2027 NFL Draft Running Back Rankings - 25-36

LAST UPDATED: 08/23/2026

Player Rankings - Running Back

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
10

RB
Isaac
Brown

5-9 190lbs 4.48
RB
Louisville   Mascot
Louisville Mascot
190lbs 5-9 4.48 8 82
82.9
Per-touch production was never the question. Brown averaged nearly nine yards a carry in 2025 and has been an explosive-play machine since...
5

RB
Kewan
Lacy

5-11 200lbs 4.48
RB
Ole Miss   Mascot
Ole Miss Mascot
200lbs 5-11 4.48 3 31.6
85.1
The touchdown column is the headline: two dozen rushing scores, an Ole Miss single-season record, with first-team All-SEC recognition and...
14

RB
Justice
Haynes

5-11 210lbs 4.49
RB
Georgia Tech   Mascot
Georgia Tech Mascot
210lbs 5-11 4.49 13 135.5
80.5
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...
40

RB
Braydon
Bennett

6-2 205lbs 4.50
RB
Eastern Michigan   Mascot
Eastern Michigan Mascot
205lbs 6-2 4.50 40 346
56.6
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
South Carolina   Mascot
South Carolina Mascot
210lbs 6-2 4.50 38 342
61.8
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...
23

RB
James
Peoples

5-10 206lbs 4.50
RB
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
206lbs 5-10 4.50 23 309
71.2
Recruiting rankings said star; the depth chart said otherwise. Peoples arrived at Ohio State as a national top-100 recruit and the...
21

RB
Quintrevion
Wisner

6-0 194lbs 4.50
RB
Florida State   Mascot
Florida State Mascot
194lbs 6-0 4.50 21 303
71.8
A year removed from a thousand-yard season, the hamstring never let him show it: injured against Ohio State in the opener, Wisner managed...
8

RB
Antwan
Raymond

5-11 205lbs 4.50
RB
Rutgers   Mascot
Rutgers Mascot
205lbs 5-11 4.50 10 107
83.8
From Montreal to a thousand-yard Big Ten season in his first year as a starter, Raymond's 2025 was as loud as quiet programs get: 244...
13

RB
Hollywood
Smothers

5-11 195lbs 4.52
RB
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
195lbs 5-11 4.52 9 105.3
81.4
The skill package is the modern blueprint: an ACC rushing-yards-per-game leader with first-team all-conference honors, thirty-seven catches...
2

RB
Mark
Fletcher Jr....

6-2 225lbs 4.52
RB
Miami   Mascot
Miami Mascot
225lbs 6-2 4.52 5 51.5
86.8
January made him famous: 507 rushing yards across the College Football Playoff, the most in the event's history, including a quarterfinal...
18

RB
Darius
Taylor

6-0 215lbs 4.54
RB
Minnesota   Mascot
Minnesota Mascot
215lbs 6-0 4.54 19 287
73.9
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...
16

RB
DeSean
Bishop

5-10 208lbs 4.55
RB
Tennessee   Mascot
Tennessee Mascot
208lbs 5-10 4.55 17 271
75.2
The walk-on made the record book: 1,076 yards and a team-high sixteen touchdowns, All-SEC recognition, top-tier rushing tape, and...

2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Running Back

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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2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Running Back

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.