Video: Must-Draft Running Backs and Big-Time Busts

From first-round studs to late-round sleepers, this episode covers everything you need to know to build a winning backfield in your fantasy football draft.

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Tue, Jun 24 2025 3:04 PM UTC

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Time to break down the RB landscape for 2025 fantasy football drafts. We’re diving into our latest RB rankings -- highlighting elite targets, mid-round value plays, and landmines to avoid. Who’s rising? Who’s falling? And who is the market just getting wrong? We're delivering the insight you need to dominate your draft.

0:00 Intro

2:37 Top 13 RB Rankings

3:51 Christian McCaffrey

6:21 Ashton Jeanty

7:40 Jonathan Taylor

8:59 De’Von Achane

10:12 Josh Jacobs & Kyren Williams

13:16 Bucky Irving

15:02 Breece Hall

16:47 Players to target in your fantasy football RB rankings

25:39 Players to fade in your fantasy RB rankings

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Matt Schauf, Editor

Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.