DeWayne McBride

McBride has a narrow path to fantasy viability as a rookie seventh-round pick, but he got some help in June when Dalvin Cook was released. Even so, Alexander Mattison is the new starter and Minnesota has two other recent Day 3 picks (Kene Nwangwu, Ty Chandler) to compete for backup roles. Mattison is more reliable than explosive, which is the angle McBride can exploit. McBride posted rare numbers at UAB, running for 3,523 yards and 36 touchdowns on 484 carries (7.3 YPC) in 31 games. No doubt McBride is dangerous with the football. The question is whether he can earn snaps, considering he caught only five passes throughout his college career and fumbled 11 times in two years as the lead back. Chandler, a 2022 fifth-round pick, has 4.38 speed but got only six carries (no targets) last year, and Nwangwu, a 2021 fourth-round pick, has 28 touches in two years. Neither is a formidable challenge to McBride being the backup. Read Past Outlooks