At the conclusion of our annual Fantasy Football Rankings Summit, we conducted a PPR (point-per-reception) mock draft among 10 of the attendees. Here are a handful of takeaways, followed by the round-by-round selections:
There appears to be a clear top three at running back, as Le'Veon Bell , David Johnson and Ezekiel Elliott all went in the first four picks before seven straight receivers came off the board.
Rob Gronkowski didn't go as early as the previous two years, but he still was a top-20 pick, despite the fact that he's coming off back surgery.
As is often the case in our staff drafts, the wait on quarterbacks lasted a while. Aaron Rodgers was the first to go, but just barely inside the top 40.
One owner even waited until the final round to take a signal-caller, and wound up with someone who finished top-five at the position in 2016.
In order of draft position, the participants in this mock were: Field Yates, Aaron Schatz, Ken Daube, Stephania Bell, Eric Karabell, Jim McCormick, KC Joyner, Matthew Berry, Matt Bowen and Mike Clay.
Round 1 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 1 Yates RB Le'Veon Bell , PIT RB1 2 2 Schatz RB David Johnson , ARI RB2 3 3 Daube WR Antonio Brown , PIT WR1 4 4 Bell RB Ezekiel Elliott , DAL RB3 5 5 Karabell WR Julio Jones , ATL WR2 6 6 McCormick WR Odell Beckham Jr ., NYG WR3 7 7 Joyner WR Jordy Nelson , GB WR4 8 8 Berry WR Mike Evans , TB WR5 9 9 Bowen WR A.J. Green , CIN WR6 10 10 Clay WR T.Y. Hilton , IND WR7
Round 2 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 11 Clay WR Michael Thomas , NO WR8 2 12 Bowen RB LeSean McCoy , BUF RB4 3 13 Berry RB Jordan Howard , CHI RB5 4 14 Joyner RB DeMarco Murray , TEN RB6 5 15 McCormick RB Devonta Freeman , ATL RB7 6 16 Karabell WR Dez Bryant , DAL WR9 7 17 Bell WR Doug Baldwin , SEA WR10 8 18 Daube TE Rob Gronkowski , NE TE1 9 19 Schatz WR Amari Cooper , OAK WR11 10 20 Yates RB Melvin Gordon , LAC RB8
Round 3 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 21 Yates WR Keenan Allen , LAC WR12 2 22 Schatz RB Carlos Hyde , SF RB9 3 23 Daube WR DeAndre Hopkins , HOU WR13 4 24 Bell RB Lamar Miller , HOU RB10 5 25 Karabell RB Jay Ajayi , MIA RB11 6 26 McCormick WR Alshon Jeffery , PHI WR14 7 27 Joyner WR Brandin Cooks , NE WR15 8 28 Berry WR Demaryius Thomas , DEN WR16 9 29 Bowen WR Julian Edelman , NE WR17 10 30 Clay RB Todd Gurley , LAR RB12
Round 4 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 31 Clay TE Jordan Reed , WAS TE2 2 32 Bowen WR Golden Tate , DET WR18 3 33 Berry RB Leonard Fournette , JAC RB13 4 34 Joyner RB Christian McCaffrey , CAR RB14 5 35 McCormick WR Allen Robinson , JAC WR19 6 36 Karabell RB C.J. Anderson , DEN RB15 7 37 Bell WR Michael Crabtree , OAK WR20 8 38 Daube WR Sammy Watkins , BUF WR21 9 39 Schatz QB Aaron Rodgers , GB QB1 10 40 Yates RB Danny Woodhead , BAL RB16
Round 5 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 41 Yates WR Pierre Garcon , SF WR22 2 42 Schatz TE Travis Kelce , KC TE3 3 43 Daube RB Joe Mixon , CIN RB17 4 44 Bell RB Spencer Ware , KC RB18 5 45 Karabell WR Jarvis Landry , MIA WR23 6 46 McCormick RB Ty Montgomery , GB RB19 7 47 Joyner TE Greg Olsen , CAR TE4 8 48 Berry QB Tom Brady , NE QB2 9 49 Bowen QB Drew Brees , NO QB3 10 50 Clay RB Marshawn Lynch , OAK RB20
