Nick Chubb Fantasy Football Outlook (2025)

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Fri, Aug 22nd 2025, 11:48am EDT

With Joe Mixon's health up in the air, Nick Chubb could be Houston's lead back in 2025 if he can stay healthy. Last year, before he was lost again to a foot fracture, he looked like a shell of his former self. Chubb only had a 2% explosive run rate, a 10% missed tackle rate, and 1.96 yards after contact per attempt (per Fantasy Points Data). These numbers are all basement-level efficiency metrics. Hopefully, he improves upon these numbers in 2025, but with his lengthy injury history at age 29, it's far from certain. Chubb could easily be a weekly RB2/3 because of volume this season, even if he's inefficient along the way. Chubb is a decent late-round option in drafts this year if you're trying to catch up at RB.