Find out where the latest crop of rookies landed in this post-draft half-PPR mock
By Jamey Eisenberg May 8, 2026 at 4:33 pm ET • 3 min read 
Imagn Images As we continue to do more mock drafts following the NFL Draft, I'm fascinated by the Fantasy value for the rookies. So far, the market doesn't seem to be out of control for these new players. Usually, there is one or two rookies who get overdrafted -- think Ashton Jeanty in Round 1 last year -- because we all love the shiny new toy. But that might not happen in 2026. In our recent 12-team, half-PPR mock draft, which featured members of our CBS Sports staff, as well as Jake Ceily from The Athletic and Joe Pisapia from FantasyPros, Jeremiyah Love was the first rookie off the board in Round 3 at No. 29 overall. He was the No. 15 running back selected, and I love him at that cost. I'm hopeful that you don't have to overpay for Love, who could be in a timeshare with Tyler Allgeier and James Conner this season. I expect Love to lead the Cardinals in touches, but he could perform more like a No. 2 Fantasy running back than a top-10 option. And, for example, that's what happened with Jeanty last season when he was the No. 16 PPR running back. The next rookie selected was Jadarian Price in Round 5 as the No. 23 running back. Again, I love this price tag for Price, who should be the lead option in Seattle's backfield, but we don't yet know when Zach Charbonnet (knee) will play this season. If Charbonnet can play early in the season, then Price's value will decline. But a lengthy absence for Charbonnet could push him into Round 4. We'll know more about Charbonnet in August, but I expect Price's Average Draft Position to be in Round 5. Carnell Tate was the first rookie receiver selected in this draft in Round 5. I don't love him at that cost as WR29 overall, especially when Rome Odunze and Christian Watson were still available. But Tate should be the first rookie receiver drafted this year, and this is the range he should come off the board. He will hopefully lead the Titans in targets this season and perform like a high-end No. 3 Fantasy receiver. I liked the value better for Makai Lemon in Round 7 and Jordyn Tyson in Round 8 compared to Tate. I have all three of those rookie receivers in the same tier, and I'd rather wait for Lemon or Tyson if the ADP will reflect how this draft worked out. There were seven other rookie receivers selected in this draft, including KC Concepcion and Omar Cooper Jr. in Round 10, Antonio Williams, Chris Brazzell II and Denzel Boston in Round 12, Brenen Thompson in Round 13 and Germie Bernard in Round 14. Concepcion or Boston could lead Cleveland in targets this season (I favor Concepcion), and both were good value picks. And Williams is one of my favorite sleepers this season with his landing spot in Washington. We also had four rookie running backs selected late with Emmett Johnson, Mike Washington Jr. and Jonah Coleman in Round 13, and Demond Claiborne went in Round 14. These are good handcuff running backs, and Coleman and Claiborne could earn roles