DraftKings Best Ball: 5 Late-Round Wide Receivers to Target

Once your best ball draft creeps into the double-digit rounds, figuring out which wide receivers to target gets trickier. The allure of “safe” points or dependable floors can be tempting, but let’s be real; there’s usually a reason these guys are still hanging around this late.

That’s why we’re turning our focus to five WRs being drafted in Rounds 14 and beyond who may not offer weekly consistency, but do bring the kind of boom-or-bust potential that can swing DraftKings lineups when it matters most.

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Romeo Doubs, Packers (DK ADP: WR68, 164.9)

The Packers ended their two-decade-plus streak of avoiding a first-round receiver back in April when they snagged Matthew Golden to (presumably) operate as a “true” WR1. Is that guaranteed to happen in Year 1? No, not necessarily, but it has submerged the rest of the WR room’s collective ADPs, and it makes some of the dart throws a little more palatable.

The addition of Golden shouldn’t have a major effect on Romeo Doubs’ role in the offense, as the rookie figures to line up all over the formation, while Doubs should remain on the outside in 3-WR sets. This rings all the more true with Christian Watson projected to miss at least half of the upcoming season, and the very real possibility that Dontayvion Wicks is now the No. 4 wide receiver after an incredibly disappointing sophomore campaign.

You’re not going to get a ton of seven-target games out of him in this even more crowded depth chart, but Doubs does have an eight-score season on his resume and sneakily led the team with his 18.7% target share last season.

Cedric Tillman, Browns (DK ADP: WR69, 165.0)

More than anyone on this list, Cedric Tillman has a legitimate chance to log 500-600 meaningful snaps as his team’s WR2 in 2025. Of course, the questions surrounding the Browns offense —including who will be throwing the ball— are abound, but the point remains; he’ll be seeing the field to a great degree.

Before a head injury derailed his sophomore season, Tillman had averaged a little over 25 routes in 10.5 games, while his 86.9% route participation in the four games prior to his concussion ranked 19th among all wide receivers in that span. He had successfully earned his way into 2WR sets with Jerry Jeudy, and looking at the current roster, there’s not much reason to think he won’t begin the season in the same role.

Through five picks on the offensive side of the ball, Cleveland stuck with the QB, RB, and TE rooms, while their only “swing” at wide receiver was Diontae Johnson, who has proven…less than reliable. We’ll have the entire month of August and most of July to debate the QB competition here, but Joe Flacco is considered the favorite for Week 1, and we saw back in 2023 that he has no issues letting it rip in this offense. During that five-game stretch, Flacco led the league in yards per game (323.2) while ranking 10th in yards per attempt (7.92), and first in throws traveling 20+ yards (29, or 5.8 per game).

If Tillman can stay on the field for a full season here in Year 3, he feels like a steal here, even with a bad offensive environment.

Darius Slayton, Giants (DK ADP: 205.1)

Much like with Cedric Tillman above (though at a much cheaper price), there just isn’t enough going on in the Giants’ wide receiver room to keep Darius Slayton off the field. Unlike Tillman, Slayton has Malik Nabers —who was an absolute stud as a rookie— to contend with in target share. The veteran will assuredly be losing that battle. Still, with at least one change coming at quarterback this season, there’s a chance that the wide swath between Wan’Dale Robinson’s underneath targets and Slayton’s deep targets could get a little closer.

Russell Wilson has continued to use less and less of the intermediate areas (10-19 yards) of the field as his career approaches its twilight. During his peak years with Seattle, right around 20% of his passes were to this area, dropping to ~ 16% in his first two post-Seahawks campaigns, before bottoming out to 12.8% with the Steelers last year. That mark was dead last in the league, while his one get-out-of-jail-free card, the “moonball,” remained intact.

On throws of 20+ yards over the last three seasons, Slayton has accounted for 43 targets to only 12 for Robinson (Nabers had 27 last year). This new version of Wilson —for as long as he holds the job— could come as more of a benefit for Slayton and nab us a few spike weeks along the way. Not only is he going 40 picks after Robinson, there’s a far better chance for him to grab us a 100-yard bonus performance, full-point PPR scoring be damned.

Elic Ayomanor, Titans (DK ADP: WR84, 209.1)

If you are unfamiliar with the Tennessee Titans’ WR depth chart (and who isn’t), let me lay it out for you: Calvin Ridley (30 years old), Tyler Lockett (32 years old), Van Jefferson, Treylon Burks, and now Chimere Dike and Elic Ayomanor. There is still plenty of work to do to help Cam Ward’s development, but it also means a fourth-round rookie could carve himself out a role.

Per Reception Perception’s Matt Harmon,

“His Reception Perception profile shows a high-variance prospect with clear strengths you love to see but a few red flag areas where he will need to improve in the pros.”

Harmon goes on to highlight Ayomanor as an outside possession option, and if that is indeed the case, we would like to think he can push Van Jefferson (and Treylon Burks) for playing time sooner rather than later. That’s enough to at least put him in fantasy consideration on a team we can expect to be playing from behind plenty.

As a redraft option, Ayomanor is going to be a hard sell in Year 1. In best ball leagues? It’s a little more enticing. The rookie has the size and physicality to pop into the box score, but not with enough consistency to be someone we should be going out of our way to be overweight on.

Jalen Royals, Chiefs (DK ADP: WR92, 223.2)

Another year, another Chiefs wide receiver selection that will make us fantasy players hover over their name in the draft room. Jalen Royals was a favorite of many analysts through the scouting process, so his nearly falling into the fifth round likely came as a shock to them. One of those analysts was Dane Brugler, who had him as his WR7 in this class, commenting that, “He has the talent to emerge as a team's WR2 within his first few NFL seasons.”

That’s not out of the question just because he came off the board at the end of the fourth round, but he has an uphill battle to flash that type of upside behind Xavier Worthy, Rashee Rice, and Hollywood Brown as a rookie. With that said, we’ve seen our fair share of on-field and off-the-field issues that could clear the way for Royals to see playing time more often than we would initially project.

Royals is going about 10 position slots above this ADP on other non-DK sites, so snagging him here is a good way to get yourself some exposure. He’s a bit of an easy fade in redraft leagues, but it would be hard to talk drafters out of sprinkling him into best ball portfolios, particularly when Patrick Mahomes is already on your squad.

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