Every Bell Cow RB Candidate for 2025

Volume wins fantasy leagues— these RBs are locked in for 18+ touches a game

Author

Joe Orrico
July 01, 2025

Volume is KING in Fantasy Football

83% of Last Year’s RB1s Averaged 18+ Opportunities/Game

Here’s EVERY Bell Cow RB Candidate for 2025:

‘Obvious’ Bell Cows

  • Saquon Barkley

  • Bijan Robinson

  • Jahmyr Gibbs

  • Derrick Henry

‘Probably’ Bell Cows

  • Christian McCaffrey

  • Jonathan Taylor

  • De’Von Achane

  • Kyren Williams

  • Josh Jacobs

All 9 names above are strong bets to average 18+ opportunities per game in 2025.

But that’s just the surface... let’s go deeper:

Ashton Jeanty

Vacated in LV Backfield:

  • 70% of 2024 Opportunities

  • 295 Available Touches — Most in NFL

If Jeanty earns even 80% of the work? That’s 330+ touches incoming.

The most dominant college RB ever stepping into a monster workload.

RB1 Overall Ceiling

Chase Brown

CIN RB1 role last year (per game):

  • 24+ Opportunities

  • 85%+ Snaps

  • 20.6 PPR Points

  • RB3 Overall

The Bengals made it clear: this backfield belongs to Brown.

Already produced as a Bell Cow.

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Alvin Kamara

  • Led all RBs in Targets & Receiving Yards

  • Averaged 6+ Targets/Game in 2024

  • Only played 14 games

NEVER finished worse than RB15 in PPG — across 8 seasons

RB16 ADP. Locked-In Value.

James Conner

Career Year in 2024:

  • 18+ Opportunities/Game

  • 2nd-Best Yards/Attempt of Career

  • Most Carries Since 2018

Trey Benson is real competition…

But Conner is the guy right now.

Isiah Pacheco

Before injury:

  • 21 Opportunities/Game

KC Offense + Clear Role = Underrated Bell Cow

Competition:

  • Mitchell (bench)

  • Hunt (washed)

  • Smith (rookie)

Don’t overlook Pacheco.

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Quinshon Judkins

CLE Backfield:

  • 51% Vacated Opportunities

RB Room:

  • Dylan Sampson

  • Pierre Strong

  • Jerome Ford

Judkins is the clear alpha.

Freshman Year:

  • 1,500 Rush Yards

  • 16 TDs

Bell Cow in waiting.

D’Andre Swift

Weeks 4–18 (per game):

  • 13.9 Fantasy Points

  • 18+ Opportunities

Ben Johnson’s Detroit RBs last year:

  • Gibbs: 19

  • Montgomery: 16

Chicago’s new backfield split mirrors that — and Swift’s the one to own.

Travis Etienne

New OC Liam Cohen = Bucky Irving Role

Irving Weeks 10–18 (per game):

  • 18.3 Fantasy Points

  • 19+ Opportunities

Cohen already declared: ETN is the RB1

Let the offense work for him.

Kaleb Johnson

Replacing Najee Harris in Pittsburgh

2024 (in just 12 games):

  • 1,700+ Total Yards

  • 23 TDs

Advanced Stats:

  • 861 Breakaway Yards (2nd)

  • 1,060 Yards After Contact (4th)

  • 56.1% Breakaway Rate — higher than Jeanty

True bell cow. Huge ceiling.

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– Joe 🫡