One good way to identify potential sleepers is to take a closer look at the late-season game-by-game stats. Oftentimes a player will make a splash, major or minor, in the final few weeks of the season and then take that momentum into the following year. Sometimes this is a product of an injury to a player ahead of him on the depth chart, and sometimes a team is just ready to give the player an opportunity for one reason or another.

There are definitely some disappointments on that list as well -- Mario Manningham , anyone? -- so it's important not to place too much emphasis on late-season performance. It's a good way to further justify established sleepers or perhaps put a few more players on the radar.

In the table below you'll find the top 30 WRs ranked by their corresponding increase in Fantasy Points / Game (FP/G) in standard scoring formats from the first half of the season (W1-W9) to the second half (W10-17). To be eligible, players had to be fantasy relevant, which means they played in at least three games in both halves and averaged at least 5.0 FP/G during the final eight weeks of the season. That corresponds to 50 receiving yards per game or a TD.

A few things to note:

- This looks at receiving stats only, which is why Percy Harvin 's averages may look a little off. However, when his rushing stats from each half are added, he averaged 15.2 FP/G in the second half of the season, which was a 7.9 FP/G increase over the 7.2 FP/G he averaged in the first half of the season. So he'd still top the list with rushing numbers included. He should be very productive in 2012, especially with Adrian Peterson iffy to start the season.

Malcom Floyd is a player who will produce if he can stay healthy, but he has missed nine games in the last two seasons. Fantasy owners who take Meachem should consider drafting Floyd as well. He should produce WR3 numbers when healthy and would provide insurance if Meachem were to get injured.

Laurent Robinson was as hot as anyone during the second half of 2011, but now that he's with the Jaguars , his fantasy prospects are fairly dim due to QB Blaine Gabbert 's lack of progress. If Gabbert makes a leap in the preseason, Robinson could turn into a late-round sleeper.

- There has been some talk about Greg Little making a jump in his sophomore season, but his fantasy upside depends largely on how well QB Brandon Weeden adapts to the NFL game. We're not terribly excited about Weeden, which is why Little is currently ranked as a fantasy WR4.