Fantasy Football ADP, 2025: August DraftKings ADP, PPR

Average draft position (fantasy football ADP) is one of the most important tools in fantasy football.

Not only is it important to know where targeted players are likely to be drafted, but ADP offers a great look at how the field prices each position and player, opening up the opportunity to find value.

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*DraftKings Fantasy ADP — Updated 8/8
*Previous ADP — 8/2

Fantasy Football ADP 2025, DraftKings Best Ball, PPR:

Top DraftKings Best Ball Targets, August

• Drake Maye, ADP: 110.9
• Jayden Higgins, ADP: 108.1
• Evan Engram, ADP: 94.3

Let's look at some best ball targets that are going outside the top 90 players at DraftKings.

Drake Maye was the QB7 in fantasy points scored in his full games as a rookie, largely because of his rushing upside. He was the QB8 in rushing fantasy points per game, adding 4.2 fantasy points per contest on the ground. Moving forward, we are hoping he will have better weapons to target in 2025 (Stefon Diggs, Kyle Williams), and we expect him to be working with a better coaching situation (Josh McDaniels).

With Tank Dell likely sidelined for the season, the No. 2 receiver spot in Houston is wide open. Higgins is reportedly the clear favorite for that role, though there are other options for that job including veteran Christian Kirk. Nico Collins is the unquestioned lead guy in the receiver room, but there is room behind him for Higgins to get a fantasy viable target share if he takes that No. 2 job. There is also the potential for more than that if Collins once again misses time. Collins played in just 12 games last season, and he has averaged just under 13 games per season since entering the league.

Speaking of target opportunity, Evan Engram is in a great spot to soak up targets from Bo Nix, though we did not see the then rookie target the position last season. Overall, Broncos tight ends ranked 30th in targets, 29th in receptions, 30th in yards, and 25th in yards per target last year. Engram should be much more involved than that. Despite being limited to nine games last season, he was targeted on 26.6% of his routes. Over his three seasons with the Jaguars, Engram was targeted on 22.2% of his routes, eighth among qualifying tight ends over that span. He has never been a touchdown scorer, but that is less of a concern at DraftKings, which has full PPR scoring.

Top 10 Fantasy Football ADP Risers:

1. Keenan Allen
2. Tory Horton
3. Braelon Allen
4. Carson Steele
5. Sean Tucker
6. Keaton Mitchell
7. Jalen Nailor
8. TreVeyon Henderson
9. Kyla Monangai
10. Tyler Warren

Top 10 Fantasy Football ADP Fallers:

1. Tyjae Spears
2. Tre Harris
3. Rachaad White
4. Jack Bech
5. Jayden Reed
6. Brashard Smith
7. Darius Slayton
8. Roschon Johnson
9. Nick Chubb
10. Hollywood Brown

It is easy to see how the Keenan Allen signing has affected the ADP of Chargers receivers.

Allen was easily the biggest climber of the last week, rising nearly 40 spots in ADP at DraftKings, and both Tre Harris and Quentin Johnston slipped down draft boards.

As it stands right now, five Chargers receivers are routinely being drafted in DraftKings best ball leagues, which Rich and I experienced in our own draft on Wednesday, August 8.

Ultimately, it does not make any sense for that many Chargers receivers to be fantasy viable, especially if we get an offense that more resembles what we saw from Los Angeles early last season.

Over the first 10 weeks, the Chargers were 4% under their expected pass rate.

From Week 11 on, they were 2% over their expected pass rate.

There is also overall concern for the Chargers offense following the season-ending injury to Rashawn Slater.

The Chargers averaged 5.5 yards per play with Slater on the field last season.

They averaged 4.8 yards per play with him off the field.

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