2020 Rookie receivers a thread:

@myfantasyleague

I’ve been toying with the rookie RB’s and how to rank them.

I wanted to explore some key stats and then provide you with my rankings of the 7 and my thoughts. So read to the bottom for my rankings:

Points per game

James Robinson - 17.9
Jonathan Taylor - 15.3
Antonio Gibson - 14.9
D'Andre Swift - 14.5
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 12.6
JK Dobbins - 10
Cam Akers - 7.6

Carries

James Robinson - 240
Jonathan Taylor - 202
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 181
Antonio Gibson - 151
Cam Akers - 124
JK Dobbins - 121
D'Andre Swift - 102

Rushing Yards

James Robinson - 1070
Jonathan Taylor - 916
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 803
Antonio Gibson - 720
JK Dobbins - 645
Cam Akers - 591
D'Andre Swift - 467

Rushing TDs

Antonio Gibson - 11
Jonathan Taylor - 9
James Robinson - 7
JK Dobbins - 7
D'Andre Swift - 7
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 4
Cam Akers - 2

Receptions

James Robinson - 49
D'Andre Swift - 43
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 36
Antonio Gibson - 35
Jonathan Taylor - 35
JK Dobbins - 18
Cam Akers - 7

Receiving Yards

James Robinson - 344
D'Andre Swift - 341
Jonathan Taylor - 298
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 297
Antonio Gibson - 241
JK Dobbins - 120
Cam Akers - 71

Receiving TDs

James Robinson - 3
D'Andre Swift - 2
Cam Akers - 1
Jonathan Taylor - 1
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 1
Antonio Gibson - 0
JK Dobbins - 0

Opportunity Share (% of teams RB Carries + Targets)

James Robinson - 85.2%
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 66.1%
Jonathan Taylor - 50.7%
D'Andre Swift - 47.1%
Antonio Gibson - 46.4%
Cam Akers - 44.5%
JK Dobbins - 39.3%

Yards per Carry

JK Dobbins - 5.3
Antonio Gibson - 4.8
Cam Akers - 4.8
D'Andre Swift - 4.6
James Robinson - 4.5
Jonathan Taylor - 4.5
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 4.4

Explosive runs (10yards+)

Jonathan Taylor - 35
James Robinson - 31
Antonio Gibson - 21
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 21
JK Dobbins - 20
D'Andre Swift - 13
Cam Akers - 12

% of runs that are explosive

Jonathan Taylor - 17.33%
JK Dobbins - 16.53%
Antonio Gibson - 13.91%
James Robinson - 12.92%
D'Andre Swift - 12.75%
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 11.6%
Cam Akers - 9.68%

Yards after contact per attempt

JK Dobbins - 3.47
James Robinson - 3.18
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 2.98
Jonathan Taylor - 2.95
Cam Akers - 2.84
Antonio Gibson - 2.56
D'Andre Swift - 2.41

First of all, it really can’t be stated enough how incredible James Robinsons season was as an undrafted free agent to lead the rookies in numerous categories and have an opportunity share of north of 85%.

Will Dobbins great number transfer to an increased workload?

Will Gibson get more passing game usage?

Will Swift, Taylor and Akers truly take over their backfields?

So my rookie rankings/tiers from a Dynasty standpoint as things stand are:

Jonathan Taylor
D’Andre Swift

(break)

JK Dobbins
CEH
Antonio Gibson
James Robinson

(break)

Cam Akers