It’s never too early to prepare for your 2022 fantasy football draft. What better way to do so than to mock draft against the top experts in the fantasy football industry! You can use our FREE mock draft simulator to do just that. Let’s take a look at our latest mock draft and player notes.

Mock Draft Picks: 10-Team, PPR, No. 2 Pick

Round 1, Pick 10: Justin Jefferson (WR – MIN)

Justin Jefferson has been a revelation since entering the league. He has the most receiving yards in NFL history (3,016) in a player’s first two seasons and is PFF’s second-highest-graded receiver over that span (91.7).

Round 2, Pick 1: Dalvin Cook (RB – MIN)

His ADP has fallen to the back of Round 1, and it’s unwarranted based on the impending touchdown regression Cook will experience in 2022. His 15 goal-line carries ranked fourth in the NFL last season, but he converted just three into scores. Considering Cook averaged 16 TDs from 2019-2020, his meager 6 TDs from last season look like a blip on the radar.

Round 3, Pick 10: Tee Higgins (WR – CIN)

Tee Higgins’ 23% target rate per route run was higher than Ja’Marr Chase‘s 21% during the 2021 regular season, as was his 25% target share in the games they played together when healthy.

Round 4, Pick 1: Kyle Pitts (TE – ATL)

If Kyle Pitts’ ADP is lower than it was in 2021, he will be a screaming value. At just 21 years old, Pitts finished third among tight ends in receiving yards (1,018) through 17 weeks of the season and third in route participation (80%) through 18 weeks.

Round 5, Pick 10: Cam Akers (RB – LAR)

Cam Akers wasn’t expected to return last year in time for the playoffs, but he pulled it off. He saw snap shares from 39% to as high as 81%. While he racked up the volume in the process with 18.7 touches per game, his efficiency numbers were middling at best. His 2.31 yards after contact per attempt was a far cry from the 2.96 he rattled off in his rookie season (per PFF). With a full offseason to hopefully recoup any lost juice and return to his first-year form, Akers has the upside to be a workhorse in one of the best offenses in the NFL.

Round 6, Pick 1: Patrick Mahomes (QB – KC)

Despite the ups-and-downs of the KC Chiefs offense as a response to the Cover 2 defense, Patrick Mahomes was as stellar as ever from a fantasy perspective. The former MVP ranked fourth in fantasy points per game (22.0), tying Justin Herbert with 12 weekly top-12 QB finishes.

Round 7, Pick 10: DeVonta Smith (WR – PHI)

DeVonta Smith didn’t have the record-breaking rookie seasons like Ja’Marr Chase or Jaylen Waddle, but he was still extremely solid. He finished 10th in overall team air yards share and top-20 in PFF receiving grade among WRs with at least 100 targets.

Round 8, Pick 1: Brandon Aiyuk (WR – SF)

After escaping the Kyle Shanahan doghouse, Brandon Aiyuk played at least 90% of snaps in every game after Week 9. Over that stretch, his efficiency was off the charts as he was 13th in yards per route run and the sixth-highest graded wide receiver (minimum 20 targets, per PFF). Aiyuk was the WR21 in fantasy points per game among all wide receivers that started at least three games during that period. Aiyuk’s talent is apparent, but he resides on a run-first offense with little touchdown equity (44th in red-zone targets). He’s an upside WR4 this season.

Round 9, Pick 10: Christian Kirk (WR – JAC)

Kirk should stay lined up inside with the Jaguars after they got little production from that position in 2021. Marvin Jones and Laviska Shenault ranked in the bottom 10 with 1.30 yards per route run from the slot. Kirk ranked 13th with 1.80 yards per route run from the slot. He is shaping up to be the new Amari Rodgers for Trevor Lawrence, operating from the inside. At worst, Kirk takes shape as a strong WR3 asset who can elevate to WR2 status quickly with an up-and-coming quarterback.

Round 10, Pick 1: Chase Claypool (WR – PIT)

Claypool is due for positive touchdown regression after catching just one of his 12 end-zone targets last season. The 6-foot-5 monster is no stranger to hitting paydirt after being one of eight wide receivers to score double-digit touchdowns as rookies since 1998.

Round 11, Pick 10: Jakobi Meyers (WR – PIT)

Jakobi Meyers is easily the most slept-on wide receiver in fantasy football. The former undrafted free agent has been the Patriots’ target leader for the past two seasons, with his most recent accomplishment finishing top-12 in target share (23%) in 2021.

Round 12, Pick 1: Rondale Moore (WR – ARI)

The target waters for Rondale Moore are muddy entering his second season. The bull case for Arizona’s slot Mighty Mouse is that he drew targets at a high rate when on the field in 2021, and he was successful in making plays with them. Moore was third among all wide receivers in yards after the catch per reception (minimum 50 targets, per PFF). He also ranked 28th in route win rate and 30th in targets per snap. This is a perfect time to buy the dip for a talented second-year wide receiver.

Round 13, Pick 10: Skyy Moore (WR – KC)

With Patrick Mahomes as his quarterback, Moore could smash his current ECR into the stratosphere. It’s not that outlandish to think a second-rounder can make an immediate impact considering six of the 12 highest-scoring Round 1 & 2 rookie WRs selected since 2017 were second-rounders.

Round 14, Pick 1: Matthew Stafford (QB – LAR)

Weapons are the name of the game with Stafford, who finished the season 11th in fantasy points per game (20.4) on the back of 41 passing touchdowns. Forty-plus TDs is no easy feat and should not be overlooked by fantasy drafters in 2022, especially because it was Stafford’s first season in Sean McVay’s offense.

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