Round 6 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 51 Clay WR Emmanuel Sanders , DEN WR24 2 52 Bowen RB Theo Riddick , DET RB21 3 53 Berry WR Davante Adams , GB WR25 4 54 Joyner WR DeSean Jackson , TB WR26 5 55 McCormick WR Terrelle Pryor Sr ., WAS WR27 6 56 Karabell RB Isaiah Crowell , CLE RB22 7 57 Bell WR Rishard Matthews , TEN WR28 8 58 Daube RB Dalvin Cook , MIN RB23 9 59 Schatz WR Larry Fitzgerald , ARI WR29 10 60 Yates RB James White , NE RB24
Round 7 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 61 Yates WR Stefon Diggs , MIN WR30 2 62 Schatz WR Eric Decker , NYJ WR31 3 63 Daube RB Mike Gillislee , NE RB25 4 64 Bell WR Jamison Crowder , WAS WR32 5 65 Karabell RB Mark Ingram , NO RB26 6 66 McCormick RB Eddie Lacy , SEA RB27 7 67 Joyner RB Bilal Powell , NYJ RB28 8 68 Berry WR Brandon Marshall , NYG WR33 9 69 Bowen TE Delanie Walker , TEN TE5 10 70 Clay QB Andrew Luck , IND QB4
Round 8 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 71 Clay RB Ameer Abdullah , DET RB29 2 72 Bowen RB Frank Gore , IND RB30 3 73 Berry RB Tevin Coleman , ATL RB31 4 74 Joyner WR Tyreek Hill , KC WR34 5 75 McCormick RB Paul Perkins , NYG RB32 6 76 Karabell WR Corey Davis , TEN WR35 7 77 Bell QB Dak Prescott , DAL QB5 8 78 Daube QB Cam Newton , CAR QB6 9 79 Schatz WR Willie Snead , NO WR36 10 80 Yates TE Zach Ertz , PHI TE6
Round 9 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 81 Yates RB Doug Martin , TB RB33 2 82 Schatz RB Robert Kelley , WAS RB34 3 83 Daube RB C.J. Prosise , SEA RB35 4 84 Bell TE Jimmy Graham , SEA TE7 5 85 Karabell WR Donte Moncrief , IND WR37 6 86 McCormick QB Russell Wilson , SEA QB7 7 87 Joyner QB Matt Ryan , ATL QB8 8 88 Berry TE Kyle Rudolph , MIN TE8 9 89 Bowen WR Cameron Meredith , CHI WR38 10 90 Clay WR Kelvin Benjamin , CAR WR39
Round 10 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 91 Clay RB Kenneth Dixon , BAL RB36 2 92 Bowen WR Corey Coleman , CLE WR40 3 93 Berry RB Darren Sproles , PHI RB37 4 94 Joyner RB Jonathan Stewart , CAR RB38 5 95 McCormick WR Randall Cobb , GB WR41 6 96 Karabell RB Adrian Peterson , NO RB39 7 97 Bell WR Sterling Shepard , NYG WR42 8 98 Daube RB Jamaal Charles , DEN RB40 9 99 Schatz RB Duke Johnson Jr ., CLE RB41 10 100 Yates WR Zay Jones , BUF WR43
Round 11 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 101 Yates QB Derek Carr , OAK QB9 2 102 Schatz WR Tyrell Williams , LAC WR44 3 103 Daube WR Adam Thielen , MIN WR45 4 104 Bell RB Kareem Hunt , KC RB42 5 105 Karabell WR Mike Williams , LAC WR46 6 106 McCormick TE Martellus Bennett , GB TE9 7 107 Joyner RB Derrick Henry , TEN RB43 8 108 Berry WR Martavis Bryant , PIT WR47 9 109 Bowen WR Robert Woods , LAR WR48 10 110 Clay RB Matt Forte , NYJ RB44
Round 12 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 111 Clay WR Kenny Britt , CLE WR49 2 112 Bowen RB D'Onta Foreman , HOU RB45 3 113 Berry TE Jack Doyle, IND TE10 4 114 Joyner WR Jordan Matthews , PHI WR50 5 115 McCormick RB Wendell Smallwood , PHI RB46 6 116 Karabell TE Hunter Henry , LAC TE11 7 117 Bell WR Mike Wallace , BAL WR51 8 118 Daube WR Will Fuller V , HOU WR52 9 119 Schatz WR John Ross , CIN WR53 10 120 Yates TE O.J. Howard , TB TE12
Round 13 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 121 Yates QB Jameis Winston , TB QB10 2 122 Schatz WR Breshad Perriman , BAL WR54 3 123 Daube RB Dion Lewis , NE RB47 4 124 Bell TE Zach Miller , CHI TE13 5 125 Karabell WR John Brown , ARI WR55 6 126 McCormick WR Kevin White , CHI WR56 7 127 Joyner TE Julius Thomas , MIA TE14 8 128 Berry RB Giovani Bernard , CIN RB48 9 129 Bowen WR JuJu Smith-Schuster , PIT WR57 10 130 Clay TE Tyler Eifert , CIN TE15
