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Last year's rookie running back class featuring Jonathon Brooks, Trey Benson, and Blake Corum as the top left a lot to be desired as the 2024 season played out. Luckily, the 2025 NFL Draft running back class is deep and talented, so a fresh influx of ball carriers is set to help NFL squads and your fantasy teams.
Among some of the talented backs heading to the pros, TreVeyon Henderson, Quinshon Judkins, and Cam Skattebo are three names to watch. Henderson and Judkins just shared a backfield at Ohio State en route to a national championship, while Skattebo just carried the Arizona State offense to the College Football Playoff.
Below, we'll dive into the rookie draft analysis for all three ball carriers.
TreVeyon Henderson Dynasty Fantasy Football Outlook
Henderson's speed should afford him immediate opportunities in the NFL. He's really not a bad pick around the 1.08 slot. The egregious underrating of several other RBs in this class isn't necessarily a negative reflection on Henderson's play. For starters, he's a good pass-protector, so he should see the field a decent amount. And he has excellent speed, so whichever team he joins will probably try to get him the ball pretty often.
TreVeyon Henderson should comfortably be the RB2 by now.
I’d consider him the Jahmyr Gibbs-esque RB value of this class and landing spot could put him above Ashton Jeanty in dynasty value by the end of 2025
pic.twitter.com/dAK7oS5tIa— Jagger May (@JagSays) January 11, 2025
Let's not buy into the insanity of the above tweet -- no, you can't compare him to Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs -- but he is a burner for sure. The major concern with him is his upright running style. That doesn't fly as much in the NFL as it does in college and could be exploited heavily to hurt his tackle-breaking ability.
And like the next player on this list, his hip flexibility and lateral quickness aren't inspiring. In fact, his lateral agility leaves a lot to be desired. There are backs in this class that possess speed close to his with much more horizontal movement ability.
Quinshon Judkins Dynasty Fantasy Football Outlook
Judkins had a productive career at Ole Miss before helping Ohio State win a national championship, but his utter lack of hip flexibility is a massive concern. You can't succeed like that in the league. It almost looks like there's something artificially restricting his mobility. He misses multiple opportunities to simply juke the guys in front of him when you watch him on film, and as has been stated many times, you can't run guys over or slip off tackle attempts from NFL linebackers.
Judkins' film isn't disastrous, but there are plenty of concerns about his game. You have to dodge tackle attempts regularly at the next level. He'll need to be in the right situation. Interestingly, the Las Vegas Raiders seem like a team that would draft him, and they'd continue their backfield woes if they did.
Cam Skattebo Dynasty Fantasy Football Outlook
Skattebo's lack of explosiveness will always cap his upside, but he should carve out at least some role at the next level. You can watch a 25-minute highlight reel below -- he certainly produced very well in college.
His vision, contact balance, and strength stand out particularly. The huge plays won't be as common at the next level, but his standout tackle-breaking ability will be valuable. He's a solid pick in the bottom half of the second round in rookie drafts.
CAM SKATTEBO WITH THE 42-YARD TD PASS ON FOURTH DOWN 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/CksEs2NL4K
— ESPN (@espn) January 1, 2025
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