2026 St. Jude Fantasy football PPR mock draft 3.0: Chase Brown goes early as a bold WR-heavy build pays off

We held our final mock draft Tuesday as part of our Draft-A-Thon to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and it was a lot of fun. There were eight people who made generous donations to St. Jude -- you can still donate by clicking here -- and we are truly grateful for everyone's support during our Draft-A-Thon. You should study the results below of this 12-team, PPR mock as part of your draft prep. And two things of note that stood out happened with Bentz Deyo from the No. 6 overall pick. In the first round, Deyo drafted Chase Brown ahead of Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Christian McCaffrey, James Cook and Jonathan Taylor. Most Fantasy managers won't do that -- I actually like Brown more than McCaffrey this season -- but Deyo is bullish on Brown. "I'm very high on Chase Brown," Deyo said. "How he closed last year, and banking on a healthy Joe Burrow, I think he's set up for a big year. I see JSN going through some regression, and I'm staying away from CMC simply because I don't trust he'll play a full season." Deyo also drafted MarShawn Lloyd in Round 6, and that's the right spot to target him. Lloyd went after Rhamondre Stevenson and ahead of Jonathon Brooks, and I'm hopeful Lloyd will be a borderline No. 2 Fantasy running back with Josh Jacobs (Commissioner's Exempt List) out. Deyo is cautiously optimistic for Lloyd this year. "I wasn't enamored with the Lloyd pick, but I didn't love the wide receivers there," Deyo said. "I guess I'm crossing my fingers with this selection that Jacobs will be out all season, and I get the starting running back on a good offense in the sixth round. Who knows?" Deyo's roster ended up with Dak Prescott at quarterback, and Brown, Bhayshul Tuten, Lloyd, Woody Marks and Braelon Allen are the running backs. At receiver, Deyo has A.J. Brown, Davante Adams, Quentin Johnston, De'Zhaun Stribling and KC Concepcion. The tight ends are Colston Loveland and Dalton Kincaid. This is an excellent roster, and Deyo should be in playoff contention this season. I also like my squad from the No. 11 spot. I've talked a lot about going RB-RB from the back end of Round 1. Here, I went WR-WR-WR with CeeDee Lamb, Justin Jefferson and Ladd McConkey as my first three picks. I can play all three receivers, with McConkey in the flex, and it worked out well that I still got Travis Etienne in Round 4, David Montgomery in Round 5 and Stevenson in Round 6. You'll need a little luck to get those caliber of running backs after starting WR-WR-WR, but it worked out in this draft. Justin Herbert is my quarterback, and I added Kyle Monangai, Chris Rodriguez Jr. and Emmett Johnson to round out my backfield. I only selected one other receiver in Brian Thomas Jr., and my tight ends are Mark Andrews and Terrance Ferguson. This should be a playoff team, but we'll see what happens during the season. Again, thank you to everyone who donated to St. Jude, and good luck with your Fantasy teams this year. As a reference point for this mock draft, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving and one point for every 25 yards passing. We also award one point for every reception. We feature a starting lineup of QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE and a FLEX (RB/WR/TE) with six reserves for a 13-round draft. Our draft order is as follows: 1. Jack Foster, St. Jude donor 2. Joe Capalbo, St. Jude donor 3. James Ernst, St. Jude donor 4. Thomas Denardo, St. Jude donor 5. Thomas Shafer, FFT Podcast Producer 6. Bentz Deyo, St. Jude donor 7. Evelyn Ernst, St. Jude donor 8. Adam Aizer, FFT Podcast Host 9. Chandan Yadav, St. Jude donor 10. Heath Cummings, Senior Fantasy Writer 11. