2025 Running Backs

Last year Arizona State's Cam Skattebo (4th Round NY Giants) was the only White RB selected in the 2025 NFL Draft
...FCS stud RB Lan Larison (UC-Davis) was Signed by Patriots as a UDFA

Who on this 2025 list will be on an NFL Roster one day??

Aidan Laughery (Jr.) 5'-11" 200 Illinois
GET THIS GUY THE BALL! 4.4 speed
Academic All-Big Ten
Last year 589 yards Rushing 4 TDs ( 6.1 avg per carry!)
Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week after rushing 12 times for a career-best 172 yards and career-high three touchdowns in win at Wrigley Field against Northwestern (11/30/24)
172-yard game at Wrigley Field was his first career 100-yard game






Carson Hansen (Jr.) 6'-2" 220 Iowa State
....752 Yards Rushing 13 TDs! + 88 Yards Receiving 2 TDs
No 100+ yard games ; but did go over 90+ 3 times





Dean Connors (Sr.) 6'-0 206 Houston (Rice transfer)
Rice career: 1,679 yards 16 Rushing TDs ; 113 Receptions for 912 yards & 6 TDs!
>Only FBS player with 700+ rushing yards and 400+ receiving yards each of last two seasons (2023-24) and
> 1 of 5 FBS players to accomplish feat twice in last 10 years (2015-24)
Former WALK -ON from the state of Hawaii...Sr. last season thought he was out of eligibility
Listed 2nd team on current Depth Chart








Dawson Pendergrass (Jr.) 6'-2" 218 Baylor
....671 yards Rushing 6 TDs (2 = 100+ games) + 103 yards Receiving 1 TD
Listed 2nd Team behind a 1,000 yard RB ..but still a Capable "Bell Cow" Back





Lincoln Pare (Sr. 5'-9" 200) Texas State
Athlon Sports SBC First Team Offense... CFN First Team All-SBC.
Injured part of the season ; but still managed to lead Bobcats w 8 rushing TDs (8th SBC) off 95 carries and 554 yards.
Career...1,326 yards rushing 13 TDs + 343 yards Receiving & TD
Started career at Arkansas State





Cade Yacamelli (Jr .) 6'-0 215 Wisconsin
Starter according Our Lads....but not on 2 deep in Athlon's
..last season.just 33 carries 274 Yards Rushing ( 8.3 avg!) 2 TDs + 35 Yards Receiving






Cash Jones (Sr.) 6'-0 182 Georgia
Back up RB makes BIG plays when it matters most! including career-long 32-yard TD in CFP Quarterfinal vs. Notre Dame (Allstate Sugar Bowl).
Career 238 yards Rushing 3 TDs (long of 57) + 378 yards Receiving 5 TDs






Sam Scott (Sr.) 6'2" 230 Wyoming
....in limited action (only 4 starts) last season had 435 Yards Rushing 3 TDs (115 yard game vs Utah State) + 74 yards Receiving 2 TDs
It's finally his chance to shine! Started career as a Linebacker






Adam Jones (Soph.) 6'-1" 200 Montana State
One of the Top FCS RBs.....Break away speed...833 yards Rushing 10 TDs (( long of 93 !)) despite splitting time last season w RB who now transferred
+198 yards Receiving & TD; also returned 4 kickoffs for 98 yards





Landon Sims (Sr.) 6'-2" 220 Hawaii
Last year Rushed for Team Leading 351 yards (4.9 avg) on 71 carries & TD + 13 Rec 153 yards
Selected to the academic All-Mountain West team.
Dad Travis played RB at Hawaii in the 90s



Other RBs to Keep an eye on
Navy RBs
Alex Tecza (Sr.) 6'-0 204..568 Yards Rushing 8 TDs + 229 Yards Receiving 2 TDs
Eli Heidenreich (Sr.) 6'-0 201...444 Yards Rushing 3 TDs(1=100 Game) + 671 Yards Receiving (2 100+Games!) 6 TDs
Swiss Army Knife has NFL potential IMO

