Draft Kit: 2025 IDP Breakouts
Which IDPs are set to explode onto the scene in 2025?
It’s time to get ahead of your leaguemates and identify those defensive players primed to explode in 2025. While everyone else is sorting by last year’s top performers, this article will help you target the next wave of IDP stars as they hit their ceiling.
Let’s break down the breakouts—those defensive playmakers poised for monster seasons—that will have everyone else wondering how you knew.
Edgerrin Cooper, LB, Green Bay Packers
ADP: LB8
Edgerrin Cooper’s rookie year was a sign of things to come. Playing just 55% of the snaps due to a hip injury in camp and a midseason hamstring issue, he still racked up 87 tackles (17.7% tackle rate) and 13 tackles for loss.
Here’s one of his TFLs, which shows off his reaction skills and footwork:
He also added 3.5 sacks, 4 defended passes, and 2 fumble recoveries. That’s elite production for a guy who wasn’t even on the field full-time. In IDP leagues where tackles, sacks, and big plays like turnovers are gold, Cooper was already showing he can stuff a stat sheet. Now, imagine what happens when he gets a full workload.
When to comes to the Packers’ linebacker, someone needs to step up. Quay Walker is solid, but he’s not getting his fifth-year option picked up, and Ty’Ron Hopper, another rookie from 2024, barely saw the field defensively. Isaiah McDuffie will be returning, but I believe the future lies with Cooper. His path to snaps is wide open. It’s obvious Jeff Hafley loves athletic, versatile linebackers, and Cooper is the prototype. He can blitz and chase down ball carriers sideline-to-sideline.
As he received more snaps as the year went on, Cooper just got better. Over the last five weeks, he graded out as the best LB with a 91.4 PFF among LBs appearing in at least 50% of their snaps. He also showed off in coverage, ranking 6th among LBs appearing in more than 450 snaps with a 73.5 coverage grade.
A full offseason to bulk up, refine his game, and get comfy in Hafley’s system? Yes, please! That’s the recipe for a Year 2 leap. For IDP, where consistency and big-play upside is king, Cooper’s primed to be a top-tier linebacker in 2025.
I’d snag him early in drafts—he’s got that Bobby Wagner feel. In my early projections, I’ve got him as the LB5 and averaging 0.243 fantasy points per snap.