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Fantasy Football 2020: Ranking Sleeper Running Backs to Target in Late Rounds

Think back to last year for a moment. Where did you draft Austin Ekeler? If he fell to the middle or late rounds, you passed on a top-five fantasy football running back in point-per-reception leagues multiple times.

Who's this year's Ekeler? As part of a tandem or committee, which running back is primed to outperform competition in the backfield?

In 2019, Melvin Gordon III missed four games because of a contractual holdout. That allowed Ekeler to jump off to a head start. He found his stride in the passing game, finishing second to only Christian McCaffrey in receiving yards (993) among running backs.