The NFL released its schedule for the 2020 campaign on Thursday, but something even bigger happened that day: our first fantasy football mock draft of the season!
A week after our virtual summit , we gathered a dozen of our experts for a 12-team PPR draft. Why 12 teams? Because we know the hard-core players who are already gaming for 2020 are more inclined to be in deeper leagues. Plus, there is plenty of information to glean from this mock even for novices playing in smaller leagues.Play the No. 1 fantasy game Sign Up Now!
Who went first? How long did our analysts wait to take a quarterback? How did wide receiver depth impact strategy? Which picks did our analysts regret? When did Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski get taken?
Be sure to check out Eric Karabell's recap and the latest Fantasy Focus Football Podcast , which was recorded live during the draft, for pick-by-pick takes by our experts.
In the meantime, you can peruse the picks from 1-192 below.
The participants for this 12-team PPR mock, in order of draft position, were: Matthew Berry , Matt Bowen , Keith Lipscomb , Damian Dabrowski , Tristan H. Cockcroft , Stephania Bell , Mike Clay , Daniel Dopp , Tom Carpenter , Field Yates , Kyle Soppe and Eric Karabell.
Round 1 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 1 Berry Christian McCaffrey , Car RBRB1 2 2 Bowen Dalvin Cook , Min RBRB2 3 3 Lipscomb Saquon Barkley , NYG RBRB3 4 4 Dabrowski Ezekiel Elliott , Dal RBRB4 5 5 Cockcroft Michael Thomas , NO WRWR1 6 6 Bell Alvin Kamara , NO RBRB5 7 7 Clay Davante Adams , GB WRWR2 8 8 Dopp DeAndre Hopkins , Ari WRWR3 9 9 Carpenter Travis Kelce , KC TETE1 10 10 Yates Derrick Henry , Ten RBRB6 11 11 Soppe Joe Mixon , Cin RBRB7 12 12 Karabell Julio Jones , Atl WRWR4
Round 2 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 13 Karabell Tyreek Hill , KC WRWR5 2 14 Soppe Austin Ekeler , LAC RBRB8 3 15 Yates Kenyan Drake , Ari RBRB9 4 16 Carpenter Aaron Jones , GB RBRB10 5 17 Dopp Lamar Jackson , Bal QBQB1 6 18 Clay Nick Chubb , Cle RBRB11 7 19 Bell Josh Jacobs , LV RBRB12 8 20 Cockcroft Chris Godwin , TB WRWR6 9 21 Dabrowski Miles Sanders , Phi RBRB13 10 22 Lipscomb David Johnson , Hou RBRB14 11 23 Bowen Mike Evans , TB WRWR7 12 24 Berry Chris Carson , Sea RBRB15
Round 3 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 25 Berry Clyde Edwards-Helaire , KC RBRB16 2 26 Bowen Kenny Golladay , Det WRWR8 3 27 Lipscomb Adam Thielen , Min WRWR9 4 28 Dabrowski Allen Robinson II , Chi WRWR10 5 29 Cockcroft George Kittle , SF TETE2 6 30 Bell Odell Beckham Jr ., Cle WRWR11 7 31 Clay Leonard Fournette , Jax RBRB17 8 32 Dopp Le'Veon Bell , NYJ RBRB18 9 33 Carpenter Todd Gurley II , Atl RBRB19 10 34 Yates DJ Moore , CarWR WR12 11 35 Soppe Amari Cooper , Dal WRWR13 12 36 Karabell JuJu Smith-Schuster , Pit WRWR14
