Running Backs Age 29 or Older
The average age of running backs in NFL is 28.2. The following 27 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 | 2024 Rushing Attempts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameer Abdullah | LVR | RB3 | 31 | 5'9 | 203 | 66 |
| Andrew Beck | NYJ | 29 | 6'4 | 260 | 0 | |
| Mike Boone | CAR | RB5 | 29 | 5'10 | 205 | 13 |
| Michael Burton | DEN | RB5 | 33 | 6'0 | 240 | 7 |
| Nick Chubb | --- | 29 | 5'10 | 225 | 102 | |
| James Conner | ARI | RB1 | 30 | 6'1 | 233 | 236 |
| Gus Edwards | --- | 30 | 6'1 | 240 | 108 | |
| Austin Ekeler | WAS | RB2 | 30 | 5'10 | 195 | 99 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | LAC | 29 | 6'0 | 228 | 74 | |
| D'Onta Foreman | CLE | 29 | 6'0 | 235 | 71 | |
| C.J. Ham | MIN | RB4 | 31 | 5'11 | 235 | 2 |
| Derrick Henry | BAL | RB1 | 30 | 6'3 | 247 | 367 |
| Kareem Hunt | KC | RB2 | 29 | 5'11 | 216 | 225 |
| Alec Ingold | MIA | RB5 | 28 | 6'1 | 242 | 10 |
| D'Ernest Johnson | JAX | 29 | 5'10 | 208 | 32 | |
| Aaron Jones | MIN | RB1 | 30 | 5'9 | 208 | 268 |
| Kyle Juszczyk | SF | RB5 | 34 | 6'1 | 240 | 5 |
| Alvin Kamara | NO | RB1 | 28 | 5'10 | 215 | 228 |
| Christian McCaffrey | SF | RB1 | 28 | 5'11 | 205 | 50 |
| Jeremy McNichols | WAS | RB3 | 29 | 5'9 | 214 | 60 |
| Joe Mixon | HOU | RB1 | 28 | 6'1 | 228 | 288 |
| Raheem Mostert | LVR | RB2 | 33 | 5'10 | 197 | 85 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | PIT | RB3 | 34 | 6'2 | 220 | 32 |
| Samaje Perine | CIN | RB3 | 29 | 5'11 | 236 | 20 |
| Craig Reynolds | DET | RB3 | 28 | 5'11 | 215 | 31 |
| Patrick Ricard | BAL | RB5 | 30 | 6'3 | 304 | 0 |
| Jeffery Wilson | MIA | 29 | 6'0 | 194 | 16 |
