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Fantasy Football draft season is here, and we're full go with our annual effort to raise money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Last year, we raised more than $100,000 and hope to do even better in 2024.

You can donate to St. Jude here, and you'll see various Fantasy Football activities we're doing as part of our Draft-A-Thon. That includes taking part in mock drafts with our CBS Sports staff, which will happen through the end of August.

I participated in a 0.5 PPR mock draft with eleven Fantasy Football Today listeners, and we saw their reactions to injuries to Puka Nacua and Jahmyr Gibbs. Nacua fell to 19th overall and this was the first time I saw him be drafted after Cooper Kupp. I personally wouldn't draft Kupp first, but it makes some sense. 

Gibbs, meanwhile, was drafted 15th overall just after Travis Etienne. His injury seems minor but this is his second hamstring injury this summer and I do think there is reason to drop him out of the first round. Early in Round 2 seems like the right spot for Gibbs. 

I went with a WR/WR start to my team and was able to grab Ken Walker and Alvin Kamara in Rounds 3 and 4, respectively. It's risky to start with two WRs in a league that only requires you to start two WRs, but getting those two RBs made the strategy pay off. You can see the rest of my team below and see if you like this kind of build. 

I wanted to highlight Dan Forde's team, particularly his pick of James Cook in Round 2. I know Jamey Eisenberg and Heath Cummings are particularly high on Cook, but Cook has a third-round ADP on multiple websites, so I asked Dan why he took Cook at 2.6. 

"Joe Brady clearly made a difference in James Cook's fantasy value when he took over last year," Dan said. "A majority of Cook's production (and TDs) came with Brady as OC. The Bills let their #1 WR go in a trade leaving Josh Allen with an unproven group of pass catchers. To me, that shows the commitment to lean on Cook as their major offensive weapon." 

Make sure you check out Dan's team and all the other teams. And thank you to everyone who donated -- and will continue to donate -- to St. Jude.

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, 2 WR, TE and FLEX (RB/WR/TE) with six reserves for a 13-round draft.

Our draft order is as follows:

