Evaluating The Performance Of Running Backs In The '23 Class

This article will check in on every running back drafted in the first five rounds of the 2023 draft, as well as an impact player who went undrafted. Each player will be evaluated based on their performance including stats and game film review as well as some insight as to how these players' roles might evolve over the next few years with their current team. At the end of the article, there will be a rankings list with all of the players mentioned.

Bijan Robinson, Atlanta Falcons - R1, Pick 8

Performance: Bijan is currently the RB6 in Half-PPR formats. This is actually a few spots lower than his pre-season ADP of RB3 (Underdog), but it is hard to blame much of that on him. He is currently pacing 17.0 touches/game (excluding his one touch week 7 performance where he was not feeling well) which is solid but not quite true workhorse numbers. He has also only played over 70% of snaps in 6/11 games this year. He has certainly made the most of his touches though. Currently sitting at 5.0 Y/C, Bijan has looked very comfortable as a runner. His ability to make unexpected cuts and bounce off of tacklers makes him hard to bring down. He has also looked more and more comfortable as a pass catcher as the weeks have gone on. He ran a beautiful route to beat his defender for a touchdown this past week. If you happen to have Bijan on your dynasty roster, the best is yet to come.

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