Dynasty Rookie Primer: Running Backs (2026 Fantasy Football)

It’s that time again. Dynasty rookie fever SZN is here. The 2026 NFL Draft will be here before we know it, and rookie drafts will start flying daily. Before you dive headfirst into our fantasy football mock draft simulator and run 3,000 rookie drafts in preparation, please read up on this talented prospect class as I roll through my quarterback, running back, wide receiver, and tight end positional primers.

Check out our expert consensus dynasty rookie draft rankings as you prepare for your leagues. Here is my dynasty rookie draft primer for running backs, including my stats, my scouting report, and player comp. Enjoy.

Dynasty Rookie Running Back Primer

Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Tier 1

Jeremiyah Love (RB – Notre Dame)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 11th
- Breakaway rate: 4th
- PFF elusive rating: 13th
- Yards per route run: 17th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 11th
- Breakaway rate: 13th
- PFF elusive rating: 2nd
- Yards per route run: 36th

Scouting Report:

Jeremiyah Love glides across the field. He has instant and easy elite acceleration. Love will momentarily pause after receiving a handoff with some runs before exploding upfield. He has the burst to get away with it. Love also has backbreaking home run speed with the ability to house any carry or screen.
Love has an amazing combination of vision, patience, contact balance, and power with his frame. Love has no issues letting blocks set up in front of him before weaving through traffic. With his frame, Love flashes impressive finishing power with runs and interior rushing skill. He won’t be a player that is pulled at the goalline for a bruising power option.
He can string together tackle-breaking moves without losing speed with impressive fluidity. Love is a spin move samurai, deploying the move to churn out a few extra yards. He’s made plenty of defenders look silly in the process. His creativity at the second-level can be jaw-dropping with jump cuts, spin moves, and some insane hurdles.
Love should be a passing game weapon from Day 1 in the NFL. Since 2024, he has aligned in the slot or out wide with 10.6-16.6% of his snaps. He was tasked with wheels and angle routes in addition to the usual flats and dumpoffs. Love can also align in the slot or on the perimeter. His explosive short-area agility allows him to run routes like a true wide receiver.
Love’s pass pro still needs some refinement. He has the play strength and base to be a trusted pass pro option from the jump in the NFL. With many reps, he’ll physically push a defender off course or out of the play path, but he also needs to work on anchoring down or latching onto a defender and driving them into the dirt. His technique will improve with more coaching in the NFL, but he has the skills to become one of the league’s best in this area. Since 2024, he has amassed 118 pass blocking snaps (per PFF), allowing zero sacks or quarterback hits and only four pressures.

Player Comp: Reggie Bush

Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Tier 2

Jadarian Price (RB – Notre Dame)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 25th
- Breakaway rate: 31st
- PFF elusive rating: 15th
- Yards per route run: 1.23* (only 7 targets)*
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 5th
- Breakaway rate: 3rd
- PFF elusive rating: 39th
- Yards per route run: 0.10* (only 6 targets)*
Only 18 targets in his collegiate career (0.81 YPRR)

Scouting Report:

Price has easy and immediate acceleration. He doesn’t have a truly elite home run gear, but I won’t be surprised if his runs in the low to mid 4.4s in the 40 with a strong 10-yard split. The strong acceleration makes him appear shot out of a cannon on many runs.
He’s a scheme-agnostic runner. Price has the contact balance and lower body strength to handle runs up the A gap while displaying the speed to consistently win the edge with stretch zone plays. Price has an awesome feel for pressing the line and exploding upfield. He can create yards for himself and make defenders look silly when he looks dead to rights with his short-area agility, vision, and decisiveness.
Price is an adventure as a pass protector. He has more than a few reps where he was late on blitz pickup. If you’re asking him to redirect incoming rushers or chip a defender, Price looks competent, but tasking him with holding his area of grass and standing up a rusher is more of a tall order.
Price has a limited resume as a pass catcher in college with only 18 targets, but when he was asked to catch passes, he displayed soft, dependable hands (zero drops) and looked comfortable doing so. He transitions well from receiver to runner immediately.

