Bijan Robinson

It took a minute, but Robinson finally made the leap to fantasy stardom last season. After a slow start, the 2023 first-round pick averaged 23.3 touches, 120.9 yards and 22.8 fantasy points (first at RB) from Week 6 on. He scored 14 TDs and had at least 18 touches in all but one game (a blowout) during the span. Robinson finished top 5 among RBs in snaps, carries, routes, targets, touches, yards and fantasy points. Entering his age-23 campaign and working in an Atlanta offense that was the third-run-heaviest in the league last season, Robinson is primed for another elite season and should be under consideration with the first overall pick of your draft.

Robinson’s role increased over the last nine weeks of last season. He played at least 70% of offensive snaps in each game, ran at least 17 times in eight of nine games, and averaged 22.4 PPR points during that stretch.
Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry and Jahmyr Gibbs all had 25 carries of 15 or more yards last season, while Robinson had 12. He only had one run of 30 or more yards, while Barkley had 10. Forty players had at least one 40-plus-yard run, and Robinson didn’t have any. If anything, we should expect some positive regression with more long runs.
The Falcons had the highest team run block grade last season, in part thanks to right guard Chris Lindstrom, who is the best run-blocking right guard in the league, and Kaleb McGary, who is the second-best run-blocking right tackle.