Ashton Jeanty Headlines Running Back Prospects for 2025 NFL Draft

Ashton Jeanty Headlines Running Back Prospects for 2025 NFL Draft
Ashton Jeanty (2) of the Boise State Broncos brushes off Elijah Robinson (0) of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors during the first half of the game at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex in Honolulu on Oct. 12, 2024. Darryl Oumi/Getty Images
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As the NCAA football regular season nears its conclusion with rivalry games this weekend, we’ve been looking at some of the top prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft. With plenty of viewing options over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, it’s a good time to finish off the offensive prospects. We’ve already looked at the top quarterbacks, receivers, interior offensive linemen, and offensive tackles who should hear their names called by an NFL team in the coming year.

Next, we'll look at the top running backs heading to the NFL this spring. The top back is clear this year: Ashton Jeanty is putting up record-breaking numbers this season. But which backs are considerations for NFL front offices after his name is called? Here are our top nine, with two Big Ten universities having their top backfield tandems both ranking well.

Tab Bamford
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Tab Bamford has been writing about sports for two decades. He has worked with the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Big Ten Conference, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and been credentialed for all-star events and postseason games in MLB, the NFL, NHL, NBA and NCAA.