10 RBs To Target in Every 2025 Fantasy Football Draft

Value RB1s, breakout sleepers, and league-winning upside plays you can grab in every round

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Joe Orrico
June 18, 2025

De’Von Achane

Best value pick in Round 2 of drafts.
RB1 overall when Tua was healthy in 2024.

  • 1.0+ fantasy points per touch

  • Elite efficiency

  • Bellcow role in a high-powered offense

Draft combo to target: Stud WR + Achane with picks 8–16.

Chase Brown

Locked-in Bengals RB1.

In that role last season (per game):

  • 24+ total opportunities

  • 85%+ snaps

  • 20.6 PPR points (RB3 pace)

CIN offense = fantasy RB1 machine.
Value RB1 in Round 3.

Alvin Kamara

2024 among RBs (per game):

  • Expected Points: 1st

  • Targets: 1st

  • Led all RBs in receiving yards (only 14 games)

NEVER finished lower than RB15 (points/game) in 8 straight seasons.
Still going strong. Drafted as RB16? Steal.

Chuba Hubbard

2024 elite workload:

  • 73 high-value touches (RB4)

  • 30 green zone touches (RB4)

  • 77% snaps (RB3)

  • 46 catches (RB6)

Blueprint for RB1 production.
And it’s not going away in 2025.

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Tyrone Tracy

From Weeks 5–18:

  • 18+ opportunities/game

  • RB16 overall

  • 69% snaps (Top 10 among RBs)

Too good to fully lose touches to Cam Skattebo.
Week 1 starter (and likely beyond).

Kaleb Johnson

2024 in just 12 games:

  • 1,700+ total yards

  • 23 TDs

  • 861 breakaway yards (2nd)

  • 1,060 yards after contact (4th)

  • 56.1% breakaway rate (higher than Jeanty)

Steps right into Najee Harris’ role in Pittsburgh.
Explosive young back with league-winning upside.

Travis Etienne

Here’s the truth:

  • Tuten is a Day 3 rookie who can’t run between tackles

  • Bigsby is one of the worst receiving RBs in the NFL

  • Liam Cohen’s offense creates RB1s

Etienne is free at RB33. That’s value.

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Tyjae Spears

Closed 2024 as the Titans’ real lead back.

Weeks 15–17:

  • 20.7 PPG

  • 16 opportunities

  • 61% snaps

  • Outscored Taylor, Bijan, Gibbs, and James Cook in that stretch

RB1 production in every game with 50%+ snaps.

Jordan Mason

Minnesota brought him in for:

  • Short yardage

  • Goal line work

  • Early down power

Projected 10+ touches/game in a solid offense.
Top 10 RB when backing up CMC.
Kevin O’Connell is hyping him up already.

Dylan Sampson

Age 20 breakout alert.

RBs drafted at 20:

  • Break out more often

  • Get more opportunity

  • Hit their upside more

Sampson = one of the best RBs in Tennessee history.
He and Judkins could become the next Chubb & Hunt / Monty & Gibbs.

Bonus: TreVeyon Henderson

As a 19-year-old freshman:

  • 1,250+ rushing yards

  • 19 TDs

  • 0 fumbles lost (on 667 career touches)

Only rookie last year with:

  • 1,000+ rush yards

  • 200+ receiving yards

  • 7.0+ YPC

Draft and stash. Patriots lead RB soon.

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