2025 Fantasy Football Draft Rankings & Tiers | Top 50 Running Backs (Ep. 1638)

Join Ryan Wormeli, Andrew Erickson, and Jake Ciely as they break down the Top 6 tiers of the FantasyPros consensus running back rankings!

Tune in as the group has some great conversations regarding the drop-offs within each tier, which players are over and undervalued, and how you should go about constructing your teams this season!

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Intro - 0:00:00

Tier 1 - 0:02:48

Saquon Barkley - 0:03:58

FantasyPros Draft Kit - 0:08:25

Tier 2 - 0:08:56

Christian McCaffrey - 0:09:33

Ashton Jeanty - 0:13:22

Derrick Henry - 0:15:15

De’Von Achane - 0:16:42

DraftKings BestBall - 0:21:05

Tier 3 - 0:22:27

Chase Brown - 0:23:40

Other Names of Interest - 0:25:42

Breece Hall - 0:28:29

FantasyPros Discord - 0:31:02

Tier 4 - 0:31:25

Omarion Hampton - 0:31:55

James Conner - 0:37:16

The Rookies - 0:38:21

Tier 5 - 0:40:37

Brian Robinson - 0:43:37

Jerome Ford - 0:44:23

Javonte Williams - 0:45:14

Tier 6 - 0:46:53

Cam Skattebo - 0:47:18

Tank Bigsby and Travis Etienne - 0:48:08

Jordan Mason - 0:49:30

Other Names of Interest - 0:50:03

Favorites Outside of Top 6 Tiers - 0:51:29

Braelon Allen - 0:51:55

Jarquez Hunter  - 0:52:29

Outro - 0:53:37

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