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Fantasy Football: Identifying potential RB1s for 2025

2YPXG2R Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving runs for a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)

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As detailed in “Exploring the framework of the 2024 RB1s,” all 12 points-per-reception (PPR) RB1s in 2024 led their respective team in offensive positional snap share, positional red and green zone snap shares and positional rushing attempt shares.

Owning primary passing-down roles, tallying high offensive touch counts and earning a high PFF rushing grade were also highly correlated. PPR RB1s were also shown to have a higher correlation to playing in efficient, position-friendly offenses than their PPR WR1 counterparts. The latter subject is explored in “Exploring the framework of 2024’s WR1s and Identifying potential WR1s for 2025.” NFL running backs playing in pass-heavy offenses who manage to lead their position group in rushing share despite moderate overall rushing volume can preserve their PPR RB1 potential via high-volume receiving workloads.


RB Bucky Irving, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers second-year running back Bucky Irving is a 2025 RB1 candidate thanks to his running back-friendly offensive environment, high-volume dual-threat role, league-best PFF rushing grade and elite per-play efficiency. Irving turns 23 years old in August 2025. His 90.8 PFF offense grade ranks fourth among 79 NFL running backs with at least 135 offensive snaps.

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