March 27, 2026
Across 12 games for the University of Washington in 2025, running back Jonah Coleman racked up 1,112 yards from scrimmage and 17 touchdowns on 187 touches. The 22-year-old is considered one of the better running back prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft and could hear his name called as early as day two of the upcoming draft in April. Coleman is known as a productive three-down player who provides stability as both a rusher and pass-blocker. However, he's not considered to be an elite athlete or a dynamic tackle-breaker, which limits his fantasy upside. Coleman also appears unlikely to earn a high-volume role in an NFL backfield as a rookie, so fantasy managers may have to be patient with him. RotoBaller currently ranks Coleman as the 31st-best running back for dynasty formats.
--Will BradySource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
Across 17 games with the Carolina Panthers in 2025, running back
Rico Dowdle racked up 1,373 scrimmage yards and seven touchdowns on 275 touches. After recording just 83 rushing yards over Carolina's first four games of the season, Dowdle took advantage of a mid-season injury to fellow Panthers back
Chuba Hubbard and emerged as the team's RB1 through the remainder of the year. Dowdle's emergence in Carolina was enough to earn him a two-year, $12.25 million contract from the Pittsburgh Steelers in free agency. In Pittsburgh, Dowdle will likely split touches with incumbent Steelers back
Jaylen Warren. Warren's presence limits Dowdle's fantasy upside, particularly as a receiver. However, Dowdle is the more physical of the two backs and could be the team's preferred early-down and red zone rusher. Overall, Dowdle profiles as a fringe starting running back option for fantasy managers in a split backfield in Pittsburgh.
--Will BradySource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
Texas A&M wide receiver
KC Concepcion is widely considered one of the better prospects at his position in the 2026 NFL Draft and has a chance to be picked in the back half of the first round. Across 13 games for the Aggies in 2025, the 21-year-old hauled in 61 receptions for 919 yards and nine touchdowns. He's known as a dynamic route-runner in the short and intermediate areas of the field and can be a high-volume possession wideout in the NFL. However, there are questions about his ability to consistently win on contested catches and downfield routes. Concepcion's skill set should give him a stable production floor, particularly in PPR-scoring leagues. Still, fantasy managers should account for the potential of a limited upside due to inconsistency in terms of creating big plays. RotoBaller currently ranks Concepcion as the 46th-best wide receiver for dynasty formats.
--Will BradySource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
After being traded from the New Orleans Saints to the Seattle Seahawks at the 2025 trade deadline, wide receiver
Rashid Shaheed re-signed in Seattle on a three-year, $51 million deal earlier this offseason. While the relatively lucrative pact signals that the Seahawks view Shaheed as an important part of their roster, the 27-year-old's numbers actually fell off quite a bit after being traded. Across nine games with Seattle, Shaheed recorded just 15 catches for 188 yards and zero touchdowns on 26 targets. The Seahawks may have bigger plans for Shaheed in his first full year with the team in 2026. However, star Seattle wideout
Jaxon Smith-Njigba remains likely to dominate targets, and the Seahawks have other capable pass-catchers in need of looks, such as wideouts
Cooper Kupp and
Tory Horton. Shaheed showed signs of becoming a more well-rounded wide receiver towards the end of his run in New Orleans, but his fantasy viability is limited without a similar role shift in Seattle.
--Will BradySource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
Across 11 games (eight starts) in 2025, Washington Commanders quarterback
Marcus Mariota completed 65.2% of his pass attempts for 1,695 yards, 10 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. The 32-year-old also remained a productive player with his legs, rushing for 297 yards and a touchdown on 50 attempts. Mariota was forced into more playing time than Washington would have liked in 2025, as star quarterback
Jayden Daniels played in just seven games due to knee, hamstring, and elbow injuries. Still, Mariota profiles as one of the better backup quarterback options in the NFL, and the Commanders re-signed him to a one-year deal for the 2026 season in early March. When Mariota gets a chance to play, his dual-threat ability makes him a quality streaming option for fantasy managers, especially in two-quarterback formats. Given Daniels' durability question marks, Mariota should at least be on the radar of deep-league managers entering 2026.
