Darren Waller
2025 Season Outlooks
Waller will reunite with former tight ends coach Frank Smith and assimilate into the Dolphins offense after retiring before the 2024 season. He's unlikely to be an impactful Fantasy option, but that won't stop people from drafting the name they know with a late-round pick. Waller hasn't averaged north of 10 PPR points since 2021. It's yet to be determined what role he'll have in Miami and if he'll even sniff the 6.5 targets per game tight end Jonnu Smith averaged last year. We might find ourselves warming up to Waller if he stands out in training camp, but until then he's not someone to be really excited about.
Waller ended his one-year retirement and was traded to the Dolphins in July. Once a fantasy star, Waller produced back-to-back top-3 fantasy campaigns during the 2019-20 seasons and was top 10 on a per-game basis the following two years. Of course, he just sat out an entire season, is set to turn 33 years old this fall, hasn't played more than 12 games in a season since 2020 and hasn't averaged double-digit fantasy points in a season since 2021. On the plus side, he has an easy path to snaps and targets and will be working in an offense that faces a ton of two-high looks and allowed Jonnu Smith to produce high-end TE1 numbers for most of 2024. Waller is worthy of late-round flier.
2025 Fantasy Football Rankings
Standard
#175
PPR
#198
Half-PPR
#196
Superflex
#262
2025 Fantasy Football Draft Projections
| Rush Yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | 50.1 | 539.8 | 3.0 |
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2025 Average Draft Position (ADP)
Standard
#226
Pick 19.10
PPR
#210
Pick 18.06
Half-PPR
#202
Pick 17.10
Superflex
#221
Pick 19.05
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