2027 NFL Draft Running Back Rankings - 13-24

LAST UPDATED: 11/08/2026

Player Rankings - Running Back

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
17

RB
Jordan
Marshall

5-10 220lbs 4.42
RB
Michigan   Mascot
Michigan Mascot
220lbs 5-10 4.42 22 275.5
80.3
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...
25

RB
Jamal
Roberts

6-0 216lbs 4.49
RB
Missouri   Mascot
Missouri Mascot
216lbs 6-0 4.49 24 299
74.0
Roberts has turned his first year as the lead back into one of the most productive runs in the SEC. He has home-run speed, runs hard...
54

RB
Braydon
Bennett

6-2 215lbs 4.50
RB
Eastern Michigan   Mascot
Eastern Michigan Mascot
215lbs 6-2 4.50 75 846.5
59.7
Six college seasons have built a special-teams resume and little else: four carries for eight yards across the 2025 Virginia Tech season,...
48

RB
Darius
Taylor

6-0 215lbs 4.54
RB
Minnesota   Mascot
Minnesota Mascot
215lbs 6-0 4.54 67 726.5
61.2
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...
45

RB
Rueben
Owens II

5-11 215lbs 4.38
RB
Texas A&M   Mascot
Texas A&M Mascot
215lbs 5-11 4.38 58 661
62.1
The recruiting class called him its best back, and the stopwatch still agrees: rare timed speed, among the fastest in the group, deployed...
39

RB
Jerrick
Gibson

5-10 215lbs 4.45
RB
Purdue   Mascot
Purdue Mascot
215lbs 5-10 4.45 40 490
64.0
Gibson is a fast former top recruit who has flashed big-game ability, with 100 yards against Florida in 2024. His speed suits a...
32

RB
Isaiah
Augustave

6-0 215lbs 4.50
RB
South Carolina   Mascot
South Carolina Mascot
215lbs 6-0 4.50 32 447
68.8
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...
24

RB
A'Marion
Peterson

6-0 215lbs 4.44
RB
UTSA   Mascot
UTSA Mascot
215lbs 6-0 4.44 27 354
74.2
The high school file still glitters, more than 5,000 yards and 62 touchdowns in Texas, and the stopwatch never dimmed, but three college...
22

RB
Keyjuan
Brown

5-10 215lbs 4.62
RB
Louisville   Mascot
Louisville Mascot
215lbs 5-10 4.62 13 178.3
77.5
Few backs anywhere squeezed more from their touches: 703 yards on just 96 carries, better than seven a pop, with top-tier rushing tape,...
9

RB
DeSean
Bishop

5-10 215lbs 4.55
RB
Tennessee   Mascot
Tennessee Mascot
215lbs 5-10 4.55 11 147.7
82.0
The walk-on made the record book: 1,076 yards and a team-high sixteen touchdowns, All-SEC recognition, top-tier rushing tape, and...
33

RB
James
Peoples

5-10 214lbs 4.50
RB
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
214lbs 5-10 4.50 33 461
68.8
Recruiting rankings said star; the depth chart said otherwise. Peoples arrived at Ohio State as a national top-100 recruit and the...
31

RB
Dilin
Jones

5-11 211lbs 4.49
RB
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
211lbs 5-11 4.49 36 476
69.8
Jones has given LSU a reliable lead back after transferring from Wisconsin. He runs with power and balance, breaks tackles and catches 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.