Nico Collins missed time last year, but could he break out to a star level as a fantasy football producer in 2025?

Joey Pollizze's 5 early-round fantasy football wide receiver draft targets for 2025. His must-draft wide receivers include Nico Collins, Drake London, George Pickens and more.

Head coach DeMeco Ryans and the Houston Texans need to get more out of C.J.Stroud, who earned Pro Bowl honors as a rookie, but his production dipped in2024 amid turmoil around him. This offseason, the Texans acquired wide receiverChristian Kirk to help make Stroud’s life easier.

Following an impressive first year with the Houston Texans, veteran defensive end Danielle Hunter surged up the NFL's Top 100 Players of 2025 list.

DE Will Anderson Jr. was the next Texan to be unveiled at No. 46, making his debut on the list for the first time in his young career. In 2024, he had a career-high amount of sacks, totalling 4 more than his previous high, and proved himself as one of the most impactful players on the Texans' defense.

That’s an easy target for C.J. and Nico has showed up every time that we needed him.” On ad-lip, off-script scramble plays, Collins and Stroud combined for 102 yards, per Next Gen Stats.

Collins will join quarterback C.J. Stroud and the majority of Houston's starters in suiting up for Saturday's preseason game against the Panthers, Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston reports.

The second round is one of the most important rounds of fantasy football drafts, and there are five players fantasy managers should be targeting.

Nico Collins and C.J. Stroud are back like they never left, finding the end zone for an early Houston Texans' lead.

C.J. Stroud found Nico Collins for a touchdown pass on his second drive Saturday in Houston's preseason win over the Carolina Panthers.