Round 4 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 37 Karabell Melvin Gordon , Den RBRB20 2 38 Soppe Tyler Lockett , Sea WRWR15 3 39 Yates Courtland Sutton , Den WRWR16 4 40 Carpenter Patrick Mahomes , KC QBQB2 5 41 Dopp Keenan Allen , LAC WRWR17 6 42 Clay Calvin Ridley , Atl WRWR18 7 43 Bell Cooper Kupp , LAR WRWR19 8 44 Cockcroft Jonathan Taylor , Ind RBRB21 9 45 Dabrowski A.J. Brown , Ten WRWR20 10 46 Lipscomb Terry McLaurin , Wsh WRWR21 11 47 Bowen Jarvis Landry , Cle WRWR22 12 48 Berry Robert Woods , LAR WRWR23
Round 5 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 49 Berry Deebo Samuel , SF WRWR24 2 50 Bowen Cam Akers , LAR RBRB22 3 51 Lipscomb Kareem Hunt , Cle RBRB23 4 52 Dabrowski Mark Andrews , Bal TETE3 5 53 Cockcroft Devin Singletary , Buf RBRB24 6 54 Bell Raheem Mostert , SF RBRB25 7 55 Clay T.Y. Hilton , Ind WRWR25 8 56 Dopp Zach Ertz , Phi TETE4 9 57 Carpenter A.J. Green , Cin WRWR26 10 58 Yates Evan Engram , NYG TETE5 11 59 Soppe DJ Chark Jr ., Jax WRWR27 12 60 Karabell D'Andre Swift , Det RBRB26
Round 6 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 61 Karabell Mark Ingram II , Bal RBRB27 2 62 Soppe Ke'Shawn Vaughn , TB RBRB28 3 63 Yates Julian Edelman , NE WRWR28 4 64 Carpenter DK Metcalf , Sea WRWR29 5 65 Dopp James Conner , Pit RBRB29 6 66 Clay Darren Waller , LV TETE6 7 67 Bell Rob Gronkowski , TB TETE7 8 68 Cockcroft DeVante Parker , Mia WRWR30 9 69 Dabrowski Stefon Diggs , Buf WRWR31 10 70 Lipscomb Tyler Boyd , Cin WRWR32 11 71 Bowen Henry Ruggs III , LV WRWR33 12 72 Berry Dak Prescott , Dal QBQB3
Round 7 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 73 Berry Michael Gallup , Dal WRWR34 2 74 Bowen David Montgomery , Chi RBRB30 3 75 Lipscomb Tyler Higbee , LAR TETE8 4 76 Dabrowski Kyler Murray , Ari QBQB4 5 77 Cockcroft Will Fuller V , Hou WRWR35 6 78 Bell Deshaun Watson , Hou QBQB5 7 79 Clay Russell Wilson , Sea QBQB6 8 80 Dopp Sterling Shepard , NYG WRWR36 9 81 Carpenter Brandin Cooks , Hou WRWR37 10 82 Yates Marvin Jones Jr ., Det WRWR38 11 83 Soppe Golden Tate , NYG WRWR39 12 84 Karabell James White , NE RBRB31
Round 8 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 85 Karabell Phillip Lindsay , Den RBRB32 2 86 Soppe Marquise Brown , Bal WRWR40 3 87 Yates Tarik Cohen , Chi RBRB33 4 88 Carpenter Diontae Johnson , Pit WRWR41 5 89 Dopp Kerryon Johnson , Det RBRB34 6 90 Clay Ronald Jones II , TB RBRB35 7 91 Bell Justin Jefferson , Min WRWR42 8 92 Cockcroft Derrius Guice , Wsh RBRB36 9 93 Dabrowski Jamison Crowder , NYJ WRWR43 10 94 Lipscomb Tom Brady , TB QBQB7 11 95 Bowen Noah Fant , Den TETE9 12 96 Berry Damien Williams , KC RBRB37
Round 9 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 97 Berry Christian Kirk , Ari WRWR44 2 98 Bowen Jordan Howard , Mia RBRB38 3 99 Lipscomb Matt Breida , Mia RBRB39 4 100 Dabrowski Darrell Henderson Jr ., LAR RBRB40 5 101 Cockcroft Sony Michel , NE RBRB41 6 102 Bell Marlon Mack , Ind RBRB42 7 103 Clay Hunter Henry , LAC TETE10 8 104 Dopp Preston Williams , Mia WRWR45 9 105 Carpenter Zack Moss , Buf RBRB43 10 106 Yates Emmanuel Sanders , NO WRWR46 11 107 Soppe J.K. Dobbins , Bal RBRB44 12 108 Karabell Darius Slayton , NYG WRWR47