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer 12. Tim Kremin, St. Jude donor Round By Round Round 1 Pos Team Player 1 Jack Foster J. Gibbs RB DET 2 Joe Capalbo B. Robinson RB ATL 3 James Ernst A. St. Brown WR DET 4 Thomas Denardo J. Chase WR CIN 5 Thomas Shafer P. Nacua WR LAR 6 Bentz Deyo C. Brown RB CIN 7 Evelyn Ernst J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 8 Adam Aizer C. McCaffrey RB SF 9 Chandan Yadav J. Cook RB BUF 10 Heath Cummings J. Taylor RB IND 11 Jamey Eisenberg C. Lamb WR DAL 12 Tim Kremin K. Walker III RB KC Round 2 Pos Team Player 13 Tim Kremin O. Hampton RB LAC 14 Jamey Eisenberg J. Jefferson WR MIN 15 Heath Cummings D. London WR ATL 16 Chandan Yadav S. Barkley RB PHI 17 Adam Aizer D. Achane RB MIA 18 Evelyn Ernst D. Henry RB BAL 19 Bentz Deyo A. Brown WR NE 20 Thomas Shafer R. Rice WR KC 21 Thomas Denardo C. Olave WR NO 22 James Ernst A. Jeanty RB LV 23 Joe Capalbo N. Collins WR HOU 24 Jack Foster B. Bowers TE LV Round 3 Pos Team Player 25 Jack Foster M. Nabers WR NYG 26 Joe Capalbo T. McBride TE ARI 27 James Ernst T. McMillan WR CAR 28 Thomas Denardo K. Williams RB LAR 29 Thomas Shafer G. Pickens WR DAL 30 Bentz Deyo C. Loveland TE CHI 31 Evelyn Ernst D. Smith WR PHI 32 Adam Aizer T. Higgins WR CIN 33 Chandan Yadav J. Williams RB DAL 34 Heath Cummings Z. Flowers WR BAL 35 Jamey Eisenberg L. McConkey WR LAC 36 Tim Kremin J. Allen QB BUF Round 4 Pos Team Player 37 Tim Kremin G. Wilson WR NYJ 38 Jamey Eisenberg T. Etienne RB NO 39 Heath Cummings B. Hall RB NYJ 40 Chandan Yadav J. Waddle WR DEN 41 Adam Aizer J. Love RB ARI 42 Evelyn Ernst D. Swift RB CHI 43 Bentz Deyo B. Tuten RB JAC 44 Thomas Shafer L. Jackson QB BAL 45 Thomas Denardo E. Egbuka WR TB 46 James Ernst C. Skattebo RB NYG 47 Joe Capalbo L. Burden III WR CHI 48 Jack Foster D. Moore WR BUF Round 5 Pos Team Player 49 Jack Foster Q. Judkins RB CLE 50 Joe Capalbo D. Maye QB NE 51 James Ernst K. Pitts TE ATL 52 Thomas Denardo J. Price RB SEA 53 Thomas Shafer B. Irving RB TB 54 Bentz Deyo D. Adams WR LAR 55 Evelyn Ernst I. Likely TE NYG 56 Adam Aizer J. Williams WR DET 57 Chandan Yadav P. Washington WR JAC 58 Heath Cummings T. McLaurin WR WAS 59 Jamey Eisenberg D. Montgomery RB HOU 60 Tim Kremin T. Warren TE IND Round 6 Pos Team Player 61 Tim Kremin C. Watson WR GB 62 Jamey Eisenberg R. Stevenson RB NE 63 Heath Cummings S. LaPorta TE DET 64 Chandan Yadav T. Kraft TE GB 65 Adam Aizer M. Evans WR SF 66 Evelyn Ernst J. Burrow QB CIN 67 Bentz Deyo M. Lloyd RB GB 68 Thomas Shafer J. Brooks RB CAR 69 Thomas Denardo A. Pierce WR IND 70 James Ernst J. Dart QB NYG 71 Joe Capalbo C. Godwin WR TB 72 Jack Foster R. Odunze WR CHI Round 7 Pos Team Player 73 Jack Foster T. Pollard RB TEN 74 Joe Capalbo T. Henderson RB NE 75 James Ernst M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 76 Thomas Denardo J. Warren RB PIT 77 Thomas Shafer G. Kittle TE SF 78 Bentz Deyo D. Prescott QB DAL 79 Evelyn Ernst J. Addison WR MIN 80 Adam Aizer J. Daniels QB WAS 81 Chandan Yadav R. Dowdle RB PIT 82 Heath Cummings J. Hurts QB PHI 83 Jamey Eisenberg B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 84 Tim