The 2024 fantasy football season is now in the rearview mirror, so … what’s next? Well, if you’ve been playing this great hobby as long as I have, you know there’s never an offseason! In fact, I’ve already started to construct my fantasy player rankings for the 2025 campaign!
At the running back position, we saw serious positive movement from a number of players who weren’t expected to become fantasy assets. Chase Brown became a top-10 player at the position, and Bucky Irving emerged into a highly-productive weekly fantasy starter with the Buccaneers. Chuba Hubbard produced a top-15 finish almost out of nowhere, and we saw Rico Dowdle go from a fantasy afterthought and into a top-25 fantasy running back.
On the flip side, fans were disappointed by a number of runners, none more than Christian McCaffrey and Travis Etienne Jr. Both were drafted as top-10 running backs based on ADP data, and neither finished in the top 30 at the position. Others, such as Rashaad White, Rhamondre Stevenson, Javonte Williams, and Zamir White, didn’t meet expectations.
The upcoming offseason promises plenty of roster changes, which could include Aaron Jones, J.K. Dobbins, and Najee Harris (among others) potentially switching teams as free agents. Also, young runners coming out of college, none more prominent than Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, could end up breaking into the top 20 at the position. But for now, here’s my way-too-early look at the fantasy running back position for next season.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Fabs' Way-Too-Early Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for 2025.