Running Back Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

LAST UPDATED: 08/03/2026

Player Rankings - Running Back

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
24

RB
Gavin
Sawchuk

5-11 202lbs 4.24
RB
Northwestern   Mascot
Northwestern Mascot
202lbs 5-11 4.24 17 252
70.2
The stopwatch says the fastest back in the group; the tape keeps disagreeing. Sawchuk led Florida State with eight rushing touchdowns and...
39

RB
Braydon
Bennett

6-2 205lbs 4.50
RB
Eastern Michigan   Mascot
Eastern Michigan Mascot
205lbs 6-2 4.50 40 679
56.6
Six college seasons have built a special-teams resume and little else: four carries for eight yards across the 2025 Virginia Tech season,...
34

RB
Jambres
Dubar

6-0 205lbs 4.35
RB
Boise State   Mascot
Boise State Mascot
205lbs 6-0 4.35 25 324
66.2
The seasons keep ending before they start: three carries in 2025 ahead of another injury redshirt, back-to-back years now lost or nearly...
26

RB
Jayden
Limar

5-11 205lbs 4.46
RB
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
205lbs 5-11 4.46 24 307
69.5
Oregon's backfield never had room, and the glimpses stayed glimpses: 262 efficient yards on 46 carries, plus timed speed driving a clean...
21

RB
Quinten
Joyner

5-11 205lbs 4.47
RB
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
205lbs 5-11 4.47 33 542.5
71.4
The 2025 season ended in an August scrimmage: a torn ACL took the year before his first carry as Texas Tech's lead back, a job he had won...
8

RB
Antwan
Raymond

5-11 205lbs 4.50
RB
Rutgers   Mascot
Rutgers Mascot
205lbs 5-11 4.50 8 109.5
83.8
From Montreal to a thousand-yard Big Ten season in his first year as a starter, Raymond's 2025 was as loud as quiet programs get: 244...
22

RB
James
Peoples

5-10 206lbs 4.50
RB
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
206lbs 5-10 4.50 29 395.5
71.2
Recruiting rankings said star; the depth chart said otherwise. Peoples arrived at Ohio State as a national top-100 recruit and the...
1

RB
Ahmad
Hardy

5-10 206lbs 4.59
RB
Missouri   Mascot
Missouri Mascot
206lbs 5-10 4.59 1 27.3
87.4
The most violent runner in college football also turned out to be one of the most productive: 1,648 yards, sixteen touchdowns, consensus...
15

RB
DeSean
Bishop

5-10 208lbs 4.55
RB
Tennessee   Mascot
Tennessee Mascot
208lbs 5-10 4.55 15 231
75.2
The walk-on made the record book: 1,076 yards and a team-high sixteen touchdowns, All-SEC recognition, top-tier rushing tape, and...
38

RB
Makhi
Hughes

5-11 210lbs 4.44
RB
Houston   Mascot
Houston Mascot
210lbs 5-11 4.44 38 648.5
58.9
Eighteen months ago he was one of the most productive backs in college football: consecutive thousand-yard seasons at Tulane, an AAC...
37

RB
Isaiah
Augustave

6-2 210lbs 4.50
RB
South Carolina   Mascot
South Carolina Mascot
210lbs 6-2 4.50 27 330
61.8
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...
19

RB
Derrick
Davis Jr.

6-0 210lbs 4.56
RB
Pittsburgh   Mascot
Pittsburgh Mascot
210lbs 6-0 4.56 22 289
71.9
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...

2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Running Back

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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2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Running Back

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.