Chuba Hubbard was already Carolina's starting running back when Jonathon Brooks returned in September. Four games into the season, Hubbard has given the Panthers even less reason to reconsider that arrangement. Brooks, meanwhile, is facing another lengthy absence after a groin injury that required core-muscle surgery. Carolina enters Week 6 coming off its bye, but […]

Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet has a chance to make his season debut in Week 7, with an unsettled backfield waiting for him. Emanuel Wilson and George Holani both lost fumbles in Sunday's 32-29 defeat to San Francisco, adding another problem to Seattle's uneven running game. A starting opportunity looks realistic for Charbonnet. What […]

Aaron Jones has carried the Minnesota Vikings through the first five weeks, but the workload wasn't supposed to be his alone. He rushed 25 times for 113 yards and a touchdown against New Orleans on Sunday, his fourth straight game with at least 17 carries. Minnesota enters its Week 6 bye at 5-0, with Jordan […]

Jonah Coleman has played just one NFL game with a meaningful workload, yet Denver's struggling rushing attack gives fantasy managers reason to watch his recovery closely. The rookie scored a go-ahead touchdown against Jacksonville in Week 2 before an ankle injury landed him on injured reserve. J.K. Dobbins still controls most of the Broncos' carries, […]

New Orleans could not settle its backfield even with Travis Etienne Jr. unavailable. Kendre Miller led the Saints with 10 carries against Minnesota in Week 5, while Alvin Kamara had three and CJ Donaldson four. None of the three has established a reliable lead role. That leaves Etienne with an opportunity whenever his injured hamstring […]

Arizona Cardinals running back James Conner hasn't played since September 2025, and his long-awaited return still isn't on the calendar. Even when he's cleared to play, his old starting job probably won't be waiting. Arizona has spent the opening five games rotating rookie Jeremiyah Love and veteran Tyler Allgeier. Love is the third overall pick […]

Seattle Seahawks running back Jadarian Price (chest) won't help fantasy lineups in Week 6. The rookie has been on injured reserve since October 3, and Thursday's matchup with Denver falls within the mandatory four-game absence. The harder decision is whether he's worth holding until he can return. Seattle spent a first-round pick on Price, but […]

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs hasn't taken a regular-season snap in 2026, and another week has passed without clarity on when he might return. The Packers host Dallas on Sunday night, but Jacobs remains on the NFL's Commissioner's Exempt List. For fantasy managers who drafted him as a weekly starter, five missed games […]

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara managed just six scrimmage yards in Sunday's 23-13 loss to Minnesota. With Travis Etienne Jr. already on injured reserve, the veteran seemed positioned for more opportunities. Instead, Kendre Miller led the backfield in carries and Kamara barely saw the field. A back injury complicated his preparation for Week […]

Houston Texans running back David Montgomery opened the season with three touchdowns against the Buffalo Bills. Since then, he's gone four games without finding the end zone, and a groin injury has made his short-term outlook even more difficult to trust. Montgomery left Sunday's 26-3 win over the Tennessee Titans in the second quarter. Head […]

Denver Broncos running back RJ Harvey went from catching 10 passes against San Francisco in Week 4 to catching none against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. He finished Denver's 23-17 win with three carries for seven yards, and his only target fell incomplete. That's a difficult result to absorb when bye weeks are already […]

Saquon Barkley is out, Miami has lost De'Von Achane for the season, and Seattle remains without Jadarian Price. Those absences have pushed backup running backs into Week 5 lineups, but some have shown considerably more than others. Emanuel Wilson has already handled at least 21 carries twice this season. Ollie Gordon II just delivered his […]

Four games can change the way dynasty managers look at a player in a hurry. Sometimes they should. Roles disappear, injuries pile up, and what looked like a stable situation in August can look completely different by October. Drake Maye's rebound in Buffalo hasn't erased his September slide in value. Garrett Wilson still has a […]

