Early Week 2 Half-PPR Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Tyler Allgeier, Justice Hill, Kyren Williams, Zack Moss, more

Welcome back, Rotoballers! We saw some breakout performances from fantasy running backs in Week 2, and some ket running backs like Cam Akers underwhelm. We are here to sort it all out as today you will find our Week 2 half-PPR running back rankings for fantasy football as of September 13th. Our goal, as always, is to help you set those winning lineups, so let's see where key players like Kyren Williams, Joshua Kelley, Tyler Allgeier, Miles Sanders, Tank Bigsby, Zack Moss, Justice Hill, Najee Harris, James Cook, and Javonte Williams rank, among others.

Our half-PPR fantasy football running back rankings are put together by Nick Mariano. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for this week. There are always key injuries to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff.

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Week 2 Fantasy Football Running Back News and Injuries

• • Tarik Cohen To Sign With Carolina's Practice Squad
  • Evan Hull Lands On Injured Reserve
  • Kenneth Gainwell Uncertain For Thursday Night
  • Myles Gaskin Signed To Active Roster
  • Breece Hall Breaks Off Huge Run In Week 1 Victory

 

Early Week 2 Fantasy Football Half-PPR Running Back Rankings

You can also check out our Week 2 PPR rankings and Standard rankings.

Note that quarterbacks, defenses and kickers are all grouped separately towards the bottom. Each of those positions is ranked on their own. This helps to compare running backs, wide receivers and tight ends for FLEX spots (without QB, DEF, K mixed in).

Last updated on Wednesday 9/13 at 3:00 pm EST

RB Tier	RB Rank	Player Name	Pos.	Overall Rank
1	1	Christian McCaffrey	RB	1
1	2	Nick Chubb	RB	3
1	3	Saquon Barkley	RB	4
1	4	Derrick Henry	RB	6
1	5	Austin Ekeler	RB	8
1	6	Bijan Robinson	RB	9
2	7	Tony Pollard	RB	11
2	8	Travis Etienne Jr.	RB	12
2	9	Josh Jacobs	RB	14
3	10	Joe Mixon	RB	15
3	11	Kenneth Walker III	RB	19
3	12	Aaron Jones	RB	22
3	13	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	23
3	14	David Montgomery	RB	25
3	15	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	27
3	16	Alexander Mattison	RB	28
3	17	James Cook	RB	30
4	18	Jamaal Williams	RB	31
4	19	Raheem Mostert	RB	35
4	20	Rachaad White	RB	37
4	21	Isiah Pacheco	RB	39
4	22	James Conner	RB	43
5	23	Dameon Pierce	RB	44
5	24	Najee Harris	RB	45
5	25	Miles Sanders	RB	48
5	26	Javonte Williams	RB	49
5	27	Tyler Allgeier	RB	57
5	28	Brian Robinson Jr.	RB	65
5	29	Breece Hall	RB	70
5	30	Samaje Perine	RB	73
6	31	Dalvin Cook	RB	78
6	32	Justice Hill	RB	81
6	33	Gus Edwards	RB	91
6	34	Zack Moss	RB	93
7	35	AJ Dillon	RB	99
7	36	Tank Bigsby	RB	102
8	37	Kyren Williams	RB	105
8	38	Joshua Kelley	RB	106
8	39	Khalil Herbert	RB	119
8	40	D'Andre Swift	RB	124
8	41	Cam Akers	RB	126
8	42	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	131
8	43	Jerick McKinnon	RB	134
9	44	Antonio Gibson	RB	139
9	45	Roschon Johnson	RB	144
9	46	Jaylen Warren	RB	150
9	47	Elijah Mitchell	RB	153
9	48	Zach Charbonnet	RB	160
9	49	Tyjae Spears	RB	161
10	50	Deon Jackson	RB	162
10	51	Damien Harris	RB	163
10	52	Sean Tucker	RB	164
10	53	Devin Singletary	RB	166
11	54	Chuba Hubbard	RB	176
11	55	D'Onta Foreman	RB	178
11	56	Jerome Ford	RB	179
11	57	Rico Dowdle	RB	180
11	58	Kendre Miller	RB	184
11	59	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	191
12	60	Rashaad Penny	RB	195
12	61	Chris Evans	RB	197
12	62	Zamir White	RB	202
12	63	Ty Chandler	RB	203
13	64	Latavius Murray	RB	204
13	65	Michael Carter	RB	209
13	66	Chase Edmonds	RB	210
13	67	Deuce Vaughn	RB	211
13	68	De'Von Achane	RB	216
13	69	Keaontay Ingram	RB	222
13	70	Trayveon Williams	RB	223
13	71	Israel Abanikanda	RB	227
14	72	Pierre Strong Jr.	RB	236
14	73	Boston Scott	RB	239
15	74	Chase Brown	RB	241
15	75	Cordarrelle Patterson	RB	246
15	76	Isaiah Spiller	RB	247
15	77	Matt Breida	RB	252
15	78	Salvon Ahmed	RB	255
15	79	JaMycal Hasty	RB	258
15	80	Jordan Mason	RB	261
15	81	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	263
15	82	Raheem Blackshear	RB	265
15	83	Patrick Ricard	RB	266
15	84	Gary Brightwell	RB	268
15	85	Alec Ingold	RB	269
15	86	Melvin Gordon III	RB	270
15	87	Zach Evans	RB	272
15	88	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	273
15	89	DeeJay Dallas	RB	275
15	90	Tyrion Davis-Price	RB	276
15	91	Malik Davis	RB	277
15	92	Myles Gaskin	RB	278
15	93	Zonovan Knight	RB	279
15	94	Ty Montgomery II	RB	280
15	95	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	RB	281
16	96	Deneric Prince	RB	282
16	97	Mike Boone	RB	283
16	98	Tony Jones Jr.	RB	284
16	99	Ameer Abdullah	RB	285
16	100	Jaleel McLaughlin	RB	286
16	101	DeWayne McBride	RB	287

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