Air Force trio
Dylan Carson (Sr.) 6'-0 215....600 Yards Rushing 5 TDs (3= 100+ Games)
Kade Frew (Sr. 5'-9" 190) ...last year 45 carries 260 Yards Rushing 1 TD + 15 yards receiving
Owen Allen (Sr.) 5'-11" 215 ... 335 Yards Rushing 2 TDs (1 = 100+ Game)

Army
Noah Short (Jr.) 6'-0 182 ...569 Yards Rushing 2 TDs (1=100+ Game) + 318 Yards Receiving 3 TDs
Hayden Reed (Jr.) 6'-0 215

Victor Rosa (Jr. 5'-11" 210) ..U.Conn(injured most of last season)over 1,000 Rushing in career 15 TDs

Caden Williams (RS Fr. 5'-10" 210) ....Liberty U.
Luke Yoder (Jr. 5'-11" 200) ...Lehigh (FCS) 1,025 Yards Rushing 10 TDs

2nd Team Back up's
Tate Carney (Jr.) 5'-10" 212 Wake Forest
..339 Yards Rushing 6 TDs + 113 Yards Receiving 1 TD
Anderson Castle (Sr. 6'-0 220) ....Duke (App State transfer)
...246 Yards Rushing 1 TD + 88 Yards Receiving

Shane Porter (Sr.) 5'-11" 186 ..... Sam Houston St. * EDIT * (North Texas transfer)..decommited from UTEP
643 Yards Rushing (6.8avg!) 5 TDs (2=100+ Games) + 88 Yards Receiving
Ex Walk-on WR @ Kansas State...where have we heard that before?

Cole Cabana (Soph. 5'-11" 197) ...Western Michigan (Michigan transfer)
Connor Walendzak (Jr. 5'-11" 208 ) ....Toledo..... 458 Yards Rushing 1 TD + 77 Yards Receiving
Duncan Brune (Soph. 5'-11" 210) ...Ohio U....from Germany
Bryce Duke (Jr. 6'-0 210) ....Utah *EDIT* (Old Dominion transfer) ...last year 3rd on team Rushing 285 yards
Gavin Garcia (Jr. 5'-7" 192) ....Kent St. (injured last season) 755 yards career ; 3 TDs
Cookie Desiderio (Soph. 6'-1" 225) ....U Mass
Ashton Hayes (Jr. 6'-0 198) .....Nevada
Jake Reichle (Jr. 6'-1" 225) ...Oregon State ...currently listed 3rd team

Please Feel Free to Add to this List!

Nice list!

Free YAC. He tied for fastest 40 on the team with a low 4.4 and still they want to play the upsiders over him, because muh HS recruiting rating wuz better than yours

Bryce Duke actually transferred again from ODU to Utah. Hopefully he gets some carries.

Shane Porter is at Sam Houston not UTEP.

Great stuff, 22! The small but noticeable uptick in White running backs continues. Gotta root for Skattebo to have a good rookie season and that Will Shipley does well with his opportunities.

TwentyTwo said:

Who on this 2025 list will be on an NFL Roster one day??

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Great post 22! Sorry guys that I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. The company I worked for abruptly closed leaving me without a job.
A total surprise! I have purchased some of the company's intellectual property and have begun to start my own business. This has taken 90% of my time over the past two weeks and will probably take most of my time going forward as I am not in a position to retire just yet. I hope to employ several people who have their jobs as well.
Anyway. TewntyTwo I am a big fan of Carson Hansen. A 6'2 220 lb RB with great speed. I believe he has been timed in the 4.4 range. Only a junior, if he has a great season he could be headed to the NFL Draft. To me he has the best physical ability to make it as a starting RB in the NFL. Pendergrass could be there as well. However, in a fair world many of the men you listed could play in the NFL, but sadly they probably won't get the chance. Again, great post.
Hopefully I can post some more college team write ups, but I am extremely busy right now. Keep posting gents! I do look at the site at least once daily now and thank you for your efforts!