Five weeks into the college football season, fantasy managers have enough information to start forming strong opinions. That can also create some of the best trade windows of the year, especially when one ugly performance, an injury, or an unsustainable touchdown streak starts carrying too much weight. Caleb Hawkins is getting plenty of work without […]

Week 4 is where I start trusting September usage a little more than whatever we thought the backfields would look like in August. Three games is not a huge sample, but it is enough to spot a few jobs that are changing quickly. That matters most in the RB2 and flex range. Some managers are […]

Week 5 brings the first real bye-week squeeze of the college fantasy season. Ten teams are off, including Texas, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Oregon, UCLA, Utah, and Kansas State, so plenty of managers are going to need an actual starter from the waiver wire rather than another name to stash for later. Four weeks of football […]

Two weeks into an NFL season is when dynasty managers start talking themselves into moves they would have laughed at in August. A slow start looks permanent. A veteran scores three touchdowns and feels safe again. That creates opportunities. That does not mean the first two games should be ignored. We have snaps, touches, targets, […]

Week 1 finally gave us something more useful than camp buzz and depth-chart guesses. Week 2 brought a second data point. Not every backfield is settled, but a few are starting to show what they actually want to be. The tougher calls are still in the middle. Nobody needs help starting Jahmyr Gibbs. The work […]

By Week 4, the easy sleepers are getting harder to find. Three full Saturdays have pushed several early breakouts out of this column entirely, either because their Yahoo roster rates climbed too high or because the role underneath the production did not hold up. The players still available now need more than one interesting box […]

Week 1 finally gave us something more useful than depth charts and August speculation. We have carries, targets, snap counts, injuries, and at least a first idea of how teams want to divide their backfields. Of course, one game can also create some bad conclusions. That is what makes the late-week decisions interesting. Most fantasy […]

Two weeks is enough to make the board look very different from the one we had in August. Preseason depth charts still matter, but actual carries, targets, and quarterback usage matter more now. A few lightly rostered players have already turned good camp stories into jobs we can trust. Week 3 also gives us different […]

Week 1 running back decisions are always a little uncomfortable. We have depth charts, preseason usage, coach comments, and injury reports, but we still have not seen most of these backfields play a real game together. That is where this list comes in. Nobody needs to be told to start Bijan Robinson. These are the […]

Week 2 gives us something preseason sleeper lists never can: evidence. Depth charts matter less once we have actual carries, targets, and quarterback usage. Several lightly rostered players showed enough in the opener to move from speculative adds to legitimate lineup options. Every player below is rostered in fewer than 50% of Yahoo College Fantasy […]

The first few rounds of a fantasy hockey draft usually aren't where people think leagues are won. Everybody knows the names. Nobody is finding sleepers in the early rounds. The difference is finding players who can give you more than what you paid for, even when the price is already steep. For this list, I […]

Week 1 is where college fantasy football gets uncomfortable fast. A month of camp reports gives way to actual depth charts, transfer-heavy offenses finally take the field, and some of the players nobody wanted to draft suddenly become usable because of one good matchup. That is the idea here. Every player below is rostered in […]

Yahoo college fantasy football drafts are set to begin on August 3, and at RotoBaller, we have you covered with our preseason draft coverage and in-season rankings articles for CFB. Today, let's walk through our top 75 college fantasy football running back draft rankings for 2026. In the rankings below, check out where big-name players and […]

The 2026 NFL Draft has come and gone, and rookie fever is already running through fantasy football draft rooms. Some of that excitement is warranted. Most of it is not. Every year, a handful of rookies land in favorable situations and watch their Underdog ADP shoot past the point where they can realistically pay off […]

Fantasy football drafts are already underway, and the picks you make in the first round will define your season before it begins. Last year, De'Von Achane emerged as one of fantasy's most explosive backs, finishing as a top-5 running back with 20.2 PPR points per game. Trey McBride shattered the NFL record for receptions by […]