Understanding Running Back Scoring In Fantasy Football

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If you are new to fantasy football, you may have heard people say that running back is the most important position, and this can lead you to drafting running backs who you know for sure are very good football players. The problem with this approach, however, is that a player being good for their team and a player being good for fantasy football are not always the same things; before you enter the draft, make sure you understand how running back points are tallied, as this will help you to draft players who will be beneficial for your team.

In most leagues, your running back will score one point for you for every 10 yards they pick up in the stats column, which means that it is just as valuable to have a running back who gets a lot of receiving yards as a running back who gets a lot of rushing yards; and of course, if you can find a running back who catches a lot of passes and runs the ball well, this running back will be extremely valuable for your fantasy football team.

If your running back rushed for 60 yards and got no touchdowns, he would get you 6 points, while if your running back rushed for only 1 yard but that 1 yard was a touchdown, he would also get you 6 points; because of the premium this puts on touchdowns, you will want to make sure you get as many running backs as you can who do not have “touchdown vultures” (that is, other players who sub in for them at the goal line!) on their team, as this will heighten the chances of your running back getting you touchdowns as well as yards.

And with how difficult it is to predict how many yards or touchdowns a player will tally from week to week, the main thing you should look for in drafting your running backs is how many “touches” each running back tends to get per game. Having a decent running back who is the featured back on his team would be a much better option than having a dynamic running back who splits time down the middle with someone else!