without an injury. I also would consider drafting other potential handcuffs who didn't get selected here, including Nicholas Singleton, Kaytron Allen, Kaelon Black and Adam Randall. No rookie quarterbacks were drafted in this mock -- Fernando Mendoza is only worth selecting in Superflex and two-quarterback leagues -- and Kenyon Sadiq was the lone rookie tight end picked. He went in Round 6 as the No. 7 tight end off the board. Sadiq has plenty of upside, and he could emerge as a significant playmaker for the Jets. But I wouldn't draft him in Round 6. Hopefully, you can draft Sadiq with a late-round pick as a No. 2 Fantasy tight end with upside. As a reference point for this mock draft, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving and one point for every 25 yards passing. We also award 0.5 points for every reception. We feature a starting lineup of QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE and FLEX (RB/WR/TE) with six reserves for a 14-round draft. Our draft order is as follows: 1. Jake Ciely, The Athletic 2. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer 3. Jake Ignaszewski, FFT Social Media Producer 4. Erik Guenther, FFT Podcast Listener 5. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer 6. Brandon Howard, Fantasy Editor 7. R.J. White, Managing Editor, SportsLine and CBS Fantasy 8. Adam Aizer, FFT Podcast Host 9. Joe Pisapia, FantasyPros 10. Robert Thomas, FFT Facebook Moderator 11. Brad Curnett, FFT Podcast Listener 12. Heath Cummings, Senior Fantasy Writer
Round By Round Round 1 Pos Team Player 1 Jake Ciely B. Robinson RB ATL 2 Jamey Eisenberg J. Gibbs RB DET 3 Jake Ignaszewski J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 4 Erik Guenther J. Chase WR CIN 5 Dave Richard J. Taylor RB IND 6 Brandon Howard P. Nacua WR LAR 7 R.J. White C. McCaffrey RB SF 8 Adam Aizer A. St. Brown WR DET 9 Joe Pisapia J. Jefferson WR MIN 10 Rob Thomas D. Achane RB MIA 11 Brad Curnett J. Cook RB BUF 12 Heath Cummings R. Rice WR KC Round 2 Pos Team Player 13 Heath Cummings D. London WR ATL 14 Brad Curnett C. Lamb WR DAL 15 Rob Thomas N. Collins WR HOU 16 Joe Pisapia C. Brown RB CIN 17 Adam Aizer O. Hampton RB LAC 18 R.J. White S. Barkley RB PHI 19 Brandon Howard D. Henry RB BAL 20 Dave Richard G. Pickens WR DAL 21 Erik Guenther A. Jeanty RB LV 22 Jake Ignaszewski K. Williams RB LAR 23 Jamey Eisenberg J. Jacobs RB GB 24 Jake Ciely M. Nabers WR NYG Round 3 Pos Team Player 25 Jake Ciely C. Olave WR NO 26 Jamey Eisenberg T. McBride TE ARI 27 Jake Ignaszewski B. Irving RB TB 28 Erik Guenther B. Bowers TE LV 29 Dave Richard J. Love RB ARI 30 Brandon Howard J. Williams WR DET 31 R.J. White A. Brown WR PHI 32 Adam Aizer K. Walker III RB KC 33 Joe Pisapia C. Loveland TE CHI 34 Rob Thomas T. McMillan WR CAR 35 Brad Curnett T. Higgins WR CIN 36 Heath Cummings Q. Judkins RB CLE Round 4 Pos Team Player 37 Heath Cummings C. Skattebo RB NYG 38 Brad Curnett J. Williams RB DAL 39 Rob Thomas G. Wilson WR NYJ 40 Joe Pisapia B. Hall RB NYJ 41 Adam Aizer D. Smith WR PHI 42 R.J. White J. Allen QB BUF 43 Brandon Howard