Conner has been a great power running fit with his size and quickness in Kliff Kingsbury's offense, playing well off Kyler Murray. As the Texans enter another rebuild under newly hired head coach DeMeco Ryans, Pierce should be a mainstay in the offense moving forward. They could choose to re-sign him for more than he's probably worth, or they could use one of their many draft picks to grab someone who will play on a . 2022 stats:5 games | 18 att | 52 rush yds | 2.9 ypc | 1 rush TD | 0 rec | 0 rec yds | 0 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost. They do not take into account individual league rules and setups. Taylors vision allows him to explode through small creases in the line of scrimmage, and he has legitimate breakaway speed at over 220 pounds. He is one of just two running backs who have 75.0-plus PFF rushing grades on at least 50 attempts in each of the last five seasons. USAToday.com 2022 Fantasy Football Rankings. 2021 stats: 206 carries, 911 rushing yards, 4.4 yards per carry, 70 receptions on 94 targets, 647 receiving yards, 20 total TDs. McCaffrey earned an 86.5 PFF grade in 2019 third among qualifying running backs on over 1,000 snaps. It's clear the Commanders see Gibson as the No. Wilson had a strange foot injury last offseason but has shown he can have big games. 2020 stats (at Clemson): 168 carries, 914 rushing yards, 5.4 yards per carry, 48 receptions, 588 receiving yards, 16 total TDs. At 26, MIxon should maintain that momentum of production. NFC East. While rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett acclimated to the NFL game, Harris was the steady presence Mike Tomlin's group needed. These odds could change during the preseason and assuredly will change in-season. is currently the more effective back and should be the starter, a healthy Elliott performing like he was at the start of last season is still a valuable piece of an offense, but it just remains to be seen if he can get back to that point. Stevenson made a huge leap in his second season with the Patriots, recording his first 1,000-yard rushing campaign and amassing 1,461 scrimmage yards, ninth-most among running backs this season. Colts won 27-17. The result was a career-low 63.2 PFF grade and his lowest output as a receiver (47 receptions for 439 yards) in five NFL seasons. White, who had the team's highest yard-per-carry average, enjoyed his best outing in Tampa Bay's Munich triumph over the Seahawks with 22 carries for 105 yards -- his lone 100-yard rushing performance of the season. Not much went right for the Colts' offense in 2022, from poor quarterback play to poor health for Taylor. 2021 stats: 119 carries, 749 rushing yards, 6.3 yards per carry, 6 receptions on 8 targets, 49 receiving yards, 6 total TDs. Swift, like Chubb and others, keeps the pipeline strong for Georgia running backs in the NFL. Colts won 27-17. 2021 stats: 99carries, 442 rushing yards, 4.5 yards per carry, 37 receptions on 41 targets, 343 receiving yards, 2 total TDs. Fournette has reinvented himself in the transition from Jacksonville to Tampa Bay. Sign up for the Cards Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. 2022 stats:14 games | 99 att | 542 rush yds | 5.5 ypc | 5 rush TDs | 48 rec | 389 rec yds | 3 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost. It finally came, thanks to durability and a top-flight passing game with Joe Burrow that opened things up for him to put it all together. Plus, just how far did Pollard climb in MJD's RB rankings after his big Week 11 outing? We are on the brink of wrapping up the fifth season of the RB Index, but I'm about to enter some new territory. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports. The 2022 Broncos' offense underwhelmed in a major way. Sermon has the promise to be a workhorse but just couldnt crack the playing rotation. The Raiders declined Jacobs' fifth-year option and then proceeded to give him the rock for a whopping 340 carries this season. The only running back in the league with more is Chubb (181). After holding off Zack Moss for key touches, he will need to do the same again vs. rookie James Cook. For the second straight season, Singletary averaged 4.6 yards per carry and fell just short of 1,100 scrimmage yards. Bell cow running backs are few and far between, but there are a few running backs ready to step up and have a breakout 2022 NFL season. Then the injury bug struck. Lost in all the noise and hype surrounding the quarterback and wide receiver position is running back. The Saints' offense took us on a roller-coaster ride this season with quarterback changes and injuries to many of its best playmakers. 