Fantasy Football Draft Targets: Murray, Gainwell Top Value Picks
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- Kyler Murray lands as a QB17 in Minnesota after an injury-shortened 2025, but he finished as a top-12 fantasy QB in each of his first six seasons and is one of only three players (with Josh Allen and Cam Newton) to combine 20,000 passing yards and 3,000 rushing yards through 87 career games.
- Jaxson Dart is being drafted as the QB7 despite averaging 22.6 fantasy points across 12 starts last season, finishing third among quarterbacks with 487 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns — and he now gets Malik Nabers back plus new additions Isaiah Likely and Darnell Mooney.
- Omarion Hampton is going as the RB13 after averaging 17.3 touches and 15.1 fantasy points per game in only nine rookie appearances; new Chargers head coach Mike McDaniel is the same offensive mind who helped De'Von Achane post back-to-back top-five fantasy finishes in Miami.
- Kenny Gainwell sits at RB32 because of Bucky Irving's presence, but Gainwell has averaged 18.6 fantasy points across 10 career games with at least 14 touches, and Irving missed seven games last season while struggling with efficiency.
- Garrett Wilson has topped 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three NFL seasons and never finished lower than eighth league-wide in targets; a modest bump from new Jets quarterback Geno Smith could push him back into top-10 WR territory.
- Harold Fannin Jr. finished as the TE6 as a Cleveland rookie with 72 catches for 731 yards and six touchdowns on 107 targets (eighth-most by a rookie tight end all time), and new head coach Todd Monken has a track record of featuring the position from his work with Brock Bowers, Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely.
- Cam Skattebo averaged 19.1 fantasy points and racked up 117 touches across his six full games before a season-ending ankle injury, and new Giants head coach John Harbaugh — whose run-heavy philosophy helped Derrick Henry post RB3 and RB7 finishes in his first two Baltimore seasons — is now tasked with deploying him.
Why it matters: Fantasy drafters who follow these targets gain leverage at QB (Murray as a top-12 talent priced as a QB2, Dart as a dual-threat upgrade), at TE (Fannin as a target monster with a TE-friendly coach), and at RB (Gainwell as a discount behind an injured starter). The biggest payoff is Murray at QB17: pairing him with Justin Jefferson and Kevin O'Connell gives him everything he needs to return to QB1 territory at a back-end QB2 price.
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