Last week, I was pressured into being the 12th member of a fantasy football league. Full disclosure, I know enough about football to enjoy a game without having to constantly look things up. I enjoy a good game of Madden, a few Panthers games, and casual watching, but I was never into football as much as my peers. I don't know enough about all the players out there to really make informed decisions about my picks for my fantasy team.

Being the data science major that I am, I decided to build my entire team algorithmically. Kaggle has a dataset on a ton of NFL statistics, and ESPN published its scoring formats for how you win at fantasy. All that was left was ranking players based on these metrics so I could be prepared for the draft.

My draft has been scheduled for next week, so I ranked the top 12 players in each field since there's 12 people in my league. I didn't account for FLEX or anything else unique to fantasy.

You can view my algorithms here

1. Baltimore Ravens - Tucker, Justin
2. New England Patriots - Gostkowski, Stephen
3. New Orleans Saints - Lutz, Wil
4. Dallas Cowboys - Bailey, Dan
5. Washington Redskins - Hopkins, Dustin
6. Pittsburgh Steelers - Boswell, Chris
7. Seattle Seahawks - Walsh, Blair
8. Green Bay Packers - Crosby, Mason
9. Kansas City Chiefs - Santos, Cairo
10. Philadelphia Eagles - Sturgis, Caleb
11. Carolina Panthers - Gano, Graham
12. Cleveland Browns - Parkey, Cody

1. New York Giants - Beckham Jr., Odell
2. Atlanta Falcons - Jones, Julio
3. Cincinnati Bengals - Green, AJ
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Evans, Mike
5. Pittsburgh Steelers - Brown, Antonio
6. New Orleans Saints - Thomas, Michael
7. Dallas Cowboys - Bryant, Dez
8. Denver Broncos - Thomas, Demaryius
9. Pittsburgh Steelers - Bryant, Martavis
10. Arizona Cardinals - Fitzgerald, Larry
11. New York Giants - Marshall, Brandon
12. Jacksonville Jaguars - Robinson, Allen

1. New England Patriots - Gronkowski, Rob
2. Seattle Seahawks - Graham, Jimmy
3. Los Angeles Chargers - Gates, Antonio
4. Washington Redskins - Reed, Jordan
5. Kansas City Chiefs - Kelce, Travis
6. Cincinnati Bengals - Eifert, Tyler
7. Dallas Cowboys - Witten, Jason
8. Miami Dolphins - Thomas, Julius
9. Carolina Panthers - Olsen, Greg
10. Los Angeles Chargers - Henry, Hunter
11. Washington Redskins - Davis, Vernon
12. Philadelphia Eagles - Ertz, Zach

1. Dallas Cowboys - Elliott, Ezekiel
2. New Orleans Saints - Peterson, Adrian
3. Pittsburgh Steelers - Bell, Le'Veon
4. Chicago Bears - Howard, Jordan
5. Tennessee Titans - Murray, DeMarco
6. Buffalo Bills - McCoy, LeSean
7. Oakland Raiders - Lynch, Marshawn
8. Arizona Cardinals - Johnson, David
9. Los Angeles Rams - Gurley, Todd
10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Martin, Doug
11. Indianapolis Colts - Gore, Frank
12. Cincinnati Bengals - Hill, Jeremy

1. Washington Redskins - Hall, DeAngelo
2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Smith, Jacquies
3. Cleveland Browns - Boddy-Calhoun, Briean
4. New York Giants - Jenkins, Janoris
5. Philadelphia Eagles - Wentz, Carson
6. Seattle Seahawks - Sherman, Richard
7. New York Giants - Rodgers-Cromartie, Dominique
8. Miami Dolphins - Jones, Reshad
9. Arizona Cardinals - Peterson, Patrick
10. Washington Redskins - Brown, Zach
11. Arizona Cardinals - Dansby, Karlos
12. Baltimore Ravens - Mosley, C.J.

1. New Orleans Saints - Brees, Drew
2. Atlanta Falcons - Ryan, Matt
3. Washington Redskins - Cousins, Kirk
4. Detroit Lions - Stafford, Matthew
5. Pittsburgh Steelers - Roethlisberger, Ben
6. Indianapolis Colts - Luck, Andrew
7. Dallas Cowboys - Prescott, Dak
8. New England Patriots - Brady, Tom
9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Winston, Jameis
10. Miami Dolphins - Tannehill, Ryan
11. Green Bay Packers - Rodgers, Aaro
12. Cincinnati Bengals - Dalton, Andy

Here's to a great season! Hit me with a star if you found this helpful :)