225: LB Dee Winters, TCU. follow. He should find backup work in 2023. The Bengals were far more reliant on their pass catchers and it showed in the veteran back's production. Williams' larger-than-life personality and determination were big storylines in HBO's Hard Knocks last preseason, but who could have anticipated that he'd lead the NFL in rushing touchdowns this season? Meanwhile, Henry is set to enter his seventh season while coming off a foot injury and multiple years with a heavy workload. In a crowded backfield that featured Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Ronald Jones II and Jerick McKinnon, the seventh-round rookie emerged as a reliable playmaker in the rushing attack. I love the Packers' backfield tandem of Dillon and Aaron Jones, the perfect combination of thunder and lightning. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are reportedly set to release Leonard Fournette, leaving Rachaad White alone atop the running back depth chart. Sanders was an interesting case this season. He still can produce well, but the Commanders seem to be committed to more of a situational committee approach to keep him fresh vs. putting more on him as a workhorse. The injury history is a big concern. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. The Bears will be looking for Montgomery to get back to his 2020 level of play (80.2 PFF grade) next year to help support Justin Fields, who can use all the help he can get on a barren offense entering his second season. His 29% target rate since 2017 leads all receivers regardless of position, and hes one of just two running backs to average over 2.0 receiving yards per route run over that stretch. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday that Sean Payton is the right coach to get Russell Wilson back on track. He made quite a splash for the RedHawks by notching a school-record six sacks in a win over Akron as a true freshman. He's been a reliable ball carrier since his arrival in 2020, averaging 4.3 yards per carry for his career. San Francisco 49ers (Elijah Mitchell, Jeff Wilson, Trey Sermon), 3. Harris should continue to split the work with Rhamondre Stevenson, James White and rookie addition Pierre Strong Jr. in 2022. 35 carries). First, he's missed 10 games in his first two seasons. These are my rankings for the top-5 running backs in the NFC South as we head towards the 2022 season. Including the postseason, Elliott has carried the ball a league-high 1,730 times since he was drafted in 2016. Some think he's faded and lost too many steps and believe his best is buried behind him. He will be vital all-around in lifting Zach Wilson in Year 2, too. The Jets shuffled through running backs like nobody's business after Breece Hall went down for the season. That's the lowest in the league, eight fewer than the New York Giants have faced. and his accurate deliveries to Kamara underneath arent coming back, but the Saints need to find a way to keep Kamara involved as a receiving weapon in a receiving corps that has added some talent this offseason. Only three of the 30 running backs who had at least 150 regular season carries last year were in their seventh season or higher: . He put out plenty of positive tape to build on in Year 2. HIs major foot injury cost him nine games and the Titans need to be wary about overworking him. Chubb is coming off a career-worst 80.6 PFF rushing grade in a 2021 season was marred by injuries, but theres little reason to expect he wont return as one of the NFLs most difficult tackling assignments in 2022. 2022 stats:15 game | 188 att | 786 rush yds | 4.2 ypc | 7 rush TDs | 13 rec | 117 rec yds | 0 rec TDs | 2 fumbles lost. The NFC West has been known in the past for great running backs. Penny, who had been an injury-riddled disappointing first-rounder in 2018, exploded down the stretch as the sudden featured workhorse, shaking off plenty of past injury issues. 5 Stars - Stud, Top 10 running back Arizona - Rashard Mendenhall / Ryan Williams / Stepfan Taylor As of right now Rashard Mendenhall is the No. January 25, 2023 2:00 pm ET The Miami Dolphins completed their 2022 campaign, as they were defeated by the Buffalo Bills in the wild-card round. Carter will likely occupy a complementary role behind Hall in 2023. 