Fantasy Football Mock Draft 2025 How High For Jahmyr Gibbs

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 16, 2025, 12:29 AM

fantasy football mock draft 2025 how high for jahmyr gibbs

Never Too Early; 2025 Drafts Have Started Remember that year you drafted Christian McCaffrey first overall and he killed your season? And not so long ago, you'd get a few months to recover before deciding if you could bring yourself to draft him again. It’s different now. Best ball drafts are already live for 2025 on some platforms. And we’re already putting together the 2025 projections that will drive our fantasy football rankings.

So why not go ahead and run our first fantasy football mock draft of the year? Jahmyr Gibbs was the second-most productive points per reception (PPR) running back a season ago (21.4 PPG) and posted nine top-10 finishes. That run of greatness included four top-2 finishes in a season where Saquon Barkley was flirting with history, Derrick Henry was scoring every week, and various other options at the position were having massive... Gibbs is unique in an era of production. He jumps off the screen with seemingly every touch – does that mean he deserves to be in the 1.01 conversation this year? I write for a living, and yet, I’m already running out of superlatives for a kid who is just 23 years of age.

In Gibbs’ entire lifetime, not his playing career, his time on planet Earth, there have been two running backs to post multiple seasons with at least 50 catches and 10 rushing touchdowns while averaging... The floor/ceiling combination for him is difficult to comprehend. His worst finish, while playing a position that results in missed time throughout games due to the nature of the car crashes they take part in, was RB25. Sit back and enjoy all 20 of Jahmyr Gibbs’ touchdowns last season 🍿 pic.twitter.com/X7yQuKfwxr Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs have a very nice rookie season in 2023, but it was also easy to see a path to better production this season. That happened, as he topped 1,900 yards from scrimmage with a franchise single-season record 20 touchdowns (16 rushing, four receiving).

Of course Gibbs also reached a new level in fantasy football terms this season. Counting Week 18 he was the RB1 in full-point PPR, and he was a top-three running back in the most common scoring formats for the typical fantasy season (Week 1-Week 17). During playoff weeks in most leagues (Week 15-17), he was undoubtedly a "league winner." The days of being able to draft Gibbs outside the first round of a fantasy draft are over for the foreseeable future. The case for him as the No. 1 running back in dynasty leagues was strong before this season, and it's only better now.

As part of his 2024 season review of the position in fantasy football, Nic Bodiford of Pro Football Focus named Gibbs the "best performer overall" among running backs. "Gibbs proved himself as the NFL’s premier dual-threat running back in 2024, finishing as the Weeks 1-17 overall RB2. He jumps to the No. 1 overall spot when factoring in Week 18.""Among 33 running backs with at least 130 rushing attempts in Weeks 1-17, Gibbs ranked eighth in yards after contact per rushing attempt (3.4) and missed tackles... Preparing for your 2025 fantasy football draft starts with understanding how players are being valued in different formats. This 12-team, Yahoo mock draft was run using 4for4’s DraftHero tool and followed standard Yahoo roster settings: 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1FLEX, 1K, 1DST, and 6 bench spots.

In this mock, we found several notable risers and fallers across the board, including early confidence in Jahmyr Gibbs and a surprising slide for sophomore Marvin Harrison Jr. Let’s walk through each section of the draft and break down the biggest moves. (Expand the image in a new tab for best viewing.) Use promo code BLEACHER to save 25% on a 4for4 subscription. Gibbs was selected second overall in this half-PPR mock draft, just behind Ja’Marr Chase. While the Detroit RB had a breakout sophomore season—finishing as the RB3 in PPR formats with over 1,900 total yards and 20 touchdowns—this selection still felt like a stretch with other elite WR options...

Another fantasy football mock draft. This time, it is from the 3rd spot in a 12-team league. The same format still follows. It is one QB, two RBs, two WRs, one TE, and two FLEX’s. This mock draft features me starting with two running backs and then four straight wide receivers. Stay tuned to find out who!

What!? Your fantasy football league wasn’t hosted on Fantrax last season!? Once you see how Fantrax stacks up to the competition, we think you’ll be singing a different tune in the 2025 season. Jahmyr Gibbs finished as the RB1 overall in full PPR. That was with David Montgomery playing 14 games. Behind the best offensive line in football, Gibbs should be a consensus top-five pick in fantasy football.

He had 250 rush attempts in 2024 and saw over 1400 yards to go along with over 500 receiving yards. Also, Gibbs had 20 total touchdowns, which was number one. He ranked in the top six in rushing and receiving yards, receptions, and touchdowns—automatic smash pick after Bijan Robinson and Ja’Marr Chase, respectively, speaking. Chase Brown snuck into the overall RB1 finishes last season with an RB10 finish. He also finished as the RB14 in PPG. The Cincinnati Bengals have one of, if not the best, offenses in the entire NFL.

