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Jarquez Hunter is a fantasy football sleeper and value in 2025 fantasy football rookie drafts. Read the fantasy football outlook for the new Rams running back.
DRAFT PICK: 4th Round (#117 Overall Pick)
TEAM: Los Angeles Rams
ROOKIE DRAFT ANALYSIS: The presence of Kyren Williams is giving many fantasy managers pause when it comes to Hunter, but he may be just better than Williams out of the gate. Of course, it will take time for Rams head coach Sean McVay to work him into the offense, most likely.
Immediately, the biggest issue for the Rams' run game was the lack of explosive plays. Williams was given the ball 316 times on rushes, the third most in the NFL (behind only Derrick Henry and Saquon Barkley), yet he managed just two carries over 20 yards. That's an abysmal rate. And you can't blame anyone but him for that one.
He simply doesn't have the speed or burst to make them happen consistently unless he has an elite run-blocking offensive line, like the unit the Rams fielded in 2023. That was an aberration, I suppose. Williams ran a 4.65-second 40-yard dash, compared to Hunter's 4.44.
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Williams and his backup, Blake Corum, were both ppor at breaking tackles and creating explosive plays. And both are slower than Hunter. Hunter should immediately become this team's RB2 and could quickly challenge for the RB1 role. Sell Williams now if you have him.
Hunter has the talent to back up investing in him. He's somehow slept on despite having played in the SEC and averaging a ridiculous 6.4 yards per carry on 187 carries, good for 1,201 yards and a touchdown. A lot of players get slandered for their production in smaller conferences (selectively, of course, because Ashton Jeanty is excluded), but Hunter is legit.
- John Johnson
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