Rest of Season Rankings: Running Backs

These rankings are not reflective of what we've seen so far, but rather what I project each player to do going forward. This tries to take into account how I see the young guys improving going forward, how I see timeshares being handled, and to some extent the injury risk of a player, and overall the situation that a player is in. Obviously anything can happen from week-to-week, so take these with a grain of salt, but if a guy is ranked ahead of someone else, I would consider a trade for them. Would I actually have the guts to trade Ray Rice for Knowshon? I'm not sure. I would definitely consider it.

* denotes player currently dealing with injury

1. Adrian Peterson
2. Jamaal Charles
3. LeSean McCoy
4. Matt Forte
5. Marshawn Lynch
6. Arian Foster
7. Knowshon Moreno
8. Reggie Bush
9. Eddie Lacy
10. Frank Gore
11. Alfred Morris
12. Ray Rice
13. Stevan Ridley
14. Le'Veon Bell
15. C.J. Spiller
16. Giovani Bernard
17. Trent Richardson
18. Darren Sproles
19. Chris Johnson
20. Fred Jackson
21. Darren McFadden
22. DeMarco Murray*
23. Danny Woodhead
24. Lamar Miller
25. Doug Martin*
26. Steven Jackson
27. DeAngelo Williams
28. Jacquizz Rodgers
29. Zac Stacy
30. Andre Ellington
31. BenJarvus Green-Ellis
32. Ryan Mathews
33. Roy Helu
34. Maurice Jones-Drew
35. Ben Tate
36. Willis McGahee
37. Shane Vereen*
38. Pierre Thomas
39. Joseph Randle
40. Chris Ivory
41. Bryce Brown
42. Joique Bell
43. Daryl Richardson
44. Ronnie Hillman
45. Andre Brown*
46. David Wilson*
47. Donald Brown
48. Jonathan Stewart*
49. Bernard Pierce
50. Rashard Mendenhall
51. Kendall Hunter
52. Bilal Powell
53. Shonn Greene*
54. Lance Dunbar
55. Brandon Jacobs
56. Chris Ogbonnaya
57. Mike Tolbert
58. Peyton Hillis
59. Michael Bush
60. Robert Turbin
61. Christine Michael
62. Rashad Jennings
63. Marcel Reece
64. Jackie Battle
65. Khiry Robinson
66. Brandon Bolden
67. Montee Ball
68. LeGarrette Blount
69. James Starks*
70. Jason Snelling*
71. Michael Cox