Blake Corum Fantasy Overview

2024 Summary

Get Your Microscope to Find Corum’s Rookie Contributions

Corum allegedly debuted with the 2024 Rams, but it was difficult to find evidence.

He went without a touch in three of the team’s first four games. The outlier in that range came via eight late rushing attempts in a Week 2 drubbing at Arizona.

That carry total would remain a season high for the third-round rookie. Corum got more involved from Week 5 on, but he averaged just 4.0 carries and 0.6 targets per game from then through Week 17.

He got the Week 18 start when the Rams benched their regulars, but he fractured his right forearm in the first quarter, after just 2 carries and 1 reception.

He Did Play No. 2 … Just Miles Behind No. 1

Despite his light usage throughout the season, Corum did qualify as the No. 2 back in a situation dominated by Kyren Williams for the second straight year. Although Williams’ opportunity share (carries plus targets) dipped slightly from a league-high 23.0% to 22.3%, that lower rate still would have been enough to lead the league the year before.

Corum also trailed Williams in yards per carry — 4.1 to 3.6 — and Pro Football Reference’s rushing success rate (50.9% vs. 43.1%).

Efficiency Metrics

Of course, it’s tough to truly compare efficiency between two guys when one dominates backfield work and the other barely plays. So let’s look back to the last time Corum and Williams were on semi-equal footing.

Williams left Notre Dame after his third season. Playing at different schools obviously keeps the situations from being truly even. But let’s compare some key metrics from the third college season for each player:

Not a whole lot of difference between those profiles. And it’s worth remembering that Corum arrived via Round 3 just a year ago

2025 Expectations

Projected Role & Competition

Corum’s proximity to Williams in college stats and earlier draft round (Williams went Round 5) certainly don’t mean he’s about to challenge the starter’s role. We’ve now seen two straight years of Williams dominating L.A.’s backfield to a degree few RBs anywhere have rivaled.

And now Corum faces another challenge in the form of fourth-round rookie Jarquez Hunter. Just after the team moved up 10 spots to draft Hunter, cameras caught McVay saying: “There’s no question that’s who I want. I didn’t think we’d be able to get him today unless we did that. That was my top player for today.”

Hunter stands similar to Williams and Corum in size but brings more speed. His 4.44-second 40 time at the Combine rated 90th percentile for the position.

Hunter also never reached 200 carries in a college season, though, and didn’t reach 200 touches in a season until his senior year.

Supporting Cast

Expect Corum and Hunter to compete for the No. 2 spot in the backfield. But it seems more likely that they get differently styled touches, with Corum focused between the tackles and coaches seeking to work Hunter in space.

Let’s add Hunter’s third college season to the Williams-Corum table above. Despite the differences in style, you’ll see not much separation in the stat profiles:

It’s also likely that both Corum and Hunter remain way behind Williams and split work if he goes down.