The DFF Army banded together for another 12-team full PPR Superflex rookie mock draft! This time we are post-combine and pro-day, but pre-NFL Draft. Check out every first-round selection below and each writer’s reasoning behind their pick. Stay tuned for rounds two, three, and four dropping over the next few days. 

1.01 – Breece Hall, RB Iowa State

JC – @JCJDynasty

Breece Hall can essentially be written in with sharpie at the 1.01 in any style rookie draft. This draft is Superflex, TE premium, and taking Hall at the 1.01 is for all intents and purposes; a layup. He’s done everything a prospect can be asked to do in terms of predicting success at the NFL level. He ran well at the Combine with a 4.39 40 at the NFL combine, checking that box. His college tape shows an ability to catch the ball out of the backfield as well as run from multiple styles including the shotgun in a zone scheme as well as a more traditional single back approach where he has to read a block and hit the hole with power and precision. 

Hall was the picture of consistency as a cyclone, scoring a touchdown in 24 consecutive games breaking a record that stood for 51 years. Hall also never missed a game while at Iowa state, if there’s one thing we know about fantasy football specifically the RB position, the best ability is availability. He brings prototypical size at 5’11 220 and scored a 9.96 on his relative athletic score (courtesy of Math Bomb)

That scale is out of 10. Is a 9.96 out of 10…good? I think so. Like I said, write it in sharpie, Breece Hall is the 1.01 in all formats. That being said, I’m not so bold as to put him at the RB6 in dynasty formats. I think there’s a slim to no chance he walks into a Najee Harris-type workload as a rookie but I’m more so projecting what his NFL career will likely be while taking into account the scarcity and short shelf life the RB position brings with it.

1.02 – Malik Willis, QB Liberty

Chris Miles – @ChrisMiles1017

With the 1.02 pick, and Breece Hall off the board I had to take Malik Willis here. I currently believe that in these rookie drafts Hall and Willis should be picked one and two every single time. Willis offers tremendous upside in fantasy, he could grow to become a game-breaker of the Lamar Jackson or Jalen Hurts variety with the rushing upside that he provides. That alone makes Willis worthy of a top-tier pick in Superflex rookie drafts.

1.03 – Drake London, WR USC

MG – @AlwaysBBuilding

It didn’t take much effort to make this selection with Malik Willis being sniped at the 1.02. Unsurprisingly, London is listed as the WR1 on many pre-draft lists. However, up until this mock, Garrett Wilson has consistently been my personal WR1 in this class (he went with the next pick by the way), but I thought I would shake it up a bit. 

It will be interesting to track the rookie seasons of both players to see which deserved to trump the other in capital. There’s no going wrong with your first-round pick unless you go ultra-contrarian. Just don’t overthink it. Slam dunk pick whether it’s London or Wilson.

1.04 – Garrett Wilson, WR Ohio St.

Chris Museezer – @force_fantasy 

Wow. Thanks, MG! 

I had a specific player in mind for the 1.04 spot when the draft began. I fully expected Breece Hall and Malik Willis to go 1 and 2 overall. You should expect this in your rookie draft as well. They are heavy favorites for these slots. 

I expected Wilson to go next. As MG wrote on the 1.03 pick, Wilson has been his WR1 consistently. My goal was to draft Drake London, who is my top-ranked wide receiver in this class at the 1.04. Last month, in the DFF Rookie Mock 2.0 I was able to grab London at the 2.01. Unfortunately, he was selected at pick three this time around. This left me with Garrett Wilson.

Wilson is most people’s WR1 right now and is also projected to be the top wide receiver taken in this draft. He is a worthy consolation prize after not getting London. 

Wilson posted solid numbers in a stacked wide receiver group. Most impressive was his 3.21 receiving yards per team pass attempt while sharing targets with two future first-round talents. Wilson is likely to be drafted inside the top 10 and should contribute immediately. He creates easy separation and his game translates beautifully to the pro level. 

1.05 – Kenneth Walker III, RB Michigan State

Jared Hines – @Ship_Chaser

5’9” 211 lbs. Birthday: 10/20/2000

40-yard dash: 4.38 seconds

34” vertical 10’2” broad jump

Some people have him as their #1RB in this class. I would have taken Garrett Wilson over him, though the landing spot may be a tiebreaker between them for me. I have London lower than both, though. Walker ran for over 1600 yards last year, with 19 total TDs, and 6.2 YPC. He is projected to go in the second round of the NFL draft next month. 

Walker III led the FBS in forced missed tackles, yards after contact, and carries over 15 yards. He was also in the conversation for the Heisman for much of the 2021 season. He didn’t catch a lot of passes in college, but here is a nice one at the 1:05 mark. Here is a video made by @ZWKfootball of Walker doing receiving work in high school.

1.06 – Treylon Burks, WR Arkansas

Matt Ward – @PsychWardFF

I did not envision Burks falling to me at 1.06, but I am willing to capitalize on the value. I have three wide receivers grouped at the top of my rookie value tiers; Wilson/London/Burks. There is a minuscule market value discrepancy, if any, between the three. Burks is a top-five rookie selection in most leagues and should see first-round NFL Draft capital with a stunning collegiate profile. Burks’ captivating size and in-game speed (22.6 MPH) could separate him from the class when their careers are said and done.

