How Good of a Fantasy Football Asset could Tetairoa McMillan be in the Panthers' Offense?

It's time for our fourth fantasy football outlook of an NFL team. Here, we'll discuss the Carolina Panthers.

We looked at the Steelers, Packers and Titans so far, and will cover other teams in the days and weeks to come.

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Bryce Young Fantasy Outlook

Young is the team's starter to kick off the season. If he struggles or gets hurt, Andy Dalton would likely be next in line.

Young is QB24 and is going around pick 190 so far. He was the team's third-highest fantasy scorer from a season ago, despite not playing all the team's games.

Young started 12 of the 14 games he appeared in. He threw for 2,403 yards, 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions, while rushing for 249 yards and six scores.

If he's able to start all 17 games and keep that dual-threat ability, Young could be a sneaky good fantasy asset in 2025. For now, he's going outside most standard league drafts, and is more of a third QB in deeper leagues or two-QB setups.

He could work into streaming territory, especially in deeper leagues, with a good season. Young should more be viewed as a secondary option than a guy to trust weekly though.

We'll see if he can prove a lot of people wrong this season, and cement his place as the team's franchise quarterback going forward.

Running Back Fantasy Outlook

Chuba Hubbard is the team's starting running back. Rico Dowdle is a veteran backup option, while rookie Trevor Etienne is another option for the Panthers' offense to utilize.

Hubbard is RB18 and going around pick 42 so far. He was RB14 overall last season, so his current ADP offers a little draft value already.

Hubbard posted 1,366 total yards and 11 touchdowns last season, and he accomplished that in just 15 games. With a full season, and a bit more offensive talent in Carolina now, I could see Hubbard really putting up big numbers this season.

I love taking him around his ADP, and think he's a really solid No. 2 back, but is close to being a No. 3 guy. If you get him as your third back, your running game should be a strength.

Even if his ADP improves as the season nears, I think Hubbard is still worth a pick. He's got a solid fantasy floor, and a pretty decent fantasy ceiling too. Don't overlook him like so many others are.

Dowdle gets a fresh start after posting his best season in Dallas last year. He had 1,328 total yards and five scores over 16 games.

Dowdle is RB56 and is going around pick 170 so far. So he's a borderline pick in standard leagues, but is a bigger deep-league threat. As a backup to a workhorse, that makes sense.

I'd also try to avoid drafting Dowdle in standard leagues this season. You are banking on a Hubbard injury, and that's not a good way to use your final draft picks. Pick him up off the waiver wire if Dowdle ever gets the lead role.

Dowdle is just a secondary option in deeper leagues, but could be stashed behind Hubbard to protect him. He's shown to be a capable starter in the past, and maybe could carve out a big enough role in time to warrant some flex starts, even if Hubbard is around.

Etienne is RB74 and is going around pick 250. The fourth-round pick has a couple backs to pass before he'd be heavily involved offensively, but he's a guy to stash in deep redraft leagues and dynasty/keeper leagues.

Just add him off the waiver wire in redraft leagues if he ever becomes something this season.

Wide Receiver Fantasy Outlook

Rookie Tetairoa McMillan is the team's top wide receiver going into the season. Veteran Adam Thielen and youngster Xavier Legette are the other projected starters. David Moore, Jalen Coker and rookie Jimmy Horn Jr. are among the top backups.

McMillan is WR26 and is going around pick 62 right now. The eighth overall pick is the team's best wideout on paper, and could show that immediately to kick off his NFL career.

With not a lot of other proven pass catchers in Carolina, McMillan could be this year's rookie wideout who immediately stars. His fantasy ceiling is hampered by his quarterback and team overall, but losing ways could mean big numbers for the passing game, so I'm a big fan of grabbing McMillan near his ADP.

Legette is WR62 and going around pick 173, while Thielen is WR65 and going around pick 180.

Thielen got in just 10 games last season, but went for 615 yards and five scores. He's a better secondary option in real life, and now with McMillan around, I think Thielen could be a sneaky good fantasy asset for 2025.

I'm a fan of taking a chance on him late in a redraft league - he could become a flex-level option, or better, this season.

Legette had 521 yards and four scores over a 16-game rookie season in 2024. I don't love the Panthers adding talent to the wideout room, and getting Thielen back, because it could leave Legette as a secondary option.

I don't like him as much as I like Thielen, and think I'd rather skip him in standard league drafts. I'd give him a chance in deeper leagues, but only view him as a depth option, not someone who I expected to be starting too often.

Horn, Hunter Renfrow and Coker all have ADPs over 300, so they are just deep-league options. Horn and Coker are the two I'd keep an eye on most, but think they, and Renfrow will only be deep-league assets this season, unless there's several injuries ahead of them.

Tight End Fantasy Outlook

Tommy Tremble is the team's top tight end, but he's hurt to start this season. Ja'Tavion Sanders is another option, as is rookie Mitchell Evans.

Sanders is the only one on our ADP list, going around pick 260 as TE 31.

He posted 342 yards and a score over a 16-game rookie season. The fourth-round pick from 2024 could be more involved this season, especially if Tremble is out to start the year.

Tremble is approaching his fifth season in Carolina, but is on the physically unable to perform list right now. He was a third-round pick in 2021.

Tremble has 793 yards and 10 scores over his first four years and 61 games in the NFL. He had his most yards last year, tallying 234 over his 12 games. He's scored at least two touchdowns in every season so far.

Evans was a fifth-round pick this offseason. He accomplished a bit in college, but wasn't a massive receiving threat, so it'll likely be a couple years for that to maybe come around in the pros.

Sanders is the guy to target amongst this trio of tight ends, but he's just a deep-league option. He could become a standard league guy if he retains the starting role all season, but if Tremble and Evans are involved too, I doubt any of these tight ends will be that good of fantasy options.

It also doesn't help that there's a decent stable of wideouts on the team now. That's just more mouths to feed, and unless one of these tight ends takes a massive leap forward, I don't see much fantasy production coming from the Carolina TEs.