Carolina Speed said:

Great post 22! Sorry guys that I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. The company I worked for abruptly closed leaving me without a job.
A total surprise! I have purchased some of the company's intellectual property and have begun to start my own business. This has taken 90% of my time over the past two weeks and will probably take most of my time going forward as I am not in a position to retire just yet. I hope to employ several people who have their jobs as well.
Anyway. TewntyTwo I am a big fan of Carson Hansen. A 6'2 220 lb RB with great speed. I believe he has been timed in the 4.4 range. Only a junior, if he has a great season he could be headed to the NFL Draft. To me he has the best physical ability to make it as a starting RB in the NFL. Pendergrass could be there as well. However, in a fair world many of the men you listed could play in the NFL, but sadly they probably won't get the chance. Again, great post.
Hopefully I can post some more college team write ups, but I am extremely busy right now. Keep posting gents! I do look at the site at least once daily now and thank you for your efforts!

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No need to apologize brother! Sorry to hear that you were laid off. Focus on getting your business up and running!

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sp...-back-to-colorado-state-football/77136133007/

Vann Schield returned to CSU via the transfer portal. Hopefully he gets some touches this season.

Thanks for the list gentlemen! Optimistic that a few of these guys will break out, sort of like Skattebo did.

@Carolina Speed hold your head up! Sounds like a crappy situation but maybe you can turn lemons into lemonade and come out on top. Best of luck friend.

Thank you to everybody! All the replies are nice to see!
For sure optimistic ...some should have a 1,000 yard break out season!
RB Dean Connors snuck up on me...thought he was a Senior @ Rice U. & OUT of Eligibility....so it was a surprise to see him at Houston.

Hoping things will work out for you Carolina Speed (Romans 8:28)
Good observation Big 12 RBs Carson Hanson (listed 4.45) just a Junior & Dawson Pendergrass (4.48?) nearly the same size
Hopefully they BOTH run sub 4.5 at NFL Combine ((Laser Timed))

Thanks Leonard fan ....saw one article ; then another ..he de-comitted from UTEP....Now at Sam Houston
........Ex Kansas State RB Shane Porter never seemed to get much respect at North Texas.
Made several explosive long runs (13 carries 193 yards vs UTSA & 13 -120 Yards vs Wyoming) ; yet other games ...bread crumbs
ONLY 2 carries in Bowl Game?? BS! I'd TRANSFER TOO!
.......Buried on his new team Depth Chart @ #4....will be interesting to watch unfold; Prove himself all over again!

Utah is an interesting spot RB Bryce Duke...currently 3 on updated Depth Chart ...Ourlads was slow to update him still at ODU fairly recently; but updated now

Weird situation w Vann Schield...wish he had never left Colorado State ..
.....Northern Colorado was a dumpster fire last season finishing 12th place in the Big Sky

AND......
>>>>>>>> Was about to start the 2025 UL-Monroe team thread
And see Bennett Galloway listed a STARTER on OurLads...but not on Athlon's 2 Deep...hmmm
BUT I do NOT SEE Bennett Galloway on the 2025 UL-Monroe ROSTER....
He is in the TRANSFER PORTAL??? YES!! He is....but no destination??
Hopefully he has not given up on Football

TwentyTwo said:

Thank you to everybody! All the replies are nice to see!
For sure optimistic ...some should have a 1,000 yard break out season!
RB Dean Connors snuck up on me...thought he was a Senior @ Rice U. & OUT of Eligibility....so it was a surprise to see him at Houston.

Hoping things will work out for you Carolina Speed (Romans 8:28)
Good observation Big 12 RBs Carson Hanson (listed 4.45) just a Junior & Dawson Pendergrass (4.48?) nearly the same size
Hopefully they BOTH run sub 4.5 at NFL Combine ((Laser Timed))

Thanks Leonard fan ....saw one article ; then another ..he de-comitted from UTEP....Now at Sam Houston
........Ex Kansas State RB Shane Porter never seemed to get much respect at North Texas.
Made several explosive long runs (13 carries 193 yards vs UTSA & 13 -120 Yards vs Wyoming) ; yet other games ...bread crumbs
ONLY 2 carries in Bowl Game?? BS! I'd TRANSFER TOO!
.......Buried on his new team Depth Chart @ #4....will be interesting to watch unfold; Prove himself all over again!

