2027 NFL Draft Running Back Rankings - 25-36

LAST UPDATED: 09/28/2026

Player Rankings - Running Back

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
36

RB
A'Marion
Peterson

6-0 215lbs 4.44
RB
UTSA   Mascot
UTSA Mascot
215lbs 6-0 4.44 27 339
66.1
The high school file still glitters, more than 5,000 yards and 62 touchdowns in Texas, and the stopwatch never dimmed, but three college...
35

RB
Jambres
Dubar

6-0 205lbs 4.35
RB
Boise State   Mascot
Boise State Mascot
205lbs 6-0 4.35 26 338
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...
34

RB
Chris
Johnson Jr.

6-0 184lbs 4.30
RB
Clemson   Mascot
Clemson Mascot
184lbs 6-0 4.30 21 310
66.9
The breakaway column is the resume: more than half of his 479 rushing yards came on chunk plays, rare timed speed among the fastest in the...
31

RB
Kaleb
Jackson

6-0 234lbs 4.43
RB
North Carolina   Mascot
North Carolina Mascot
234lbs 6-0 4.43 33 540
67.3
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...
26

RB
Montravius
Lloyd

6-0 220lbs 4.46
RB
Bethune-Cookman   Mascot
Bethune-Cookman Mascot
220lbs 6-0 4.46 23 318
70.1
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:...
21

RB
Quintrevion
Wisner

6-0 194lbs 4.50
RB
Florida State   Mascot
Florida State Mascot
194lbs 6-0 4.50 16 246.5
71.8
A year removed from a thousand-yard season, the hamstring never let him show it: injured against Ohio State in the opener, Wisner managed...
20

RB
Derrick
Davis Jr.

6-0 210lbs 4.56
RB
Pittsburgh   Mascot
Pittsburgh Mascot
210lbs 6-0 4.56 20 304
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...
18

RB
Darius
Taylor

6-0 215lbs 4.54
RB
Minnesota   Mascot
Minnesota Mascot
215lbs 6-0 4.54 22 314.5
74.1
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...
29

RB
Roderick
Robinson II

6-1 235lbs 4.64
RB
UAB   Mascot
UAB Mascot
235lbs 6-1 4.64 36 551.5
68.9
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...
28

RB
CJ
Baxter

6-1 227lbs 4.48
RB
Kentucky   Mascot
Kentucky Mascot
227lbs 6-1 4.48 17 258.5
69.4
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...
2

RB
Jadan
Baugh

6-1 231lbs 4.46
RB
Florida   Mascot
Florida Mascot
231lbs 6-1 4.46 1 24.7
86.7
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...
40

RB
Braydon
Bennett

6-2 205lbs 4.50
RB
Eastern Michigan   Mascot
Eastern Michigan Mascot
205lbs 6-2 4.50 40 698.5
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,...

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.