L. Jackson QB BAL 44 Dave Richard E. Egbuka WR TB 45 Erik Guenther Z. Flowers WR BAL 46 Jake Ignaszewski D. Maye QB NE 47 Jamey Eisenberg L. Burden III WR CHI 48 Jake Ciely D. Adams WR LAR Round 5 Pos Team Player 49 Jake Ciely D. Moore WR BUF 50 Jamey Eisenberg L. McConkey WR LAC 51 Jake Ignaszewski T. McLaurin WR WAS 52 Erik Guenther T. Etienne RB NO 53 Dave Richard J. Waddle WR DEN 54 Brandon Howard X. Worthy WR KC 55 R.J. White D. Swift RB CHI 56 Adam Aizer M. Evans WR SF 57 Joe Pisapia J. Price RB SEA 58 Rob Thomas T. Kraft TE GB 59 Brad Curnett C. Tate WR TEN 60 Heath Cummings T. Henderson RB NE Round 6 Pos Team Player 61 Heath Cummings S. LaPorta TE DET 62 Brad Curnett T. Warren TE IND 63 Rob Thomas R. Harvey RB DEN 64 Joe Pisapia A. Pierce WR IND 65 Adam Aizer J. Burrow QB CIN 66 R.J. White R. Odunze WR CHI 67 Brandon Howard K. Sadiq TE NYJ 68 Dave Richard H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 69 Erik Guenther C. Watson WR GB 70 Jake Ignaszewski C. Sutton WR DEN 71 Jamey Eisenberg C. Hubbard RB CAR 72 Jake Ciely D. Montgomery RB HOU Round 7 Pos Team Player 73 Jake Ciely J. Daniels QB WAS 74 Jamey Eisenberg M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 75 Jake Ignaszewski G. Kittle TE SF 76 Erik Guenther B. Tuten RB JAC 77 Dave Richard T. Pollard RB TEN 78 Brandon Howard K. Pitts TE ATL 79 R.J. White D. Metcalf WR PIT 80 Adam Aizer J. Warren RB PIT 81 Joe Pisapia M. Lemon WR PHI 82 Rob Thomas R. Dowdle RB PIT 83 Brad Curnett J. Hurts QB PHI 84 Heath Cummings J. Meyers WR JAC Round 8 Pos Team Player 85 Heath Cummings J. Tyson WR NO 86 Brad Curnett M. Wilson WR ARI 87 Rob Thomas R. Stevenson RB NE 88 Joe Pisapia C. Godwin WR TB 89 Adam Aizer R. Pearsall WR SF 90 R.J. White B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 91 Brandon Howard J. Wright RB MIA 92 Dave Richard P. Washington WR JAC 93 Erik Guenther J. Herbert QB LAC 94 Jake Ignaszewski W. Robinson WR TEN 95 Jamey Eisenberg J. Addison WR MIN 96 Jake Ciely K. Monangai RB CHI Round 9 Pos Team Player 97 Jake Ciely J. Mason RB MIN 98 Jamey Eisenberg J. Dart QB NYG 99 Jake Ignaszewski J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 100 Erik Guenther M. Pittman WR PIT 101 Dave Richard A. Jones RB MIN 102 Brandon Howard M. Golden WR GB 103 R.J. White Q. Johnston WR LAC 104 Adam Aizer B. Corum RB LAR 105 Joe Pisapia D. Prescott QB DAL 106 Rob Thomas M. Stafford QB LAR 107 Brad Curnett K. Gainwell RB TB 108 Heath Cummings J. Dobbins RB DEN Round 10 Pos Team Player 109 Heath Cummings J. Downs WR IND 110 Brad Curnett Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 111 Rob Thomas J. Higgins WR HOU 112 Joe Pisapia C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 113 Adam Aizer I. Likely TE NYG 114 R.J. White T. Kelce TE KC 115 Brandon Howard B. Allen RB NYJ 116 Dave Richard K. Concepcion WR CLE 117 Erik Guenther R. Doubs WR NE 118 Jake Ignaszewski O. Cooper Jr. WR NYJ 119 Jamey Eisenberg J. Brooks RB CAR 120 Jake Ciely T. Hill WR MIA Round 11 Pos Team Player 121 Jake Ciely J. Bech WR LV 122 Jamey Eisenberg J. Reed WR GB 123 