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Draft These Kickers In 2025 Fantasy Football
HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 06: Ka'imi Fairbairn #15 of the Houston Texans celebrates with teammates ... More after kicking the game-winning field goal to beat the Buffalo Bills 23-20 at NRG Stadium on October 06, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by) Getty Images
After breaking down the top three defenses to draft in 2025 fantasy football last week, it's only right to do the same for the kickers. Since we don't have any official ADP for these kickers yet, we'll be breaking down which kickers you should target in 2025.
The idea of projecting these kickers for 2025 fantasy points is simple. We'll be looking at what these kickers did in 2024, then looking to see which of these offenses is going to improve next year.
Better offenses have more red zone opportunities, giving kickers more extra points or field goal chances.
Let's just make something clear. Brandon Aubrey should easily be the number one kicker taken in 2025. If your league mates forgot about Aubrey, he had the most fantasy points per game for a kicker with 11.3.
Keep in mind that Aubrey did this with a Dallas Cowboys offense that suffered without Dak Prescott. Not only is Prescott going to be back in 2025, but the Cowboys added George Pickens.
There's no reason why Aubrey can't be the top kicker next year, with his situation only getting better. If Aubrey is on the board when you're going to take a kicker, draft him.
Ka'imi Fairbairn has a chance to finish even better than 4th in PPG next season for a kicker. Last year, Fairbairn had 10.1 PPG even with a struggling Houston Texans offense.
Former 2nd overall pick C. J. Stroud had a sophomore slump, throwing three fewer touchdowns and having seven more interceptions than his rookie year. Stroud is a talented player, and you should expect him to turn things around for the Texans.
Especially when you take into account what the Texans did in the NFL Draft. While the team lost Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell is likely going to be out for the 2025 season, they made some big moves at wide receiver.
First, the team added Jayden Higgins with the 34th overall pick (2nd round) in the draft. Expect him to be a big contributor right away. On top of that, the Texans selected Jaylin Noel with the 79th overall pick (3rd round).
With Stroud having Higgins and Noel to pair with Nico Collins, this offense should benefit Fairbairn in a big way next season.
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 15: Place kicker Chase McLaughlin #4 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... More kicks a field goal during an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, at SoFi Stadium on December 15, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by) Getty Images 3. Chase McLaughlin (TB)
Last season, Chase McLaughlin was the 6th kicker in PPG at 9.6, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense looked great. With McLaughlin, there are a few reasons why he should finish even better than this in 2025.
For one, Baker Mayfield is great, but he just had a career-high year in passing touchdowns with 41. If that comes down just a little bit, that will result in more field goal chances for McLaughlin.
On top of that, the Buccaneers will be getting a healthy Chris Godwin and Mike Evans for the 2025 season. If that wasn't enough, the Buccaneers also drafted Emeka Egbuka with the 19th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Between some touchdown regression from Mayfield and the addition of Evans, McLaughlin could be in for a massive leap in 2025 fantasy football.
