At the conclusion of our 12th annual Fantasy Football Rankings Summit, we conducted a PPR (point-per-reception) mock draft among 12 of the attendees. If you'd like to actually see how the draft unfolded and hear from the participants, check out the Fantasy Football Now Mock Draft Special on ESPN+, one of five exclusive shows from the Fantasy Summit.
Here are a handful of takeaways, followed by the round-by-round selections:
Running backs ruled the top of the draft, as Todd Gurley II , Le'Veon Bell and David Johnson went 1-2-3, and seven of the top nine picks were backs.
For the first time in a handful of years, no tight end was selected in the first two rounds and the first one selected wasn't Rob Gronkowski .
As is often the case in our staff drafts, the crew waited on quarterbacks. Aaron Rodgers was the first to go, but not until pick 53.
Two managers even waited until the 14th round to take a signal-caller, and both wound up with someone who finished in the top eight at the position in 2017.
In order of draft position, the participants in this mock were: Kevin Negandhi, Matthew Berry, Stephania Bell, Dan Graziano, KC Joyner, Eric Karabell, Andre' Snellings, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Tim Hasselbeck, Mike Clay, Adam Schefter and Matt Bowen.
Round 1 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 1 Negandhi Todd Gurley II , LARRB1 2 2 Berry Le'Veon Bell , PitRB2 3 3 Bell David Johnson , AriRB3 4 4 Graziano Antonio Brown , PitWR1 5 5 Joyner Ezekiel Elliott , DalRB4 6 6 Karabell DeAndre Hopkins , HouWR2 7 7 Snellings Saquon Barkley , NYGRB5 8 8 Cockcroft Kareem Hunt , KCRB6 9 9 Hasselbeck Alvin Kamara , NORB7 10 10 Clay Julio Jones , AtlWR3 11 11 Schefter Michael Thomas , NOWR4 12 12 Bowen Leonard Fournette , JaxRB8
Round 2 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 13 Bowen Keenan Allen , LACWR5 2 14 Schefter Davante Adams , GBWR6 3 15 Clay Odell Beckham Jr ., NYGWR7 4 16 Hasselbeck LeSean McCoy , BufRB9 5 17 Cockcroft Dalvin Cook , MinRB10 6 18 Snellings A.J. Green , CinWR8 7 19 Karabell Melvin Gordon , LACRB11 8 20 Joyner Christian McCaffrey , CarRB12 9 21 Graziano Mike Evans , TBWR9 10 22 Bell Adam Thielen , MinWR10 11 23 Berry Devonta Freeman , AtlRB13 12 24 Negandhi Demaryius Thomas , DenWR11
Round 3 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 25 Negandhi Travis Kelce , KCTE1 2 26 Berry Doug Baldwin , SeaWR12 3 27 Bell Jerick McKinnon , SFRB14 4 28 Graziano Mark Ingram , NORB15 5 29 Joyner Rob Gronkowski , NETE2 6 30 Karabell Larry Fitzgerald , AriWR13 7 31 Snellings Joe Mixon , CinRB16 8 32 Cockcroft Tyreek Hill , KCWR14 9 33 Hasselbeck T.Y. Hilton , IndWR15 10 34 Clay Rashaad Penny , SeaRB17 11 35 Schefter Stefon Diggs , MinWR16 12 36 Bowen Derrius Guice , WshRB18
