Running Back Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

40 running backs ranked

RUNNING BACK RANKINGS 2027 NFL DRAFT

Running back is a middling class, and the player at the top of it has a question hanging over him. No back reaches our top fifteen, which has also been true in three of the previous six years, though the top end is stronger than the 2022 and 2024 groups were.

Missouri's Ahmad Hardy still holds the position. He was a consensus All-American, a Doak Walker Award finalist and the SEC's leading rusher with 1,649 yards and 16 touchdowns. He was also shot in the upper leg in May and needed surgery, has not yet returned to practice, and will miss the season opener with no timeline set for his return.

Miami's Mark Fletcher Jr. rushed for 507 yards across the College Football Playoff, the most in its history, and was offensive MVP of the quarterfinal win over Ohio State. Georgia's Nate Frazier led the Bulldogs in rushing as a true sophomore for third-team All-SEC honours.

Only one back sits inside our top thirty-two.

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
40	RB Braydon Bennett	6-2 205lbs 4.50	RB	205lbs	6-2	4.50	40	346	56.6 MORE>>	Six college seasons have built a special-teams resume and little else: four carries for eight yards across the 2025 Virginia Tech season,...
38	RB Isaiah Augustave	6-2 210lbs 4.50	RB	210lbs	6-2	4.50	38	342	61.8 MORE>>	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 Dante Dowdell	6-2 227lbs 4.48	RB	227lbs	6-2	4.48	24	314	70.6 MORE>>	The frame keeps earning him auditions wherever he goes: 227 pounds with good timed speed for the weight class, a power-back silhouette that...
7	RB LJ Martin	6-2 220lbs 4.46	RB	220lbs	6-2	4.46	6	73	83.9 MORE>>	The Big 12 named him its best offensive player, and the resume backs the vote: a conference-leading rushing total, twelve scores, and three...
2	RB Mark Fletcher Jr....	6-2 225lbs 4.52	RB	225lbs	6-2	4.52	5	51.5	86.8 MORE>>	January made him famous: 507 rushing yards across the College Football Playoff, the most in the event's history, including a quarterfinal...
29	RB Roderick Robinson II	6-1 235lbs 4.64	RB	235lbs	6-1	4.64	29	323	68.9 MORE>>	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	227lbs	6-1	4.48	28	322	69.3 MORE>>	The recruiting class ranked him the best back in America, and the freshman tape at Texas supported it: patient, downhill, starting-caliber....
4	RB Jadan Baugh	6-1 231lbs 4.46	RB	231lbs	6-1	4.46	2	29.4	85.4 MORE>>	Twelve starts, no fumbles and a thousand-yard season tell most of the story. Baugh became the first Florida back in a decade to crack a...
36	RB A'Marion Peterson	6-0 215lbs 4.44	RB	215lbs	6-0	4.44	36	337	66.1 MORE>>	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	205lbs	6-0	4.35	35	336	66.2 MORE>>	The seasons keep ending before they start: three carries in 2025 ahead of another injury redshirt, back-to-back years now lost or nearly...
33	RB Chris Johnson Jr.	6-0 184lbs 4.30	RB	184lbs	6-0	4.30	33	334	66.9 MORE>>	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	234lbs	6-0	4.43	31	329	67.3 MORE>>	The measurables read like a second-round pick: 234 pounds carrying elite timed speed, protection tape among the best of any back in this...

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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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.