2015 Fantasy Football PPR Mock Draft: Round 12

Scoring: This mock draft is based on point-per-reception (PPR) scoring formats and is 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 or 10 receiving yards and per reception.

Mock Draft Start Date: Monday, June 22nd
Mock Draft End Date: Tuesday, July 7th

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 15 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 Round 12 results of our 2015 Fantasy Football Mock Draft:

12.01 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 3): Christine Michael, RB, Seattle Seahawks

A second-round pick a couple of seasons ago, Michael may not be the heir apparent to Marshawn Lynch, as initially thought, and it appears even that he may enter training camp on the roster bubble. ESPN's Terry Blount wrote "[i]t's 'step up or step out' time for Michael" with undrafted free-agent Thomas Rawls impressive during OTAs. Blount went on to write that Michael "needs to do everything right in camp or he might find his days in Seattle have ended."

12.02 - Kevin Hanson (Team 3): Breshad Perriman, WR, Baltimore Ravens

Generating plenty of buzz prior to the draft highlighted by a pair of sub-4.3's run at the UCF Pro Day, Perriman is the son of ex-NFL receiver Brent Perriman, who has a 1,400-yard season under his belt with the Lions. Much bigger than his father, Perriman (6-1, 212) has had some issues with drops, which has continued during OTAs, and needs to improve as a route-runner, but he's a big play waiting to happen.

Coming off a career-best 50/1,044/9 season, Perriman has averaged more than 20.0 Y/R over the past two seasons and is an excellent fit to replace Torrey Smith as a vertical threat in this offense. At a minimum, he's worth a flier as the 57th wide receiver off the board in this mock.

12.03 - Sean Beazley (Team 3): Terrance Williams, WR, Dallas Cowboys

With the Cowboys leaning heavily on their ground game last year, Williams saw a drop in targets (74 to 64), receptions (44 to 37) and yards (736 to 621). On a positive note, Williams had eight touchdowns with another three coming in the team's two playoff games. Going into his third season, however, Williams will likely remain a TD-dependent option as he finished with two or fewer receptions in 12 of 16 games last year.

12.04 - Sean Beazley (Team 2): Jaelen Strong, WR, Houston Texans

Strong missed a bunch of time in OTAs due to a hamstring injury, but the competition for the No. 2 receiver role after DeAndre Hopkins is only Cecil Shorts and Nate Washington. Even if he wins that job, however, the team's quarterback situation isn't all that inspiring and the Texans were the most run-heavy team in the league last year (partly due to sub-mediocre quarterback play).

12.05 - Brendan Donahue (Team 3): Dan Herron, RB, Indianapolis Colts

While the Colts plan to utilize Frank Gore as a workhorse back and he hasn't missed a game in four years, he turned 32 in May and is approaching 3,000 career touches (2.784 going into 2015). Over the final nine games of last season including the playoffs, Herron rushed for 447 yards (4.43 YPC) and three touchdowns with 39 receptions for 292 yards and obviously has tremendous upside if Gore misses any time.

12.06 - Brendan Donahue (Team 2): Jason Witten, TE, Dallas Cowboys

Other than his rookie season, Witten's 64 receptions and 703 yards last year set or tied career lows. Witten lacks upside at this point in his career, but he's a solid option that should come close to last year's top-10 performance once again.

12.07 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 2): Philip Rivers, QB, San Diego Chargers

Winning the Comeback Player of the Year award in 2013, Rivers followed up his bounce-back season with 4,286 yards and 31 touchdowns but he also threw 18 interceptions. Dealing with a back injury, Rivers threw seven of those interceptions in the final three games of the season. Rivers should be a relatively safe bet for 4,000-plus yards and around 30 touchdowns once again in 2015.

12.08 - Dan Yanotchko (Team 1): Alfred Blue, RB, Houston Texans

Blue averaged just 3.1 YPC as a rookie last season and he backs up one of the league's few true workhorses in Arian Foster, but he finished as a top-40 fantasy running back in 2014. The Texans were more committed to the run than any other team in the league and Foster, who missed three games last season, is always a candidate to miss a game or two. Blue ranked 24th in carries (169) last season.

12.09 - Kevin Hanson (Team 2): Cody Latimer, WR, Denver Broncos

As a rookie, Latimer played just 37 offensive snaps and had just two receptions for 23 yards on four targets. Two of the team's top pass-catchers -- Wes Welker and Julius Thomas -- have departed via free agency. Going into his second season, Latimer should see a big bump in snaps as Emmanuel Sanders could move inside in three-WR sets and Latimer has plenty of upside.

12.10 - Kevin Hanson (Team 1): Delanie Walker, TE, Tennessee Titans

Walker set career highs in both receptions (63) and yards (890) and led the team in both categories last season. It may be difficult for Walker to repeat that production with a rookie quarterback, but the team's quarterback situation was less than ideal last year and Marcus Mariota has generated positive reviews during offseason workouts.

12.11 - Brendan Donahue (Team 1): Ryan Tannehill, QB, Miami Dolphins

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.

Starting in Week 6, Tannehill finished as a top-10 fantasy quarterback in six of the final 11 weeks, but he also finished with the eighth-most fantasy points over the full season. The team's group of top pass-catchers was entirely turned over except for Jarvis Landry, but Tannehill has plenty of upside as the QB15 in this mock.

12.12 - Sean Beazley (Team 1): Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Minnesota Vikings

Patterson had 45 catches for 469 yards plus 158 rushing yards and nine total touchdowns as a rookie in 2013. Those that expected a breakout from him in 2014 were largely disappointed. Patterson had 238 yards from scrimmage in Weeks 1 to 3, but had two or fewer receptions in all but one game after that. With the trade for Mike Wallace this offseason, Patterson's 2015 outlook isn't much brighter.

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