Dynasty Rookie RB Rankings

Hello, and welcome to the first official Cafe rankings of the 2008 fantasy football season! With the 2008 NFL Draft recently in the books, we got a group of trusted Cafe veterans together to rank the incoming rookie running backs. These rankings are intended to help you with your upcoming rookie dynasty drafts.

We are aware there are other positions in your dynasty drafts, but for the sake of this article we are ranking only the top 12 running backs. The rankers were told to only take into account a dynasty league format. These rankings may not hold true for those who are considering redraft leagues, since they are based on production over about a 5-year period. These rankings are a compilation of twelve fantasy football addicts who can’t wait to get knee-deep in the 2008 fantasy season. After all, there is no offseason with football, right?

Rank	Player	College	NFL Team
1	Rashard Mendenhall	Illinois	Pit
2	Darren McFadden	Arkansas	Oak
3	Jonathan Stewart	Oregon	Car
4	Felix Jones	Arkansas	Dal
5	Matt Forte	Tulane	Chi
6	Kevin Smith	Central Florida	Det
7	Chris Johnson	East Carolina	Ten
8	Ray Rice	Rutgers	Bal
9	Jamaal Charles	Texas	KC
10	Steve Slaton	West Virginia	Hou
11	Ryan Torain	Arizona State	Den
12	Mike Hart	Michigan	Ind

Thanks to all of the loyal Cafe veterans who made this article possible. We hope these rankings can help you prepare for the upcoming fantasy season! Please feel free to chime in with your own thoughts and discuss all questions for the Cafe rankers via the link at the bottom of the page.

The people who ranked for this article are joelamosobadiah, Mikus, BigBadBrawler, BlueBandit24, Treat24, deerayfan072, SniperShot, SwipernoSwiping, Humpback, TheDiplomats, Free Bagel, and The Lung.

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