Player Comp: Rico Dowdle

Mike Washington Jr. (RB – Arkansas)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 33rd
- Breakaway rate: 17th
- PFF elusive rating: 84th
- Yards per route run: 79th

Scouting Report:

Washington has a stout, muscular frame. He’s an upright runner with solid contact balance and above-average burst with the long speed to hit a crease and take it to the house. In 2025, he was 12th in runs of 15 yards or more and 17th in breakaway rate. Washington has a starter/three-down skill set.
Washington has solid but not outstanding lateral agility. He can make people miss and take advantage of cut-back opportunities with his nimble feet, but his hips are tight, which can limit him at times. Washington runs with power and can lower his shoulder when needed.
Washington is a better pass catcher than his Yards per route run would suggest. He has a soft set of hands that led to only one drop in his final collegiate season. While he might never be a player that is “featured” in the passing game, he has the necessary skills to operate as a three-down back. Washington is already a solid pass protector. He has the play strength to hold his ground and the foot quickness to adjust to incoming rushers. Over the last two seasons (140 pass blocking snaps), he allowed only one sack and six hurries.

Player Comp: Chris Ivory

Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Tier 3

Jonah Coleman (RB – Washington)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 54th
- Breakaway rate: 91st
- PFF elusive rating: 61st
- Yards per route run: 24th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 13th
- Breakaway rate: 86th
- PFF elusive rating: 6th
- Yards per route run: 75th
2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 1st
- Breakaway rate: 8th
- PFF elusive rating: 4th
- Yards per route run: 22nd

Scouting Report:

Coleman has underrated power for his stature. He has average burst and pin balls off incoming defenders. His strong lower half serves him well as an interior runner. Coleman has good vision with plus short-area agility as he weaves through the second level of a defense with solid finishing power.
Coleman is a one-speed runner who gets up to top gear quickly, but he lacks a home run gear. He could easily be a solid chunk gain author in the NFL, but the 60-yard knockout punches likely won’t be there. His vision and agility in a phone booth are how he wins with the ball in his hands.
Coleman has some WOW moments on film in pass pro. He can anchor well with a solid base and has picked up some defenders off the ground in pass pro. Coleman will be a quarterback’s best friend in the NFL with his pass-pro skills. Across 278 collegiate pass pro snaps, he allowed only three sacks (one in his final three seasons) and nine hurries.
He’s a trusted receiving option in the passing game with only one drop in college. He finished top-24 in Yards per route run in two of his last three seasons (minimum 20 targets).
Coleman was proficient with a diet of flat routes and swing passes. He could expand his route tree in the NFL and become more of a weapon through the air, but his long speed limitations will probably cap his ceiling.

Player Comp: Kareem Hunt

Emmett Johnson (RB – Nebraska)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 125th
- MTF: 6th
- Breakaway rate: 117th
- PFF elusive rating: 52nd
- Yards per route run: 52nd
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 88th
- Breakaway rate: 118th
- PFF elusive rating: 61st
- Yards per route run: 33rd

Scouting Report:

Johnson runs with an infectious energy on every carry. He gets up to top speed quickly with immediate acceleration, but he isn’t a burner. Johnson can author chunk plays, but I doubt he’ll have many 70-yard home runs in the NFL. He wins with vision, acceleration, and lateral agility.
Johnson has displayed the ability to handle volume and be a workhorse. During his final collegiate season, in 83% of his games, he had at least 19 touches.
Johnson’s superpower is his footwork and short-area agility. He’s a short area assassin with the ability to change directions on a dime and the feet to create yards on his own. Johnson runs like he chugs 12 Monsters and cheeks four Zyns weekly pregame. He can juke defenders out of their shoes while also having the contact balance to pinball off would-be tacklers.
Johnson HAS TO improve his pass blocking to be trusted on passing downs. His lower body strength and ability to anchor are a problem. He’ll get blown out of his cleats at times by rushers. With 125 collegiate pass blocking snaps, he allowed 15 pressures. He can redirect rushers on occasion and chip them, but at this stage, it’s asking too much of him to hold his ground or bury a guy in the dirt.
Johnson is a pass game weapon. He lined up in the slot or out wide on 18% of his snaps in 2025. He was deployed in 2025 with a smattering of screens, angle routes, and wheel routes with success. His short-area abilities translate well to his route running.

