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	54	52	53	59.3 MORE>>
3	Gavin Sawchuk	RB	57	47	32	30	50	62.3 MORE>>
4	Isaiah Augustave	RB	73	75	53	49	54	68.8 MORE>>
5	Jeremiah Cobb	RB	70	66	58	60	59	73.0 MORE>>
6	Jambres Dubar	RB	56	49	54	62	50	59.1 MORE>>
7	Roderick Robinson II	RB	65	58	59	61	40	61.5 MORE>>
8	Keyjuan Brown	RB	82	97	58	45	54	77.5 MORE>>
9	Kaleb Jackson	RB	55	44	57	68	37	60.6 MORE>>
10	Mark Fletcher Jr....	RB	81	82	72	49	64	84.9 MORE>>
11	Chris Johnson Jr.	RB	63	42	50	28	32	66.9 MORE>>
12	Darius Taylor	RB	63	54	67	30	40	61.2 MORE>>
13	DeSean Bishop	RB	86	78	56	54	69	82.0 MORE>>
14	Quinten Joyner	RB	65	64	51	48	47	60.9 MORE>>
15	A'Marion Peterson	RB	77	55	71	56	52	74.2 MORE>>
16	Jahiem White	RB	74	85	68	67	45	65.4 MORE>>
17	Justice Haynes	RB	77	79	61	67	55	81.3 MORE>>
18	Datrell Jones	RB	63	75	48	35	47	60.2 MORE>>
19	Dylan Edwards	RB	63	59	63	25	45	61.3 MORE>>
20	Montravius Lloyd	RB	61	50	63	55	47	60.8 MORE>>