Let’s dive into the 2024 NFL Free Agency Primer for Running Backs in Fantasy Football. Just like quarterbacks, free agency plays a crucial role in shaping Super Bowl contenders.
Here are some notable impending free agent running backs and how fantasy players should view them for 2024 fantasy football redraft leagues, best ball leagues and dynasty leagues.
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2024 NFL Running Back Free Agency Primer
Devin Singletary
Will be curious to see how Houston approaches their backfield this offseason. Dameon Pierce lost his job to Singletary and might not fit the scheme of the Bobby Slowik offense. Singletary will be a free agent, as will Dare Ogunbowale.
The journeyman running back took over the Houston backfield in Week 8 after a Pierce injury and never let go of the starting gig. 11.6 points per game as the RB23. Nothing new for Singletary, who has been a rock-solid fantasy producer when given starting opportunities in the second halves of multiple seasons throughout his NFL career.
Singletary could easily re-sign with Houston or perhaps land in Cleveland to reunite with former Bills OC Ken Dorsey.
He also still has ties to the Giants regime from their time spent in Buffalo together. If Barkley leaves, look for Singletary to be high on the list of replacements to lead Big Blue’s backfield in 2024.
Antonio Gibson
Antonio Gibson will be a free agent in 2024 and undoubtedly on a new roster. I, for one, cannot wait to see what team he lands on after he’s been misused on the Commanders the last two seasons.
AG ranked fourth in yards after contact per attempt (3.5) in 2023. Over the past four seasons, Gibson is just one of 15 RBs to handle a season with at least 300 touches. He can handle a three-down workload with his size and pass-catching skillset and three straight seasons with 40-plus receptions.
He just needs the opportunity to do so and needs to clean up the fumbles as well, with four this past season.
Could see a potential fit in Las Vegas alongside his former OC, Scott Turner, to further tap into Gibson’s receiving ability should they be unable to retain Jacobs.
Also possible for Gibson to sign with the Titans to replace Henry; the Titans’ new RB coach, Randy Jordan, was the Commanders’ RB coach all four years Gibson played in the nation’s capital. AG also played his college ball in Memphis.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
CEH never lived up to the billing of being a first-round pick, but the fact that he has first-round draft capital attached to his name will land him a job in the backfield somewhere. The Bengals could need a new RB if they move on from Joe Mixon‘s contract. Who better than Joe Burrow to unlock Edwards-Helaire’s potential ceiling? Or he could also reunite with former LSU OC Joe Brady in Buffalo as James Cook’s new backup.
Note that Edwards-Helaire’s only fantasy value will be tied to his situation. He finished 2023 as PFF’s 50th-graded rusher among 55 qualifiers.
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