believe in to outperform their rankings and ADP. If you draft these players at their current value, you're getting some major steals, and just wait and see the massive results in your 2025 fantasy football season.