Jake Ignaszewski D. Goedert TE PHI 124 Erik Guenther T. Allgeier RB ARI 125 Dave Richard C. Williams QB CHI 126 Brandon Howard S. Williams WR GB 127 R.J. White R. White RB WAS 128 Adam Aizer J. Jennings WR SF 129 Joe Pisapia O. Gadsden II TE LAC 130 Rob Thomas J. Coker WR CAR 131 Brad Curnett K. Mitchell RB LAC 132 Heath Cummings J. Goff QB DET Round 12 Pos Team Player 133 Heath Cummings W. Marks RB HOU 134 Brad Curnett R. Shaheed WR SEA 135 Rob Thomas K. Shakir WR BUF 136 Joe Pisapia A. Williams WR WAS 137 Adam Aizer T. Tracy Jr. RB NYG 138 R.J. White E. Wilson RB SEA 139 Brandon Howard C. Brazzell II WR CAR 140 Dave Richard J. Nailor WR LV 141 Erik Guenther T. Harris WR LAC 142 Jake Ignaszewski M. Washington WR MIA 143 Jamey Eisenberg T. Tucker WR LV 144 Jake Ciely D. Boston WR CLE Round 13 Pos Team Player 145 Jake Ciely I. Pacheco RB DET 146 Jamey Eisenberg D. Sampson RB CLE 147 Jake Ignaszewski E. Johnson RB KC 148 Erik Guenther M. Washington Jr. RB LV 149 Dave Richard A. Kamara RB NO 150 Brandon Howard B. Thompson WR LAC 151 R.J. White J. Coleman RB DEN 152 Adam Aizer P. Mahomes QB KC 153 Joe Pisapia C. Kirk WR SF 154 Rob Thomas J. Conner RB ARI 155 Brad Curnett T. Dell WR HOU 156 Heath Cummings B. Robinson Jr. RB ATL Round 14 Pos Team Player 157 Heath Cummings B. Purdy QB SF 158 Brad Curnett S. Tucker RB TB 159 Rob Thomas B. Nix QB DEN 160 Joe Pisapia G. Bernard WR PIT 161 Adam Aizer J. James RB SF 162 R.J. White T. Lawrence QB JAC 163 Brandon Howard D. Claiborne RB MIN 164 Dave Richard B. Aiyuk WR SF 165 Erik Guenther C. Okonkwo TE WAS 166 Jake Ignaszewski B. Mayfield QB TB 167 Jamey Eisenberg M. Andrews TE BAL 168 Jake Ciely D. Njoku TE CLE Team by Team Jake Ciely Rd Pk Player 1 1 B. Robinson RB ATL 2 24 M. Nabers WR NYG 3 25 C. Olave WR NO 4 48 D. Adams WR LAR 5 49 D. Moore WR BUF 6 72 D. Montgomery RB HOU 7 73 J. Daniels QB WAS 8 96 K. Monangai RB CHI 9 97 J. Mason RB MIN 10 120 T. Hill WR MIA 11 121 J. Bech WR LV 12 144 D. Boston WR CLE 13 145 I. Pacheco RB DET 14 168 D. Njoku TE CLE Jamey Eisenberg Rd Pk Player 1 2 J. Gibbs RB DET 2 23 J. Jacobs RB GB 3 26 T. McBride TE ARI 4 47 L. Burden III WR CHI 5 50 L. McConkey WR LAC 6 71 C. Hubbard RB CAR 7 74 M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 8 95 J. Addison WR MIN 9 98 J. Dart QB NYG 10 119 J. Brooks RB CAR 11 122 J. Reed WR GB 12 143 T. Tucker WR LV 13 146 D. Sampson RB CLE 14 167 M. Andrews TE BAL Jake Ignaszewski Rd Pk Player 1 3 J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 2 22 K. Williams RB LAR 3 27 B. Irving RB TB 4 46 D. Maye QB NE 5 51 T. McLaurin WR WAS 6 70 C. Sutton WR DEN 7 75 G. Kittle TE SF 8 94 W. Robinson WR TEN 9 99 J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 10 118 O. Cooper Jr. WR NYJ 11 123 D. Goedert TE PHI 12 142 M. Washington WR MIA 13 147 E. Johnson RB KC 14 166 B. Mayfield QB TB Erik Guenther Rd Pk Player 1 4 J. Chase WR CIN 2 21 A. Jeanty RB LV 3 28 B. Bowers TE LV 4 45 Z. Flowers WR BAL 5 52 T. Etienne RB NO 6 69 C. Watson WR GB 7 76 B. Tuten RB JAC 8 93 J. Herbert QB LAC 9 100 M. Pittman WR PIT 10 117 