Aug 31, 2018, 11:15 AM ET The long wait is almost over -- the NFL kicks off in a matter of days, which means we'll finally see some fresh fantasy football stats! In the meantime, there will be a gazillion people taking part in fantasy drafts over Labor Day weekend, and we want you to be up to date with recent trends, so we have one last mock draft for you to peruse.
Of note is that there is a little more weight to this draft because it is our ESPN Fantasy staff writers league. That means this is an actual league that will be played out and be worth the most important reward of all: bragging rights. This is a 12-team, PPR format with rosters that start three wide receivers (1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 D/ST, 1 K, 1 Flex, 6 Bench, 1 IR).
You can check out all of our various preseason mock drafts in the Draft Kit , so you can see how player and position values differ between this format and others. And you can view our analysts' PPR rankings here .
The participants, in order of draft position, were Field Yates , Matthew Berry , Eric Karabell , KC Joyner , Tim Hasselbeck , Matt Bowen , Ken Daube , Stephania Bell , Tristan H. Cockcroft , Anita Marks , Mike Clay and Jim McCormick .
Round 1 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 1 Yates Todd Gurley II , LARRB1 2 2 Berry Le'Veon Bell , PitRB2 3 3 Karabell David Johnson , AriRB3 4 4 Joyner Antonio Brown , PitWR1 5 5 Hasselbeck Ezekiel Elliott , DalRB4 6 6 Bowen Saquon Barkley , NYGRB5 7 7 Daube Alvin Kamara , NORB6 8 8 Bell DeAndre Hopkins , HouWR2 9 9 Cockcroft Kareem Hunt , KCRB7 10 10 Marks Leonard Fournette , JaxRB8 11 11 Clay Julio Jones , AtlWR3 12 12 McCormick Odell Beckham Jr ., NYGWR4
Round 2 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 13 McCormick Keenan Allen , LACWR5 2 14 Clay Dalvin Cook , MinRB9 3 15 Marks Melvin Gordon , LACRB10 4 16 Cockcroft Christian McCaffrey , CarRB11 5 17 Bell Devonta Freeman , AtlRB12 6 18 Daube A.J. Green , CinWR6 7 19 Bowen Michael Thomas , NOWR7 8 20 Hasselbeck Davante Adams , GBWR8 9 21 Joyner Rob Gronkowski , NETE1 10 22 Karabell LeSean McCoy , BufRB13 11 23 Berry Joe Mixon , CinRB14 12 24 Yates Jerick McKinnon , SFRB15
Round 3 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 25 Yates Larry Fitzgerald , AriWR9 2 26 Berry Mike Evans , TBWR10 3 27 Karabell Adam Thielen , MinWR11 4 28 Joyner T.Y. Hilton , IndWR12 5 29 Hasselbeck Travis Kelce , KCTE2 6 30 Bowen Stefon Diggs , MinWR13 7 31 Daube Allen Robinson , ChiWR14 8 32 Bell Tyreek Hill , KCWR15 9 33 Cockcroft Zach Ertz , PhiTE3 10 34 Marks Amari Cooper , OakWR16 11 35 Clay Jordan Howard , ChiRB16 12 36 McCormick Kenyan Drake , MiaRB17
Round 4 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 37 McCormick Chris Hogan , NEWR17 2 38 Clay Demaryius Thomas , DenWR18 3 39 Marks Doug Baldwin , SeaWR19 4 40 Cockcroft Royce Freeman , DenRB18 5 41 Bell Lamar Miller , HouRB19 6 42 Daube Jarvis Landry , CleWR20 7 43 Bowen Alex Collins , BalRB20 8 44 Hasselbeck Golden Tate , DetWR21 9 45 Joyner Derrick Henry , TenRB21 10 46 Karabell Marvin Jones Jr ., DetWR22 11 47 Berry Josh Gordon , CleWR23 12 48 Yates Robert Woods , LARWR24
Round 5 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 49 Yates JuJu Smith-Schuster , PitWR25 2 50 Berry Emmanuel Sanders , DenWR26 3 51 Karabell Duke Johnson Jr ., CleRB22 4 52 Joyner Dion Lewis , TenRB23 5 53 Hasselbeck Alshon Jeffery *, PhiWR27 6 54 Bowen Brandin Cooks , LARWR28 7 55 Daube Aaron Rodgers , GBQB1 8 56 Bell Marquise Goodwin , SFWR29 9 57 Cockcroft Corey Davis , TenWR30 10 58 Marks Rex Burkhead , NERB24 11 59 Clay Jay Ajayi , PhiRB25 12 60 McCormick Jamaal Williams , GBRB26
Round 6 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 61 McCormick Mark Ingram II , NORB27 2 62 Clay Michael Crabtree , BalWR31 3 63 Marks Isaiah Crowell , NYJRB28 4 64 Cockcroft Sammy Watkins , KCWR32 5 65 Bell Greg Olsen , CarTE4 6 66 Daube Julian Edelman , NEWR33 7 67 Bowen Randall Cobb , GBWR34 8 68 Hasselbeck Marshawn Lynch , OakRB29 9 69 Joyner Tom Brady , NEQB2 10 70 Karabell Robby Anderson , NYJWR35 11 71 Berry Devin Funchess , CarWR36 12 72 Yates Delanie Walker , TenTE5
