RUNNING BACKS WITH THE BEST HANDS 2027 NFL Draft

2027 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	Derrick Davis Jr.	RB	59	48	47	51	52	71.9 MORE>>
2	Evan Pryor	RB	67	61	57	33	55	67.1 MORE>>
3	Gavin Sawchuk	RB	68	51	42	40	57	70.2 MORE>>
4	Isaiah Augustave	RB	66	78	37	64	54	61.8 MORE>>
5	Jeremiah Cobb	RB	77	70	52	51	57	80.1 MORE>>
6	Jambres Dubar	RB	57	50	56	69	53	66.2 MORE>>
7	Roderick Robinson II	RB	64	55	55	70	41	68.9 MORE>>
8	Keyjuan Brown	RB	82	96	58	32	54	73.3 MORE>>
9	Kaleb Jackson	RB	55	49	58	73	45	67.3 MORE>>
10	Mark Fletcher Jr....	RB	87	90	58	56	60	86.2 MORE>>
11	Chris Johnson Jr.	RB	64	47	56	40	37	66.9 MORE>>
12	Darius Taylor	RB	66	61	77	47	53	74.1 MORE>>
13	DeSean Bishop	RB	81	81	50	37	66	75.3 MORE>>
14	Quinten Joyner	RB	75	85	50	29	53	71.4 MORE>>
15	A'Marion Peterson	RB	70	56	51	56	48	66.1 MORE>>
16	Jahiem White	RB	67	83	62	56	48	64.1 MORE>>
17	Justice Haynes	RB	78	79	59	59	55	80.6 MORE>>
18	Datrell Jones	RB	59	82	52	40	47	68.6 MORE>>
19	Dylan Edwards	RB	66	80	64	49	49	67.0 MORE>>
20	Montravius Lloyd	RB	64	53	66	58	50	70.1 MORE>>