R. Doubs WR NE 11 124 T. Allgeier RB ARI 12 141 T. Harris WR LAC 13 148 M. Washington Jr. RB LV 14 165 C. Okonkwo TE WAS Dave Richard Rd Pk Player 1 5 J. Taylor RB IND 2 20 G. Pickens WR DAL 3 29 J. Love RB ARI 4 44 E. Egbuka WR TB 5 53 J. Waddle WR DEN 6 68 H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 7 77 T. Pollard RB TEN 8 92 P. Washington WR JAC 9 101 A. Jones RB MIN 10 116 K. Concepcion WR CLE 11 125 C. Williams QB CHI 12 140 J. Nailor WR LV 13 149 A. Kamara RB NO 14 164 B. Aiyuk WR SF Brandon Howard Rd Pk Player 1 6 P. Nacua WR LAR 2 19 D. Henry RB BAL 3 30 J. Williams WR DET 4 43 L. Jackson QB BAL 5 54 X. Worthy WR KC 6 67 K. Sadiq TE NYJ 7 78 K. Pitts TE ATL 8 91 J. Wright RB MIA 9 102 M. Golden WR GB 10 115 B. Allen RB NYJ 11 126 S. Williams WR GB 12 139 C. Brazzell II WR CAR 13 150 B. Thompson WR LAC 14 163 D. Claiborne RB MIN R.J. White Rd Pk Player 1 7 C. McCaffrey RB SF 2 18 S. Barkley RB PHI 3 31 A. Brown WR PHI 4 42 J. Allen QB BUF 5 55 D. Swift RB CHI 6 66 R. Odunze WR CHI 7 79 D. Metcalf WR PIT 8 90 B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 9 103 Q. Johnston WR LAC 10 114 T. Kelce TE KC 11 127 R. White RB WAS 12 138 E. Wilson RB SEA 13 151 J. Coleman RB DEN 14 162 T. Lawrence QB JAC Adam Aizer Rd Pk Player 1 8 A. St. Brown WR DET 2 17 O. Hampton RB LAC 3 32 K. Walker III RB KC 4 41 D. Smith WR PHI 5 56 M. Evans WR SF 6 65 J. Burrow QB CIN 7 80 J. Warren RB PIT 8 89 R. Pearsall WR SF 9 104 B. Corum RB LAR 10 113 I. Likely TE NYG 11 128 J. Jennings WR SF 12 137 T. Tracy Jr. RB NYG 13 152 P. Mahomes QB KC 14 161 J. James RB SF Joe Pisapia Rd Pk Player 1 9 J. Jefferson WR MIN 2 16 C. Brown RB CIN 3 33 C. Loveland TE CHI 4 40 B. Hall RB NYJ 5 57 J. Price RB SEA 6 64 A. Pierce WR IND 7 81 M. Lemon WR PHI 8 88 C. Godwin WR TB 9 105 D. Prescott QB DAL 10 112 C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 11 129 O. Gadsden II TE LAC 12 136 A. Williams WR WAS 13 153 C. Kirk WR SF 14 160 G. Bernard WR PIT Rob Thomas Rd Pk Player 1 10 D. Achane RB MIA 2 15 N. Collins WR HOU 3 34 T. McMillan WR CAR 4 39 G. Wilson WR NYJ 5 58 T. Kraft TE GB 6 63 R. Harvey RB DEN 7 82 R. Dowdle RB PIT 8 87 R. Stevenson RB NE 9 106 M. Stafford QB LAR 10 111 J. Higgins WR HOU 11 130 J. Coker WR CAR 12 135 K. Shakir WR BUF 13 154 J. Conner RB ARI 14 159 B. Nix QB DEN Brad Curnett Rd Pk Player 1 11 J. Cook RB BUF 2 14 C. Lamb WR DAL 3 35 T. Higgins WR CIN 4 38 J. Williams RB DAL 5 59 C. Tate WR TEN 6 62 T. Warren TE IND 7 83 J. Hurts QB PHI 8 86 M. Wilson WR ARI 9 107 K. Gainwell RB TB 10 110 Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 11 131 K. Mitchell RB LAC 12 134 R. Shaheed WR SEA 13 155 T. Dell WR HOU 14 158 S. Tucker RB TB Heath Cummings Rd Pk Player 1 12 R. Rice WR KC 2 13 D. London WR ATL 3 36 Q. Judkins RB CLE 4 37 C. Skattebo RB NYG 5 60 T. Henderson RB NE 6 61 S. LaPorta TE DET 7 84 J. Meyers WR JAC 8 85 J. Tyson WR NO 9 108 J. Dobbins RB DEN 10 109 J. Downs WR IND 11 132 J. Goff QB DET 12 133 W. Marks RB HOU 13 156 B. Robinson Jr. RB ATL 14 157 B. Purdy QB SF Join the Conversation comments
