2026 St. Jude Fantasy football PPR mock draft: CeeDee Lamb's surprising fall creates one of the best values

This 12-team PPR mock draft offers a closer look at how different strategies can shape a Fantasy roster Aug 12, 2026 at 10:12 am ET • 3 min read Imagn Images We held our first mock draft to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as part of our Draft-A-Thon on Tuesday night, and it was awesome. This was a 12-team, PPR league, and you should study the results to prepare for your Draft Day. We will be doing these mock drafts throughout August, and you can participate by making a donation to St. Jude. There are other ways you can support our Draft-A-Thon as well, and you can find all the information by clicking here. Several things stood out in this mock draft, including Derrick Henry at No. 12 overall, George Pickens selected before CeeDee Lamb, A.J. Brown drafted ahead of Justin Jefferson and Rome Odunze over Luther Burden III. Christian McCaffrey also fell to No. 11 overall, which was a surprise to Fantasy manager Andrew Gottfried. "I definitely wanted one running back near the turn, and I am a CMC truther," Gottfried said. "I'm not concerned at all about him missing practice this week, and I am willing to take the risk that I may have drafted the best player in Fantasy." Gottfried also benefited when Lamb fell to No. 14 overall, and Gottfried loved the beginning of his draft. "Lamb was too good a value to pass on," Gottfried said. "My strategy was to leave Round 2 with at least one running back and wasn't opposed to starting RB-RB, but seeing Lamb available in PPR, I was satisfied with the start." Gottfried filled out his starting lineup with Caleb Williams at quarterback, McCaffrey and Josh Jacobs at running back, Lamb and Ladd McConkey at receiver and Kyle Pitts at tight end. His two flex options are Christian Watson and Bhayshul Tuten, and his bench features Blake Corum, Alvin Kamara, Makai Lemon, Khalil Shakir, Jauan Jennings and Omar Cooper Jr. As long as McCaffrey (tightness) and Jacobs (groin) are healthy -- both missed practice this week -- then this team should be in playoff contention. Three managers started their draft with a RB-RB approach -- Eddie Cook at No. 7 with James Cook and Saquon Barkley, Gert Ojeda at No. 9 with Chase Brown and Omarion Hampton and Frank Neill at No. 10 with Ashton Jeanty and De'Von Achane -- and you should check out how they filled out their rosters. Of these teams, I like what Eddie Cook and Ojeda did throughout the draft. Cook got Jaylen Waddle, Terry McLaurin, Parker Washington and Chris Godwin for his starting receivers and flex, and Trey McBride is at tight end. Cook also has Jalen Hurts at quarterback. And the bench is solid with Rachaad White, Tyrone Tracy Jr., Ray Davis, Jayden Higgins, Denzel Boston and Zachariah Branch. Ojeda's starting receivers and flex are Chris Olave, Tee Higgins, Odunze and Josh Downs, and Ojeda has Drake Maye at quarterback and George Kittle at tight end. The bench is J.K. Dobbins, Chris Rodriguez Jr., Jonah