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...
31	RB Kaleb Jackson	6-0 234lbs 4.43	RB	234lbs	6-0	4.43	33	540	67.3 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...
2	RB Jadan Baugh	6-1 231lbs 4.46	RB	231lbs	6-1	4.46	1	24.7	86.7 MORE>>	Baugh is built for volume at better than 230 pounds, a patient zone runner with the size to bang between the tackles, the contact balance...
28	RB CJ Baxter	6-1 227lbs 4.48	RB	227lbs	6-1	4.48	17	258.5	69.4 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...
24	RB Dante Dowdell	6-2 227lbs 4.48	RB	227lbs	6-2	4.48	37	569.5	70.6 MORE>>	Dowdell is a big, downhill lead back with a nose for the end zone who has produced at Oregon, Nebraska and Kentucky before landing at...
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...
26	RB Montravius Lloyd	6-0 220lbs 4.46	RB	220lbs	6-0	4.46	23	318	70.1 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:...
7	RB LJ Martin	6-2 220lbs 4.46	RB	220lbs	6-2	4.46	7	92.3	83.8 MORE>>	The Big 12 named him its best offensive player, and the resume backs the vote: a conference-leading rushing total, twelve scores, and three...
12	RB Jordan Marshall	5-11 216lbs 4.42	RB	216lbs	5-11	4.42	12	184.5	81.9 MORE>>	Michigan needed someone to carry the room when Justice Haynes went down, and Marshall answered with the best month of any back in the Big...
36	RB A'Marion Peterson	6-0 215lbs 4.44	RB	215lbs	6-0	4.44	27	339	66.1 MORE>>	The high school file still glitters, more than 5,000 yards and 62 touchdowns in Texas, and the stopwatch never dimmed, but three college...
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...
17	RB Rueben Owens II	5-11 215lbs 4.38	RB	215lbs	5-11	4.38	30	497	74.8 MORE>>	The recruiting class called him its best back, and the stopwatch still agrees: rare timed speed, among the fastest in the group, deployed...

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.