Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Travis Etienne, James Conner, De’Von Achane, James Cook

With the NFL Draft quickly approaching, it will be Fantasy Football draft season before we know it. Now is the time to start diving into early best balls and sharpening the 2024 fantasy draft rankings sword. As we continue to move through the offseason, my ranks will move as well, but RIGHT NOW, here are my Top 24 running backs for the 2024 fantasy football season. Below we dive into a few notable fantasy football draft picks.

Fantasy Football Draft Outlook

12. James Conner

Since he arrived in Arizona
- RB7, RB9, and RB13 in fantasy points per game
In 2023:
- 21st in rushing attempts
- sixth in rushing yards
- eighth in missed tackles forced per attempt
- fifth in yards after contact per attempt

11. James Cook

After Joe Brady took over as the Bills’ OC (Weeks 11-18)
- RB11 in fantasy points per game
- 19.6 touches and 104.3 total yards per game
- 10th in TPRR
- fourth in receiving yards per game
- second in YPRR

10. De’Von Achane

RB5 in fantasy points per game
eight games he played at least 41% of the snaps
- averaged 14.2 touches and 113.8 total yards

Which Travis Etienne do we see in 2024?

Weeks 1-8:
22.3 touches per game
106.2 total yards per game
RB4 in fppg

Weeks 10-18:
16.3 touches per game
70.5 total yards per game
RB22 in fppg

— Derek Brown (@DBro_FFB) February 25, 2024

9. Travis Etienne

Weeks 1-8:
- averaged 22.3 touches and 106.2 total yards
- RB4 in fantasy points per game
Weeks 9-18:
- averaged 16.3 touches and 70.5 total yards
- RB22 in fantasy points per game

Some dudes are just built different.

Derrick Henry 👑 is one of them.

Last season among 68 qualifying backs
(per @FantasyPtsData)

9th in explosive run rate
11th in yards after contact per attempt

Over the last two years Henry has also proven his is an underrated receiving… pic.twitter.com/TNrzGQWqyq

— Derek Brown (@DBro_FFB) March 12, 2024