2027 NFL Draft Running Back Rankings - 13-24

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
13	RB Hollywood Smothers	5-11 195lbs 4.52	RB	195lbs	5-11	4.52	9	105.3	81.4 MORE>>	The skill package is the modern blueprint: an ACC rushing-yards-per-game leader with first-team all-conference honors, thirty-seven catches...
14	RB Justice Haynes	5-11 210lbs 4.49	RB	210lbs	5-11	4.49	13	135.5	80.5 MORE>>	For seven games he was the Big Ten's best back: 857 yards at over seven a carry, ten touchdowns, three games of 149 yards or more including...
15	RB Jeremiah Cobb	5-11 200lbs 4.42	RB	200lbs	5-11	4.42	16	195	80.0 MORE>>	The production survived the circumstances: 969 yards and top-tier rushing tape as the feature back in an Auburn offense that spent the...
16	RB DeSean Bishop	5-10 208lbs 4.55	RB	208lbs	5-10	4.55	17	271	75.2 MORE>>	The walk-on made the record book: 1,076 yards and a team-high sixteen touchdowns, All-SEC recognition, top-tier rushing tape, and...
17	RB Rueben Owens II	5-11 215lbs 4.38	RB	215lbs	5-11	4.38	18	279	74.6 MORE>>	The recruiting class called him its best back, and the stopwatch still agrees: rare timed speed, among the fastest in the group, deployed...
18	RB Darius Taylor	6-0 215lbs 4.54	RB	215lbs	6-0	4.54	19	287	73.9 MORE>>	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...
19	RB Keyjuan Brown	5-10 210lbs 4.62	RB	210lbs	5-10	4.62	15	184	73.4 MORE>>	Few backs anywhere squeezed more from their touches: 703 yards on just 96 carries, better than seven a pop, with top-tier rushing tape,...
20	RB Derrick Davis Jr.	6-0 210lbs 4.56	RB	210lbs	6-0	4.56	20	301	71.9 MORE>>	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...
21	RB Quintrevion Wisner	6-0 194lbs 4.50	RB	194lbs	6-0	4.50	21	303	71.8 MORE>>	A year removed from a thousand-yard season, the hamstring never let him show it: injured against Ohio State in the opener, Wisner managed...
22	RB Quinten Joyner	5-11 205lbs 4.47	RB	205lbs	5-11	4.47	22	306	71.4 MORE>>	The 2025 season ended in an August scrimmage: a torn ACL took the year before his first carry as Texas Tech's lead back, a job he had won...
23	RB James Peoples	5-10 206lbs 4.50	RB	206lbs	5-10	4.50	23	309	71.2 MORE>>	Recruiting rankings said star; the depth chart said otherwise. Peoples arrived at Ohio State as a national top-100 recruit and the...
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...

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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.