Round 4 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 37 Bowen Allen Robinson , ChiWR17 2 38 Schefter Sony Michel , NERB19 3 39 Clay Zach Ertz , PhiTE3 4 40 Hasselbeck JuJu Smith-Schuster , PitWR18 5 41 Cockcroft Golden Tate , DetWR19 6 42 Snellings Josh Gordon , CleWR20 7 43 Karabell Jarvis Landry , CleWR21 8 44 Joyner Julian Edelman , NEWR22 9 45 Graziano Amari Cooper , OakWR23 10 46 Bell Robert Woods , LARWR24 11 47 Berry Alshon Jeffery , PhiWR25 12 48 Negandhi Marvin Jones Jr ., DetWR26
Round 5 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 49 Negandhi Brandin Cooks , LARWR27 2 50 Berry Kenyan Drake , MiaRB20 3 51 Bell Derrick Henry , TenRB21 4 52 Graziano Jordan Howard , ChiRB22 5 53 Joyner Aaron Rodgers , GBQB1 6 54 Karabell Royce Freeman , DenRB23 7 55 Snellings Deshaun Watson , HouQB2 8 56 Cockcroft Jay Ajayi , PhiRB24 9 57 Hasselbeck Pierre Garcon , SFWR28 10 58 Clay Ronald Jones II , TBRB25 11 59 Schefter Hunter Henry , LACTE4 12 60 Bowen Chris Hogan , NEWR29
Round 6 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 61 Bowen Greg Olsen , CarTE5 2 62 Schefter Evan Engram , NYGTE6 3 63 Clay Michael Crabtree , BalWR30 4 64 Hasselbeck Tom Brady , NEQB3 5 65 Cockcroft Emmanuel Sanders , DenWR31 6 66 Snellings Alex Collins , BalRB26 7 67 Karabell Marshawn Lynch , OakRB27 8 68 Joyner Cooper Kupp , LARWR32 9 69 Graziano Duke Johnson Jr ., CleRB28 10 70 Bell Delanie Walker , TenTE7 11 71 Berry Devin Funchess , CarWR33 12 72 Negandhi Marlon Mack , IndRB29
Round 7 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 73 Negandhi Nick Chubb , CleRB30 2 74 Berry Russell Wilson , SeaQB4 3 75 Bell Jamison Crowder , WshWR34 4 76 Graziano Cam Newton , CarQB5 5 77 Joyner Jimmy Graham , GBTE8 6 78 Karabell Lamar Miller , HouRB31 7 79 Snellings Will Fuller V , HouWR35 8 80 Cockcroft Carson Wentz , PhiQB6 9 81 Hasselbeck Dion Lewis , TenRB32 10 82 Clay Corey Davis , TenWR36 11 83 Schefter Chris Thompson , WshRB33 12 84 Bowen Randall Cobb , GBWR37
Round 8 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 85 Bowen Tevin Coleman , AtlRB34 2 86 Schefter Tarik Cohen , ChiRB35 3 87 Clay Sammy Watkins , KCWR38 4 88 Hasselbeck Jordan Reed , WshTE9 5 89 Cockcroft DeVante Parker , MiaWR39 6 90 Snellings Trey Burton , ChiTE10 7 91 Karabell Jack Doyle , IndTE11 8 92 Joyner Carlos Hyde , CleRB36 9 93 Graziano Kelvin Benjamin , BufWR40 10 94 Bell Rex Burkhead , NERB37 11 95 Berry Isaiah Crowell , NYJRB38 12 96 Negandhi Marqise Lee , JaxWR41
Round 9 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 97 Negandhi Nelson Agholor , PhiWR42 2 98 Berry Kyle Rudolph , MinTE12 3 99 Bell Jimmy Garoppolo , SFQB7 4 100 Graziano Tyler Eifert , CinTE13 5 101 Joyner Aaron Jones , GBRB39 6 102 Karabell Robby Anderson , NYJWR43 7 103 Snellings Jamaal Williams , GBRB40 8 104 Cockcroft Marquise Goodwin , SFWR44 9 105 Hasselbeck DeSean Jackson , TBWR45 10 106 Clay Kerryon Johnson , DetRB41 11 107 Schefter Jaguars D/ST DST1 12 108 Bowen Josh Doctson , WshWR46
