John's favorite rookie waiver wire pickups, fantasy football breakout candidates heading into Week 8 of 2025. Which NFL rookies have league-winning fantasy upside?

Rookie players have increasingly proven in recent years that they can be massively valuable contributors to fantasy football success. Both last season and the season before, there were multiple rookie league-winners in fantasy.

This year is shaping up to be much the same. Luckily for fantasy managers who are paying attention to who they should pick up off waivers, partly by reading this article, many of these rookies aren't heavily rostered.

Waiver wire heroes can be hard to come by, but sometimes, you can get in on the action a bit earlier if you note a player that might be primed for a breakout. Other times, you're late, bu

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