Brown will not only see another 200 rush attempts, but he will see a massive number of receptions. Brown had 54 receptions in 2024, which was fifth for running backs and 11 total touchdowns. In such a high-powered offense and paired up with Gibbs in this mock draft, the RB firepower is strong. Garrett Wilson is a no-brainer pick for me if he is there in the third round every time. He is with college QB, Justin Fields. Although Fields suffered a toe injury, it is reported he will be ready for Week 1.

More importantly, Wilson has no competition for targets in the receiving room. He is bound for another 100-catch season with over 150 targets in 2025. He is one of my favorite picks this year in fantasy football. A fantasy football mock draft is the perfect way to test different roster constructions, and in this 12-team full PPR exercise, I decided to experiment with an aggressive running back start. From the 1.02 spot, I opened with Jahmyr Gibbs — bypassing Bijan Robinson — and doubled down by adding Bucky Irving and Chase Brown with my next two picks. The result is a build centered around three potential top-12 fantasy backs, with wide receiver depth coming later in the draft.

This approach isn’t without risk, but it creates upside at every level of the roster. Gibbs has overall RB1 potential if his receiving workload spikes under a new offensive coordinator, Irving looks poised for a breakout as Tampa Bay’s featured back and Brown enters 2025 as Cincinnati’s unquestioned workhorse. From there, I pivoted to proven volume receivers like Courtland Sutton and upside plays such as Ricky Pearsall, while finding value at quarterback with Bo Nix and tight end with Tyler Warren. Here’s a round-by-round look at how the roster came together, and why I think this build can compete in any PPR format. It seems like Bijan Robinson is the popular pick for overall RB1, but I am going with Jahmyr Gibbs for his immense upside. He will still share backfield duties with David Montgomery, but Gibbs has proven to be a high-end RB1 even when splitting touches.

For him to deliver the kind of statistical upside to be the overall RB1, Gibbs would likely need to see a big increase in receptions. Gibbs has averaged just 52 catches over his first two seasons, but new offensive coordinator John Morton had Gibbs working with the receivers this summer in camp. I am leaning into Gibbs continuing to be the most efficient back in football and his receiving role seeing a significant bump. Jahmyr Gibbs enters the 2025 NFL season poised to build upon his impressive sophomore campaign with the Detroit Lions. The Alabama product showed tremendous growth in 2024, amassing 1,412 rushing yards on 250 carries (5.6 yards per attempt) and scoring 16 touchdowns on the ground. He complemented his rushing prowess with 52 receptions for 517 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns, demonstrating his dual-threat capabilities.

The 23-year-old's 2024 performance represented significant improvement across all major statistical categories compared to his rookie season. Gibbs increased his yards per carry from 5.2 to 5.6 while more than doubling his touchdown production. His yards per reception also jumped from 6.1 to 9.9, showcasing his development as a pass-catcher out of the backfield. Gibbs finished the 2024 season with 1,929 yards from scrimmage and 20 total touchdowns, cementing his status as one of fantasy football's elite running backs. His postseason performance further highlighted his big-play ability, as he rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns while adding 6 receptions for 70 yards in Detroit's divisional-round loss to the Commanders. For 2025, Gibbs sits at #5 in current fantasy football rankings with an average draft position of 5.4, making him a likely first-round pick in most formats.

Despite sharing the backfield with David Montgomery, Gibbs established himself as the Lions' featured back late in the 2024 campaign, including the playoffs where he out-touched Montgomery 20 to 7. Fantasy managers should be encouraged by Gibbs' projected workload increase for 2025, with some outlets forecasting approximately 238 carries for 1,285 yards. His explosive play ability (including a 70-yard run in 2024) and significant role in the passing game provide him with a high weekly floor and tremendous ceiling. Perfection. We all strive for it … whether it’s in our personal lives as parents and partners, in our professional lies, whatever comes to mind. We want to do it right, do it well, and do it to perfection.

Building a fantasy football team is no different. And while perfection is often tough to achieve, I think about what a perfect fantasy football draft would look like every year about this time. Who would I love to have in a pie-in-the-sky scenario, where everything falls my way? Think about how the Dallas Cowboys drafted CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons. They each fell to the team in different drafts, proving that a little luck and some fantasy knowledge can happen. Here’s a look at how my perfect fantasy football draft would look on a round-by-round basis.

Which positions or players would I target in each round? Where would I wait and where would I pounce? Check my fantasy brain (ignore the Alice in Chains songs on repeat in there), and the team that I would love to have for 2025. Wide receiver, Bijan Robinson or Jahmyr Gibbs: Really, this is the only way to go in the first round. If I don’t get Ja’Marr Chase, I’m taking Robinson next. And if I don’t get either of them due to not having a top-two overall pick, I’m very likely taking a wide receiver or Gibbs.

Fantasy Football Mock Draft 2025 How High For Jahmyr Gibbs

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