Fantasy Football: Sleeper tight ends for 2024

• Taysom Hill remains a focus: The New Orleans Saints have prominently featured Hill with the first-team offense throughout the preseason.

• Colby Parkinson takes over for the Los Angeles Rams: Parkinson signed a big-money contract with the Rams, and he could be an upgrade over Tyler Higbee.

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These fantasy football sleepers have an ADP outside of 120 in consensus rankings but are ranked significantly higher based on their potential.

The objective was to identify tight ends with the best chances of not only finishing in the top 12 but also breaking into the top six this season. While some of these players might have an ADP inside the top 120 on platforms where a larger percentage of users are experts, a diverse selection was made to ensure each player could be considered a sleeper across various sites.

Last updated: 7:15 a.m. Thursday, August 29

Taysom Hill, New Orleans Saints (ADP: 17.06, From consensus ADP)

Hill has been one of the most intriguing players in fantasy football for years. In 2020, he started four games at quarterback when Drew Brees was injured and averaged 21.6 points per game, primarily due to his rushing production.

Leading up to those games, most fantasy websites listed him as a tight end, which sparked debates about whether he should retain tight end eligibility. Similarly, in 2021, Hill started at quarterback from Week 13 to 17, where he averaged 19.5 points per game.

Currently, Hill's positional eligibility varies across platforms: ESPN and Sleeper had him with duel eligibility at both quarterback and tight end from the start of the offseason. Yahoo! recently gave him duel eligibility after seeing his preseason usage. My Fantasy League lists him solely as a quarterback.

In 2022, Hill primarily saw action at quarterback, often in wildcat formations. However, in 2023, his role shifted more towards tight end. He lined up 80 times in a traditional tight end stance, 130 times in the slot, 71 times out wide, 115 at quarterback and 29 in the backfield. Hill also recorded a career-high 33 receptions last season.

The Saints still list Hill as a quarterback on their roster and depth chart, primarily due to the emergency third quarterback rule. Given his unique alignment distribution, there’s no definitive answer to what position he should be labeled as, since no other player has a role quite like his. ESPN's approach of granting him eligibility at multiple positions in fantasy football seems to be the most fitting, reflecting the various positions he plays in real life.

For the past seven seasons, Pete Carmichael has been Hill's offensive coordinator, with Sean Payton as his head coach for most of that time. It seemed unlikely that Klint Kubiak would use the soon-to-be 34-year-old in the same way as his previous coaches. However, through two preseason games, it appears that Hill might be used even more than before.