Utah is an interesting spot RB Bryce Duke...currently 3 on updated Depth Chart ...Ourlads was slow to update him still at ODU fairly recently; but updated now

Weird situation w Vann Schield...wish he had never left Colorado State ..
.....Northern Colorado was a dumpster fire last season finishing 12th place in the Big Sky

AND......
>>>>>>>> Was about to start the 2025 UL-Monroe team thread
And see Bennett Galloway listed a STARTER on OurLads...but not on Athlon's 2 Deep...hmmm
BUT I do NOT SEE Bennett Galloway on the 2025 UL-Monroe ROSTER....
He is in the TRANSFER PORTAL??? YES!! He is....but no destination??
Hopefully he has not given up on Football

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Ourlads has been off on a few things so far, granted they are just going off speculation as well. That's the challenge with the write-ups because they need to get done but with so many teams to cover there is only so much time that can be dedicated to do our own deeper dives into the roster.


I did search for Jackson Paradis and he had to retire due to injury this past May.

on the season, Castle has a mere 22 carries, but he’s averaging 8.8 yards-per-carry and has scored 3 touchdowns. as for speed, i don’t know what he runs the 40 in, but he already has 2 rushes this season of over 60 yards. impressive! he’s also hauled in 10 catches for 63 more yards.

Duke might want to get him the ball more …

Jimmy Chitwood said:

on the season, Castle has a mere 22 carries, but he’s averaging 8.8 yards-per-carry and has scored 3 touchdowns. as for speed, i don’t know what he runs the 40 in, but he already has 2 rushes this season of over 60 yards. impressive! he’s also hauled in 10 catches for 63 more yards.

Duke might want to get him the ball more …

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Appreciate the update on Castle! Was nervous when he transferred to Duke, glad he’s getting a chance to tote the rock! Agreed he needs more designed plays!

I wonder what’s going on with Sam Scott out in Wyoming? He started out the season with 139 yards now he’s third string behind two sub par black running backs. I did a search to see if he had some kind of injury, but nothing popping up. Probably just getting screwed.

El Gringo said:

I wonder what’s going on with Sam Scott out in Wyoming? He started out the season with 139 yards now he’s third string behind two sub par black running backs. I did a search to see if he had some kind of injury, but nothing popping up. Probably just getting screwed.

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Looks like he’s getting screwed. 5’10 170lb back getting all the carries. He’s produced but sad to see Sam playing 2nd/3rd fiddle after a decent amount of carries in 1st game.

Sam Scott’s smile is clearly not bright enough nor is his upside mouthwatering. if only he had dat ‘ris’ flick or oily hips … or maybe unusually thick thighs … he’d have what it takes.

Nice job, Twenty-Two. Not sure if you've mentioned this Idaho Vandal, who (facially) looks like Danny Woodhead. But here is, perhaps, a rising new one to root for going forward:


Idaho will playing Montana on ESPN2 Saturday night.

Art Williams is a great name for a white RB. Had I not seen the picture, I would've never believed a modern day tailback named "Art Williams" could be white. Art is a totally "retro name", and mostly black when I was growing up -- Art Monk, ect. Probably have to go back several decades to see the last white named "Art" or "Arthur" in the NFL.

Thanks Truthteller.... Always enjoy you posting! Thanks for Adding Williams to the 2025 RB Thread

Week 3 (Sept 14th) Stats Re-cap....props Leonardfan for posting Idaho's Art Williams (16 carries 144 yards)
. Saturday nights sometimes gets too late(time consuming while still trying to watch multiple late night games) so far this season have not been going into as much depth in the FCS like the FBS. Tho in the past tried too.

The FCS could use more RBs..so far .really only posted Adam Jones (Montana St) off to a slow start. Luke Yoder (Lehigh) solid numbers & Marc Columbo (San Diego) out now? injured... and then LF posted the other RB Adam Criter

Thanks for the head's up Idaho vs Montana. That's cool it will be on ESPN2

Was considering posting about new Texas Tech Freshman RB Adam Hill ( 6'-1" 225) who's been MIA past few games
Had 127 yards rushing 16 carries vs Kent State

Too bad Dawson Pendergrass (Baylor) was out for the season injured before it even started

I'd say Castle runs 4.55 pads on, which is very quick.