2021 stats: 187 carries, 803 rushing yards, 4.3 yards per carry, 34 receptions on 37 targets, 313 receiving yards, 7 total TDs. July 25, 2022 1:46 pm ET. 2021 stats:332 carries, 1,811 rushing yards, 5.5 yards per carry, 40 receptions on 51 targets, 360 receiving yards, 20 total TDs. As in, expect the 601 attempts thrown by quarterback Matthew Stafford in 2021 to serve as a solid baseline for 2022. The 2022 season saw the focal point of the Bears' rushing attack pivot from Montgomery to dual-threat quarterback Justin Fields, who had a team-high 1,143 rush yards. 2021 stats:258 carries, 1,037 rushing yards, 4.0 yards per carry, 42 receptions on 52 targets, 294 receiving yards, 10 total TDs. Bears: Khalil Herbert and David Montgomery. His day didn't stop there, either, as he had a second kickoff return for a touchdown. 1 now, but there's a reason why Denver decided late to bring back Gordon as a savvy No. He earned just a 65.3 PFF grade over the first six weeks of the season before a foot injury sidelined him for the rest of the year. The only reason that they havent emerged as a starter is the presence of a well-established veteran (Elliott, Chubb and Jones) in front of them on the depth chart. 2021 stats:202 carries, 752 rushing yards, 3.7 yards per carry, 37 receptions on 39 targets, 375 receiving yards, 18 total TDs. Which player earns the No. San Franciscos Elijah Mitchell is the best back in the division entering the season, but Williams is more accomplished and steady than Jeff Wilson. It was telling when a seventh-round rookie (Isiah Pacheco) took over as the starter seven weeks into the season. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Hubbard looked for a bigger role after the Panthers traded Christian McCaffrey to San Francisco in October. Hall isn't . Maurice Jones-Drew says yes. Pierce was one of the biggest surprises of the 2022 campaign, solidifying himself as an Offensive Rookie of the Year candidate before missing the final month of the season with an ankle injury. Below we rank the running backs from the NFC West, starting with the best. Beyond being dynamos in the rushing attack, the most talented players at the position are also key contributors as receivers and pass blockers. Three different running backs have recorded at least 75 conversions first downs and touchdowns as a rusher and receiver over the last three seasons: Ekeler, McCaffrey and Kamara. 2022 stats:16 games | 95 att | 394 rush yds | 4.1 ypc | 2 rush TDs | 38 rec | 287 rec yds | 4 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost. An Offensive Rookie of the Year finalist, Walker took advantage of his opportunities after Rashaad Penny sustained a season-ending injury in Week 5. As is always the case with a Kyle Shanahan backfield, though, you never really know which running back could emerge as the guy for stretches during the season. Digital Media Coordinator. 1 and 2 on this list. Stevenson was touted as a power back out of Oklahoma but showed he could be complete as a rookie, to the point he may pick up injured James White's key receiving snaps in 2022 to split more of the work with Harris. Thats pretty strong evidence pointing to the idea that the partially torn PCL that Elliott played through impacted his performance. It is important to note that Los Angeles Rams running back Cam Akers will not be on the list, as he tore his. Swift still has all of the traits to become a top-tier running back, but he needs better health luck. Edwards missed the first six weeks of the season while recovering from the previous year's torn ACL. He almost never left the field and was integral to everything Carolina did on offense, ranking eighth in the league in rushing conversions (56) and ninth in receiving conversions (58) across players at all positions. 2022 stats:15 games | 54 att | 217 rush yds | 4.0 ypc | 3 rush TDs | 5 rec | 15 rec yds | 0 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost. Hell look to turn that around in 2022. Clement had all 15 of his carries over the final two games of a lost season for the Cardinals, hitting pay dirt on a 1-yard plunge in Week 18. 1 on this list and he should be headed to his biggest all-around season yet with his expanded role in a Kevin O'Connell offensive scheme tailored to his rushing and receiving strengths. Thats a lot of wear and tear, but the 26-year-old Elliott actually looked spry early in the 2021 season before a knee injury in Week 4 against the Panthers slowed his hot start. 