RUNNING BACKS WITH THE BEST HANDS 2022 NFL Draft

2022 RUNNING BACKS WITH THE BEST HANDS

For a running back the hands grade measures the same things it does for a receiver: catch rate, drops and securing the ball through contact, most of it on checkdowns and swing passes with a linebacker closing. Christian McCaffrey (Stanford) and Reggie Bush (USC) were both first-round picks partly because their receiving was already a finished product.

The table ranks this year’s draft-eligible running backs by hands grade, alongside rushing, tackle-breaking, receiving, blocking and overall rating.

RANK	Player	Pos	RUSHING	BREAK TACKLES	RECEIVING	PASS BLOCKING	RUN BLOCKING	Rating
1	Pierre Strong Jr.	RB	76	63	42	34	58	81.1 MORE>>
2	Clint Ratkovich	RB	56	56	51	60	48	54.0 MORE>>
3	Karl Mofor	RB	60	43	52	60	57	53.0 MORE>>
4	Devin Wynn	RB	59	50	50	56	52	55.0 MORE>>
5	Jah-Maine Martin	RB	59	60	48	51	47	66.0 MORE>>
6	Mataeo Durant	RB	62	55	55	32	34	68.6 MORE>>
7	Zamir White	RB	81	67	62	24	51	79.9 MORE>>
8	Kyren Williams	RB	72	70	70	41	61	81.3 MORE>>
9	CJ Verdell	RB	66	66	66	66	66	75.0 MORE>>
10	Shaun Shivers	RB	62	37	53	20	41	65.4 MORE>>
11	Zach Charbonnet	RB	86	78	68	38	46	85.7 MORE>>
12	Ty Chandler	RB	77	71	57	46	62	78.0 MORE>>
13	Roger Carter	FB	0	0	0	0	0	53.0 MORE>>
14	Ronnie Rivers	RB	68	52	60	56	64	64.0 MORE>>
15	Rachaad White	RB	79	65	79	47	50	82.4 MORE>>
16	Mulbah Car	RB	59	44	49	58	50	64.0 MORE>>
17	Connor Heyward	RB	55	73	61	48	43	72.5 MORE>>
18	Zonovan Knight	RB	73	67	63	54	59	80.2 MORE>>
19	D'vonte Price	RB	72	71	46	56	54	77.9 MORE>>
20	TJ Pledger	RB	75	71	44	54	53	77.9 MORE>>