Player Comp: Austin Ekeler

Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Tier 4

Seth McGowan (RB – Kentucky)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 147th
- Breakaway rate: 159th
- PFF elusive rating: 127th
- Yards per route run: 113th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 40th
- Breakaway rate: 102nd
- PFF elusive rating: 23rd
- Yards per route run: 15th

Scouting Report:

Downhill physical runner. McGowan runs like he’s mad at the ground. McGowan has no issues running through someone. He’s a linear, one-cut runner. Solid feel for how to press the line and access cut-back lanes. McGowan does offer some second-level creativity with his lateral agility and the ability to create more yards in space.
McGowan isn’t a burner, but he does have enough raw speed to gain the edge with stretch zone plays consistently. He’s not a home run hitter with only 24 runs of at least 15 yards in his collegiate career (378 carries).
I usually don’t discuss off-field issues unless they are extremely noteworthy here, which is the case for McGowan. He was dismissed from Oklahoma after being found guilty of larceny (one year probation).
McGowan is a feisty pass protector. His technique needs work to become a solid option in this department in the NFL, but the effort is there. There are numerous reps where he holds his ground and regains his footing against an incoming defender with a strong second effort. He’ll drop his eyes and lunge at defenders at times.
McGowan is a decent check-down option in the passing game with 1.56 collegiate Yards per route run. Despite his five drops in his final season, he offers a dependable set of soft hands out of the backfield.

Player Comp: Isiah Pacheco

Nicholas Singleton (RB – Penn State)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 152nd
- Breakaway rate: 143rd
- PFF elusive rating: 132nd
- Yards per route run: 39th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 56th
- Breakaway rate: 44th
- PFF elusive rating: 117th
- Yards per route run: 22nd
2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 125th
- Breakaway rate: 140th
- PFF elusive rating: 150th
- Yards per route run: 15th
2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 3rd
- Breakaway rate: 1st
- PFF elusive rating: 33rd
- Yards per route run: 0.60* (only 17 targets*)

Scouting Report:

Singleton can be tentative at the line at times. He’ll operate in a gap scheme more efficiently with clear running lanes with the play design (53% gap runs over his final two collegiate seasons). His vision isn’t horrible down-to-down, but it’s an area that could use some cleaning up.
Singleton is a linear player who isn’t a violent or explosive mover when changing directions. His steps can get choppy at times as he loses speed in the process. Singleton isn’t a player who will juke you out of your socks. He’s a runner that isn’t going to create a ton of yards on his own.
Singleton is a high-cut runner with the necessary upper-body strength to break loose wraps and tacklers that attack him high. The other side of the coin is also true, though. Singleton can be chopped down by tacklers aiming at his waist and below.
Singleton has solid pass-pro skills. He works with a strong base. Singleton has plenty of reps where he stands up incoming rushers or redirects them out of the quarterback’s wheelhouse. With 173 collegiate pass blocking snaps, he allowed only three sacks and ten hurries.
Singleton is an adequate check-down option in the passing game. He finished top 24 in Yards per route run among backs in two of his final three collegiate seasons. He lacks the change of direction ability and explosive short area agility to become a true pass game weapon with a varied route tree, but he should easily be a trusted option with swings and flat routes. Singleton cleaned up drops in his final season with only one after posting a 7.1% or higher drop rate in each of the previous three seasons.

Player Comp: C.J. Prosise

Kaytron Allen (RB – Penn State)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 36th
- Breakaway rate: 53rd
- PFF elusive rating: 32nd
- Yards per route run: 131st
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 94th
- Breakaway rate: 134th
- PFF elusive rating: 110th
- Yards per route run: 85th
2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 78th
- Breakaway rate: 112th
- PFF elusive rating: 82nd
- Yards per route run: 105th
2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 89th
- Breakaway rate: 119th
- PFF elusive rating: 55th
- Yards per route run: 66th

Scouting Report:

Allen is built like a bowling ball. He has a low center of gravity, which helps him make a difficult wrap for defenders at times. He’s able to keep his legs churning and run through half-hearted tackling attempts. Allen is a patient back that allows his blockers to clear the road before he charges down it.
Allen’s burst and raw speed are below-average. He’s at his best when getting downhill immediately and getting a head of steam built up. His lateral agility is lacking at times, so asking him to operate in a stretch zone-based scheme wouldn’t be ideal.
With his limited athletic profile, Allen is a capped passing game option, but he can still operate as a valuable checkdown option. His route deployment will be limited, but he has soft hands with only one drop in his final season.
His stature helps him in pass protection with a solid anchor. He can hold his own with incoming rushers bearing down, but speed rushers can give him issues. With his limited lateral agility, speed options can easily bypass him as they barrel toward the quarterback.
Allen isn’t a make-you-miss type of back, but he can deploy a well-timed jump cut at times to get the job done. He’ll be heavily dependent upon his offensive line at the next level because he won’t be creating a ton of yards on his own (especially near the line of scrimmage).

Player Comp: Tony Jones

Kaelon Black (RB – Indiana)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 72nd
- Breakaway rate: 49th
- PFF elusive rating: 109th
- Yards per route run: 0.31* (*only seven targets)

Scouting Report:

Black is a runway back that wins with speed, acceleration, and vision. He isn’t a powerful back capable of pushing the pile or stiff-arming defenders into the dirt. Black has the raw speed to hit a crease and take it the distance.
He can get into trouble quickly in the backfield if contacted early in a play. Black isn’t a contact balance champ. He can be brought down with sufficient tackling technique. He’s a linear runner without a ton of wiggle. Black can make defenders pay in the second-level, though, with a full head of steam as he’ll run through some weak wraps or poor angles.
Black was used sparingly as a receiver at Indiana, with only 12 targets in two seasons (48 receiving yards). He was decent (at best) in pass pro. He had only 64 pass blocking snaps over the last two years, in which he allowed three pressures and a sack.

Player Comp: Ty Chandler

Dean Connors (RB – Houston)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 99th
- Breakaway rate: 87th
- PFF elusive rating: 119th
- Yards per route run: 60th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 61st
- Breakaway rate: 61st
- PFF elusive rating: 87th
- Yards per route run: 24th

Scouting Report:

Connors is a solid all-around back who should settle in as an RB2/passing down back for an NFL team. He finishes runs well with plus leg drive as he grinds out extra yards. He’s not an explosive runner, but he can pick up tough yards.
Connors has average contact balance and burst. He doesn’t have stellar long speed and gets caught from behind with runs, but he plays with max effort and has no issues lowering his shoulder to make defenders pay.
Conners is solid in pass pro. He can quickly diagnose his assignment and attacks incoming defenders with a solid base. Connors can anchor and hold his own while displaying good lateral agility to maneuver into position to meet defenders head-on.
Connors is a trusted check-down option in the passing game. He finishes with an overall 14.4% collegiate target share and 1.43 Yards per route run or higher in two of his final three collegiate seasons. He had only one drop in his final season.

Player Comp: Rex Burkhead

J’Mari Taylor (RB – Virginia)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 81st
- Breakaway rate: 89th
- PFF elusive rating: 49th
- Yards per route run: 86th

Scouting Report:

Taylor is a dense, bowling ball back. His low center of gravity allows him to bob and weave through defenders. Taylor has average burst and build-up speed back with a decent second gear in the second-level.
Taylor has solid lateral agility, but he loses speed when attempting to string tackle-breaking moves together. He wins with vision and short-area footwork. He’s not a powerback.
Taylor is a trusted back in pass pro with only one sack and five hurries allowed in college (160 pass blocking snaps). With his stature and strong base, he can stand up an incoming defender or, at the very least, redirect them from his quarterback.
Taylor was a decent checkdown option in the passing game. He amassed 43 receptions (54 targets) in his only season with Virginia, but he only churned out 0.91 Yards per route run with a 0.2 aDOT. He did have a 10.4% drop rate, which is concerning. If he can earn passing down reps with his blocking chops, he could be an outlet option for a quarterback, but he’ll likely never be a “pass game weapon”.