1.07 – Matt Corral, QB Ole Miss

Carl – @RookieWhisper

I was hoping for either Drake London or Treylon Burks here, but I am still happy to take a QB that is consistently going in the first round of NFL Mock Drafts. According to grindingthemocks.com, Corral has an expected draft position of 26th overall.

This senior QB stands at 6’2” and weighs in at 212lbs, and looks the part of an NFL QB who can make tough throws and also use his legs as a rusher. In back-to-back seasons at Ole Miss Matt Corral threw for over 3,000 yards while also adding more than 500 yards on the ground. Corral does not offer the rushing upside of Malik Willis, but he is still a capable rusher. Due to an ankle injury that occurred during his Bowl Game, Corral was unable to test at the NFL Combine, so we will not get a 40 time to put with his speed, but I believe the speed is easy to see on film. 

He shows good burst and some power as well. If Corral were to run a 40, I would guess he would run a 4.6, which is very good for a QB, faster than the likes of Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes.

You may question why I took Corral over Pickett, and I will quickly get into that. It is two major things for me. Corral is more efficient and was more efficient at a younger age:

Matt Corral

QBR – 89.9

YPA – 10.2

Breakout Age – 20.6

Kenny Pickett 

QBR – 60.9

YPA – 7.3

Breakout Age – 21.3

I’ll take the younger and more efficient passer nearly every time!

1.08 – Desmond Ridder, QB Cincinnati

Paul Patterson – @fantasyfreezer 

If I’m being entirely honest, I have no idea if Desmond Ridder is a good QB. The position is incredibly difficult to evaluate. However, I am willing to take a shot on Ridder in the first round of rookie drafts for two reasons: he’s incredibly fast and he’s consistently mocked in the late first or early second round of the NFL Draft. QBs drafted that early tend to find their way onto the field sooner rather than later (sorry, Jordan Love), and QBs that can run a 4.52 tend to score lots of fantasy points regardless of arm talent. 

1.09 – Isaiah Spiller, RB Texas A&M

Julio – @mistermartinez9

Isaiah Spiller was GOOD in college. He is top-4 in every metric among this class and with an expected day 2 draft capital he should be in line for a nice workload. This takes me to his red flag, he was never a workhorse. In his best season, he had a rushing yards market share barely above 50%. Backs who weren’t workhorses don’t tend to be workhorses in the NFL. Nevertheless, the workhorse is soon-to-be-extinct and the positional scarcity in the RB position leads me to this pick.

1.10 – Rachaad White, RB Arizona

Charles – @HeadyFootball

Prelude: I used this team as the background for my SF draft. This squad finished fourth in my league, so this draft position seemed logical for me. 

After Spiller, Hall, and Walker, the argument for the next acceptable RB is highly debated. Naturally, I need a QB but with any acceptable starter already drafted, I had to look elsewhere. My next position of need in my opinion is RB, so I took who I viewed as the best pass-catcher who can be a three-down back. This was the tipping point for me, because any RB that is a threat in the passing game, can have an immediate impact at the flex position. Granted, he is weak when it comes to explosive speed, but he has the long-run capability and once he improves his pass-blocking, the sky’s the limit. 

1.11 – Chris Olave, WR Ohio St.

Billy Beaman – @WillieBeamanDFF

With the quarterbacks still left on the board, it was a tough decision here but I wanted to see what my draft would look like bypassing the position most are wavering on this year. That said, Chris Olave is an outstanding receiver and I feel great about being able to snag him at the end of the first round. Olave is a technically wide receiver who generally wins with crips routes but he showed us he can also turn on the burners with his 40-time at the NFL combine. I think he has a strong chance to succeed regardless of his landing spot so spending 1.11 feels like stealing.

1.12 – Jameson Williams, WR Alabama

DocFFFN – @DocFFFN

As your author alluded to in our last mock six weeks ago, mock drafts change with the coming of the annual NFL offseason events and information. Having now seen the combine and pro days play out, QBs are moving higher up the mock draft board as predicted. Then when the NFL Draft commences, analysts will have the draft capital to lean on and will be willing to stake their claim on the top QBs. Expect there to be at least two and potentially three QBs selected in the top half of the first round of most Superflex drafts. At this point, we have seen the QBs rise to 1.02, 1.07, and 1.08 in this present mock. There is now no hope of landing a favorite or even starting rookie QB at the end of the draft now (which is why your author likes to also play in dynasty leagues that have annual drafts before the NFL draft, early in the offseason). 

The good news here is that the same player made it two spots further before being selected: Jameson Williams is the pick again. Picking at the end of the draft, ideally, an owner would have time and a balanced roster to await Williams’ return from his torn ACL injury. Moreover, upside always wins out when one is drafting for a contending roster. Admittedly, Williams checked in at a disappointing 6’1.5” 179 lbs. However, his sheer dominance of the SEC and early-declare status makes him a coveted asset. Williams was mentioned back in September 2021 by your author as a likely NFL first-round pick. Four months ago, in the first rendition of this mock draft, he was obtained at #19 overall in the mid-second. 

Williams has homerun speed to take the top off of the defense and can make any week a fantasy success with just two or three receptions. Additionally, Williams is a “hands-catcher,” which is what your author likes to see in his deep-threats and speed-receivers. Enjoy this following montage of SEC dominance.   

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