Running Backs

All numbers drawn from the representative players’ median performance in the first five years in the league. Click here for analysis.

#1-10: 62 games / 6335 yards (3 thousand-yard seasons)

Round 1: 61 games / 5370 yards (2.5 thousand-yard seasons)

Round 2: 57 games / 2837 yards (1 thousand-yard season) 

Round 3: 59 games / 2764 yards (1 thousand-yard season)

Round 4: 51 games / 1140 yards (0 thousand-yard seasons)

Round 5: 35 games / 724 yards

Round 6: 35 games / 266 yards

Round 7: 9 games / 55 yards

235 players represented. 14% became regular starters, and 5% of later picks reached median R1 levels of performance.