--Will BradySource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
Free-agent running back
Najee Harris (Achilles) is scheduled to meet with the Las Vegas Raiders next Thursday, sources told Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. The former Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Chargers RB visited with the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday as he looks for his new home. The 28-year-old former 24th overall pick by the Steelers in 2021 out of Alabama began his NFL career with four straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons in the Steel City. He signed with the Chargers as a free agent last offseason, but he only appeared in three games for the Bolts in 2025 before suffering a season-ending torn Achilles tendon. Harris probably isn't an option to re-sign in L.A. after the Chargers picked up former Ravens RB
Keaton Mitchell to give them depth behind
Omarion Hampton. If Harris were to sign with Vegas, he'd be the clear backup to second-year back
Ashton Jeanty and would merely be a handcuff option in fantasy football leagues.
--Keith HernandezSource: NFL Network - Ian Rapoport
March 27, 2026
The Buffalo Bills re-signed safety Damar Hamlin (pectoral) to an undisclosed one-year deal on Friday, according to Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team. Hamlin will return to the Bills for a sixth season after they originally selected him in the sixth round (212th overall) in 2021 out of Pittsburgh. The 28-year-old defensive back missed the final 13 games of last season due to a pectoral injury, but he should be fully healthy for the start of training camp this summer. In just five games played in 2025, Hamlin had one solo tackle for the Bills. Hamlin started 13 of the 15 games he appeared in during his second year in the league in 2022 before collapsing on the field in January of that season due to a cardiac-arrest incident. It was a scary scene. He returned to play in five games the following season, then started all 14 games he appeared in during 2024. Hamlin will most likely be in a reserve role in Buffalo's secondary in 2026.
--Keith HernandezSource: The 33rd Team - Ari Meirov
March 27, 2026
Penn State running back
Nicholas Singleton was a four-year contributor for the Nittany Lions, but he was never able to recapture the magic of his 2022 true freshman season. After scoring 10 touchdowns and nearly reaching 1,000 yards on a 6.3 yards per carry clip, his average dropped below five yards per attempt over his next three seasons, and he topped double-digit rushing scores only once more. Singleton is often knocked for his subpar vision, but he has the physical traits offensive coordinators dream about, and which often translate into fantasy success. He weighs in at nearly 220 pounds, and had he not injured his foot during Senior Bowl practices, he likely would have threatened for one of the faster 40 times at the NFL Combine. In a wide-open rookie running back class, those physical tools could see him come off the board earlier than anticipated, and he will likely become a divisive pick in the second round of dynasty rookie drafts.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
Running back
J.K. Dobbins (foot) recently agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal to return to a Denver Broncos team that he led in rushing in 2025 despite missing the final seven games of the season. Denver had made upgrading the position a public priority before essentially returning the same unit from last year. With the Broncos picking comfortably outside of the range to add an impact rookie like
Jeremiyah Love, the team looks to be heading into 2026 with Dobbins,
RJ Harvey, and
Jaleel McLaughlin again topping the depth chart. Dobbins was easily the most effective runner of that group in 2025, averaging nearly a yard and a half more per carry than Harvey, and pacing toward 1,300 rushing yards before his Week 10 foot injury. Denver returns all five starters from an offensive line that has regularly been considered among the best in the league, and they made a splash by trading for former Dolphins receiver
Jaylen Waddle, a move that should elevate the entire offense.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
Notre Dame wide receiver
Malachi Fields played five collegiate seasons, but he was never able to top the 811 receiving yards from his 2023 sophomore season at Virginia. From an analytical perspective, his 2.20 yards per route run as a senior, which has become a strong indicator of fantasy success, ranks in the bottom half of the draft class. Fields made several highlight-worthy plays during Senior Bowl practices and was commonly linked to the late first round in early mock drafts, but a rocky showing at the NFL Combine, along with further dissection of his production profile, has now landed him closer to late Day 2 status in more recent mocks. With no clear consensus on how the rest of the rookie wide receiver class will shake out behind the Big Three of Jordan Tyson,
Carnell Tate, and
Makai Lemon, draft capital will become a telling piece of his rookie profile.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
New Orleans Saints running back
Travis Etienne Jr. was one of the first names off the board when the legal tampering window opened ahead of the new league year. Now that the dust has settled on the early wave of free agency, his landing spot in the bayou looks to be one of the better fits from a fantasy perspective. In year one under head coach Kellen Moore, the Saints ran one of the fastest paces of play in the league, and their signing of former Bills guard David Edwards to a four-year, $61 million contract should help to bolster the interior of a line that ranked near the bottom of the league in run blocking. Etienne's own signing of a top-of-the-market four-year, $52 million deal also signals the Saints' intent to make him a true workhorse back. His 325 touches in 2023 mark a career-high by a wide margin and uncoincidentally resulted in a career-best RB3 finish in Half-PPR formats.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 27, 2026
Alabama quarterback
Ty Simpson finished his collegiate career with a limited body of work, but his athleticism, pocket presence, and leadership ability have been enough to impress several teams. He has spent most of the pre-draft process as the consensus number two quarterback in the class, with the biggest question being how much later than presumed number one overall pick
Fernando Mendoza he will slide. With the NFL Draft less than a month away, Simpson has regularly found himself mocked in the back half of the first round. Three of his most common landing spots have been with the Rams, Jets, and Steelers, with whom he could be thrust into his earliest starting role, depending on how the
Aaron Rodgers saga plays out. If Simpson does earn first-round NFL capital, he will likely slot into the late first round of dynasty rookie drafts as well.