Coleman, Deebo Samuel, Tyler Shough and Greg Dulcich. Both of those rosters should be competitive. And I like my roster as well, which featured a Hero-RB build after picking Bijan Robinson at No. 2 overall. I didn't draft my second running back until Jordan Mason in Round 8, and he could be a nice surprise as the starter in Minnesota. I also drafted Aaron Jones in Round 10 as insurance, but I like my running back corps with Robinson, Mason, Jones, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, MarShawn Lloyd and George Holani. As long as Robinson is healthy, my No. 2 running back just needs to be average for this team to compete for a playoff spot. The rest of my roster is excellent with Jayden Daniels and Kyler Murray at quarterback, DeVonta Smith, Garrett Wilson, D.J. Moore, Brian Thomas Jr. and Matthew Golden at receiver and Brock Bowers at tight end. I should have the best group of pass catchers in this league, and Daniels has top-five upside if he stays healthy 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 2 FLEX (RB/WR/TE) with six reserves for a 14-round draft. Our draft order is as follows: 1. Trevor Stahly, St. Jude donor 2. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer 3. Joshua Hammond, St. Jude donor 4. Nick Fox, St. Jude donor 5. Jack Grzenia, St. Jude donor 6. G.K. Trusty, St. Jude donor 7. Eddie Cook, St. Jude donor 8. JonPaul Crichton, St. Jude donor 9. Gert Ojeda, St. Jude donor 10. Frank Neill, St. Jude donor 11. Andrew Gottfried, St. Jude donor 12. Ked King, St. Jude donor Round By Round Round 1 Pos Team Player 1 Trevor Stahly J. Gibbs RB DET 2 Jamey Eisenberg B. Robinson RB ATL 3 Joshua Hammond J. Chase WR CIN 4 Nick Fox J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 5 Jack Grzenia P. Nacua WR LAR 6 G.K. TRUSTY A. St. Brown WR DET 7 Eddie Cook J. Cook RB BUF 8 JonPaul Crichton J. Taylor RB IND 9 Gert Ojeda C. Brown RB CIN 10 Frank Neill A. Jeanty RB LV 11 Andrew Gottfried C. McCaffrey RB SF 12 Ked King D. Henry RB BAL Round 2 Pos Team Player 13 Ked King G. Pickens WR DAL 14 Andrew Gottfried C. Lamb WR DAL 15 Frank Neill D. Achane RB MIA 16 Gert Ojeda O. Hampton RB LAC 17 JonPaul Crichton A. Brown WR NE 18 Eddie Cook S. Barkley RB PHI 19 G.K. TRUSTY K. Walker III RB KC 20 Jack Grzenia J. Jefferson WR MIN 21 Nick Fox D. London WR ATL 22 Joshua Hammond R. Rice WR KC 23 Jamey Eisenberg B. Bowers TE LV 24 Trevor Stahly J. Love RB ARI Round 3 Pos Team Player 25 Trevor Stahly N. Collins WR HOU 26 Jamey Eisenberg D. Smith WR PHI 27 Joshua Hammond K. Williams RB LAR 28 Nick Fox M. Nabers WR NYG 29 Jack Grzenia J. Allen QB BUF 30 G.K. TRUSTY Z. Flowers WR BAL 31 Eddie Cook T. McBride TE ARI 32 JonPaul Crichton J. Williams RB DAL 33 Gert Ojeda C. Olave WR NO 34 Frank Neill C. Loveland TE CHI 35 Andrew Gottfried J. Jacobs RB GB 36 Ked King B. Hall RB NYJ Round 4 Pos Team Player 37 Ked King T. Warren TE IND 38 Andrew Gottfried L. McConkey WR LAC 39 Frank Neill T. McMillan WR CAR 40 Gert Ojeda T. Higgins WR CIN 41 JonPaul Crichton E. Egbuka WR TB 42 Eddie Cook J. Waddle