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FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast

Top 10 Running Backs You NEED to Draft: Cam Akers, Tony Pollard & More!

FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast

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Fantasy Sports, Sports

4.810.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Ranking players is what we do at FantasyPros. It’s what you want as a fantasy player. “Tell me who to draft ahead of everyone else once I’m on the clock.” Does that sound like something you’d say? What if we told you that rankings aren’t the only thing you should be looking at? Here are Andrew Erickson's top 10 running backs you NEED to draft for the 2023 fantasy football season.

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0:00.0

Welcome in fantasy pros. I'm Andrew Erickson and today we're going to be

0:04.0

breaking down my 10 must have running backs for the 2023 fantasy football season

0:08.8

because in fantasy, running backs still matter. But first, before I get into my

0:13.3

list of 10 running backs, you want a chance to win a signed Jackson Smith and

0:17.5

Jigba Seattle Seahawks jersey courtesy of betting pros.com. You're in place to

0:22.1

start betting smarter and not harder. You just subscribe to the fantasy

0:25.2

pros YouTube channel right now. Comment below on this video and that's it. We'll

0:29.1

be announcing a winner this week. So this is your last chance. Turn those

0:32.3

notifications so you can be alerted when new episodes are up and claim your

0:35.1

prize. Now let's get to the list. Number 10 Kenneth Gainwell Philadelphia Eagles.

0:40.4

Kenneth Gainwell's usage increased toward the end of the 2022 season and the

0:44.4

outtargeted Miles Sanders from week 15 onward. Kenny G forced a time share

0:48.2

with Sanders. Former starter played fewer than 40% of the snaps as last five

0:51.6

games after never playing fewer than 50% of the snaps from weeks one through

0:54.9

16. Gainwell and Sanders split touches nearly 50-50 in the team's last four

0:58.8

games with Gainwell Singh preferred usage on passing downs. With Sanders and

1:02.6

Carolina and Eagles back for the almost completely overturned with additions

1:05.7

of Deandre Swift that were shot penny. Gainwell has a chance to see an expanded

1:09.1

role on the ground after the team showed immense trust in him during the post

1:12.7

season. Gainwell has been super efficient two years in the NFL finishing inside

1:16.5

the top eight and fantasy points per touch both seasons. The only other

1:20.4

running back to do so Austin Eckler team has been extremely high on Gainwell

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