12-Team Half PPR draft strategy

Drafting from pick 2 in a 12-Team Half PPR league

You are on the clock at 1.02, and again at 2.11. Everything below is counted over 10,000 simulated 12-team Half PPR 1QB drafts: who is actually taken at this pick, who is already gone, and who is still on the board when it comes back around.

Your picks: 1.02 · 2.11 · 3.02 · 4.11 · 5.02 · 6.11 · 7.02 · 8.11 · 9.02 · 10.11 · 11.02 · 12.11 · 13.02 · 14.11 · 15.02

Your first pick

Who is taken at 1.02

  • Jahmyr Gibbs is the most common selection at 1.02, taken there in 35% of simulated 12-team Half PPR 1QB drafts.
  • 65% of the time the pick at 1.02 is a RB.
  • At least 8 players who are usually on the board at 1.02 are almost never still there at 2.11.
  • Drake London is the highest-priced player who is genuinely a coin flip at 2.11: still available in 30% of drafts.
Players most often selected at pick 1.02
Player Taken here Sim. avg
Jahmyr GibbsRB · DET 35% 1.02
Ja'Marr ChaseWR · CIN 13% 1.04
Bijan RobinsonRB · ATL 13% 1.04
Puka NacuaWR · LAR 9% 1.05
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA 7% 1.07
Derrick HenryRB · BAL 7% 1.07
Amon-Ra St. BrownWR · DET 4% 1.10
De'Von AchaneRB · MIA 3% 1.11

The turn

Gone by 2.11

Usually on the board at 1.02 and almost never still there when the pick comes back around. This is the decision draft slot 2 actually makes.

Players available at 1.02 but not at 2.11
Player At 2.11 Sim. avg
Jahmyr GibbsRB · DET 0% 1.02
Bijan RobinsonRB · ATL 0% 1.04
Ja'Marr ChaseWR · CIN 0% 1.04
Puka NacuaWR · LAR 0% 1.05
Christian McCaffreyRB · SF 0% 1.07
Jonathan TaylorRB · IND 0% 1.07
Derrick HenryRB · BAL 0% 1.07
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA <1% 1.07

Your next turn

Still live at 2.11

A genuine coin flip at your next turn -- the players worth planning around rather than counting on.

Players who are a coin flip at 2.11
Player At 2.11 Sim. avg
Drake LondonWR · ATL 30% 2.07
Ashton JeantyRB · LV 48% 2.10
Josh JacobsRB · GB 55% 2.11
Omarion HamptonRB · LAC 61% 2.11
Nico CollinsWR · HOU 60% 2.11
Kenneth Walker IIIRB · KC 63% 2.12
George PickensWR · DAL 73% 3.03
Rashee RiceWR · KC 76% 3.04

Position mix

How this slot usually opens

Position taken at each of draft slot 2's turns
Pick Round Usually a
1.02 Round 1 RB65%WR35%QB<1%TE<1%
2.11 Round 2 RB59%WR37%QB4%TE<1%
3.02 Round 3 RB52%WR38%QB8%TE1%
4.11 Round 4 WR51%RB24%QB14%TE12%
5.02 Round 5 WR45%RB29%QB15%TE11%

Methodology

How this is measured

Every figure on this page is a count over 10,000 simulated 12-team Half PPR 1QB drafts, each one played out pick by pick by the same simulated managers that fill an empty seat in a live room. None of it is advice: a share is how often something happened, and a probability carries the number of drafts behind it.

A simulated draft is not a market. These pages describe how our simulated managers draft, which is a statement about our board; where a player is drafted in real leagues is a different number, published separately.

A reach or a fall on this page is measured against Fantasy Football Calculator's aggregate ADP where it prices a player, and against a price inferred from our own rankings where it does not.

Simulation model
simulation-v1.2
Generated
October 8, 2026
Player dataset
nflverse-2026@8a41b71bb222a352
Baseline
mixed

Next

Draft it yourself

Mock this draft from pick 2

Opens a 12-team Half PPR 1QB room with seat 2 already yours.