2025 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12-Team Half-PPR Mock (12th Pick)
Updated: Friday, August 8, 2025The best way to become good at something is to practice. So, what should you do if you want to draft a better fantasy football team?
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Leading up to the start of the 2025 NFL season, we will use the fantasy football mock draft simulator to complete fantasy football mock drafts. And we will do so using a variety of scoring formats — point per reception (PPR), half-PPR, standard scoring and even 2-QB leagues — and league sizes. The goal is to provide you with a good representation of the team that you may be able to draft given your league settings while also providing the rationale of why we made the picks we did.
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Half-PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 12th Pick
Starting positions: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex (RB/WR/TE), 1 K, 1 DST; Bench spots: 6
1.12 - Derrick Henry, RB, Baltimore Ravens
Father Time may be undefeated, but Henry carried the ball 325 times for 1,921 yards, the second-best (by far) of his career, and a league-high 16 touchdowns in his age-30 season. In addition, he averaged a career-best 5.9 YPC — a half-yard more than his previous high. Yes, his receiving volume was (and will continue to be) low, but Lamar Jackson limits opposing defenses from being able to stack the box to slow him down. Henry was top four across all scoring formats (including full PPR).
2.01 - Nico Collins, WR, Houston Texans
Collins has missed seven games over the past two seasons, but the now 26-year-old receiver has averaged 85.3 YPG (fifth best), 15.6 Y/R (eighth) and scored a total of 15 touchdowns (tied, 10th) over that span (among wide receivers with at least 100 targets). He has finished among the top three wide receivers in PFF's Y/RR metric in each of the past two seasons — 3.11 (second) in 2023 and 2.87 (third) in 2024, respectively. If Collins can stay healthy for a full season, the emerging superstar could truly make a jump into the top tier of fantasy receivers in 2025.
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3.12 - Davante Adams, WR, Los Angeles Rams
Adams, who was traded midseason from the Raiders to the Jets, still managed to extend his streak of 1,000-yard, eight-TD seasons to five. Even though he turns 33 on Christmas Eve and won't dominate targets the way he had at previous stops, he should have (or come close to having) another 1,000/8 season. Adams is the WR13 in my rankings, and he has plenty of contingent upside if Puka Nacua were to miss any time.
4.01 - George Kittle, TE, San Francisco 49ers
Garrett Wilson is ranked higher than Kittle in my top 200 fantasy football cheat sheet, but this mock starts two receivers so I pivoted from what would have been my pick with a three-WR starting lineup. While he's not in the same tier as Brock Bowers and Trey McBride, Kittle is one of three elite tight ends that are heads and shoulders above the rest of the position. Kittle finished 2024 with 78 receptions for 1,106 yards and eight touchdowns, all of which rank either second or third in his career. Injuries to Brandon Aiyuk and Christian McCaffrey led to greater consistency from Kittle — 40-plus receiving yards in 13 of 15 games played. (Only Bowers had more — 14 of 17 games.)
5.12 - RJ Harvey, RB, Denver Broncos
Following the 2025 NFL Draft, Harvey's draft pedigree (second round), landing spot, and existing competition made him a post-draft fantasy football winner. Only Boise State's Ashton Jeanty had more 10-yard runs (63, 16.8%) than Harvey (54, 23.4%) last season, and he should be considerably more involved as a receiver, especially given Sean Payton's historical ranking in running back targets. After the draft, the team signed J.K. Dobbins, who has averaged 5.2 YPC for his career and should earn a sizable workload, but Harvey could still perform as a back-end RB2.
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6.01 - DeVonta Smith, WR, Philadelphia Eagles
Smith missed four games in 2024 and while his numbers were down year over year, his per-game averages of 5.2 catches and 64.1 yards were very similar to the averages of his first three seasons (4.8/63.6). Smith finished the year as the WR17 on a per-game basis, and he should be viewed as a strong WR3/flex option for this team.
7.12 - Jakobi Meyers, WR, Las Vegas Raiders
Meyers has finished as a WR2 (top 24) in both of his seasons in the desert — WR24 in 2023 and WR23 in 2024, respectively, despite sub-par quarterback play and trailing Brock Bowers in targets last season. While his upside is relatively limited, he's a reliable option who will almost certainly outperform his ADP.
8.01 - Tyrone Tracy Jr., RB, New York Giants
Tracy took over as the starter last season and finished 2024 with 192 carries for 839 yards and five touchdowns with 38 catches for 284 yards and a touchdown. He had only 14 touches in his first four games, but he was fantasy's RB16 (tied for RB21 in PPG) from Weeks 5-18. With the team using an early Day 3 pick on Arizona State's Cam Skattebo, Tracy becomes more of a flex/RB3 option than a back-end RB2.
9.12 - Josh Downs, WR, Indianapolis Colts
Downs' outlook would be improved if his quarterback situation were more reliable and steady. He finished his second season with 72/803/5 on 107 targets, and I'll bet on his talent as my WR5.
10.01 - Rachaad White, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Buccaneers love Bucky Irving, and he's Tampa's clear RB1 entering 2025. There's standalone upside from his draft position (RB43 in this mock) even if Irving plays a full season.
11.12 - Brock Purdy, QB, San Francisco 49ers
Purdy had a down year in 2024 but still finished as the QB10 on a points-per-game basis (18.6). Compared to career rates (in parenthesis), Purdy's 65.9% completion rate (67.5%), 4.4 TD% (6.0%), and 8.5 Y/A (8.9) were all lower in 2024. Yes, Deebo Samuel now plays for the Washington Commanders and Brandon Aiyuk is recovering from a torn ACL, but Purdy is currently the QB7 based on my projections vs. his QB13 draft position in this mock.
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12.01 - Ray Davis, RB, Buffalo Bills
Davis finished his rookie season with 130 touches including 17 receptions, 631 yards from scrimmage and six total touchdowns. If James Cook were to miss any time, Davis would become a weekly RB2, especially for this team.
13.12 - Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys
When I selected Purdy, I considered Prescott. Prescott went from finishing as the QB3 in 2023 to the QB21 last season in fantasy points per game. It's clear that the trade for George Pickens will make a significant impact to the offense, and his skill set is an ideal complement opposite CeeDee Lamb. He was the QB15 in this mock.
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14.01 - Baltimore Ravens DST
15.12 - Tyler Bass, K, Buffalo Bills
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