Adam Koffler's dark-horse candidates to finish as the overall fantasy football RB1 in 2025. Target these six running backs with league-winning upside.
Yes, you should draft Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs this season. However, unless you're playing in a league with an auction draft, you won't be able to do that.
So instead, target these more affordable running backs with varying average draft positions who have the potential to finish the year as the overall RB1. All six of these backs have massive ceilings in 2025. But because they're not the obvious picks to finish the year as the overall RB1, we'll refer to them as "dark-horses."
Last week, I wrote about dark-horse overall WR1 contenders . Below are my six dark-horse overall RB1 contenders. Be sure to check all of our fanta