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Dejounte Murray is a Yahoo sleeper in both points and categories

Yahoo drafters were taking Dejounte Murray around 70th in early October, while our projections rank him 35th under Yahoo's points scoring and 48th on 9-cat, and 27th once turnovers stop counting.

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Dejounte Murray is the only player who appears on both of our Yahoo sleeper lists this fall, the points list and the categories list, and the reason is the same in both. Yahoo drafters were taking him around the 70th pick in early October, while the analysts' consensus has him 48th in points and 45th in 9-cat, and our own projections rank him higher still in points. The gap comes from his health history rather than his projected line: he ruptured his Achilles early in 2025 and played only 14 games last season after more than a year away.

Ranks from our projections board and the analysts' consensus, updated nightly.

This piece sets out what is known about his health now, the line we project for him in New Orleans, and why his value holds in both formats despite a turnover rate that would sink most players in categories. Every rank is from our boards, with the scoring named each time, and the draft prices are from our own early-October videos, which used each platform's average draft position at the time.

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