2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Round 7

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 7 results of our 2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:

7.01 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): DeVante Parker, WR, Miami Dolphins

With the exception of Jarvis Landry, all of Miami's top pass-catchers are newcomers including first-round rookie DeVante Parker. The 6-foot-3 Parker missed the first seven games of the season with a foot injury, but he closed the season with 43 catches for 855 yards and five touchdowns in just six games. Parker gives the Dolphins someone who can develop into a true No. 1 wideout, but this is a little earlier (WR31 in this mock) than I'd select Parker.

7.02 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): Nelson Agholor, WR, Philadelphia Eagles

Landing in Chip Kelly's up-tempo offense bodes well for Agholor's short- and long-term fantasy outlook. While the Eagles lost Jeremy Maclin (6-0, 198, 4.48 forty) in free agency, Agholor (6-0, 198, 4.42 forty) has earned comparisons to the departed receiver. An excellent route runner, Agholor has the ability to play both inside and outside and finished with a 104/1,313/12 stat line last year for USC.

7.03 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Matt Ryan, QB, Atlanta Falcons

Ryan has more than 4,500 passing yards in three consecutive seasons and has thrown 26-plus touchdowns in five straight. Over his past five seasons, Ryan has finished as a top-eight fantasy quarterback in four of them. During that same span, however, he has never finished as a top-six fantasy quarterback. Even though he is the 10th-ranked quarterback in my rankings, perhaps being the seventh quarterback off the board is the right spot for him ...

7.04 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Victor Cruz, WR, New York Giants

With his season cut short after after six games due to a torn patellar tendon, Cruz may or may not be ready for the start of the season although early reports appear positive. Cruz averaged a four-year low of 56.2 yards per game before his injury last year and he will clearly be the team's No. 2 receiver behind Odell Beckham once he returns to the field. I think there is a good chance that Cruz would have still been available for Dan a few rounds later than this.

7.05 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Allen Robinson, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars

One of two second-round receivers selected by the Jaguars last season, A-Rob's season was cut short with a season-ending foot injury in Week 10. From Weeks 2 to 10, however, Robinson averaged 5.22 receptions and 60.89 yards per game. During that nine-game span, Robinson had a minimum of four receptions every game and more than 50 receiving yards in seven of nine games. Especially if Blake Bortles takes a step forward going into his second season, Robinson could make a substantial leap forward in Year 2 as Cecil Shorts is in Houston and Justin Blackmon reportedly had his application for reinstatement rejected.

7.06 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Cam Newton, QB, Carolina Panthers

It was a down year for Newton, but he dealt with numerous injuries throughout the season and missed two games. That said, Newton has now exceeded 3,000 passing yards and 500 rushing yards in all four of his NFL seasons. Over those four seasons, he has averaged 3,606 passing yards and 20 passing touchdowns per season as well as 643 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns. Despite the down year, Newton finished seventh in fantasy points per game (17.78) among QBs.

7.07 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Darren McFadden, RB, Dallas Cowboys

Since entering the league as a top-four pick for the Raiders, McFadden has largely disappointed fantasy owners. Even though he averaged 121.6 YFS per game and 5.27 YPC over 20 games played in 2010 and 2011, he has missed at least three games in each of his first six seasons before finally playing a full 16-game season in 2014. In addition, he has averaged just 3.34 YPC over the past three seasons. While I'd prefer Joseph Randle, who averaged 6.7 YPC last season, over McFadden, I'll target both backs as I expect at least one of the two to finish as a top-20 fantasy back in 2015 behind the Cowboys dominant offensive line.

7.08 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Michael Floyd, WR, Arizona Cardinals

Floyd opened (5/119) and closed (8/153/2) the season with a bang, but there weren't many bright spots in between. Floyd had zero, one or two receptions in eight games last season and finished the year with a 47/841/6 line after his breakout second season (66/1,054/5). Given the team's quarterback injuries, however, it's no surprise that we didn't see Floyd take another step forward in 2014. With less buzz entering 2015 drafts, Floyd has some bounce-back appeal at a lower draft-day cost than in 2014.

7.09 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Duke Johnson, RB, Cleveland Browns

While this is earlier than I'd select Johnson in re-draft leagues, Sean believes that Johnson is better than both Isaiah Crowell and Terrance West and could win the lead job early in his rookie season. Personally, I expect Crowell to lead the team's backfield, but I do like Johnson's versatile skill set and he is the all-time leading rusher at The U, which says plenty considering their talented alumni. Sean also told me that he made this selection as a "swing-for-the-fences" type of pick as Johnson is his fourth running back. That said, one of those running backs is Todd Gurley, who could possibly start the season on the PUP list.

7.10 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Bishop Sankey, RB, Tennessee Titans

Not only was Sankey the first running back selected in the 2014 NFL Draft, but he seemed (at least when he was drafted) that he had the clearest path among rookie backs to a sizable workload. Sankey's workload instead fluctuated quite a bit, but his lack of productivity on a per-touch basis remained consistent. Sankey averaged less than four yards per carry in 10 of his final 12 games and the two exceptions were modest (4.2 and 4.5 YPC) as well.

On a positive note, Sankey's rookie campaign -- 170 touches, 702 yards from scrimmage and 3.7 YPC -- has set the bar low for year two. All of those should increase in 2015, but the question remains: by how much? Given that the team used their fifth-round pick on Minnesota's David Cobb, it may not be by much.

7.11 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): Joseph Randle, RB, Dallas Cowboys

While he had only 51 carries in 2014, 11 of those 51 (21.6 percent) of those carries resulted in runs of more than 10 yards and he averaged 6.73 yards per carry on the season. More than anything, that production is a result of running behind one of the best offensive lines in football, which should be even better this year. The YPC average will certainly decline with a spike in volume, but Randle has RB2 upside if he can get around 12 carries per game. And some reports project him as the favorite (over McFadden) to lead the team in carries. Randle could turn out to be a steal here.

7.12 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): LeGarrette Blount, RB, New England Patriots

On a full-season basis, Blount is the clear favorite to lead the Patriots' backfield in both real and fantasy production. The only question is how much can we rely on his production on a week-to-week basis as we've seen with Blount in the playoffs -- one yard on three carries (vs. BAL) one week to 30 carries for 148 yards and three touchdowns the next week (vs. IND). With that said, he should be able to outproduce his draft slot (RB36) in our mock.

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