Fantasy Football Running Back Depth Charts - Handcuffs, Backups, Waiver Wire Stashes

With wide receivers continuing to be pushed up fantasy football draft boards as a "Zero-RB" approach is growing in popularity, identifying potential backup or "handcuff" running backs to stash is a great way to stack upside on your roster. Many fantasy gamers are used to handcuffing their running backs, while others opt to only grab backups from backfields they do not have pieces of. That's a debate for another time, but either way, you should use these fantasy football running back depth charts to keep tabs on the developments in all 32 NFL backfields.

Almost every team used to have one workhorse back, but now, less than half of the league utilizes a bell-cow ball carrier. Instead, most teams are going to pure committees or at least complementing their starter with a pass-catching back, early-down bruiser, or pure goal-line back. Our handcuff chart will identify the backfield type, break down the three-deep depth chart, highlight waiver-wire targets, and list injured players to stash.

We will be updating the NFL Handcuff Chart all season and all off-season long.

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Fantasy Football Running Back Depth Chart Key

• GLB - Goal Line Back
• PDB - Passing Down Back

 

AFC Fantasy Football Running Back Depth Charts

Team	Backfield Type	Starter(s)	Backup	Third-String	Waiver Wire Add/Stash	IR/PUP Stash
BAL	Workhorse + PDB	Derrick Henry	Justice Hill	N/A	N/A	Keaton Mitchell (PUP)
BUF	Workhorse + GLB	James Cook	Ray Davis	Ty Johnson	Ray Davis	N/A
CIN	Workhorse + PDB	Zack Moss	Chase Brown	Trayveon Williams	N/A	N/A
CLE	Workhorse	Jerome Ford	Pierre Strong Jr.	D'Onta Foreman	N/A	Nick Chubb (PUP)
DEN	True Committee	Javonte Williams/Jaleel McLaughlin	Blake Watson	N/A	Jaleel McLaughlin	Audric Estime (IR)
HOU	Workhorse	Joe Mixon	Dare Ogunbowale/Dameon Pierce	Cam Akers	N/A	N/A
IND	Workhorse	Jonathan Taylor	Trey Sermon	Tyler Goodson	N/A	N/A
JAX	Workhorse	Travis Etienne Jr.	Tank Bigsby	D'Ernest Johnson	N/A	N/A
KC	Workhorse + PDB	Isiah Pacheco	Samaje Perine	Carson Steele	Samaje Perine	N/A
LV	True Committee	Zamir White/Alexander Mattison	Ameer Abdullah	N/A	Alexander Mattison	N/A
LAC	True Committee	Gus Edwards/J.K. Dobbins	Kimani Vidal	Hassan Haskins	N/A	N/A
MIA	True Committee	Raheem Mostert (OUT) /De'Von Achane	Jaylen Wright	Jeff Wilson Jr. (INJ, oblique)	Jaylen Wright	N/A
NE	Workhorse + PDB	Rhamondre Stevenson	Antonio Gibson	JaMycal Hasty	Antonio Gibson	N/A
NYJ	Workhorse	Breece Hall	Braelon Allen	Israel Abanikanda/Isaiah Davis	Braelon Allen	N/A
PIT	True Committee	Najee Harris/Jaylen Warren	Cordarrelle Patterson	N/A	N/A	N/A
TEN	True Committee	Tony Pollard/Tyjae Spears	Julius Chestnut	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

NFC Fantasy Football Running Back Depth Charts

Team	Backfield Type	Starter	Backup/Handcuff	Third-String	Waiver Wire Add	IR/PUP Stash
ARI	Workhorse	James Conner	Trey Benson/Emari Demercado	N/A	Trey Benson	N/A
ATL	Workhorse	Bijan Robinson	Tyler Allgeier	Avery Williams	Tyler Allgeier	N/A
CAR	True Committee	Chuba Hubbard/Miles Sanders	Mike Boone	N/A	N/A	Jonathon Brooks (PUP)
CHI	Workhorse + GLB	D'Andre Swift	Khalil Herbert	Travis Homer	Khalil Herbert	N/A
DAL	True Committee	Ezekiel Elliott/Rico Dowdle	Deuce Vaughn	Dalvin Cook	Rico Dowdle	N/A
DET	True Committee	David Montgomery/Jahmyr Gibbs	Craig Reynolds/Sione Vaki	N/A	N/A	N/A
GB	Workhorse	Josh Jacobs	MarShawn Lloyd	Emanuel Wilson	MarShawn Lloyd	N/A
LAR	Workhorse + GLB	Kyren Williams	Ronnie Rivers	Blake Corum	N/A	N/A
MIN	True Committee	Aaron Jones/Ty Chandler	N/A	N/A	Ty Chandler	N/A
NO	Workhorse	Alvin Kamara	Jamaal Williams	Jordan Mims	N/A	Kendre Miller (IR)
NYG	Workhorse	Devin Singletary	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	Eric Gray	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	N/A
PHI	Workhorse	Saquon Barkley	Kenneth Gainwell	Will Shipley	Kenneth Gainwell	N/A
SF	Workhorse	Jordan Mason	Isaac Guerendo	Patrick Taylor Jr.	Jordan Mason	Christian McCaffrey
SEA	Workhorse + PDB	Kenneth Walker III (Doubtful)	Zach Charbonnet	Kenny McIntosh	Zach Charbonnet	N/A
TB	Workhorse	Rachaad White	Bucky Irving	Sean Tucker	Bucky Irving	N/A
WAS	True Committee	Austin Ekeler/Brian Robinson Jr.	Jeremy McNichols	N/A	N/A	N/A

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