Updated Week 3 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 3 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 3 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

• Duke Johnson A Long-Shot To Play
• Josh Jacobs Expected To Play In Week 3
• Raheem Mostert And Tevin Coleman Officially Ruled Out
• Zack Moss Ruled Out For Week 3
• Phillip Lindsay Not On Track To Return In Week 3
• Cam Akers Will Miss Week 3

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 3.

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 3 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 3 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 9/27 at 10:30 am ET

RB Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Alvin Kamara	RB	2
2	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	3
3	Dalvin Cook	RB	4
4	Miles Sanders	RB	5
5	Derrick Henry	RB	6
6	Jonathan Taylor	RB	7
7	Aaron Jones	RB	8
8	Austin Ekeler	RB	10
9	Kenyan Drake	RB	12
10	Josh Jacobs	RB	13
11	Chris Carson	RB	14
12	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	15
13	Nick Chubb	RB	16
14	James Conner	RB	24
15	Joe Mixon	RB	25
16	James Robinson	RB	31
17	Kareem Hunt	RB	40
18	David Montgomery	RB	41
19	Melvin Gordon III	RB	42
20	Todd Gurley II	RB	47
21	David Johnson	RB	50
22	Leonard Fournette	RB	52
23	Antonio Gibson	RB	56
24	Devin Singletary	RB	59
25	Joshua Kelley	RB	60
26	Jerick McKinnon	RB	68
27	Mark Ingram II	RB	73
28	Mike Davis	RB	79
29	Darrell Henderson	RB	91
30	Tarik Cohen	RB	98
31	J.K. Dobbins	RB	99
32	Nyheim Hines	RB	104
33	D'Andre Swift	RB	106
34	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB	110
35	Dion Lewis	RB	112
36	Ronald Jones II	RB	115
37	Myles Gaskin	RB	117
38	Frank Gore	RB	120
39	Sony Michel	RB	122
40	Malcolm Brown	RB	126
41	Latavius Murray	RB	130
42	Adrian Peterson	RB	131
43	Chase Edmonds	RB	138
44	Jordan Howard	RB	143
45	Kerryon Johnson	RB	148
46	Boston Scott	RB	156
47	Alexander Mattison	RB	160
48	Devonta Freeman	RB	161
49	Rex Burkhead	RB	164
50	James White	RB	166
51	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	167
52	Jamaal Williams	RB	170
53	Chris Thompson	RB	171
54	Cam Akers	RB	173
55	Wayne Gallman	RB	174
56	Carlos Hyde	RB	175
57	Gus Edwards	RB	178
58	Matt Breida	RB	184
59	J.D. McKissic	RB	185
60	Darrel Williams	RB	187
61	Tony Pollard	RB	188
62	Jalen Richard	RB	195
63	Giovani Bernard	RB	196
64	LeSean McCoy	RB	207
65	Brian Hill	RB	209
66	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	212
67	Royce Freeman	RB	216
68	Darwin Thompson	RB	219
69	Peyton Barber	RB	220
70	Jaylen Samuels	RB	226
71	Corey Clement	RB	227
72	Josh Adams	RB	229
73	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	232
74	Ito Smith	RB	233
75	AJ Dillon	RB	236
76	Jordan Wilkins	RB	237
77	Lamical Perine	RB	243
78	T.J. Yeldon	RB	246
79	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	247
80	Devontae Booker	RB	253
81	JaMycal Hasty	RB	254
82	Travis Homer	RB	256
83	Ryquell Armstead	RB	258
84	Jeremy McNichols	RB	259
85	Ryan Nall	RB	262
86	Patrick Laird	RB	269
87	Reggie Bonnafon	RB	271
88	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	273
89	Mike Boone	RB	274
90	Eno Benjamin	RB	275
91	J.J. Taylor	RB	276
92	Tyler Ervin	RB	278
93	Trenton Cannon	RB	279
94	Kalen Ballage	RB	282
95	Buddy Howell	RB	283
96	Ty Montgomery	RB	294
97	Jason Huntley	RB	297
98	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	300
99	Bryce Love	RB	302
100	C.J. Prosise	RB	306
101	Justice Hill	RB	307
102	Ameer Abdullah	RB	316
103	Qadree Ollison	RB	340
104	Olamide Zaccheaus	RB	344
105	Trayveon Williams	RB	345

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