Running Backs Age 29 or Older
The average age of running backs in NFL is 28.1. The following 24 running backs will be 29 or older on opening day. Youth is a factor in long-term fantasy football performance. Older players are less valuable than normal in keeper and dynasty leagues. Older players with more than 200 rushing attempts last year could be at a higher risk for injury.
| Player | NFL Team |
Depth Chart |
Current Age |
Height | Weight | 2021 Rushing Attempts |
Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameer Abdullah | LVR | RB2 | 29 | 5'9 | 203 | 51 | RB - #54 |
| Nick Bellore | SEA | RB4 | 33 | 6'1 | 250 | 0 | RB - #127 |
| Giovani Bernard | TB | RB4 | 31 | 5'9 | 205 | 21 | RB - #103 |
| Brandon Bolden | LVR | RB4 | 33 | 5'11 | 220 | 44 | RB - #83 |
| Devontae Booker | --- | 30 | 5'11 | 219 | 145 | ||
| Malcolm Brown | LAR | RB3 | 29 | 5'11 | 227 | 33 | |
| Rex Burkhead | HOU | RB3 | 32 | 5'10 | 210 | 121 | RB - #50 |
| Michael Burton | KC | RB5 | 31 | 6'0 | 240 | 10 | RB - #114 |
| Tevin Coleman | SF | RB6 | 29 | 6'1 | 210 | 84 | |
| Mike Davis | --- | 29 | 5'9 | 217 | 138 | RB - #59 | |
| Devonta Freeman | --- | 30 | 5'8 | 206 | 133 | ||
| Melvin Gordon | KC | RB4 | 29 | 6'1 | 215 | 203 | RB - #29 |
| C.J. Ham | MIN | RB4 | 29 | 5'11 | 235 | 7 | RB - #104 |
| Mark Ingram | NO | 33 | 5'9 | 215 | 160 | RB - #52 | |
| David Johnson | NO | RB2 | 31 | 6'1 | 224 | 67 | |
| Taiwan Jones | BUF | 34 | 6'0 | 195 | 0 | RB - #122 | |
| Kyle Juszczyk | SF | RB5 | 31 | 6'1 | 240 | 11 | RB - #79 |
| Jerick McKinnon | KC | RB2 | 30 | 5'9 | 205 | 46 | RB - #68 |
| Ty Montgomery | NE | 30 | 6'0 | 216 | 15 | RB - #81 | |
| Raheem Mostert | MIA | RB2 | 30 | 5'10 | 197 | 2 | RB - #55 |
| Latavius Murray | DEN | RB1 | 33 | 6'3 | 230 | 119 | |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | ATL | RB2 | 31 | 6'2 | 220 | 153 | RB - #33 |
| Keith Smith | ATL | 30 | 6'0 | 240 | 9 | ||
| Derek Watt | PIT | RB5 | 30 | 6'2 | 234 | 1 | RB - #118 |
