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	51	41	40	44	44	59.6 MORE>>
2	Evan Pryor	RB	59	50	55	51	53	59.3 MORE>>
3	Gavin Sawchuk	RB	58	47	33	29	51	62.3 MORE>>
4	Isaiah Augustave	RB	72	82	45	66	55	68.8 MORE>>
5	Jeremiah Cobb	RB	71	68	56	60	58	73.0 MORE>>
6	Jambres Dubar	RB	56	48	54	67	51	59.1 MORE>>
7	Roderick Robinson II	RB	63	54	57	61	39	61.5 MORE>>
8	Keyjuan Brown	RB	83	97	58	30	55	77.5 MORE>>
9	Kaleb Jackson	RB	55	44	57	68	37	60.6 MORE>>
10	Mark Fletcher Jr....	RB	84	81	69	51	57	84.9 MORE>>
11	Chris Johnson Jr.	RB	62	43	52	30	39	66.9 MORE>>
12	Darius Taylor	RB	62	55	67	34	50	61.2 MORE>>
13	DeSean Bishop	RB	85	79	57	51	69	81.2 MORE>>
14	Quinten Joyner	RB	66	70	52	45	48	60.9 MORE>>
15	A'Marion Peterson	RB	73	55	70	50	53	74.2 MORE>>
16	Jahiem White	RB	71	85	66	64	46	65.4 MORE>>
17	Justice Haynes	RB	77	75	60	63	56	81.3 MORE>>
18	Datrell Jones	RB	63	79	49	40	47	60.2 MORE>>
19	Dylan Edwards	RB	65	65	64	27	46	61.3 MORE>>
20	Montravius Lloyd	RB	61	50	63	55	47	60.8 MORE>>