2026 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12-Team Half-PPR Mock (4th Pick)
Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2026The 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 2026 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 (Half-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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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, 4th Pick
Starting positions: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex (RB/WR/TE), 1 K, 1 DST; Bench spots: 6
1.04 - Puka Nacua, WR, Los Angeles Rams
Nacua led the NFL in receptions (129) and YPG (107.2), and he set career highs across the board in 2025. Both off-field issues and his reckless play style heightens the potential risk of a missed game or two, but he's as productive as it gets when he's on the field.
2.09 - Ashton Jeanty, RB, Las Vegas Raiders
Jeanty is recovering from an ankle injury, but he's trending towards being ready for Week 1. While he couldn't overcome the team's dysfunction as a rookie, positive changes (new coaching staff and offensive line upgrades) generate hope for a much better sophomore campaign. Even though fourth-round rookie Mike Washington Jr. has played himself into a larger role than originally expected, Jeanty, who ranked sixth in carries (266) and touches (321) last season, is still set up to be one of the league's true workhorses.
3.04 - Javonte Williams, RB, Dallas Cowboys
With no real change to the team's backfield in 2026, Williams should once again dominate backfield touches in one of the league's highest-scoring offenses. Among running backs with 100-plus carries last season, Williams finished fourth in yards after contact per attempt (3.56) behind only De'Von Achane (4.11), Bijan Robinson (3.95) and Derrick Henry (3.59), per PFF.
4.09 - Jaylen Waddle, WR, Denver Broncos
Provided his health cooperates, Waddle is poised to have a big year with Bo Nix, Sean Payton and the Broncos, who gave up their first-round pick (and more) for the 27-year-old receiver. Waddle started his career with three 1,000-yard seasons with an average stat line over that stretch of 84/1128/6 and a bounce-back to that level of production (or better) seems likely.
5.04 - Luther Burden III, WR, Chicago Bears
Burden's offseason hype was slowed only by a groin injury, but it's expected that he will ready to play Week 1 against the Carolina Panthers. This offseason, Ben Johnson has compared the second-year receiver to Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jarvis Landry, receivers he has previously coached, while also saying that he's "buying Luther Burden stock."
6.09 - Parker Washington, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars
Counting the playoff loss to Buffalo, Washington had 26/454/2 on 41 targets over the final four games. All signs point to Washington picking up where he left off. My only concern is this team can start only three receivers and Nacua, Waddle, Burden and Washington will make it difficult to leave one of those out of my starting lineup each week.
7.04 - Trevor Lawrence, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Following a relatively slow start, Lawrence was as good as it gets from Week 12 through the end of the season. In fact, no quarterback averaged more fantasy PPG than Lawrence (26.3) over that stretch. Only four others averaged 20-plus — Matthew Stafford (22.1), Drake Maye (22.0), Brock Purdy (21.6), and Joe Burrow (20.6). Over those final seven regular-season games, Lawrence averaged 265.1 passing YPG, 25.4 rushing YPG, and accounted for 22 touchdowns (18 passing and four rushing).
8.09 - MarShawn Lloyd, RB, Green Bay Packers
With Josh Jacobs on the Commissioner's Exempt List, Lloyd is set to lead Green Bay's backfield in 2026. Injuries have limited him to only one game (and six carries) over two seasons, but there is no denying the upside here if he can stay healthy.
9.04 - Michael Pittman Jr., WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
It wouldn't surprise me if Pittman outscores DK Metcalf this season, as he seems like a better fit with Aaron Rodgers. Pittman has finished as fantasy's WR23 (or better) in four of the past five seasons: WR22 (2025), WR43 ('24), WR15 ('23), WR23 ('22), and WR15 ('21). The lone exception was the year Anthony Richardson started 11 games.
10.09 - Chris Rodriguez Jr., RB, Jacksonville Jaguars
It's possible that the gap between Rodriguez and "co-starter" Bhayshul Tuten is too wide. Rodriguez has built-in familiarity with Liam Coen from college (Kentucky Wildcats) and he has averaged 4.5+ YPC in each of his three NFL seasons. In addition, he ranked top 10 in yards after connect per attempt (3.46) last season among back with 50-plus carries, per PFF.
11.04 - Kyle Pitts, TE, Atlanta Falcons
Pitts took advantage of his opportunities with Drake London sidelined five games in 2025 — 35/422/3 on 44 targets, which included his monster 11/166/3 game in the middle of the fantasy playoffs. Yes, per-game splits between playing with London (4.4/42.2/0.2 on 6.2 targets per game) vs. without him (7/84.4/.6 on 8.8 targets per game) were significant. That said, there is tremendous value here in Round 11.
12.09 - Tyjae Spears, RB, Tennessee Titans
13.04 - Keaton Mitchell, RB, Los Angeles Chargers
Both Spears and Mitchell could have standalone flex-level roles without injuries to the team's primary backs, but they provide some depth and have upside in the event that there is an injury to Tony Pollard and/or Omarion Hampton.
14.09 - Minnesota Vikings DST
15.04 - Eddy Pineiro, K, San Francisco 49ers
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