Auto Draft Position Weights
Published: Aug 25, 2026
By Josh Utterback
In accordance with the new auto-draft rules here is a list of the average number of players on a roster at a given time in 2025:
| Position | Number |
| QB | 2 |
| RB | 5 |
| WR | 5 |
| TE | 2 |
| K | 1 |
| OL | 1 |
| DL | 3 |
| LB | 3 |
| DB | 3 |
Here are the number of players taken in the draft by position per round in the 2023-2025 drafts:
| Round | QB | RB | WR | TE | K | OL | DL | LB | DB |
| 1st | 3 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd | 3 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3rd | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4th | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 5th | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3 |
| 6th | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
| 7th | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 8th | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 9th | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 10th | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 11th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 12th | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 13th | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 14th | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 15th | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 16th | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
The ranking of players will be based on what is pulled down from Fantasy Pros at approximately 7:00 pm on Friday night. The following drop down settings will be used:
Rankings: Draft
Scoring: PPR
Experts: Latest ECR
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