  1. Michelle Mazzara
  2. Jon Camburn
  3. Richard Rosso 
  4. Matthew Parlari 
  5. John Minier 
  6. Seth Grossman
  7. Dan Forde
  8. Nick Feldman
  9. Adam Aizer
  10. Marlon Maloney
  11. OJ Webber
  12. Carl Price
Round By Round
Round 1
Pos Team Player
1 Carl Price
2 Nick Feldman
3 John Minier
4 Adam Aizer
5 Matthew Parlari
6 Jon Camburn
7 Seth Grossman
8 Marlon Maloney
9 Richard Rosso
10 Michelle Mazzara
11 Dan Forde
12 OJ Webber
Round 2
Pos Team Player
13 OJ Webber
14 Dan Forde
15 Michelle Mazzara
16 Richard Rosso
17 Marlon Maloney
18 Seth Grossman
19 Jon Camburn
20 Matthew Parlari
21 Adam Aizer
22 John Minier
23 Nick Feldman
24 Carl Price
Round 3
Pos Team Player
25 Carl Price
26 Nick Feldman
27 John Minier
28 Adam Aizer
29 Matthew Parlari
30 Jon Camburn
31 Seth Grossman
32 Marlon Maloney
33 Richard Rosso
34 Michelle Mazzara
35 Dan Forde
36 OJ Webber
Round 4
Pos Team Player
37 OJ Webber
38 Dan Forde
39 Michelle Mazzara
40 Richard Rosso
41 Marlon Maloney
42 Seth Grossman
43 Jon Camburn
44 Matthew Parlari
45 Adam Aizer
46 John Minier
47 Nick Feldman
48 Carl Price
Round 5
Pos Team Player
49 Carl Price
50 Nick Feldman
51 John Minier
52 Adam Aizer
53 Matthew Parlari
54 Jon Camburn
55 Seth Grossman
56 Marlon Maloney
57 Richard Rosso
58 Michelle Mazzara
59 Dan Forde
60 OJ Webber
Round 6
Pos Team Player
61 OJ Webber
62 Dan Forde
63 Michelle Mazzara
64 Richard Rosso
65 Marlon Maloney
66 Seth Grossman
67 Jon Camburn
68 Matthew Parlari
69 Adam Aizer
70 John Minier
71 Nick Feldman
72 Carl Price
Round 7
Pos Team Player
73 Carl Price
74 Nick Feldman
75 John Minier
76 Adam Aizer
77 Matthew Parlari
78 Jon Camburn
79 Seth Grossman
80 Marlon Maloney
81 Richard Rosso
82 Michelle Mazzara
83 Dan Forde
84 OJ Webber
Round 8
Pos Team Player
85 OJ Webber
86 Dan Forde
87 Michelle Mazzara
88 Richard Rosso
89 Marlon Maloney
90 Seth Grossman
91 Jon Camburn
92 Matthew Parlari
93 Adam Aizer
94 John Minier
95 Nick Feldman
96 Carl Price
Round 9
Pos Team Player
97 Carl Price
98 Nick Feldman
99 John Minier
100 Adam Aizer
101 Matthew Parlari
102 Jon Camburn
103 Seth Grossman
104 Marlon Maloney
105 Richard Rosso
106 Michelle Mazzara
107 Dan Forde
108 OJ Webber
Round 10
Pos Team Player
109 OJ Webber
110 Dan Forde
111 Michelle Mazzara
112 Richard Rosso
113 Marlon Maloney
114 Seth Grossman
115 Jon Camburn
116 Matthew Parlari
117 Adam Aizer
118 John Minier
119 Nick Feldman
120 Carl Price
Round 11
Pos Team Player
121 Carl Price
122 Nick Feldman
123 John Minier
124 Adam Aizer
125 Matthew Parlari
126 Jon Camburn
127 Seth Grossman
128 Marlon Maloney
129 Richard Rosso
130 Michelle Mazzara
131 Dan Forde
132 OJ Webber
Round 12
Pos Team Player
133 OJ Webber
134 Dan Forde
135 Michelle Mazzara
136 Richard Rosso
137 Marlon Maloney
138 Seth Grossman
139 Jon Camburn
140 Matthew Parlari
141 Adam Aizer
142 John Minier
143 Nick Feldman
144 Carl Price
Round 13
Pos Team Player
145 Carl Price
146 Nick Feldman
147 John Minier
148 Adam Aizer
149 Matthew Parlari
150 Jon Camburn
151 Seth Grossman
152 Marlon Maloney
153 Richard Rosso
154 Michelle Mazzara
155 Dan Forde
156 OJ Webber
Team by Team
Carl Price
Rd Pk Player
1 1
2 24
3 25
4 48
5 49
6 72
7 73
8 96
9 97
10 120
11 121
12 144
13 145
Nick Feldman
Rd Pk Player
1 2
2 23
3 26
4 47
5 50
6 71
7 74
8 95
9 98
10 119
11 122
12 143
13 146
John Minier
Rd Pk Player
1 3
2 22
3 27
4 46
5 51
6 70
7 75
8 94
9 99
10 118
11 123
12 142
13 147
Adam Aizer
Rd Pk Player
1 4
2 21
3 28
4 45
5 52
6 69
7 76
8 93
9 100
10 117
11 124
12 141
13 148
Matthew Parlari
Rd Pk Player
1 5
2 20
3 29
4 44
5 53
6 68
7 77
8 92
9 101
10 116
11 125
12 140
13 149
Jon Camburn
Rd Pk Player
1 6
2 19
3 30
4 43
5 54
6 67
7 78
8 91
9 102
10 115
11 126
12 139
13 150
Seth Grossman
Rd Pk Player
1 7
2 18
3 31
4 42
5 55
6 66
7 79
8 90
9 103
10 114
11 127
12 138
13 151
Marlon Maloney
Rd Pk Player
1 8
2 17
3 32
4 41
5 56
6 65
7 80
8 89
9 104
10 113
11 128
12 137
13 152
Richard Rosso
Rd Pk Player
1 9
2 16
3 33
4 40
5 57
6 64
7 81
8 88
9 105
10 112
11 129
12 136
13 153
Michelle Mazzara
Rd Pk Player
1 10
2 15
3 34
4 39
5 58
6 63
7 82
8 87
9 106
10 111
11 130
12 135
13 154
Dan Forde
Rd Pk Player
1 11
2 14
3 35
4 38
5 59
6 62
7 83
8 86
9 107
10 110
11 131
12 134
13 155
OJ Webber
Rd Pk Player
1 12
2 13
3 36
4 37
5 60
6 61
7 84
8 85
9 108
10 109
11 132
12 133
13 156