Ryan Kirksey's backup running backs to target and draft in fantasy football. His top NFL stashes, sleepers, and draft values for 2025 redraft leagues.

The 2024 season was an outlier in running back injuries, which led to massive scores from all the top running backs. However, despite what the evidence from last season might tell you, running backs get injured or lose their effectiveness all the time. Every year, running backs succumb to major injuries or start to perform inefficiently. When this happens, it opens up opportunities for backups and low-rostered players to step into their place.

How unusual was the running back health luck in 2024? Of the top 16 running backs in fantasy points per game in half-PPR settings in 2024, only one, Seattle running back Kenneth Walker III, missed

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