Round 7 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 73 Yates Pierre Garcon , SFWR37 2 74 Berry Chris Carson , SeaRB30 3 75 Karabell Cooper Kupp , LARWR38 4 76 Joyner Carlos Hyde , CleRB31 5 77 Hasselbeck Tevin Coleman , AtlRB32 6 78 Bowen Tarik Cohen , ChiRB33 7 79 Daube Chris Thompson , WshRB34 8 80 Bell James White , NERB35 9 81 Cockcroft Sony Michel , NERB36 10 82 Marks Rashaad Penny , SeaRB37 11 83 Clay Evan Engram , NYGTE6 12 84 McCormick Kenny Stills , MiaWR39
Round 8 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 85 McCormick Russell Wilson , SeaQB3 2 86 Clay Kerryon Johnson , DetRB38 3 87 Marks Adrian Peterson , WshRB39 4 88 Cockcroft Jamison Crowder , WshWR40 5 89 Bell Deshaun Watson , HouQB4 6 90 Daube Jimmy Graham , GBTE7 7 91 Bowen Cam Newton , CarQB5 8 92 Hasselbeck Carson Wentz , PhiQB6 9 93 Joyner Peyton Barber , TBRB40 10 94 Karabell Trey Burton , ChiTE8 11 95 Berry Jordan Reed , WshTE9 12 96 Yates Nelson Agholor , PhiWR41
Round 9 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 97 Yates Kelvin Benjamin , BufWR42 2 98 Berry Kyle Rudolph , MinTE10 3 99 Karabell Danny Amendola , MiaWR43 4 100 Joyner Will Fuller V , HouWR44 5 101 Hasselbeck Ronald Jones , TBRB41 6 102 Bowen Jack Doyle , IndTE11 7 103 Daube Jordy Nelson , OakWR45 8 104 Bell Josh Doctson , WshWR46 9 105 Cockcroft Drew Brees , NOQB7 10 106 Marks Aaron Jones , GBRB42 11 107 Clay Andrew Luck , IndQB8 12 108 McCormick Tyler Lockett , SeaWR47
Round 10 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 109 McCormick Michael Gallup , DalWR48 2 110 Clay Keelan Cole , JaxWR49 3 111 Marks Doug Martin , OakRB43 4 112 Cockcroft Sterling Shepard , NYGWR50 5 113 Bell Kenny Golladay , DetWR51 6 114 Daube Marlon Mack , IndRB44 7 115 Bowen Paul Richardson , WshWR52 8 116 Hasselbeck DeVante Parker , MiaWR53 9 117 Joyner DeSean Jackson , TBWR54 10 118 Karabell Matthew Stafford , DetQB9 11 119 Berry Giovani Bernard , CinRB45 12 120 Yates Kirk Cousins , MinQB10
Round 11 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 121 Yates Bilal Powell , NYJRB46 2 122 Berry Jimmy Garoppolo , SFQB11 3 123 Karabell Theo Riddick , DetRB47 4 124 Joyner Nick Chubb , CleRB48 5 125 Hasselbeck Allen Hurns , DalWR55 6 126 Bowen Mike Williams , LACWR56 7 127 Daube David Njoku , CleTE12 8 128 Bell Latavius Murray , MinRB49 9 129 Cockcroft Jordan Wilkins , IndRB50 10 130 Marks Patrick Mahomes , KCQB12 11 131 Clay John Ross , CinWR57 12 132 McCormick George Kittle , SFTE13
Round 12 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 133 McCormick Ty Montgomery , GBRB51 2 134 Clay Chris Godwin , TBWR58 3 135 Marks Philip Rivers , LACQB13 4 136 Cockcroft James Washington , PitWR59 5 137 Bell Calvin Ridley , AtlWR60 6 138 Daube C.J. Anderson , CarRB52 7 139 Bowen Devontae Booker , DenRB53 8 140 Hasselbeck Cameron Meredith , NOWR61 9 141 Joyner Ben Roethlisberger , PitQB14 10 142 Karabell Jaguars D/ST DST1 11 143 Berry John Brown , BalWR62 12 144 Yates Rishard Matthews , TenWR63
Round 13 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 145 Yates John Kelly , LARRB54 2 146 Berry Rams D/ST DST2 3 147 Karabell Mohamed Sanu , AtlWR64 4 148 Joyner Donte Moncrief , JaxWR65 5 149 Hasselbeck DJ Moore , CarWR66 6 150 Bowen Anthony Miller , ChiWR67 7 151 Daube Matt Breida , SFRB55 8 152 Bell Corey Clement , PhiRB56 9 153 Cockcroft Taywan Taylor , TenWR68 10 154 Marks Tyler Eifert , CinTE14 11 155 Clay Courtland Sutton , DenWR69 12 156 McCormick Dez Bryant, FA WR70
Round 16 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 181 McCormick Bears D/ST DST11 2 182 Clay Matt Prater , DetK4 3 183 Marks Titans D/ST DST12 4 184 Cockcroft Matt Bryant , AtlK5 5 185 Bell Wil Lutz , NOK6 6 186 Daube Jeremy Hill , NERB61 7 187 Bowen Chris Boswell , PitK7 8 188 Hasselbeck Robbie Gould , SFK8 9 189 Joyner Jake Elliott , PhiK9 10 190 Karabell Harrison Butker , KCK10 11 191 Berry Adam Vinatieri , IndK11 12 192 Yates Graham Gano , CarK12
