7 High-Ceiling Players to Target in Your Fantasy Football Draft
7. Stefon Diggs, WR, Minnesota Vikings
Ceiling Rank: 88; Actual Rank: 94
Ceiling Projection: 150.83 FP; Actual Projection: 125.99 FP
In standard 12-team fantasy leagues, Stefon Diggs is currently going 79th overall and, on average, with the sixth pick in the seventh round (7.06), according to data obtained from Fantasy Football Calculator. By that, it would appear that fantasy drafters are already buying into the ridiculous upside Diggs presents. Then again, why wouldn't they?
In 2016, the third-year wideout accounted for 903 yards and 3 touchdowns on 112 targets while appearing in just 13 games. A big chunk of his production stemmed from five games in which Diggs tallied either 75-plus yards or a score. Two of his three scores came in the form of a 25-yard touchdown catch, while Diggs totaled 10 catches of 20 or more yards on the year.
He has big-play potential and showed the ability to put it all together on five occasions a year ago, so imagine what he could do in a healthy, 16-game season with quarterback Sam Bradford another year into his tenure with the Minnesota Vikings.
Better yet, don't imagine. By looking at our projections, you can see that our models expect 81 catches, 953 yards and 5.1 touchdowns in 2017.