What does RB mean in football?

RB is a running back in football. The back who carries the ball on running plays, and increasingly catches passes out of the backfield.

What a running back looks like

181 running backs are on NFL rosters right now, and the median one is 5' 11" and 210 lb.

On rosters
181
Median height
5' 11"
Median weight
210 lb
Median age
25

The position’s career is the shortest in the sport: heavy carry loads wear it out, and clubs now split the work between two or three backs rather than feeding one.

Rushing Yards at the position, 2026

The median running back with a figure at all posted 121 rushing yards. These five led the position.

  1. 1Bijan RobinsonATL780
  2. 2Jahmyr GibbsDET773
  3. 3Kenneth Walker IIIKC770
  4. 4Bucky IrvingTB728
  5. 5James Cook IIIBUF707
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