Running Back Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

57 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
54	RB Braydon Bennett	6-2 215lbs 4.50	RB	215lbs	6-2	4.50	75	846.5	59.7 MORE>>	Six college seasons have built a special-teams resume and little else: four carries for eight yards across the 2025 Virginia Tech season,...
6	RB LJ Martin	6-2 225lbs 4.46	RB	225lbs	6-2	4.46	7	109.4	84.7 MORE>>	Martin is a big, fast running back who carried BYU's offense in 2025. He ran for 1,299 yards and 12 touchdowns on 238 carries, forced 56...
4	RB Mark Fletcher Jr....	6-2 225lbs 4.52	RB	225lbs	6-2	4.52	4	75.6	84.9 MORE>>	Fletcher is a powerful, downhill runner who falls forward through contact and saves his best for big games. He carried Miami through the...
55	RB Derrick Davis Jr.	6-1 210lbs 4.56	RB	210lbs	6-1	4.56	54	623	59.6 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...
46	RB Roderick Robinson II	6-1 235lbs 4.64	RB	235lbs	6-1	4.64	59	674	61.5 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...
35	RB Braylen Russell	6-1 227lbs 4.59	RB	227lbs	6-1	4.59	34	462	67.4 MORE>>	Russell is a big, physical running back who has had flashes of production at Arkansas. He breaks tackles and finishes runs, and he showed...
18	RB CJ Baxter	6-1 230lbs 4.48	RB	230lbs	6-1	4.48	19	245	79.9 MORE>>	Baxter is a physical, well-built lead back and former five-star who has re-established himself as Kentucky's bell-cow in 2026 with a big...
1	RB Jadan Baugh	6-1 225lbs 4.46	RB	225lbs	6-1	4.46	1	22.1	86.3 MORE>>	Baugh is built for volume, a patient zone runner with the size to run between the tackles, the contact balance to fall forward and the...
57	RB Jambres Dubar	6-0 205lbs 4.35	RB	205lbs	6-0	4.35	56	632	59.1 MORE>>	The seasons keep ending before they start: three carries in 2025 ahead of another injury redshirt, back-to-back years now lost or nearly...
51	RB Kaleb Jackson	6-0 240lbs 4.43	RB	240lbs	6-0	4.43	62	691.5	60.6 MORE>>	Jackson is a powerful, downhill back with goal-line value and fresh legs, a former top recruit who never earned a role across three LSU...
50	RB Montravius Lloyd	6-0 225lbs 4.46	RB	225lbs	6-0	4.46	52	601	60.8 MORE>>	The one skill that survives all the moving is the one the league values most cheaply on draft weekend but uses most often on Sundays:...
48	RB Darius Taylor	6-0 215lbs 4.54	RB	215lbs	6-0	4.54	67	726.5	61.2 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...

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.