Player Comp: Jordan James

Jaydn Ott (RB – Oklahoma)

Stats:

2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 64th
- Breakaway rate: 67th
- PFF elusive rating: 75th
- Yards per route run: 78th

*In 2025, Ott had only 21 carries as a backup at Oklahoma. He also sustained a shoulder injury in 2025. His last extensive usage was with Cal from 2022-2024. In 2024, his season was derailed by a Grade 3 ankle sprain and Grade 1 knee sprain. 2023 was his last fully healthy campaign.*

Scouting Report:

Ott is a linear runner. He’s equipped with average burst and an ok second-gear. He’s a slasher back with smooth lateral agility.
Ott wins with solid footwork, lateral agility, and plus vision. He doesn’t have the raw speed to consistently gain the edge with wide zone runs, but he can operate with inside zone and gap runs at a high level. His speed is more of the build-up variety.
He can hold his own in pass protection, but he still will attempt to lunge at defenders at times and drop his head. This won’t work in the NFL, but he balances those rough reps with some strong ones where he anchors decently and redirects incoming rushers.

Player Comp: Myles Gaskin

Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Tier 5

Robert Henry Jr. (RB – UTSA)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 13th
- Breakaway rate: 2nd
- PFF elusive rating: 44th
- Yards per route run: 126th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 75th
- Breakaway rate: 20th
- PFF elusive rating: 58th
- Yards per route run: 64th

Scouting Report:

Henry Jr. profiles as an RB2/3 or change-of-pace option at the NFL level. He has average burst at best (24th percentile 10-yard split) and decent short-area agility. He’ll toss in a nice juke move occasionally. Henry is a build-up speed runway back that does his best work with subtle jump cuts and vision in the second-level. He lacks the home run hitting, long speed, and palpable second gear.
Henry is a liability in pass protection. He is late to the party at times as he’s a tick late to diagnose his assignment. Henry will lunge at defenders and find himself out of position at times. His lateral agility limitations show up here as he’ll get burned by speed rushers off the edge, as they easily get around him.
He’s a serviceable checkdown option in the passing game with dependable hands. Henry had only three drops in college (70 targets).

Player Comp: Jaret Patterson

Noah Whittington (RB – Oregon)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 65th
- Breakaway rate: 35th
- PFF elusive rating: 97th
- Yards per route run: 107th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 131st
- Breakaway rate: 40th
- PFF elusive rating: 98th
- Yards per route run: 92nd

Scouting Report:

Whittington has a compact, muscular frame. He has little wasted motion as a decisive downhill runner with quick acceleration. He quickly gets up to top speed but lacks an elite home run gear. Whittington can pull away from some defenders in the open field. He’s not a twitchy yards creator in the second-level.
Whittington does have some route-running chops as Oregon aligned him in the slot or outside 21.2-23.6% of his snaps in his final two collegiate seasons. He can easily operate as a check-down option in a passing game, but he has the upside with some solid route nuance with out routes and the occasional slant.

Player Comp: DeAndre Washington

Roman Hemby (RB – Indiana)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 18 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 83rd
- Breakaway rate: 114th
- PFF elusive rating: 100th
- Yards per route run: 94th

Scouting Report:

Hemby should help to fill out an NFL depth chart as an early down compliment. He’s a long-striding, upright runner with build up speed. Hemby gets downhill quickly and displays solid vision.
Hemby is a solid runner who should excel with gap runs and inside zone concepts in the NFL. He doesn’t have the raw speed to consistently win the edge, but he is a strong one-cut runner who can operate in stretch zone schemes if the offensive line does its job.
Hemby could develop into a solid pass protector in the NFL. There are some lateral agility limitations here, but he flashes solid lower body strength and the ability to hold his patch of grass.
Hemby will never be a passing game “weapon”, but he isn’t a zero here. He was tasked with checkdowns, flat routes, and some wheels in college. He had only three drops in college (147 targets).

Player Comp: Jeff Wilson

Eli Heidenreich (RB – Navy)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt:
- Breakaway rate:
- PFF elusive rating:
- Yards per route run:
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt:
- Breakaway rate:
- PFF elusive rating:
- Yards per route run:

Scouting Report:

Heidenreich was a Swiss army knife weapon for Navy. He finishes his collegiate career with 1,157 rushing yards (no more than 77 carries or 499 rushing yards in any season). In 2025, he also had 79 targets, 18.5 yards per reception, and 941 receiving yards.
In 2025, Heidenreich spent 44.3% of his snaps in the backfield, 14.7% of them in the slot, and 32.9% as a perimeter wide receiver. His eventual home in the NFL is likely as a slot receiver. When utilized as a backfield/rushing option, it was as a motion player or getting him to the perimeter with toss plays. He didn’t operate with a heavy dose of traditional running back usage in the rushing department.
As a receiver, he has legit route-running chops, and he can win from the perimeter. He has a serviceable release package, but he’ll need to continue to add to that tool belt and refine his footwork to work on the boundary. As a slot option, Heidenreich can already win against zone. He has a decent understanding of pacing against zone coverage and leverage.

