2024 may finally be the time to wake up for a Carolina Panthers tight end.
Bleacher Report’s Alex Kay recently named a handful of deep sleepers for the upcoming fantasy football season. He closes out his list with Panthers rookie Ja’Tavion Sanders, who Kay thinks could follow in the footsteps of Detroit’s Sam LaPorta and his phenomenal 2023 campaign.
Kay writes:
Carolina needs all the help it can get after No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young oversaw a unit that ranked dead last in both total and passing offense and tied for the fewest points scored last year. With Tremble clearly not the answer, Sanders could usurp the starting role and work as a much-needed safety blanket for the young signal-caller as he seeks to turn his career around.
Managers could do far worse than taking a flier on Sanders given his ADP of 215. He’s one of the few tight ends in that range (if not the only one) who has the upside to become a weekly fantasy starter.
Sanders, Carolina’s fourth-round pick back in April, put up some solid numbers during his final two years at the University of Texas. The 6-foot-4, 245-pounder reeled in 99 receptions for 1,295 yards and seven touchdowns between 2022 and 2023, earning a pair of First-team All-Big 12 selections in the process.
Hopefully that production finds its way to the Panthers—who have seen all of their tight ends combine for 1,530 yards and eight touchdowns on 154 receptions over the last three seasons. (Yeah . . . three.)
