2021 Zero RB Candidates: No. 10 to No. 6 – The Highlight Backs Join the List

Shawn Siegele
August 27, 2021

Shawn has used his Zero RB targets to win hundreds of thousands of dollars in high stakes drafts. But you don’t have to use them in a Zero RB draft strategy. Drafting league-crushing running backs is the fastest way to win regardless of preferred start.

Unleash the full power of Zero RB with the list that has given you inexpensive monster performances on a yearly basis.

THE LIST THROUGH THE YEARS

Our 2015 Zero RB list included the No. 1 overall RB (Devonta Freeman).
Our 2016 list featured a breakout star and RB5 in PPG (Melvin Gordon).
Our 2017 list included RB3 Kareem Hunt and RB4 Alvin Kamara.
Our 2018 list featured five of the top-10 backs in Win Rate, including James White (18.7%), Tarik Cohen (16.8%), and Chris Carson (11.8%)
Our 2019 list featured 313-point scoring Austin Ekeler and rookie breakout Miles Sanders.
Our 2020 list featured RB5 in PPG (James Robinson) and a second rookie sensation (Antonio Gibson).

Have an auction draft to prepare for this weekend? Dave Caban’s Auction Strategy Guide is a good place to start. Want a non-Zero RB strategy guide for the weekend? Try The Hyperfragile Plan for the Risk-Seeking, Zero RB-Hating, $500k-Loving Drafter in All of Us.

You have a draft tonight and want to get after this. Let’s do it.

2021 Zero RB Countdown: No. 10 to No. 6

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Shawn Siegele

Author of the original Zero RB article and 2013 NFFC Primetime Grand Champion. 11-time main event league winner. 2015, 2017, 2018 titles in MFL10 of Death.

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