--Patrick McGrathSource: RotoBaller
March 26, 2026
The Arizona Cardinals are setting up to be a run-heavy offense in 2026 under new head coach Mike LaFleur. Running backs
James Conner (foot) and
Trey Benson (knee) will both be returning from season-ending injuries early in 2025, and the team also signed former Atlanta Falcons RB
Tyler Allgeier to a two-year, $12.25 million contract in free agency. The 25-year-old Allgeier could never truly reach his ceiling in Atlanta while working behind stud RB1
Bijan Robinson, and now he could be part of a three-headed RB attack in the desert, depending on the health of both Conner and Benson. Allgeier had a 1,000-yard rushing season in his rookie campaign in 2022 on 210 carries and then regressed each season after that in terms of yardage, although he did have a career-high eight TDs in 17 games in 2025. He's been durable in his four NFL seasons, missing just one game. Allgeier should at the very least be in play as a touchdown-dependent RB3/flex (like he was in Atlanta), but he'll have clear RB2 upside if he emerges as Arizona's backfield leader.
--Keith HernandezSource: Pro Football Reference
March 26, 2026
Tampa Bay Buccaneers new running back
Kenneth Gainwell broke out in 2025 in his fifth year in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers, carrying the ball 114 times for 537 yards (4.7 yards per carry) and five rushing touchdowns. But where he made his mark was in the short passing game for the Steelers, catching 73 passes (fourth-most among RBs) on 85 targets for 486 yards (fifth-most among RBs) and three additional touchdowns in 17 regular-season games. The 27-year-old signed a two-year, $14 million contract with the Buccaneers in free agency and will essentially replace
Rachaad White, who is now in Washington, as the No. 2 back in Tampa behind early-down RB
Bucky Irving. He's an ideal complement to Irving in the backfield, but Irving should continue to catch his fair share of passes, too, if he remains healthy. Gainwell should have a solid PPR floor in his new home as the team's pass-catching back, but fantasy managers should prepare for regression from what could very easily end up being his career year in 2025.
--Keith HernandezSource: Pro Football Reference
March 26, 2026
Georgia wide receiver
Zachariah Branch, who projects to be a Day 2 pick in this year's NFL draft, could be a rookie to target in dynasty-league drafts, depending on his landing spot. Branch caught an SEC-high 81 passes for a career-high 811 receiving yards and a career-high six touchdown catches in 14 games with the Bulldogs in 2025 in his junior season. He combined for 78 receptions for 823 yards and three touchdowns in 23 games in his first two collegiate seasons at USC. The 5-foot-9, 177-pounder is a burner with a 4.35-second 40-yard dash, but he also features excellent yards-after-the-catch ability and a phenomenal work ethic. Durability could be an issue at the next level, though, due to his lack of size and length. He's also considered more of a project in terms of his route tree, which is why Branch is projected to be more of a late second-round pick next month. Branch projects to be a special-teams return man in the NFL and also a slot receiver with plenty of big-play ability.
--Keith HernandezSource: Sports Reference
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