Dynasty Rookie Draft Profile: Zach Charbonnet (2023 Fantasy Football)

To help you prepare for your dynasty rookie and startup drafts, Derek Brown is putting together a dynasty rookie outlook for each and every fantasy-relevant 2023 NFL Draft prospect. We are combining DBro’s fantasy outlook with the NFL Draft profile of Matthew Jones. Here’s our dynasty rookie draft profile for Zach Charbonnet.

Expert Consensus 2023 Dynasty Superflex Rookie Draft Rankings: Top-50

Dynasty Rookie Draft Profile: Zach Charbonnet

Zach Charbonnet Dynasty Rookie Draft Outlook

Zach Charbonnet is a dancing rhino covered in butter. Charbonnet is a tough runner with nimble feet for his size and a mean stiff arm. He can string together jump cuts to daylight more regularly than a person his size should be able to. Arm tackles don’t bring down Charbonnet. He slips through them with ease.

Charbonnet has a strong leg drive and consistently finishes runs well. While his lateral agility will surprise, he’s still at his best when he gets downhill in a hurry. Charbonnet is a decisive runner who operated in a gap-heavier scheme over the last two seasons (53.5% of his runs came on gap designs).

Charbonnet is a serviceable pass catcher. He displays soft hands, but his athletic ceiling will limit how creatively a team will deploy him through the air at the next level. He can be a trusted check-down option for his next quarterback.

His calling card will be his ability to handle volume and break off chunk plays. His homerun-hitting ability will not. Charbonnet is a buildup speed back who utilizes his fancy footwork to cover up for an average burst. He’s an upright runner who can also be slowed down when hit in the backfield or contacted before he’s built up momentum.

– Derek Brown

Zach Charbonnet 2023 NFL Draft Outlook

Charbonnet is a throwback runner who wastes little time charging ahead and wearing down defenses between the tackles. He also has pretty good footwork to shuffle and find lanes and can be elusive once he gets into the open field. He could eventually establish himself as the early-down power back in a one-two punch or grind out short yards in a committee, but might not be an ideal option on passing downs. Charbonnet is somewhat reminiscent of James Conner.

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