Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Joe Mixon, Devin Singletary, Joshua Palmer (2024)

Rookie drafts are all the rage right now, but why not immerse ourselves in a good old-fashioned PPR redraft fantasy football mock draft romp? After all, we can take rookies there, too, right?

For this fantasy football mock draft exercise, I picked from the fourth spot, with the rosters consisting of 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX, 1 K, 1 D/ST and five bench spots. It’s never too early to start your draft prep, so take advantage of all the tools at FantasyPros, including the FREE fantasy football mock draft simulator.

Here are all of my picks and reasoning from my recent fantasy football mock draft. Below we dive into a few notable fantasy football mock draft picks.

Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Picks & Results

Let’s dive into our latest fantasy football mock draft for a 12-team, PPR league with an early pick.

4.09: Joe Mixon (RB – HOU)

This pick came down to James Cook vs. Joe Mixon, who I constantly flip-flop in my personal rankings. If I were to do 100 of these drafts and this situation arose every time, I’d probably go 50-50 on these picks. Still, right now, I lean Mixon by a hair. Cook is younger and more efficient, but his six TDs scored last season will always be an issue with Josh Allen‘s high red zone activity. Mixon should maintain workload status in an exciting young Houston offense, and scoring opportunities should abound.

8.09: Devin Singletary (RB – NYG)

This is an unsexy pick, but one I think fills my need. Henry and Mixon will be my go-to RBs, but Singletary is fine as an RB3/FLEX/bye-week fill-in. He’s not Saquon Barkley, but Singletary was more than adequate in Houston, logging 216 carries and 37 red zone touches. He didn’t wind up having a lot of competition in the Houston backfield, but you could argue he has even less now in New York. I can see a 1,000-yard season being in the cards here.

12.09: Joshua Palmer (WR – LAC)

The Chargers’ offense projects to be one of the biggest wild cards in the NFL this year. Who will be the WR1? Will they be so run-heavy that it doesn’t even matter? Is the tandem of Gus Edwards and J.K. Dobbins even enough to sustain that running workload? Whatever the case, I like taking a shot on Joshua Palmer late. Quentin Johnston still looks like he has a lot to learn at the position, and the Chargers went offensive tackle with their fifth pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Palmer is basically the only remaining receiver who has chemistry with Justin Herbert. He is also coming off a season where he posted a highly efficient 15.3 yards per reception.