Perfect Fantasy Football Draft: 6th in a 12-Team Yahoo Half-PPR League
Getting the sixth pick in a 12-team Half-PPR league on Yahoo can be a little bit like finding yourself in a no-man’s land. There are never more than 12 picks in between where you select in a draft, but tough choices between players at one spot likely mean the other player you are debating is gone by the time you draft again.
However, drafting sixth and in the middle of each round thereafter is my favorite place to be in 2025. You will never miss out on a run. There are plenty of first-round potential options at pick six and pick 19, and the middle of the draft board allows you the flexibility that spots close to the turns don’t have.
Drafting sixth means you are boxed out of the top four or five players in any given draft. But if you give me the choice between the sixth and 19th pick or the first and 24th pick? I’ll take the former. There is a razor-thin margin in my mind between Ja’Marr Chase and CeeDee Lamb or Bijan Robinson and Christian McCaffrey.
In this article, I will walk through my favorite players in each round that should be available to me based on Yahoo ADP and discuss my overall draft strategy from this spot.
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My Plan of Attack When Drafting 6th in a 12-Team Half-PPR League
Roster Settings: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX (WR/RB/TE), 1 Kicker, 1 DEF, seven bench spots
The way the draft and ADP seem to be shaking out in 2025, I am almost always going to be drafting one running back and one wide receiver in my first two picks when I am up sixth. Unless a player like Puka Nacua, Nico Collins, or Ashton Jeanty fell too far in the second round, I am looking to get a stud at each of those skill positions.
No matter what route is taken, there will be excellent players available at running back and wide receiver in the second, third, and fourth rounds.
Continue reading for a breakdown of my favorite picks through Round 10 on Yahoo and a list of the best late-round targets at each position.
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