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Undrafted Among Per Game Leaders

Through seven weeks of the season, there are some surprising names at the top of the positional rankings for average fantasy points per game. Maybe this is the usual case through seven weeks of the season. And maybe seven weeks are too small a sample size and things will change dramatically the rest of the season. However, it was interesting to me to see at least one player taken out of the top 100 ADP or even undrafted among the top four at each fantasy position.

Player / Fantasy points per game /  ADP|STAR|

QB

Ryan Fitzpatrick  26  - Not Drafted  [Yes, just four games, but he tops the list. Shocking.]
Philip Rivers 24.6 - 42
Peyton Manning 24.5 - 25
Aaron Rodgers 24.4 - 16

RB

Darren McFadden 22.2 - 88th ADP
Arian Foster 20.6 - 125th ADP
Adrian Peterson 18.8 - 2
Chris Johnson 16.4 - 1

TE

Antonio Gates 14.6 - 47
Dustin Keller 10.7 - 104 ADP  (12th among TE)
Zach Miller 9.9 - 83 ADP (7th among TE)
Vernon Davis 9.5 - 57

WR

Roddy White  15.0 - 23
Austin Collie 14.4 - 128
Hakeem Nicks 14.4 - 55
Brandon Loyd 12.7 - Not Drafted

|STAR|The ADP is from 22 expert drafts through 9/1 (Non-PPR) from MockDraftCentral.com.
This gives you some idea how even experts missed the boat on these players.
And yes I realize Arian Foster's ADP shot up like a rocket late in the preseason (he went in the second round in my World Championships of Fantasy Football league [WCOFF]), but he could have been had for peanuts earlier in the preseason.

|STAR||STAR|Fantasy Points per Game are from RotoWire's Red Zone/Targets Page.