Tre Harris

Tre Harris spent his rookie campaign handling dirty work and special teams, yet he quietly led all Chargers wideouts with 4.7 Yards After Catch Per Reception on his 46 targets. That run-after-catch capability fits new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel’s system, where open-field playmakers earn high-value opportunities.

Harris enters camp as the penciled-in WR3 in Los Angeles with only the underwhelming Quentin Johnston standing between him and the No. WR 2 role. He is a low-cost, high-upside late-round target in fantasy football best ball drafts and the perfect pre-apex pick in dynasty start-ups.

After faceplanting with an anemic 5.5 Fantasy Points Per Game (No. 84) and a 1.21 Target Separation mark (No. 81) as a rookie, Quentin Johnston now enters an offense designed to fix his structural floor. New offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel brings a system built to maximize yards after catch, direct angles, and open grass.

With Keenan Allen long gone, Johnston is set to absorb significant target share under optimal schematic conditions. Los Angeles’ offensive line set to return to health while Ladd McConkey is nursing a strained hamstring. Johnston will battle PlayerProfiler favorite Tre’ Harris for Justin Herbert’s affection. Johnston is the rare short-term fantasy football best ball value play who is also a long-term trap in dynasty leagues.

The Los Angeles Chargers are signaling a philosophical shift toward the ground game after bringing in tight ends David Njoku and Charlie Kolar. This run-heavy environment creates an under-the-radar opportunity for Tre Harris, a big-bodied receiver who can leverage his history of success on running downs to increase both his snap share and route participation rate this season.

If he handles these blocking duties effectively, Harris possesses the athletic profile to firmly overtake Quentin Johnston on the WR depth chart and siphon target share from Ladd McConkey as well to become a attractive fantasy football sleeper. At just 24.2 years of age, Harris is surging up dynasty rankings and is now PlayerProfiler’s dynasty WR46.

Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Ladd McConkey is officially the first Top-50 ADP fantasy asset to be injured during June workouts. McConkey minimized concerns regarding his hamstring strain, which was echoed by head coach Jim Harbaugh who said, “he is working through something” and it “isn’t a big concern.”

While the injury costs the sophomore receiver valuable training reps in Mike McDaniel’s new offensive scheme, he is facing a standard recovery window of weeks rather than months. Ironically, one of June’s highest ADP risers is the first to fall. Buy the dip on McConkey in all fantasy football formats and expect the target hog, who commanded a 21.3-percent Target Share to be fully functional by August.

The Los Angeles Chargers just added wide receiver depth at No. 105 by drafting Brenen Thompson, a speed merchant whose scorched-earth 4.26-second 40-yard dash (100th-percentile) makes him the ultimate vertical threat in an offense designed to maximize explosive plays. Thompson earned a 23.1% Target Share (64th-percentile) while averaging a massive 17.9 Yards Per Reception at Mississippi State, proving he can dominate as a field-stretcher despite a late 22.1 Breakout Age.

In Dynasty, he joins a crowded WR room behind Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston and Tre Harris, but can carve out a role as that field stretcher, with a top speed of nearly 24 mph.  He should be considered a late round rookie pick.