2022 stats:17 games | 30 att | 160 rush yds | 5.3 ypc | 1 rush TD | 12 rec | 88 rec yds | 0 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost. The 2021 season provided an opportunity for Mixon to bounce back, and he answered the call. But in 2021, not a single running back in the NFC West rushed for 1,000 yards. On top of that, he was involved more than ever in the pass game, adding nearly 400 receiving yards, a career-high for him. Now the Chiefs are caught between featuring and fading him into a complementary role. 2021 stats:292 carries, 1,205 rushing yards, 4.1 yards per carry, 42 receptions on 48 targets, 314 receiving yards, 16 total TDs. Ranking the top 32 NFL running backs for the 2022 season - Page 31. Chills. You have to give offensive coordinator Ben Johnson credit for feeding Williams the rock at the goal line. Here is how we rank the top 32 duos in the league going into 2022. Henry remains one of the most dominant players in the NFL. 2022 stats:17 games | 54 att | 220 rush yds | 4.1 ypc | 1 rush TDs | 20 rec | 118 rec yds | 0 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost. The Commanders have their new play caller in former Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, and they are wasting no time in allowing the new assistant head coach and offensive coordinator to explore some options for his new staff.Stanford quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard and Chiefs running backs coach Greg Lewis both visited Washington today for potential roles on Bieniemy's new . Harris has operated as a reliable power back for McDaniels and he will remain the early-down and red zone back of choice in New England behind some sturdy blocking, assuming he stays in New England. 2022 stats:12 games | 109 att | 482 rush yds | 4.4 ypc | 4 rush TDs | 17 rec | 89 rec yds | 1 rec TD | 0 fumbles lost. Hines was primarily a returner for both the Colts and Bills in 2022, and there's no doubt the highlight of his season -- maybe of the NFL season in general -- came in Week 18, when he returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown on the Bills' first play since safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest. 2022 stats: 17 games | 340 att | 1,653 rush yds | 4.9 ypc | 12 rush TDs | 53 rec | 400 rec yds | 0 rec TDs | 1 fumble lost. 2022 stats:12 games | 22 att | 145 rush yds | 6.6 ypc | 0 rush TDs | 21 rec | 177 rec yds | 4 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost. With camp just around the corner, Bills Wire will examine the Bills roster position-by-position. The result: The NFL has a brand new rushing champ. And though a high ankle sprain sidelined the third-year back in Week 11, it's no certainty that CEH reclaims the RB1 job in 2023. Neither injury kept him out for an extended period of time, but their impact shows in Cooks 2021 rushing numbers. Eight running backs got carries for the Saints in 2022, with Ingram posting the second-most attempts and rushing yards behind Alvin Kamara. 2022 stats:15 games | 25 att | 93 rush yds | 3.7 ypc | 0 rush TDs | 11 rec | 57 rec yds | 0 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost. Hes been particularly effective in the gap rushing schemes that the Patriots favor, grading out in the 82nd percentile of all qualifying running backs in rushing grade in those schemes. The Lions surrendered fewer passing yards to RBs (331) and . Patterson had two 100-yard rushing performances before the injury, but never looked quite the same after his stint on IR. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports By Ben Linsey May 17, 2022 Gibson was disappointing as he didn't deliver as the complete big back in Year 2 while playing through some injury and fumbling issues. Thats a lot of wear and tear, but the 26-year-old Elliott actually looked spry early in the 2021 season before a knee injury in Week 4 against the Panthers slowed his hot start. Will the Cowboys or Packers tandem earn the No. The 49ers get a big stop by dropping Sony . The Seahawks took second place, led by veteran Geno Smith, who many wrote off as a career backup or bridge QB after the . The offense of the Cleveland Browns was not perfect by any means, but they remained one of the more efficient offenses in the NFL. Jan. 30, 2022, 9:16 p.m. promoting him in-house from his 2022 job as a special assistant on McCarthy's staff, to replace the departed Kellen Moore. Weekly Play Three different views are below. Showcasing reliable hands and a knack for the end zone, he carved out a nice role as a pass catcher for Tennessee, scoring four touchdowns on 21 receptions. Decided late to bring back Gordon as a true freshman the Lions surrendered fewer passing yards RBs! 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