2025 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12-Team Half-PPR Mock (2nd Pick)

Updated: Friday, August 22, 2025

The 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?

Practice, of course!

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.

> Our 2025 mocks will be centralized here: Fantasy Football Mock Drafts.

That said, nothing beats practicing yourself so (check out the simulator) and complete a mock in a matter of minutes.

Half-PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 2nd Pick

Starting positions: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex (RB/WR/TE), 1 K, 1 DST; Bench spots: 6

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1.02 - Bijan Robinson, RB, Atlanta Falcons

You could argue that Robinson (not Saquon Barkley) should be the RB1 in 2025 fantasy football drafts, especially considering Barkley's historic 2024 volume (most combined regular-season and playoff touches in a decade). The 23-year-old running back racked up 1,887 scrimmage yards and scored 15 total touchdowns on 365 touches including 61 receptions. From Week 6 on, Robinson averaged more fantasy points per game (21.1) than all other running backs. During that 12-game span, he averaged 19.8/97.6 rushing, 3.6/23.3 receiving and scored 14 total touchdowns.

2.11 - Ladd McConkey, WR, Los Angeles Chargers

McConkey finished as a top-12 fantasy wide receiver (the WR16 on per-game basis among those who played at least eight games) in 2024 and he was especially productive from Week 8 on. Over his final 11 games including the team's playoff loss, he racked up 67 catches for 1,082 yards and six touchdowns on 87 targets.

MORE: 2025 Los Angeles Chargers Fantasy Football Projections

3.02 - Tee Higgins, WR, Cincinnati Bengals

While he would be a WR1 elsewhere, Higgins will continue to benefit from being the 1B to Ja'Marr Chase. While he has missed exactly five games in back-to-back seasons, Higgins finished second (behind Chase) among all wide receivers in fantasy points per game in 2024.

4.11 - 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 continue to be viewed as a mid-tier WR2 in fantasy.

5.02 - TreVeyon Henderson, RB, New England Patriots

As NFL.com's Lance Zierlein noted, Henderson "might be the best pass-protecting running back in this draft class." While running backs don't accumulate stats from pass protection, struggles (or lack of trust) in pass protection is a common reason why rookie running backs don't get as many snaps as expected. Perhaps Rhamondre Stevenson will handle a larger share of early-down carries, but Henderson will be the team's most valuable back with plenty of upside.

MORE: 2025 New England Patriots Fantasy Football Projections

6.11 - Jaylen Waddle, WR, Miami Dolphins

Waddle set career lows across the board — 58/744/2 on 83 targets — in 2024.

Although he's coming off a career-worst season, there is upside with Waddle given his WR4 draft position in this mock.

7.02 - Chris Olave, WR, New Orleans Saints

There are a few concerns with Olave (his concussion history and the team's quarterback situation), but he's an excellent fantasy value if his health cooperates. Excluding two games with single-digit snaps, Olave played six full games in 2024 and finished those contests with 30/382/1 on 42 targets — that's equivalent to an 85/1082/3 pace. Olave eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in his first two seasons as well.

MORE: 2026 NFL Mock Draft

8.11 - Zach Charbonnet, RB, Seattle Seahawks

Kenneth Walker has played 41 games through three seasons including no more than 15 in any season. In other words, Charbonnet will likely get the multiple opportunities this season as Seattle's lead back. In eight games that Walker has missed, Charbonnet has averaged 18.5 touches (15.5 carries and 3.0 receptions) and 94.9 yards from scrimmage per game while scoring seven touchdowns.

9.02 - Justin Fields, QB, New York Jets

The same year (2022) that Fields threw for 2,242 yards, 17 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, he finished as fantasy's QB6 in points per game and overall. Of course, it was the elite rushing production (160/1143/8) that outweighed his anemic passing stats that year. Even before the Steelers benched him in favor of Russell Wilson in 2024, Fields was the QB6 in fantasy points per game through his six starts.

10.11 - Rashid Shaheed, WR, New Orleans Saints

Yes, his 2024 season was cut short to a season-ending knee injury (meniscus). And yes, he'll likely be catching passes from rookie Tyler Shough. But Shahid is one of my favorite values at wide receiver. Shaheed appeared in only six games, but he had 20 catches for 349 yards (17.5 Y/R) and three touchdowns on 41 targets, added six carries for 29 yards and returned a punt for a score. He was the PPR WR17 (WR27 on PPG basis) through Week 6. He has added some weight this offseason to help him hold up better against contact.

MORE: 2026 New Orleans Saints Mock Draft Roundup

11.02 - Mark Andrews, TE, Baltimore Ravens

The season ended terribly for Andrews (and the Ravens) with their playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills. From a fantasy perspective, however, Andrews was at his best down the stretch. His slow start included back-to-back goose eggs in Weeks 3 and 4, but he scored all 11 of his touchdowns over his final 13 regular-season games. In fact, his 11 touchdowns set a career high and led all tight ends in 2024. Andrews was the TE5 overall from Weeks 5-18 and sixth on a per-game basis if you include Taysom Hill, who appeared in only five games over that stretch.

12.11 - Trey Benson, RB, Arizona Cardinals

The split in workload between James Conner (283) and Benson (69) was wider than expected in 2024. The gap will definitely be narrower this season, but by how much? Benson has added weight (seven pounds) while also claiming to be more explosive, and Conner, Benson and the team have talked up having two starting running backs.

13.02 - 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.

14.11 - Buffalo Bills DST

15.02 - Ka'imi Fairbairn, K, Houston Texans

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