Kremin C. Sutton WR DEN Round 8 Pos Team Player 85 Tim Kremin J. Mason RB MIN 86 Jamey Eisenberg J. Herbert QB LAC 87 Heath Cummings J. Dobbins RB DEN 88 Chandan Yadav J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 89 Adam Aizer B. Corum RB LAR 90 Evelyn Ernst K. Gainwell RB TB 91 Bentz Deyo Q. Johnston WR LAC 92 Thomas Shafer H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 93 Thomas Denardo C. Williams QB CHI 94 James Ernst R. White RB WAS 95 Joe Capalbo R. Harvey RB DEN 96 Jack Foster C. Hubbard RB CAR Round 9 Pos Team Player 97 Jack Foster M. Pittman WR PIT 98 Joe Capalbo J. Reed WR GB 99 James Ernst D. Goedert TE PHI 100 Thomas Denardo A. Jones RB MIN 101 Thomas Shafer M. Washington Jr. RB LV 102 Bentz Deyo K. Concepcion WR CLE 103 Evelyn Ernst D. Schultz TE HOU 104 Adam Aizer T. Kelce TE KC 105 Chandan Yadav J. Coker WR CAR 106 Heath Cummings D. Metcalf WR PIT 107 Jamey Eisenberg K. Monangai RB CHI 108 Tim Kremin J. Jacobs RB GB Round 10 Pos Team Player 109 Tim Kremin J. Meyers WR JAC 110 Jamey Eisenberg C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 111 Heath Cummings C. Tate WR TEN 112 Chandan Yadav T. Lawrence QB JAC 113 Adam Aizer J. Downs WR IND 114 Evelyn Ernst S. Diggs WR WAS 115 Bentz Deyo D. Stribling WR SF 116 Thomas Shafer M. Wilson WR ARI 117 Thomas Denardo J. Ferguson TE DAL 118 James Ernst R. Doubs WR NE 119 Joe Capalbo J. Coleman RB DEN 120 Jack Foster M. Golden WR GB Round 11 Pos Team Player 121 Jack Foster J. Tyson WR NO 122 Joe Capalbo T. Spears RB TEN 123 James Ernst T. Allgeier RB ARI 124 Thomas Denardo W. Robinson WR TEN 125 Thomas Shafer Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 126 Bentz Deyo W. Marks RB HOU 127 Evelyn Ernst T. Bigsby RB PHI 128 Adam Aizer K. Black RB SF 129 Chandan Yadav M. Lemon WR PHI 130 Heath Cummings B. Purdy QB SF 131 Jamey Eisenberg M. Andrews TE BAL 132 Tim Kremin K. Shakir WR BUF Round 12 Pos Team Player 133 Tim Kremin T. Tucker WR LV 134 Jamey Eisenberg E. Johnson RB KC 135 Heath Cummings B. Robinson Jr. RB ATL 136 Chandan Yadav J. Goff QB DET 137 Adam Aizer M. Stafford QB LAR 138 Evelyn Ernst X. Worthy WR KC 139 Bentz Deyo B. Allen RB NYJ 140 Thomas Shafer P. Mahomes QB KC 141 Thomas Denardo B. Mayfield QB TB 142 James Ernst M. Fields WR NYG 143 Joe Capalbo D. Samuel WR SF 144 Jack Foster D. Sampson RB CLE Round 13 Pos Team Player 145 Jack Foster B. Nix QB DEN 146 Joe Capalbo R. Davis RB BUF 147 James Ernst K. Murray QB MIN 148 Thomas Denardo J. Johnson TE NO 149 Thomas Shafer K. Mitchell RB LAC 150 Bentz Deyo D. Kincaid TE BUF 151 Evelyn Ernst S. Darnold QB SEA 152 Adam Aizer J. McMillan WR TB 153 Chandan Yadav R. Shaheed WR SEA 154 Heath Cummings I. Pacheco RB DET 155 Jamey Eisenberg T. Ferguson TE LAR 156 Tim Kremin O. Beckham Jr. WR NYG Team by Team Jack Foster Rd Pk Player 1 1 J. Gibbs RB DET 2 24 B. Bowers TE LV 3 25 M. Nabers WR NYG 4 48 D. Moore WR BUF 5 49 Q. Judkins RB CLE 6 72 R. Odunze WR CHI 7 73 T. Pollard RB TEN 8 96 C. Hubbard RB CAR 9 97 M. Pittman WR PIT 10 120 M. Golden WR GB 11 121 J. Tyson WR NO 12 144 D. Sampson RB CLE 13 145 B. Nix QB DEN Joe Capalbo Rd Pk Player 1 2 B. Robinson RB ATL 2 23 N. Collins WR HOU 3 26 T. McBride TE ARI 4 47 L. Burden III WR CHI 5 50 D. Maye QB NE 6 71 C. Godwin WR TB 7 74 T. Henderson RB NE 8 95 R. Harvey RB DEN 9 98 J. Reed WR GB 10 119 J. Coleman RB DEN 11 122 T. Spears RB TEN 12 143 D. Samuel WR SF 13 146 R. Davis RB BUF James Ernst Rd Pk Player 1 3 A. St. Brown