Updated Week 12 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 12 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 12 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

• Kalen Ballage Injured, Sitting Out This Week
• Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. To Be Activated
• James Conner Tests Positive For COVID-19
• Austin Ekeler Activated From IR
• Jonathan Taylor (COVID-19) Out For Week 12
• Christian McCaffrey Officially Ruled Out
• Zach Ertz Not Expected To Play Monday
• Tua Tagovailoa Downgraded To Doubtful
• Todd Gurley Will Not Play This Week
• Ravens-Steelers Tentatively Moved To Tuesday
• Salvon Ahmed Has Officially Been Ruled Out
• Myles Gaskin Might Return Versus Jets
• Giovani Bernard (Concussion) Misses Practice, Likely To Play
• D'Andre Swift Officially Ruled Out
• Myles Gaskin Designated To Return From Injured Reserve
• David Montgomery Has Cleared Protocol, Expected To Play
• Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson Jr. Return From Injured Reserve
• Chris Carson Logs Full Practice Session Tuesday
• La'Mical Perine Placed On Injured Reserve
• Rex Burkhead Confirms Season-Ending Knee Injury
• Mark Ingram II, J.K. Dobbins Test Positive For COVID-19

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison, Scott Engel, and Dominick Petrillo - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 12.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

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Week 12 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 12 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 11/29 at 10:45 am ET:

RB Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Dalvin Cook	RB	1
2	Nick Chubb	RB	6
3	Derrick Henry	RB	7
4	Alvin Kamara	RB	8
5	Aaron Jones	RB	10
6	Josh Jacobs	RB	15
7	James Robinson	RB	17
8	Miles Sanders	RB	21
9	Kareem Hunt	RB	22
10	Antonio Gibson	RB	23
11	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	26
12	Mike Davis	RB	34
13	Chris Carson	RB	35
14	Austin Ekeler	RB	36
15	Wayne Gallman	RB	39
16	Brian Hill	RB	41
17	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	47
18	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	48
19	Nyheim Hines	RB	50
20	Kenyan Drake	RB	52
21	Myles Gaskin	RB	54
22	Giovani Bernard	RB	60
23	Damien Harris	RB	64
24	Ronald Jones II	RB	65
25	Raheem Mostert	RB	67
26	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	68
27	Gus Edwards	RB	70
28	David Montgomery	RB	72
29	J.D. McKissic	RB	75
30	Adrian Peterson	RB	87
31	Zack Moss	RB	88
32	James White	RB	92
33	Melvin Gordon III	RB	93
34	Chase Edmonds	RB	94
35	Leonard Fournette	RB	95
36	Frank Gore	RB	96
37	Darrell Henderson	RB	104
38	Jordan Wilkins	RB	108
39	Devin Singletary	RB	110
40	Kerryon Johnson	RB	115
41	Jerick McKinnon	RB	123
42	Cam Akers	RB	124
43	Latavius Murray	RB	125
44	Phillip Lindsay	RB	133
45	Matt Breida	RB	135
46	Carlos Hyde	RB	140
47	Jamaal Williams	RB	145
48	Justice Hill	RB	148
49	Tony Pollard	RB	151
50	Olamide Zaccheaus	RB	152
51	Malcolm Brown	RB	153
52	Le'Veon Bell	RB	156
53	Samaje Perine	RB	160
54	Devontae Booker	RB	168
55	Boston Scott	RB	172
56	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	173
57	Joshua Kelley	RB	176
58	Alexander Mattison	RB	180
59	D'Onta Foreman	RB	189
60	Ito Smith	RB	193
61	Troymaine Pope	RB	194
62	Darrel Williams	RB	195
63	Rodney Smith	RB	199
64	Ty Johnson	RB	200
65	Dion Lewis	RB	203
66	Sony Michel	RB	209
67	Trayveon Williams	RB	210
68	C.J. Prosise	RB	214
69	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	221
70	Ryan Nall	RB	222
71	Alfred Morris	RB	225
72	Jeremy McNichols	RB	227
73	Patrick Laird	RB	230
74	Royce Freeman	RB	232
75	Peyton Barber	RB	237
76	DeAndre Washington	RB	244
77	Jalen Richard	RB	250
78	Alec Ingold	RB	251
79	DeeJay Dallas	RB	257
80	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB	262
81	Corey Clement	RB	264
82	Qadree Ollison	RB	267
83	Trenton Cannon	RB	277
84	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	286
85	Devine Ozigbo	RB	288
86	Ameer Abdullah	RB	291
87	AJ Dillon	RB	296
88	Jaylen Samuels	RB	298
89	Jonathan Williams	RB	309
90	Buddy Howell	RB	314
91	Keith Smith	RB	326
92	Jakob Johnson	RB	327
93	Josh Adams	RB	330
94	Artavis Pierce	RB	333
95	C.J. Ham	RB	343
96	Alex Armah	RB	344
97	LeSean McCoy	RB	346
98	D.J. Foster	RB	348
99	Lamar Miller	RB	350
100	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	351
101	Michael Burton	RB	353
102	Khari Blasingame	RB	354
103	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	355
104	Rico Dowdle	RB	356
105	Elijah Holyfield	RB	357
106	Lynn Bowden Jr.	RB	358

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