Taylor Bicht
2 min read • July 25, 2024
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With the NFL season rapidly approaching, our team at Sports Injury Central has you covered with all the injury insights you need when deciding which players to target or avoid in all formats of Fantasy Football.
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Here are the running backs whose injury concerns are in the past, so we recommend you target them in your fantasy football drafts.
After tearing his ACL in 2022, Breece Hall had a breakout season in 2023, playing in all 17 games and finishing with over 1,500 total yards and 9 touchdowns. Pro Football Docs expect him to have a big season with the return of Aaron Rodgers, and now in his second season post-ACL injury, Hall could be a top 5 fantasy RB in 2024.
Jonathan Taylor has dealt with a laundry list of injuries over the past two seasons but enters this year with a clean bill of health from our Pro Football Docs. In 2022, Taylor suffered a right ankle injury that caused him to miss six games and required offseason surgery. In 2023, the same injury caused Taylor to start the season on the PUP list, missing the first four games. Once off the list, Taylor was awarded a new contract by the Colts but then suffered a torn UCL in his left thumb in Week 12, causing him to miss three more games and finish the season with a career-low 741 rushing yards. Entering this season, our Pro Football Docs expect Taylor to be fully healthy for the start of training camp and ready to be a workhorse RB beginning in Week 1.
After tearing three ligaments during his rookie campaign in 2022, Williams had a very strong 2023 season, missing only one game. Despite the missed game, he had lingering quad and hamstring issues but still managed to garner 217 carries for 774 yards with 3 touchdowns on the ground and 47 catches with 5 touchdowns. He’s not 100%, but he is continuing to improve in camp and is expected to be available to start the season.
A high right ankle sprain sustained in Week 6 kept him out of Weeks 7-11 while on the IR list, upon return he resumed his regular starting rotation. He was a highly productive starter when healthy and despite missing 4 games still finished with 1144 yds (3rd in the league) and 12 rushing touchdowns (t-5th) while gaining 5 yards per carry. During the offseason he underwent surgery to repair a broken bone in his left hand however this is no concern. Another possible concern was a foot issue suffered in the offseason but is already moving full go at training camp. This season he will get the lion’s share of carries while RB2 will likely be rookie Blake Corum.
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Written by Taylor Bicht