WR DEN 43 G.K. TRUSTY C. Skattebo RB NYG 44 Jack Grzenia D. Swift RB CHI 45 Nick Fox T. Etienne RB NO 46 Joshua Hammond Q. Judkins RB CLE 47 Jamey Eisenberg G. Wilson WR NYJ 48 Trevor Stahly D. Montgomery RB HOU Round 5 Pos Team Player 49 Trevor Stahly T. Kraft TE GB 50 Jamey Eisenberg D. Moore WR BUF 51 Joshua Hammond S. LaPorta TE DET 52 Nick Fox L. Jackson QB BAL 53 Jack Grzenia D. Adams WR LAR 54 G.K. TRUSTY J. Burrow QB CIN 55 Eddie Cook T. McLaurin WR WAS 56 JonPaul Crichton B. Irving RB TB 57 Gert Ojeda R. Odunze WR CHI 58 Frank Neill L. Burden III WR CHI 59 Andrew Gottfried B. Tuten RB JAC 60 Ked King M. Evans WR SF Round 6 Pos Team Player 61 Ked King D. Prescott QB DAL 62 Andrew Gottfried C. Watson WR GB 63 Frank Neill J. Williams WR DET 64 Gert Ojeda D. Maye QB NE 65 JonPaul Crichton T. Henderson RB NE 66 Eddie Cook P. Washington WR JAC 67 G.K. TRUSTY R. Dowdle RB PIT 68 Jack Grzenia J. Price RB SEA 69 Nick Fox T. Pollard RB TEN 70 Joshua Hammond R. Stevenson RB NE 71 Jamey Eisenberg J. Daniels QB WAS 72 Trevor Stahly C. Tate WR TEN Round 7 Pos Team Player 73 Trevor Stahly M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 74 Jamey Eisenberg B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 75 Joshua Hammond J. Brooks RB CAR 76 Nick Fox A. Pierce WR IND 77 Jack Grzenia J. Warren RB PIT 78 G.K. TRUSTY H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 79 Eddie Cook J. Hurts QB PHI 80 JonPaul Crichton C. Sutton WR DEN 81 Gert Ojeda J. Downs WR IND 82 Frank Neill K. Gainwell RB TB 83 Andrew Gottfried K. Pitts TE ATL 84 Ked King C. Hubbard RB CAR Round 8 Pos Team Player 85 Ked King D. Metcalf WR PIT 86 Andrew Gottfried C. Williams QB CHI 87 Frank Neill M. Wilson WR ARI 88 Gert Ojeda J. Dobbins RB DEN 89 JonPaul Crichton Q. Johnston WR LAC 90 Eddie Cook C. Godwin WR TB 91 G.K. TRUSTY J. Tyson WR NO 92 Jack Grzenia J. Reed WR GB 93 Nick Fox J. Meyers WR JAC 94 Joshua Hammond J. Addison WR MIN 95 Jamey Eisenberg J. Mason RB MIN 96 Trevor Stahly J. Herbert QB LAC Round 9 Pos Team Player 97 Trevor Stahly M. Pittman WR PIT 98 Jamey Eisenberg J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 99 Joshua Hammond S. Diggs WR WAS 100 Nick Fox I. Likely TE NYG 101 Jack Grzenia K. Monangai RB CHI 102 G.K. TRUSTY W. Robinson WR TEN 103 Eddie Cook R. White RB WAS 104 JonPaul Crichton T. Lawrence QB JAC 105 Gert Ojeda G. Kittle TE SF 106 Frank Neill R. Harvey RB DEN 107 Andrew Gottfried M. Lemon WR PHI 108 Ked King T. Dell WR HOU Round 10 Pos Team Player 109 Ked King T. Kelce TE KC 110 Andrew Gottfried B. Corum RB LAR 111 Frank Neill J. Nailor WR LV 112 Gert Ojeda C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 113 JonPaul Crichton D. Goedert TE PHI 114 Eddie Cook T. Tracy Jr. RB NYG 115 G.K. TRUSTY Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 116 Jack Grzenia M. Andrews TE BAL 117 Nick Fox W. Marks RB HOU 118 Joshua Hammond J. Coker WR CAR 119 Jamey Eisenberg A. Jones RB MIN 120 Trevor Stahly T. Allgeier RB ARI Round 11 Pos Team Player 121 Trevor Stahly T. Spears RB TEN 122 Jamey