Since fantasy football’s early days, the do-it-all running back has captured our imaginations. Players like LaDainian Tomlinson and Priest Holmes produced such gaudy statistics in their heydays that they were responsible in large part for countless championships, gaining admirers far beyond San Diego and Kansas City.
Although a majority of NFL coaches have moved in recent years toward committee backfields, there remains a handful of elite runners who can truly do it all, making it difficult for their coaches to take them off the field. These primo running backs keep us collectively coming back for more; we continue to draft running backs early and often in the hope that we will land an elite, workhorse back.