Rome Odunze
2025 Season Outlooks
Odunze's rookie season was marred by one of the worst uncatchable ball rates in the NFL. Less than half of his air yards came on throws that were deemed catchable. He also dealt with target competition problems from D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen. Allen is gone, but the team drafted both Colston Loveland and Luther Burden, so the target situation may not be improved. Still, this is a former top-10 pick in the NFL Draft who had 1,640 receiving yards in his final season at Washington. If he hits his ceiling, he can overcome competition. For now, we view Odunze as a WR4 worthy of a pick in Round 8 of redraft leagues. He's far more valuable in Dynasty due to his upside and youth, so view him as a WR2 in that format, though a slow start would change that quickly. Remember, we had many of these same concerns with Jaxon Smith-Njigba a year ago, and things turned out just fine for him. Expect the Bears' WRs ADPs to be unstable as camp reports and coachspeak influence our target estimations.
Odunze is entering his second NFL season with hopes for a leap forward after an uneven rookie campaign. The 2024 No. 9 overall pick was on the field a ton (eighth among WRs in routes) and was busy near the goal line (11th in the NFL with 13 end zone targets), but he ended up 35th or lower at the position in targets, catches, yards and TDs. Odunze had some poor scoring luck (three TDs, 6.7 expected), which was partially to blame for him scoring single-digit fantasy points in 13 of 17 games. There are a lot of mouths to feed in Chicago, but with Caleb Williams entering Year 2 and Ben Johnson now running the offense, Odunze is an extremely logical breakout candidate. He should be one of your favorite midround targets.
2025 Fantasy Football Rankings
Standard
#70
PPR
#72
Half-PPR
#70
Superflex
#94
2025 Fantasy Football Draft Projections
| Rush Yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | 68.3 | 948.3 | 4.5 |
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2025 Average Draft Position (ADP)
Standard
#77
Pick 7.05
PPR
#78
Pick 7.06
Half-PPR
#78
Pick 7.06
Superflex
#98
Pick 9.02
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