Eisenberg M. Golden WR GB 123 Joshua Hammond K. Concepcion WR CLE 124 Nick Fox K. Mitchell RB LAC 125 Jack Grzenia R. Doubs WR NE 126 G.K. TRUSTY X. Worthy WR KC 127 Eddie Cook J. Higgins WR HOU 128 JonPaul Crichton J. Ferguson TE DAL 129 Gert Ojeda D. Samuel WR SF 130 Frank Neill D. Stribling WR SF 131 Andrew Gottfried K. Shakir WR BUF 132 Ked King T. Bigsby RB PHI Round 12 Pos Team Player 133 Ked King I. Pacheco RB DET 134 Andrew Gottfried A. Kamara RB NO 135 Frank Neill J. Goff QB DET 136 Gert Ojeda J. Coleman RB DEN 137 JonPaul Crichton J. Dart QB NYG 138 Eddie Cook R. Davis RB BUF 139 G.K. TRUSTY B. Purdy QB SF 140 Jack Grzenia B. Robinson Jr. RB ATL 141 Nick Fox D. Sampson RB CLE 142 Joshua Hammond P. Mahomes QB KC 143 Jamey Eisenberg M. Lloyd RB GB 144 Trevor Stahly R. Shaheed WR SEA Round 13 Pos Team Player 145 Trevor Stahly B. Allen RB NYJ 146 Jamey Eisenberg G. Holani RB SEA 147 Joshua Hammond D. Kincaid TE BUF 148 Nick Fox D. Wicks WR PHI 149 Jack Grzenia O. Gadsden II TE LAC 150 G.K. TRUSTY B. Strange TE JAC 151 Eddie Cook D. Boston WR CLE 152 JonPaul Crichton C. Douglas WR MIA 153 Gert Ojeda G. Dulcich TE MIA 154 Frank Neill J. McMillan WR TB 155 Andrew Gottfried J. Jennings WR MIN 156 Ked King A. Barner TE SEA Round 14 Pos Team Player 157 Ked King B. Mayfield QB TB 158 Andrew Gottfried O. Cooper Jr. WR NYJ 159 Frank Neill M. Stafford QB LAR 160 Gert Ojeda T. Shough QB NO 161 JonPaul Crichton J. Lane WR BAL 162 Eddie Cook Z. Branch WR ATL 163 G.K. TRUSTY T. Tucker WR LV 164 Jack Grzenia C. Kirk WR SF 165 Nick Fox I. TeSlaa WR DET 166 Joshua Hammond M. Willis QB MIA 167 Jamey Eisenberg K. Murray QB MIN 168 Trevor Stahly J. Jeudy WR CLE Team by Team Trevor Stahly Rd Pk Player 1 1 J. Gibbs RB DET 2 24 J. Love RB ARI 3 25 N. Collins WR HOU 4 48 D. Montgomery RB HOU 5 49 T. Kraft TE GB 6 72 C. Tate WR TEN 7 73 M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 8 96 J. Herbert QB LAC 9 97 M. Pittman WR PIT 10 120 T. Allgeier RB ARI 11 121 T. Spears RB TEN 12 144 R. Shaheed WR SEA 13 145 B. Allen RB NYJ 14 168 J. Jeudy WR CLE Jamey Eisenberg Rd Pk Player 1 2 B. Robinson RB ATL 2 23 B. Bowers TE LV 3 26 D. Smith WR PHI 4 47 G. Wilson WR NYJ 5 50 D. Moore WR BUF 6 71 J. Daniels QB WAS 7 74 B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 8 95 J. Mason RB MIN 9 98 J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 10 119 A. Jones RB MIN 11 122 M. Golden WR GB 12 143 M. Lloyd RB GB 13 146 G. Holani RB SEA 14 167 K. Murray QB MIN Joshua Hammond Rd Pk Player 1 3 J. Chase WR CIN 2 22 R. Rice WR KC 3 27 K. Williams RB LAR 4 46 Q. Judkins RB CLE 5 51 S. LaPorta TE DET 6 70 R. Stevenson RB NE 7 75 J. Brooks RB CAR 8 94 J. Addison WR MIN 9 99 S. Diggs WR WAS 10 118 J. Coker WR CAR 11 123 K. Concepcion WR CLE 12 142 P. Mahomes QB KC 13 147 D. Kincaid TE BUF 14 166 M. Willis QB MIA Nick Fox Rd Pk Player 1 4 J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 2 21 D. London WR ATL 3 28 M. Nabers WR NYG 4 45 T. Etienne RB NO 5 52 L. Jackson QB BAL 6 69 T. Pollard RB TEN 7 76 A. Pierce WR IND 