2025 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12-Team Half-PPR Mock (11th Pick)

Updated: Sunday, August 10, 2025

The best way to become good at something is to practice. So, what should you do if you want to draft a better fantasy football team?

Practice, of course!

Leading up to the start of the 2025 NFL season, we will use the fantasy football mock draft simulator to complete fantasy football mock drafts. And we will do so using a variety of scoring formats — point per reception (PPR), half-PPR, standard scoring and even 2-QB leagues — and league sizes. The goal is to provide you with a good representation of the team that you may be able to draft given your league settings while also providing the rationale of why we made the picks we did.

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That said, nothing beats practicing yourself so (check out the simulator) and complete a mock in a matter of minutes.

Half-PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 11th Pick

Starting positions: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex (RB/WR/TE), 1 K, 1 DST; Bench spots: 6

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1.11 - Nico Collins, WR, Houston Texans

Collins has missed seven games over the past two seasons, but the now 26-year-old receiver has averaged 85.3 YPG (fifth best), 15.6 Y/R (eighth) and scored a total of 15 touchdowns (tied, 10th) over that span (among wide receivers with at least 100 targets). He has finished among the top three wide receivers in PFF's Y/RR metric in each of the past two seasons — 3.11 (second) in 2023 and 2.87 (third) in 2024, respectively. If Collins can stay healthy for a full season, the emerging superstar could truly make a jump into the top tier of fantasy receivers in 2025.

2.02 - Brian Thomas Jr., WR, Jacksonville Jaguars

Among the top 10 receivers in fantasy points per game, seven of them missed multiple games in 2024. While Thomas was 11th on a per-game basis, he played a full season and finished fourth in fantasy points. As injuries sidelined Jacksonville's other top 2024 pass catchers (Evan Engram and Christian Kirk), Thomas stepped up down the stretch with all six of his double-digit target games occuring in the final six weeks of the season. During that span, he had the second-most targets (70) behind only Ja'Marr Chase (75) and ranked top five in catches (45), yards (593) and touchdowns (five). While Engram and Kirk are no longer in Jacksonville, the Jags upgraded their No. 2 receiver opposite Thomas by trading up to draft Travis Hunter, last year's Heisman Trophy and Biletnikoff Award winner (among many other awards). Hunter's presence may cut slightly into his target domination, but secondaries will have to give Hunter more defensive attention than they would have to their pre-draft No. 2 wideout(s).

MORE: 2025 Jacksonville Jaguars Fantasy Football Projections

3.11 - Davante Adams, WR, Los Angeles Rams

Adams, who was traded midseason from the Raiders to the Jets, still managed to extend his streak of 1,000-yard, eight-TD seasons to five. Even though he turns 33 on Christmas Eve and won't dominate targets the way he had at previous stops, he should have (or come close to having) another 1,000/8 season.

4.02 - Omarion Hampton, RB, Los Angeles Chargers

Perhaps his outlook is even rosier in dynasty leagues than redraft given the presence of Najee Harris, but Hampton should emerge as the team's lead back by season's end. Harris's "superficial eye injury" will almost certainly accelerate that shift. Currently, there is no update on when Harris will return although he's walking laps around the field as "part of his rehab process."

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5.11 - David Montgomery, RB, Detroit Lions

Montgomery has averaged half a yard more per carry as a Lion (4.4) than he did previously as a Bear (3.9). Even though Gibbs has 26 rushing touchdowns over the past two seasons, Montgomery has 25 with a minimum of 12 per season. While he has missed three games in both of his seasons in Detroit, Montgomery's fantasy points per game will likely outperform his ADP. He has finished top 13 in fantasy PPG in each of the past two seasons.

6.02 - Jaylen Waddle, WR, Miami Dolphins

Waddle set career lows across the board — 58/744/2 on 83 targets — in 2024.

Although he's coming off a career-worst season, there is upside with Waddle given his low-end WR3 ADP.

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7.11 - Jakobi Meyers, WR, Las Vegas Raiders

Meyers has finished as a WR2 (top 24) in both of his seasons in the desert — WR24 in 2023 and WR23 in 2024, respectively, despite sub-par quarterback play and trailing Brock Bowers in targets last season. While his upside is relatively limited, he's a reliable option who will almost certainly outperform his ADP.

8.02 - Mark Andrews, TE, Baltimore Ravens

The season ended terribly for Andrews (and the Ravens) with their playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills. From a fantasy perspective, however, Andrews was at his best down the stretch. His slow start included back-to-back goose eggs in Weeks 3 and 4, but he scored all 11 of his touchdowns over his final 13 regular-season games. In fact, his 11 touchdowns set a career high and led all tight ends in 2024. Andrews was the TE5 overall from Weeks 5-18 and sixth on a per-game basis if you include Taysom Hill, who appeared in only five games over that stretch.

9.11 - Justin Fields, QB, New York Jets

The same year (2022) that Fields threw for 2,242 yards, 17 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, he finished as fantasy's QB6 in points per game and overall. Of course, it was the elite rushing production (160/1143/8) that outweighed his anemic passing stats that year. Even before the Steelers benched him in favor of Russell Wilson in 2024, Fields was the QB6 in fantasy points per game through his six starts. I expect to be overweight Fields in 2025, especially in best ball formats.

10.02 - Emeka Egbuka, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Egbuka's landing spot (behind Mike Evans and Chris Godwin) after the 2025 NFL Draft appeared to be better for his dynasty outlook than redraft. Since then, however, Egbuka has continued to impress during offseason workouts — Baker Mayfield called him the "real deal" on the New Heights podcast — and we've since learned of Godwin's second ankle surgery this spring, which puts his availability for Week 1 in jeopardy.

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11.11 - Ray Davis, RB, Buffalo Bills

Davis finished his rookie season with 130 touches including 17 receptions, 631 yards from scrimmage and six total touchdowns. If James Cook were to miss any time, Davis would become a weekly RB2.

12.02 - David Njoku, TE, Cleveland Browns

Even though Njoku averaged a career-low 7.9 yards per reception in 2024, he averaged career highs in targets (8.8) and receptions (5.8) and his 45.9 YPG were the second-most of his career. While the quarterback situation creates uncertainty, Njoku is a clear top-two option in the passing game along with Jerry Jeudy.

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13.11 - Roschon Johnson, RB, Chicago Bears

In general, the Bears backfield is undervalued. I've been targeting D'Andre Swift, Johnson and even seventh-round rookie Kyle Monangai, depending on the format and how deep the league is. We've seen how productive multiple backs can be in a Ben Johnson-run offense.

14.02 - Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys

Prescott played only eight games in 2024 and has now missed five-plus games in three of the past five seasons. Prescott went from finishing as the QB3 in 2023 to the QB21 last season in fantasy points per game. It's clear that the trade for George Pickens will make a significant impact to the offense, and his skill set is an ideal complement opposite CeeDee Lamb. Describing himself as "a chill guy" who is "staying humble," Pickens is entering the final year of his rookie contract and should be motivated to show the best version of himself in 2025.

15.11 - Detroit Lions DST

16.02 - Cameron Dicker, K, Los Angeles Chargers

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