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Eagles News: Kenneth Gainwell among fantasy football sleeper candidates

Fantasy Football: Sleeper running back candidates - PFF
Kenneth Gainwell, Philadelphia Eagles. Gainwell is the third member of the 2021 draft class on this list, and the 23-year-old spent the 2021 season as part of a four-man committee in Philadelphia, primarily serving as a receiving back. He received at least five targets in five games, including their last two games of the season, and one of the highest threat rates for a rookie running back in recent memory. Despite being a pass-catching back, he received double-digit carries three times throughout this past season —two of which occured in blowout victories where the Eagles were missing at least one other back while the other happened in Week 18 where the team rested its starters.