Dynasty Rookie Draft Profile: Tank Bigsby (2023 Fantasy Football)

The NFL offseason is here (silently chuckles on the inside). Every dynasty GM knows there is no offseason. There’s the regular season, and then there is rookie fever season. If you’re like me and you’ve had a raging fever since February…the only prescription is my rookie primers. You can check them all out in our 2023 dynasty draft kit. Below I’ll take a closer look at Tank Bigsby.

Dynasty Rookie Draft Profile: Tank Bigsby

Tank Bigsby (Auburn)

Stats:

2022 (minimum 100 carries, 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 13th
- Breakaway rate: 13th
- PFF elusive rating: 14th
- PFF receiving grade: 100th
- Yards per route run: 82nd
2021 (minimum 100 carries, 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 93rd
- Breakaway rate: 96th
- PFF elusive rating: 94th
- PFF receiving grade: 116th
- Yards per route run: 83rd
2020 (minimum 100 carries, 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 13th
- Breakaway rate: 42nd
- PFF elusive rating: 7th
Career
- Bigsby’s two best seasons in yards per contact per attempt came with 67.7% of his rushing attempts on zone concept plays.

Scouting report:

Bigsby runs angry. He has the leg drive to push a pile and had multiple runs in 2022 where he carried would-be tacklers. He ranked 21st in missed tackles forced (minimum 100 carries). He’s a north/south straight-line runner with average burst. This isn’t to say he doesn’t have the lateral agility to explode upfield on outside-zone runs. Bigsby evades tacklers in the second level with a heavy dose of jump cuts.
His vision can lapse. On interior runs, he’ll try to bounce them outside (usually a bad idea) instead of taking the crease. He does display plenty of inside zone runs where he hits the hole with authority, but there’s equal evidence of him hesitating at the line when defenders enter the picture.
Bigsby’s ferocity comes through on pass pro reps. He tries to punish incoming rushers. He anchored well standing up defenders on the limited reps I saw on film. Last year on 91 pass-blocking reps, he allowed only one hurry and one pressure. His ability to pass protect could earn him some more passing down snaps which would be good for an average (to below-average) receiver like Bigsby.

Player Comp: Chris Carson