Round 10 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 109 Karabell John Brown , Buf WRWR48 2 110 Soppe Jerry Jeudy , Den WRWR49 3 111 Yates Austin Hooper , Cle TETE11 4 112 Carpenter CeeDee Lamb , Dal WRWR50 5 113 Dopp Robby Anderson , Car WRWR51 6 114 Clay N'Keal Harry , NE WRWR52 7 115 Bell Jalen Reagor , Phi WRWR53 8 116 Cockcroft T.J. Hockenson , Det TETE12 9 117 Dabrowski Tevin Coleman , SF RBRB45 10 118 Lipscomb Alexander Mattison , Min RBRB46 11 119 Bowen Michael Pittman Jr ., Ind WRWR54 12 120 Berry Mike Gesicki , Mia TETE13
Round 11 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 121 Berry Antonio Gibson , Wsh RBRB47 2 122 Bowen Drew Brees , NO QBQB8 3 123 Lipscomb Breshad Perriman , NYJ WRWR55 4 124 Dabrowski Mecole Hardman , KC WRWR56 5 125 Cockcroft Boston Scott , Phi RBRB48 6 126 Bell Sammy Watkins , KC WRWR57 7 127 Clay Curtis Samuel , Car WRWR58 8 128 Dopp Latavius Murray , NO RBRB49 9 129 Carpenter Mike Williams , LAC WRWR59 10 130 Yates Josh Allen , Buf QBQB9 11 131 Soppe Carson Wentz , Phi QBQB10 12 132 Karabell Anthony Miller , Chi WRWR60
Round 12 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 133 Karabell Hunter Renfrow , LV WRWR61 2 134 Soppe Matt Ryan , Atl QBQB11 3 135 Yates Aaron Rodgers , GB QBQB12 4 136 Carpenter Justin Jackson , LAC RBRB50 5 137 Dopp Dede Westbrook , Jax WRWR62 6 138 Clay DeSean Jackson , Phi WRWR63 7 139 Bell Hayden Hurst , Atl TETE14 8 140 Cockcroft Duke Johnson , Hou RBRB51 9 141 Dabrowski Tony Pollard , Dal RBRB52 10 142 Lipscomb Daniel Jones , NYG QBQB13 11 143 Bowen Larry Fitzgerald , Ari WRWR64 12 144 Berry Dallas Goedert , Phi TETE15
Round 13 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 145 Berry Alshon Jeffery , Phi WRWR65 2 146 Bowen Tee Higgins , Cin WRWR66 3 147 Lipscomb Rashaad Penny , Sea RBRB53 4 148 Dabrowski Allen Lazard , GB WRWR67 5 149 Cockcroft Matthew Stafford , Det QBQB14 6 150 Bell Nyheim Hines , Ind RBRB54 7 151 Clay Joshua Kelley , LAC RBRB55 8 152 Dopp Cole Beasley , Buf WRWR68 9 153 Carpenter Darrynton Evans , Ten RBRB56 10 154 Yates Jared Cook , NO TETE16 11 155 Soppe Jack Doyle , Ind TETE17 12 156 Karabell Joe Burrow , Cin QBQB15
Round 14 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 157 Karabell Bills D/ST DST1 2 158 Soppe Brandon Aiyuk , SF WRWR69 3 159 Yates Russell Gage , Atl WRWR70 4 160 Carpenter 49ers D/ST DST2 5 161 Dopp Jaylen Samuels , Pit RBRB57 6 162 Clay Parris Campbell , Ind WRWR71 7 163 Bell Steelers D/ST DST3 8 164 Cockcroft Baker Mayfield , Cle QBQB16 9 165 Dabrowski Patriots D/ST DST4 10 166 Lipscomb Corey Davis , Ten WRWR72 11 167 Bowen Ravens D/ST DST5 12 168 Berry Bears D/ST DST6
Round 16 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 181 Karabell Matt Prater , Det KK4 2 182 Soppe Zane Gonzalez , Ari KK5 3 183 Yates Greg Zuerlein , Dal KK6 4 184 Carpenter Robbie Gould , SF KK7 5 185 Dopp Broncos D/ST DST11 6 186 Clay Sam Sloman , LAR KK8 7 187 Bell Chris Boswell , Pit KK9 8 188 Cockcroft Matt Gay , TB KK10 9 189 Dabrowski Jonnu Smith , Ten TETE20 10 190 Lipscomb Buccaneers D/ST DST12 11 191 Bowen Ka'imi Fairbairn , Hou KK11 12 192 Berry Jake Elliott , Phi KK12
