2023 Fantasy Football Solid/Safe Picks
Solid/Safe Pick: A player with good potential and low risk. Players in this category are statistically consistent from year to year. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
We have classified the following players as Safe Picks for 2023. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
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Josh Jacobs  |
RB | GB | 27 | 4 | RB - #12 |
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Las Vegas gave Jacobs the ball 306 times over 15 games in 2020. His opportunity fell by 11.4% in 2021, leading to 1,120 combined yards with nine touchdowns on 271 touches. He set a career-high in catches (54) and receiving yards (348). However, Jacobs gained only 4.0 yar... Read More | |||||
| Kenneth Walker III | RB | SEA | 25 | 1 | RB - #14 |
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After two quiet seasons at Wake Forest (217/1,158/17 with six catches for 47 yards), Walker pushed his game higher after transferring to Michigan State. He gained 1,725 combined yards with 19 touchdowns and 13 catches in 2021. His best success came in three matchups (23/264/... Read More | |||||
| Jahmyr Gibbs | RB | DET | 23 | R | RB - #2 |
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Over three seasons at Alabama, covering 31 games, Gibbs gained 3,349 combined yards with 23 touchdowns and 104 catches on 483 touches. His best success came in 2022 (151/926/7 with 44 catches for 444 yards and three touchdowns). Gibbs has a sensational three-game stretch... Read More | |||||
| Tony Pollard |
RB | TEN | 28 | 4 | RB - #23 |
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Dallas gave Pollard 169 touches in 2021, but he did leave some stats on the table by missing two games with a December left foot injury (plantar fascia). Over his final three games (including the postseason), he struggled to run the ball (15/57) with seven catches for 77... Read More | |||||
| Aaron Jones | RB | MIN | 31 | 6 | RB - #27 |
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In 2021, the Packers had Jones on the field for 620 plays (57.6%) over his 15 games, compared to 410 snaps by A.J. Dillon. He finished with a career-high in catches (52) with 391 receiving yards and six touchdowns. On the downside, Jones averaged only 11.4 rushing attemp... Read More | |||||
| Travis Etienne | RB | JAX | 26 | 2 | RB - #29 |
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After dominating in the run game for Clemson in 2018 (204/1,658/24) and 2019 (207/1,614/19) while averaging almost eight yards per carry, Etienne had a more challenging time finding open space at the second level of the defense in 2020 (168/914/14 – 5.4 yards per r... Read More | |||||
| J.K. Dobbins | RB | DEN | 26 | 3 | RB - #40 |
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Baltimore stole Dobbins in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He brings a fighter's mentality to the ground game with strength in his runs. He aims to drive the ball forward with quickness and vision, with against-the-grain cuts. He'll take a hit and lose his balance, b... Read More | |||||
| Joe Mixon | RB | HOU | 29 | 6 | RB - #43 |
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After a career season in touches (334), rushing yards (1,205), and touchdowns (16), Mixon missed a pair of games due to a concussion. He still finished 11th in running back scoring (239.50) in PPR formats, but 23.0% of his output came in one monster showing (211 combined... Read More | |||||
| Najee Harris | RB | LAC | 27 | 2 | RB - #45 |
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In his first season in the NFL, Harris ranked third in fantasy scoring (300.70) in PPR formats. Pittsburgh had him on the field for 81.4% of their plays, leading to a massive workload (381 touches). In essence, Harris had a Le'Veon Bell opportunity in this offense with l... Read More | |||||
| Dameon Pierce | RB | KC | 25 | 1 | RB - #61 |
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The Gators used Pierce as a change-of-pace runner over four seasons. He rushed for 1,806 yards and 23 touchdowns on 329 carries in his career, with his best value coming in 2021 (100/574/13). His play in the passing game improved over the past two years (17/156/1 and 19/... Read More | |||||
| Miles Sanders | RB | DAL | 28 | 4 | RB - #64 |
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It's hard to imagine that Sanders didn't score in 2021 when looking at Philly's backs finishing with 16 touchdowns. He rushed for an impressive 5.5 yards per carry but only 6.1 yards per catch. Over the first six weeks, Sanders gained 391 yards with 18 catches on 75 touc... Read More | |||||
