12-Team Half PPR draft strategy

Drafting from pick 3 in a 12-Team Half PPR league

You are on the clock at 1.03, and again at 2.10. 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: 1.03 · 2.10 · 3.03 · 4.10 · 5.03 · 6.10 · 7.03 · 8.10 · 9.03 · 10.10 · 11.03 · 12.10 · 13.03 · 14.10 · 15.03

Your first pick

Who is taken at 1.03

  • Bijan Robinson is the most common selection at 1.03, taken there in 26% of simulated 12-team Half PPR 1QB drafts.
  • 57% of the time the pick at 1.03 is a RB.
  • At least 8 players who are usually on the board at 1.03 are almost never still there at 2.10.
  • Jeremiyah Love is the highest-priced player who is genuinely a coin flip at 2.10: still available in 20% of drafts.
Players most often selected at pick 1.03
Player Taken here Sim. avg
Bijan RobinsonRB · ATL 26% 1.04
Jahmyr GibbsRB · DET 20% 1.02
Puka NacuaWR · LAR 19% 1.05
Ja'Marr ChaseWR · CIN 16% 1.04
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA 4% 1.07
Derrick HenryRB · BAL 4% 1.07
Amon-Ra St. BrownWR · DET 2% 1.10

The turn

Gone by 2.10

Usually on the board at 1.03 and almost never still there when the pick comes back around. This is the decision draft slot 3 actually makes.

Players available at 1.03 but not at 2.10
Player At 2.10 Sim. avg
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 <1% 1.07
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · SEA <1% 1.07
James CookRB · BUF 0% 1.09

Your next turn

Still live at 2.10

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

Players who are a coin flip at 2.10
Player At 2.10 Sim. avg
Jeremiyah LoveRB · ARI 20% 2.04
Drake LondonWR · ATL 36% 2.07
Ashton JeantyRB · LV 60% 2.10
Josh JacobsRB · GB 60% 2.11
Omarion HamptonRB · LAC 71% 2.11
Nico CollinsWR · HOU 69% 2.11
Kenneth Walker IIIRB · KC 73% 2.12
George PickensWR · DAL 76% 3.03

Position mix

How this slot usually opens

Position taken at each of draft slot 3's turns
Pick Round Usually a
1.03 Round 1 RB57%WR43%QB<1%TE<1%
2.10 Round 2 RB60%WR36%QB3%TE<1%
3.03 Round 3 RB50%WR38%QB10%TE2%
4.10 Round 4 WR51%RB23%QB13%TE12%
5.03 Round 5 WR44%RB31%QB15%TE10%

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 3

Opens a 12-team Half PPR 1QB room with seat 3 already yours.