Player Comp: Julian Edelman

Demond Claiborne (RB – Wake Forest)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 122nd
- Breakaway rate: 40th
- PFF elusive rating: 95th
- Yards per route run: 117th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 94th
- Breakaway rate: 130th
- PFF elusive rating: 93rd
- Yards per route run: 27th

Scouting Report:

The backbone of Claiborne’s game is his raw speed (4.37 40 time). He’s a linear runner that can stomp the gas and manage explosive runs with this speed. Claiborne isn’t a twitchy player, though. Especially for a smaller back, he struggles with change of direction and has to utilize choppy steps to do so.
Claiborne’s vision isn’t great. He lacks the patience at times to allow running lanes and blocks to develop in front of him. He routinely misses cutback lanes. He should be tasked with gap runs in the NFL that give him a well-defined running lane and allow him to get upfield quickly.
He was just utilized as a checkdown option in college. He was mainly tasked with dump-offs and flat routes. He doesn’t have a trusty set of hands. In his final collegiate season, he had five fumbles and six drops.
Claiborne struggles as a blocker. In pass pro, Claiborne’s size and lack of play strength show up. He’s unable to anchor or move incoming rushers out of the pocket. If he’s on the field in the NFL in passing down situations, he’ll be best deployed by running routes. Last year, with 42 pass blocking snaps, he allowed four hurries and four pressures.

Player Comp: Jason Huntley

Adam Randall (RB – Clemson)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 113th
- Breakaway rate: 126th
- PFF elusive rating: 103rd
- Yards per route run: 85th (11.7% of snaps slot/out wide)

Scouting Report:

Randall is a former collegiate wide receiver who converted to running back for his final college season. His wide receiver background shows up immediately with his nimble feet for his size and route-running ability. Clemson didn’t really utilize his receiving skills as he was mostly just a checkdown option in the passing game, but he did flash with the occasional slot slant or wheel route. His hands are also questionable, which is concerning, considering his background. He had six drops in his final college season (49 targets).
He has average burst as a linear and upright runner. His upright running style can lead to him crumbling like a house of cards at times, especially when he is contacted low. He can break tackles and run through the opposition when he has a head of steam built up in the second level on occasion. Randall isn’t a dynamic player in space.
Randall doesn’t convert his size and strength to power in the run game. He runs like a 5’9″ back at times. His tweener skill set makes him a hard player to project at the next level. I could easily see him functioning as an H back in the NFL, but his play strength will need to improve to fill that role. He’s not a pile moving back despite his large frame.
He’s more comfortable in space on toss plays or outside zone plays, where he does have a decent feel of flowing laterally before bursting upfield. Randall can be tentative at the line at times, but he was more decisive as a runner later in the 2025 season.

Player Comp: Jaylen Samuels

Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Tier 6

Chip Trayanum (RB – Toledo)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 117th
- Breakaway rate: 27th
- PFF elusive rating: 148th
- Yards per route run: 66th

Scouting Report:

Trayanum is a thick, early down bruiser. He doesn’t have amazing raw or long speed, but his burst is serviceable, and he displays efficient footwork. He has “enough” juice to get by. Trayanum can negotiate tight quarters with his footwork, but the lacking burst prevents him from springing big runs. Trayanum is a smart back. He displays solid vision, pace, and can access cutback lanes.
He’s a willing pass protector. He quickly diagnoses his assignment and has the play strength to deal with free blitzers off the edge.

