2024 NFL free agents: Ranking top 10 running backs available originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
NFL teams that need to upgrade at running back this offseason are in luck because the 2024 free agent class is one of the best in history.
Literally.
There are tons of good running backs expected to hit the market when free agency begins later this month. One reason for this scenario is that teams don’t pay running backs as much or for as long as they used to. As a result, more of these players are hitting free agency because their contracts are shorter.
Here’s our ranking of the top 10 free-agent running backs for 2024. Be sure to check out our other free agent rankings for quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends and offensive tackles.
2023 Stats: 22 yards, 1 TD in 1 GP (suffered a torn Achilles in Week 1)
Dobbins is a high-risk/high-reward kind of free agent. When healthy, he’s an efficient runner, evidenced by his 5.8 career yards per carry. He’s also missed a ton of games due to injuries. Dobbins missed all of 2021 (torn ACL), half of the 2022 season (knee) and nearly all of the 2023 campaign (torn Achilles). Dobbins is too talented for a team not to take a chance on. But the injury risk is a real concern.
2023 Stats: 642 yards, 3 TD in 17 GP
Elliott was pretty productive for the Patriots in 2023 after spending the previous seven seasons with the Cowboys. Elliott tallied 955 total yards and five total touchdowns with New England. His 51 receptions actually led the team.
Here’s how our Tom E. Curran recently summed up Elliott’s season in Foxboro:
“He showed up in shape and with a tremendous and infectious attitude. He ran tough as hell all season into defenses that had zero fear of Mac Jones or Bailey Zappe battering them with their arms and decision-making. He had 235 touches and managed 955 yards from scrimmage.
“While those numbers seem pedestrian, you can understand what he was dealing with when you see his YBC (yards before catch) was -1.2 yards.They threw…
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Publish date : 2024-03-05 20:43:28
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