8 93 J. Meyers WR JAC 9 100 I. Likely TE NYG 10 117 W. Marks RB HOU 11 124 K. Mitchell RB LAC 12 141 D. Sampson RB CLE 13 148 D. Wicks WR PHI 14 165 I. TeSlaa WR DET Jack Grzenia Rd Pk Player 1 5 P. Nacua WR LAR 2 20 J. Jefferson WR MIN 3 29 J. Allen QB BUF 4 44 D. Swift RB CHI 5 53 D. Adams WR LAR 6 68 J. Price RB SEA 7 77 J. Warren RB PIT 8 92 J. Reed WR GB 9 101 K. Monangai RB CHI 10 116 M. Andrews TE BAL 11 125 R. Doubs WR NE 12 140 B. Robinson Jr. RB ATL 13 149 O. Gadsden II TE LAC 14 164 C. Kirk WR SF G.K. TRUSTY Rd Pk Player 1 6 A. St. Brown WR DET 2 19 K. Walker III RB KC 3 30 Z. Flowers WR BAL 4 43 C. Skattebo RB NYG 5 54 J. Burrow QB CIN 6 67 R. Dowdle RB PIT 7 78 H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 8 91 J. Tyson WR NO 9 102 W. Robinson WR TEN 10 115 Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 11 126 X. Worthy WR KC 12 139 B. Purdy QB SF 13 150 B. Strange TE JAC 14 163 T. Tucker WR LV Eddie Cook Rd Pk Player 1 7 J. Cook RB BUF 2 18 S. Barkley RB PHI 3 31 T. McBride TE ARI 4 42 J. Waddle WR DEN 5 55 T. McLaurin WR WAS 6 66 P. Washington WR JAC 7 79 J. Hurts QB PHI 8 90 C. Godwin WR TB 9 103 R. White RB WAS 10 114 T. Tracy Jr. RB NYG 11 127 J. Higgins WR HOU 12 138 R. Davis RB BUF 13 151 D. Boston WR CLE 14 162 Z. Branch WR ATL JonPaul Crichton Rd Pk Player 1 8 J. Taylor RB IND 2 17 A. Brown WR NE 3 32 J. Williams RB DAL 4 41 E. Egbuka WR TB 5 56 B. Irving RB TB 6 65 T. Henderson RB NE 7 80 C. Sutton WR DEN 8 89 Q. Johnston WR LAC 9 104 T. Lawrence QB JAC 10 113 D. Goedert TE PHI 11 128 J. Ferguson TE DAL 12 137 J. Dart QB NYG 13 152 C. Douglas WR MIA 14 161 J. Lane WR BAL Gert Ojeda Rd Pk Player 1 9 C. Brown RB CIN 2 16 O. Hampton RB LAC 3 33 C. Olave WR NO 4 40 T. Higgins WR CIN 5 57 R. Odunze WR CHI 6 64 D. Maye QB NE 7 81 J. Downs WR IND 8 88 J. Dobbins RB DEN 9 105 G. Kittle TE SF 10 112 C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 11 129 D. Samuel WR SF 12 136 J. Coleman RB DEN 13 153 G. Dulcich TE MIA 14 160 T. Shough QB NO Frank Neill Rd Pk Player 1 10 A. Jeanty RB LV 2 15 D. Achane RB MIA 3 34 C. Loveland TE CHI 4 39 T. McMillan WR CAR 5 58 L. Burden III WR CHI 6 63 J. Williams WR DET 7 82 K. Gainwell RB TB 8 87 M. Wilson WR ARI 9 106 R. Harvey RB DEN 10 111 J. Nailor WR LV 11 130 D. Stribling WR SF 12 135 J. Goff QB DET 13 154 J. McMillan WR TB 14 159 M. Stafford QB LAR Andrew Gottfried Rd Pk Player 1 11 C. McCaffrey RB SF 2 14 C. Lamb WR DAL 3 35 J. Jacobs RB GB 4 38 L. McConkey WR LAC 5 59 B. Tuten RB JAC 6 62 C. Watson WR GB 7 83 K. Pitts TE ATL 8 86 C. Williams QB CHI 9 107 M. Lemon WR PHI 10 110 B. Corum RB LAR 11 131 K. Shakir WR BUF 12 134 A. Kamara RB NO 13 155 J. Jennings WR MIN 14 158 O. Cooper Jr. WR NYJ Ked King Rd Pk Player 1 12 D. Henry RB BAL 2 13 G. Pickens WR DAL 3 36 B. Hall RB NYJ 4 37 T. Warren TE IND 5 60 M. Evans WR SF 6 61 D. Prescott QB DAL 7 84 C. Hubbard RB CAR 8 85 D. Metcalf WR PIT 9 108 T. Dell WR HOU 10 109 T. Kelce TE KC 11 132 T. Bigsby RB PHI 12 133 I. Pacheco RB DET 13 156 A. Barner TE SEA 14 157 B. Mayfield QB TB