Player Comp: Peyton Barber

Le’Veon Moss (RB – Texas A&M)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 75 carries)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 93rd
- Breakaway rate: 179th
- PFF elusive rating: 123rd
- Yards per route run: 0.05* (only four targets)
2024 (minimum 100 carries)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 10th
- Breakaway rate: 55th
- PFF elusive rating: 46th
- Yards per route run: 1.56* (only 17 targets)

Scouting Report:

Moss is a one-speed, no-nonsense downhill runner. Moss has a strong lower half that allows him to barrel through loose wraps and shoelace tackles. He keeps his legs churning through the final whistle every play.
Moss is a chunk play runner that lacks a home run gear. He can get chased down in the open field. Out of his 321 collegiate carries, only 44 were for at least ten yards, and only 21 went for 15 or more yards.
Moss could be a decent early-down complement for an NFL backfield, but he isn’t offering much in the passing game. With his running style, strength, and decisiveness, he could be a solid goalline option.
He’s willing to stick his nose in there on pass protection situations. He has to clean up his pass pro technique, but he has the willingness and fight which can be half the battle for some backs. Moss allowed ten pressures with his 52 collegiate pass pro snaps. He’s nothing more than a checkdown option in the passing game.

Player Comp: Master Teague

Jamarion Miller (RB – Alabama)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 161st
- Breakaway rate: 150th
- PFF elusive rating: 157th
- Yards per route run: 106th
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 150th
- Breakaway rate: 133rd
- PFF elusive rating: 148th
- Yards per route run: 79th

Scouting Report:

Miller profiles as an early down back-up option in the NFL. Miller is a downhill one-speed runner. He lacks a high-end second gear or the juice to win the edge in the NFL consistently. Miller has solid vision and patience, but because of his burst limitations, he’s best in a gap scheme run game. Miller’s speed is more of the build-up variety.
Miller won’t juke you out of your shoes. He will attempt to throw off defenders with some head fakes in the open field or the occasional spin move or jump cut, but he’s a linear runner. He won’t create a ton of yards for himself. If he’s contacted in the backfield, he doesn’t have that extra layer of juice or wiggle to make many people miss.
He’s a liability in pass protection. Miller will lunge at or chip defenders, but he rarely locks into incoming rushers with his hands and holds his ground. Last year, with 49 pass blocking snaps (per PFF), he allowed seven pressures, four hurries, and three sacks. His below-average pass protection skills will limit his passing down usage in the NFL unless he corrects them.
The former Alabama back is a checkdown option only in the passing game. He wasn’t tasked with running an in-depth route tree, usually leaking out of the backfield, or running a flat route. His hands are a liability with five drops over the last two seasons (43 targets).

Player Comp: Emanuel Wilson

Rashul Faison (RB – South Carolina)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 90 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 80th
- Breakaway rate: 90th
- PFF elusive rating: 62nd
- Yards per route run: 116th

Scouting Report

Faison is consistently churning out extra yardage at the end of runs. He keeps his legs churning and gets the most out of his opportunities. Faison is an angry, linear runner. He’s at his best when he hits the hole and gets downhill quickly.
Faison is a competent checkdown option in the passing game, but he’s likely best suited as an early down/goal line option in the NFL. With his vision, play strength, and demeanor he is a solid interior rusher that can pick up tough yards.

Player Comp: Alex Collins

Jamal Haynes (RB – Georgia Tech)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 140th
- Breakaway rate: 116th
- PFF elusive rating: 142nd
- Yards per route run: 42nd
2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 80th
- Breakaway rate: 14th
- PFF elusive rating: 88th
- Yards per route run: 102nd

Scouting Report:

Haynes is an undersized speed back that runs to his build. He doesn’t possess the lower-half strength to break a ton of tackles or punish defenders in short-yardage situations. He’ll be a change-of-pace option in the NFL.
Haynes has easy and immediate burst with the lateral agility to juke some defenders out of their cleats. He wins with speed, lateral agility, and vision.

Player Comp: Tyler Goodson

CJ Donaldson (RB – Ohio State)

Stats:

2025 (minimum 90 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 186th
- Breakaway rate: 186th
- PFF elusive rating: 186th
- Yards per route run: 0.89* (only 17 targets)

Scouting Report:

Donaldson is an early down thumper and should be an early down committee option for an NFL team. He has modest burst and acceleration. He has the frame to handle the early down and interior running beating.
Donaldson won’t be a home run hitter in the NFL or make many highlight reels, but he can deploy the occasional juke move and catch defenders napping. He’s a downhill, power back with the ability to get what is blocked and sometimes more.