2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round 10

Scoring: This mock draft is based on standard-scoring fantasy football leagues for the 2015 season only (i.e., not keeper or dynasty leagues). Passing touchdowns are worth four points while rushing and receiving touchdowns are worth six points. In addition, one point is earned per 25 passing yards, 10 rushing yards and 10 receiving yards.

Mock Draft Start Date: Saturday, May 9th
Mock Draft End Date: Friday, May 22nd

Four of our site's contributors — Kevin Hanson, Brendan Donahue, Sean Beazley and Dan Yanotchko — will make picks for three teams of this 12-team mock. The mock will go 12 rounds with no kickers or team defenses selected.

Although this is a slow draft, we will post picks as they occur, along with comments from Kevin Hanson, as opposed to waiting for the entire mock draft to be completed.

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Here are the Round 10 results of our 2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:

10.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Jordan Cameron, TE, Miami Dolphins

In 2013, Cameron had a breakout season with 80 receptions for 917 yards and seven touchdowns. When healthy, he is clearly a matchup nightmare for opposing defenses. Unfortunately, Cameron missed six games last season and has a history of concussions. Perhaps no injury is more worrisome from a fantasy outlook given the greater susceptibility and unpredictability of a recurrence. If Cameron plays 16 games in 2015, however, he has top-five upside.

10.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): Charles Sims, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The current regime inherited Doug Martin, but used a relatively early pick last year on the versatile Sims, who rushed for 3,465 yards in college but also added 203 receptions for 2,108 yards. After missing the first-half of his rookie season due to a ankle injury, he was less than impressive when healthy over the final eight games of his rookie season -- 2.8 yards per carry. That said, it wouldn't surprise me if he led the Bucs' backfield in fantasy points this season.

10.03 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Jerick McKinnon, RB, Minnesota Vikings

As mentioned earlier in this mock, this team has three strong positions -- wide receiver, quarterback and tight end. This mock assumes two starting receivers (although a third could be started as a flex), but Sean has four starters at those three positions that are ranked inside my top five at each respective position -- Dez Bryant (WR3), Odell Beckham (WR5), Russell Wilson (QB3) and Greg Olsen (TE4).

What the team does lack, however, is a strong running back position as he waited until Round 4 (39th-overall pick) to draft his first running back. McKinnon is Sean's fifth running back and I'd use at least one, if not both, of his final two picks on another running back.

McKinnon clearly enters the season second on Minnesota's depth chart behind Adrian Peterson, but he was productive when he was on the field last year. McKinnon averaged 4.76 YPC as well as 16.38 touches per game from Weeks 4 to 12 before missing the rest of the year due to injury. If the 30-year-old Peterson misses any games, McKinnon would become a solid RB2.

10.04 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Terrance Williams, WR, Dallas Cowboys

Williams saw his receptions (37), yards (621) and targets (66) drop year-over-year from his rookie campaign, but he did set a career high with eight touchdowns in 2014. Williams had more than two receptions in only four of 16 games despite starting opposite Bryant for the entire season. Perhaps the Cowboys will throw it more often with DeMarco Murray no longer on the roster, but I think the Cowboys prefer to stay heavily committed to their rushing attack, which could limit Williams ability to post solid numbers on a consistent basis. Tony Romo averaged a career-low 29.0 pass attempts per start last season.

10.05 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Ryan Tannehill, QB, Miami Dolphins

Brendan used his ninth-round pick on Tom Brady, who's currently suspended for the first four games of the season, although I expect the suspension to be reduced after his appeal. To fill the void, however, Tannehill is a more-than-competent fill-in during that suspension. In fact, Tannehill (QB8) outscored Brady (QB9) in 2014.

Tannehill posted career highs in passing yards (4,045), passing touchdowns (27) and completion percentage (66.4) with a career low in interceptions (12) in his first year playing for new offensive coordinator Bill Lazor. In addition, he rushed for a career-high 311 yards, which ranked fifth among all quarterbacks last season.

10.06 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): David Johnson, RB, Arizona Cardinals

While it appears that the Cardinals remain committed to Andre Ellington in a workhorse role, Johnson is a big back (6-1, 224) with excellent receiving skills. In fact, Johnson had over 200 receiving yards in the game against Iowa last season. Coach Bruce Arians said of Johnson, "[h]e’s got good power, but his receiving ability is as close to Andre’s as anybody I’ve seen." In addition, general manager Steve Keim described him as a "three-down" back. If Ellington misses games, like last season, I'd expect Johnson to assume the lead-back role during that stretch.

10.07 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Antonio Gates, TE, San Diego Chargers

Although his targets (98), receptions (69) and yards (821) were down year over year, Gates finished with 12 touchdowns, the second-most of his career, and scored more fantasy points than all tight ends not named Rob Gronkowski. Gates finished as a weekly top-two tight end four times and top eight at the position eight times last season. While I don't expect another top-two finish from the 35-year-old Gates, a top-10 finish is certainly within reach. (Gates is the TE10 in this mock.)

10.08 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Brandon LaFell, WR, New England Patriots

In his first season with the Patriots, LaFell had his best NFL season, by far, as he set career highs in receptions (74), yards (953) and touchdowns (seven). As solid as LaFell's overall numbers were, there was plenty of weekly inconistency as he had four weekly top-12 finishes but he finished outside the top-36 eight times. At best, he's the team's third option in the passing game behind Gronkowski and Edelman, but he's this squad's fifth wideout.

10.09 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Steve Smith, WR, Baltimore Ravens

Smith's first season as a Raven went better than expectations as he posted a 79/1,065/6 full-season stat line. With all four of his 100-yard games occurring in the first six games of the season, Smith was much less effective over the final 10 games. That said, he did have at least five catches in each of the final four games for a total of 25 catches during the final month of the season. Now 36 years old, it's unlikely that Smith posts another 1,000-yard season, but he has made a career out of disproving his doubters.

10.10 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Darren Sproles, RB, Philadelphia Eagles

Replacing LeSean McCoy with DeMarco Murray and Ryan Mathews means that Sproles goes from second in line for touches to third. That said, Chip Kelly should continue to find ways to get Sproles the ball in space and recently described him as a "Swiss army knife," but he's probably more value to the Eagles than to Dan's fantasy team.

10.11 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): David Cobb, RB, Tennessee Titans

Last year's first running back selected, Bishop Sankey, was a disappointment for the Titans. With that said, it's certainly possible that Cobb, the team's fifth-round pick this year, could lead the team's backfield in touches as early as his rookie season. Coach Ken Whisenhunt described Cobb as a potential three-down back.

10.12 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Percy Harvin, WR, Buffalo Bills

Following his former head coach Rex Ryan to Buffalo this offseason, Harvin is a dynamic playmaker in the open field. In 13 games with the Seahawks and Jets last season, Harvin had a total of 51 receptions for 483 yards, 33 carries for 202 yards and three total touchdowns. There is some upside with Harvin as the 48th receiver selected based on his skill set, but he's the third option, at best, in an offense with a subpar quarterback play.

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