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2025 Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings: Running Back
Here are our latest running back Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings from our consensus of fantasy football experts. You can find the latest running back Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings and sync your fantasy football league for specific advice.
RK | PLAYER NAME | BEST | WORST | AVG. | STD.DEV |
1 | Ashton Jeanty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Omarion Hampton | 2 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
3 | Kaleb Johnson | 2 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
4 | TreVeyon Henderson | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.5 |
5 | Quinshon Judkins | 4 | 6 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
6 | Dylan Sampson | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0.8 |
7 | Cam Skattebo | 6 | 9 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
8 | Devin Neal | 6 | 11 | 8.6 | 1.8 |
9 | Ollie Gordon II | 7 | 13 | 9.6 | 2.1 |
10 | RJ Harvey | 10 | 14 | 11.6 | 1.2 |
11 | Damien Martinez | 11 | 17 | 13.3 | 2 |
12 | Tahj Brooks | 11 | 20 | 14.7 | 2.5 |
13 | DJ Giddens | 10 | 17 | 13.5 | 2.4 |
14 | Woody Marks | 13 | 21 | 16.3 | 2.8 |
15 | Jordan James | 12 | 20 | 14.8 | 2.7 |
Dynasty Rookie Draft Outlook
Stats:
- 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 41st
- Breakaway rate: 75th
- PFF elusive rating: 61st
- PFF receiving grade: 53rd
- Yards per route run: 40th
- 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 47th
- Breakaway rate: 19th
- PFF elusive rating: 29th
- PFF receiving grade: 47th
- Yards per route run: 53rd
- 2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 103rd
- Breakaway rate: 19th
- PFF elusive rating: 84th
- PFF receiving grade: 69th
- Yards per route run: 77th
Scouting report:
- Devin “Sweet Feet” Neal is a fun player to watch. He can carve up run defenses with his insanely quick feet. Neal’s stop/start ability is special, with the skill to cut on a dime and change directions effortlessly. Neal can string together multiple moves fluidly without losing a ton of speed.
- Neal has a great feel for the press and flow of outside zone runs, the short-area agility to excel with duo, and the vision to operate well with inside zone. He’s a nice fit in multiple run schemes, which can add to his appeal to NFL teams.
- Neal wins with quickness and lateral agility while flashing immediate speed. He gets up to top speed in a hurry. It helps offset the fact that he doesn’t an elite home run gear. Neal’s tackle-breaking ability isn’t great, though. He goes down easily when wrapped up well or hit low. He needs to continue to add strength to his lower half and improve his leg drive. I can’t wait to see how his game evolves in the NFL, especially after spending some time in an NFL strength and conditioning program. If he can add some more in this realm to his game, his upside is huge.
- Neal was deployed out of the backfield on check-downs. He displayed a set of soft hands that rarely dropped a ball. I want to see Neal deployed with a creative play-caller in the NFL. He didn’t see more than an 8% slot rate in the 2024 season until his final three games of the season. I want to see what Neal can do from the slot, on wheel routes, and with angle routes. His short area quickness leads me to believe there’s another evolution of his game as a receiver that could take place in the NFL.
- Neal made substantial improvements as a pass protector in 2024. He only allowed five pressures all season, and four of them came in one game. Neal had a 76.2 or higher pass pro grade in seven games in 2024. In previous seasons, he had a hard time anchoring and would routinely get blown off his spot and out of his cleats. He has the willingness and tenacity to develop into a trusted pass protector, and his improvements in 2024 suggest he could take that next step in the NFL.
Player Comp: Nightcrawler
Stats:
- 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 31st
- Breakaway rate: 14th
- PFF elusive rating: 19th
- PFF receiving grade: 75th
- Yards per route run: 36th
- 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 53rd
- Breakaway rate: 15th
- PFF elusive rating: 18th
- PFF receiving grade: 35th
- Yards per route run: 42nd
- 2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 36th
- Breakaway rate: 44th
- PFF elusive rating: 27th
- PFF receiving grade: 30th
- Yards per route run: 11th
Scouting report:
- Harvey is a tough runner. His leg drive allows him to pinball off defenders and pick up tough yards. He sheds arm tackles well, especially in the second level, and is a better short-yardage runner than you’d expect from a player his size.
- Harvey’s lateral agility and burst improved toward the end of the 2024 season. After watching some of his early-season games, I questioned his long speed, initial burst, and lateral agility. All of those improved as the 2024 season moved along. While he might not be a home run hitter in the NFL (he gets caught from behind plenty), he should have the ability to break off chunk runs.
- He has a good feel for when to press and flow with outside-zone runs. He can get tentative at the line with some inside zone and interior runs. His vision isn’t horrible by any stretch of the imagination, but when the picture is muddier, his feet can get choppy. At times, he needs to be more willing to bounce runs.
- Harvey’s grit shows in pass protection. He’s a willing and able blocker who is willing to stick his nose in there and get physical. His strong lower half serves him well here.
- As a receiving option, he is nothing more than a dump-off option at this juncture. He was tasked with only leaking out the backfield for check-downs in college. He does have moments as a receiver where he has concentration drops when he gets ahead of himself and worries too much about what he is about to do with the ball in his hands before securing the pass.
Player Comp: Jaylen Warren
Stats:
- 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 21st
- Breakaway rate: 91st
- PFF elusive rating: 11th
- PFF receiving grade: 9th
- Yards per route run: 10th
- 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 104th
- Breakaway rate: 148th
- PFF elusive rating: 39th
- PFF receiving grade: 86th
- Yards per route run: 44th
- 2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets for FBS & FCS RBs*)
- Yards after contact per attempt: 37th
- Breakaway rate: 93rd
- PFF elusive rating: 11th
- PFF receiving grade: 32nd
- Yards per route run: 25th
Scouting report:
- Skattebo runs like a dancing rhino with anger management issues. He’s a volume-vacuuming tone-setter who can be a workhorse for a run-heavy offense. Unless a team is absolutely smitten with him during the draft process, he is likely better viewed as a committee back at the next level. His vision at the line and in the second level allows him to weave through traffic and make the most of his physical abilities.
- He’s not a twitchy player, but he can deploy jump cuts with success and has the lateral agility to make people miss in a phone booth. Skattebo has an underrated quick first step and is decisive with his runs. The run scheme he operates in the NFL will be key. I’d love for him to land with a team that utilizes duo and inside zone. I have no clue what Arizona State was thinking when featuring Skattebo with some tosses and stretch zone plays. Get this tank moving downhill and allow his quickness in short areas to work to his advantage.
- Skattebo isn’t a home run hitter. While he can rip off some long runs with well-blocked plays, that likely won’t be a hallmark of his game in the NFL. He’s a physical/tough runner with strong contact balance and leg drive that fights for every blade of grass. He quickly gets up to top speed, but that also means that he is pretty much a one-speed runner who lacks the second and third gear to outrun speedy corners in the open field. He gets caught from behind plenty.
- He has soft hands and can be a trusted check-down weapon in the passing game. His athleticism will limit what all you can do with him in the passing game, but he has the attributes to operate as a dump-off option with the occasional wheel or angle route. His underrated short-area agility works to his advantage on angle routes.
Player Comp: Tyler Allgeier
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