Running Back Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

40 running backs ranked

RUNNING BACK RANKINGS 2027 NFL DRAFT

Running back is a middling class, and the player at the top of it has a question hanging over him. No back reaches our top fifteen, which has also been true in three of the previous six years, though the top end is stronger than the 2022 and 2024 groups were.

Missouri's Ahmad Hardy still holds the position. He was a consensus All-American, a Doak Walker Award finalist and the SEC's leading rusher with 1,649 yards and 16 touchdowns. He was also shot in the upper leg in May and needed surgery, has not yet returned to practice, and will miss the season opener with no timeline set for his return.

Miami's Mark Fletcher Jr. rushed for 507 yards across the College Football Playoff, the most in its history, and was offensive MVP of the quarterfinal win over Ohio State. Georgia's Nate Frazier led the Bulldogs in rushing as a true sophomore for third-team All-SEC honours.

Only one back sits inside our top thirty-two.

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
29	RB Roderick Robinson II	6-1 235lbs 4.64	RB	235lbs	6-1	4.64	36	551.5	68.9 MORE>>	Four games, six carries, 22 yards: the 2025 season was a roster line, not a campaign, the third straight year injuries have hollowed out a...
19	RB Keyjuan Brown	5-10 210lbs 4.62	RB	210lbs	5-10	4.62	13	194.7	73.3 MORE>>	Few backs anywhere squeezed more from their touches: 703 yards on just 96 carries, better than seven a pop, with top-tier rushing tape,...
1	RB Ahmad Hardy	5-10 206lbs 4.59	RB	206lbs	5-10	4.59	3	31.5	87.1 MORE>>	The most violent runner in college football also turned out to be one of the most productive: 1,648 yards, sixteen touchdowns, consensus...
20	RB Derrick Davis Jr.	6-0 210lbs 4.56	RB	210lbs	6-0	4.56	20	304	71.9 MORE>>	This is a bet on an athlete, not a tape library. Davis arrived at LSU as a four-star safety, moved to running back when injuries forced the...
16	RB DeSean Bishop	5-10 208lbs 4.55	RB	208lbs	5-10	4.55	19	291	75.3 MORE>>	The walk-on made the record book: 1,076 yards and a team-high sixteen touchdowns, All-SEC recognition, top-tier rushing tape, and...
18	RB Darius Taylor	6-0 215lbs 4.54	RB	215lbs	6-0	4.54	22	314.5	74.1 MORE>>	The three-down toolkit is closer to complete than anyone else's in this tier: thirty-four catches with receiving tape among the group's...
13	RB Hollywood Smothers	5-11 195lbs 4.52	RB	195lbs	5-11	4.52	8	96.8	81.4 MORE>>	Smothers is a shifty, sure-handed three-down back who led the ACC in rushing per game at NC State and did it without putting the ball on...
5	RB Mark Fletcher Jr....	6-2 225lbs 4.52	RB	225lbs	6-2	4.52	5	61.6	86.2 MORE>>	Fletcher is a downhill power back at 225 pounds with good timed speed for the weight and the leg drive to fall forward through contact, and...
40	RB Braydon Bennett	6-2 205lbs 4.50	RB	205lbs	6-2	4.50	40	698.5	56.6 MORE>>	Six college seasons have built a special-teams resume and little else: four carries for eight yards across the 2025 Virginia Tech season,...
38	RB Isaiah Augustave	6-2 210lbs 4.50	RB	210lbs	6-2	4.50	28	344	61.8 MORE>>	The 2024 season at Colorado, 384 yards as the backfield's leading rusher, remains the only real entry in the ledger: 2025 at South Carolina...
23	RB James Peoples	5-10 206lbs 4.50	RB	206lbs	5-10	4.50	29	465	71.2 MORE>>	Recruiting rankings said star; the depth chart said otherwise. Peoples arrived at Ohio State as a national top-100 recruit and the...
21	RB Quintrevion Wisner	6-0 194lbs 4.50	RB	194lbs	6-0	4.50	16	246.5	71.8 MORE>>	A year removed from a thousand-yard season, the hamstring never let him show it: injured against Ohio State in the opener, Wisner managed...

We've compared players post combine 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds.
The exceptional athletic freaks (determined by the combination of speed vs weight) will be found at the top right of the chart while the less impressive athletes will be sitting towards the bottom left.

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We've compared players 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds.
The exceptional athletic freaks (determined by the combination of speed vs weight) will be found at the top right of the chart while the less impressive athletes will be sitting towards the bottom left.