NFL

Fantasy Football: The Top 10 Rookie Running Backs for 2017

Brett Oswalt  —  @bRo14thekid Jul 14th, 2017
Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow

5. Samaje Perine, Washington Redskins

Average Draft Position: 7.08 (RB34)
Projected Fantasy Points: 93.91 (RB42)

The Washington Redskins' running back situation is a little complicated. They already had Rob Kelley and third-down back Chris Thompson in the fold, and now, the talented Samaje Perine enters the conversation.

At an ADP of 7.08, you have to think that fantasy drafters are giving the starting edge to Perine over Kelley (8.05) in standard 12-teamers. According to our projections, Kelley (127.95 fantasy points) should be the more productive back, but that shouldn't prevent Perine from doing some damage of his own.

We expect Perine, on 144 rushes, to churn out 518 yards and 4.5 touchdowns, with another 113 yards coming in the Washington passing game.

Prev Next