Fantasy Football Values to Draft: Running Backs (2026)

Let’s talk fantasy football sleepers. Sleeper means different things to different people, but at their core, sleepers are players who could significantly outperform their average draft position (ADP).

Below are 10 fantasy football sleepers to target at their current expert consensus ranking (ECR) on FantasyPros. Let’s dive into some of our favorite fantasy football values and sleepers to draft.

Fantasy Football Sleepers & Values: Running Backs

Running Backs

Bucky Irving (RB – TB) | ECR: RB19

I am far from a Kenneth Gainwell believer. Bucky Irving, if healthy, has a chance to dominate backfield touches this upcoming season. Injuries plagued him in 2025, but he’s still not even 24 years old, with a 1,500+ scrimmage yard rookie season under his belt.

Monitor reports from camp this summer regarding his health. Seventeen touches per game from an efficient running back is fantastic when he’s being drafted as the RB19.

Bhayshul Tuten (RB – JAX) | ECR: RB26

Travis Etienne Jr. is in New Orleans, leaving Bhayshul Tuten, Chris Rodriguez Jr. and LeQuint Allen to man the backfield for the Jaguars. I’m betting on Tuten rising above the rest. Tuten, a fourth-round pick in 2025, earned 97 touches for 386 yards and seven touchdowns in his rookie season.

The situation in Jacksonville is favorable, too. In 2025, the Jaguars under Liam Coen ran the fourth-most plays in the NFL, scored the sixth-most points and recorded the eighth-most rushing attempts.

Tony Pollard (RB – TEN) | ECR: RB32

Jeremiyah Love is certainly in play for the Titans at pick No. 4 in the 2026 NFL Draft. However, at this moment, Tony Pollard is the No. 1 RB in Tennessee. He’s 28 and has amassed more than 1,000 all-purpose yards five seasons in a row. If Cam Ward takes the next step in Year 2, the Titans’ offense could improve drastically. A lead running back on a good offense at RB32? I’m sold.