Round 10 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 109 Bowen James White , NERB42 2 110 Schefter Drew Brees , NOQB8 3 111 Clay Jordan Wilkins , IndRB43 4 112 Hasselbeck Theo Riddick , DetRB44 5 113 Cockcroft D'Onta Foreman , HouRB45 6 114 Snellings Andrew Luck , IndQB9 7 115 Karabell Dez Bryant, FA WR47 8 116 Joyner Jordy Nelson , OakWR48 9 117 Graziano Chris Carson , SeaRB46 10 118 Bell Mohamed Sanu , AtlWR49 11 119 Berry Corey Clement , PhiRB47 12 120 Negandhi Allen Hurns , DalWR50
Round 11 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 121 Negandhi Ben Roethlisberger , PitQB10 2 122 Berry Rams D/ST DST2 3 123 Bell Devontae Booker , DenRB48 4 124 Graziano Sterling Shepard , NYGWR51 5 125 Joyner Kenny Golladay , DetWR52 6 126 Karabell Cameron Meredith , NOWR53 7 127 Snellings Martavis Bryant , OakWR54 8 128 Cockcroft Bilal Powell , NYJRB49 9 129 Hasselbeck Tyler Lockett , SeaWR55 10 130 Clay D.J. Moore , CarWR56 11 131 Schefter Jordan Matthews , NEWR57 12 132 Bowen Patrick Mahomes , KCQB11
Round 12 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 133 Bowen Calvin Ridley , AtlWR58 2 134 Schefter Matt Breida , SFRB50 3 135 Clay C.J. Anderson, FA RB51 4 136 Hasselbeck LeGarrette Blount , DetRB52 5 137 Cockcroft Kenny Stills , MiaWR59 6 138 Snellings Eagles D/ST DST3 7 139 Karabell Darren Sproles , PhiRB53 8 140 Joyner Kenneth Dixon , BalRB54 9 141 Graziano Mike Williams , LACWR60 10 142 Bell Giovani Bernard , CinRB55 11 143 Berry Chester Rogers , IndWR61 12 144 Negandhi Frank Gore , MiaRB56
Round 13 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 145 Negandhi Terrelle Pryor Sr ., NYJWR62 2 146 Berry George Kittle , SFTE14 3 147 Bell Cameron Brate , TBTE15 4 148 Graziano Austin Seferian-Jenkins , JaxTE16 5 149 Joyner Vikings D/ST DST4 6 150 Karabell Nyheim Hines , IndRB57 7 151 Snellings Charles Clay , BufTE17 8 152 Cockcroft David Njoku , CleTE18 9 153 Hasselbeck Chris Ivory , BufRB58 10 154 Clay Anthony Miller , ChiWR63 11 155 Schefter Justin Tucker , BalK1 12 156 Bowen Christian Kirk , AriWR64
Round 14 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 157 Bowen Javorius Allen , BalRB59 2 158 Schefter Chris Godwin , TBWR65 3 159 Clay Kirk Cousins , MinQB12 4 160 Hasselbeck Eric Ebron , IndTE19 5 161 Cockcroft Matthew Stafford , DetQB13 6 162 Snellings John Ross , CinWR66 7 163 Karabell Philip Rivers , LACQB14 8 164 Joyner Ted Ginn Jr ., NOWR67 9 165 Graziano Chargers D/ST DST5 10 166 Bell Donte Moncrief , JaxWR68 11 167 Berry Danny Amendola , MiaWR69 12 168 Negandhi Austin Hooper , AtlTE20
Round 16 Pick Overall By Player Pos Rank 1 181 Bowen Greg Zuerlein , LARK3 2 182 Schefter Kalen Ballage , MiaRB63 3 183 Clay Matt Bryant , AtlK4 4 184 Hasselbeck Robbie Gould , SFK5 5 185 Cockcroft Lions D/ST DST12 6 186 Snellings Wil Lutz , NOK6 7 187 Karabell Jake Elliott , PhiK7 8 188 Joyner Chris Boswell , PitK8 9 189 Graziano Harrison Butker , KCK9 10 190 Bell Matt Prater , DetK10 11 191 Berry Dustin Hopkins , WshK11 12 192 Negandhi Adam Vinatieri , IndK12