WR DET 2 22 A. Jeanty RB LV 3 27 T. McMillan WR CAR 4 46 C. Skattebo RB NYG 5 51 K. Pitts TE ATL 6 70 J. Dart QB NYG 7 75 M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 8 94 R. White RB WAS 9 99 D. Goedert TE PHI 10 118 R. Doubs WR NE 11 123 T. Allgeier RB ARI 12 142 M. Fields WR NYG 13 147 K. Murray QB MIN Thomas Denardo Rd Pk Player 1 4 J. Chase WR CIN 2 21 C. Olave WR NO 3 28 K. Williams RB LAR 4 45 E. Egbuka WR TB 5 52 J. Price RB SEA 6 69 A. Pierce WR IND 7 76 J. Warren RB PIT 8 93 C. Williams QB CHI 9 100 A. Jones RB MIN 10 117 J. Ferguson TE DAL 11 124 W. Robinson WR TEN 12 141 B. Mayfield QB TB 13 148 J. Johnson TE NO Thomas Shafer Rd Pk Player 1 5 P. Nacua WR LAR 2 20 R. Rice WR KC 3 29 G. Pickens WR DAL 4 44 L. Jackson QB BAL 5 53 B. Irving RB TB 6 68 J. Brooks RB CAR 7 77 G. Kittle TE SF 8 92 H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 9 101 M. Washington Jr. RB LV 10 116 M. Wilson WR ARI 11 125 Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 12 140 P. Mahomes QB KC 13 149 K. Mitchell RB LAC Bentz Deyo Rd Pk Player 1 6 C. Brown RB CIN 2 19 A. Brown WR NE 3 30 C. Loveland TE CHI 4 43 B. Tuten RB JAC 5 54 D. Adams WR LAR 6 67 M. Lloyd RB GB 7 78 D. Prescott QB DAL 8 91 Q. Johnston WR LAC 9 102 K. Concepcion WR CLE 10 115 D. Stribling WR SF 11 126 W. Marks RB HOU 12 139 B. Allen RB NYJ 13 150 D. Kincaid TE BUF Evelyn Ernst Rd Pk Player 1 7 J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 2 18 D. Henry RB BAL 3 31 D. Smith WR PHI 4 42 D. Swift RB CHI 5 55 I. Likely TE NYG 6 66 J. Burrow QB CIN 7 79 J. Addison WR MIN 8 90 K. Gainwell RB TB 9 103 D. Schultz TE HOU 10 114 S. Diggs WR WAS 11 127 T. Bigsby RB PHI 12 138 X. Worthy WR KC 13 151 S. Darnold QB SEA Adam Aizer Rd Pk Player 1 8 C. McCaffrey RB SF 2 17 D. Achane RB MIA 3 32 T. Higgins WR CIN 4 41 J. Love RB ARI 5 56 J. Williams WR DET 6 65 M. Evans WR SF 7 80 J. Daniels QB WAS 8 89 B. Corum RB LAR 9 104 T. Kelce TE KC 10 113 J. Downs WR IND 11 128 K. Black RB SF 12 137 M. Stafford QB LAR 13 152 J. McMillan WR TB Chandan Yadav Rd Pk Player 1 9 J. Cook RB BUF 2 16 S. Barkley RB PHI 3 33 J. Williams RB DAL 4 40 J. Waddle WR DEN 5 57 P. Washington WR JAC 6 64 T. Kraft TE GB 7 81 R. Dowdle RB PIT 8 88 J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 9 105 J. Coker WR CAR 10 112 T. Lawrence QB JAC 11 129 M. Lemon WR PHI 12 136 J. Goff QB DET 13 153 R. Shaheed WR SEA Heath Cummings Rd Pk Player 1 10 J. Taylor RB IND 2 15 D. London WR ATL 3 34 Z. Flowers WR BAL 4 39 B. Hall RB NYJ 5 58 T. McLaurin WR WAS 6 63 S. LaPorta TE DET 7 82 J. Hurts QB PHI 8 87 J. Dobbins RB DEN 9 106 D. Metcalf WR PIT 10 111 C. Tate WR TEN 11 130 B. Purdy QB SF 12 135 B. Robinson Jr. RB ATL 13 154 I. Pacheco RB DET Jamey Eisenberg Rd Pk Player 1 11 C. Lamb WR DAL 2 14 J. Jefferson WR MIN 3 35 L. McConkey WR LAC 4 38 T. Etienne RB NO 5 59 D. Montgomery RB HOU 6 62 R. Stevenson RB NE 7 83 B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 8 86 J. Herbert QB LAC 9 107 K. Monangai RB CHI 10 110 C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 11 131 M. Andrews TE BAL 12 134 E. Johnson RB KC 13 155 T. Ferguson TE LAR Tim Kremin Rd Pk Player 1 12 K. Walker III RB KC 2 13 O. Hampton RB LAC 3 36 J. Allen QB BUF 4 37 G. Wilson WR NYJ 5 60 T. Warren TE IND 6 61 C. Watson WR GB 7 84 C. Sutton WR DEN 8 85 J. Mason RB MIN 9 108 J. Jacobs RB GB 10 109 J. Meyers WR JAC 11 132 K. Shakir WR BUF 12 133 T. Tucker WR LV 13 156 O. Beckham Jr. WR NYG