Quinshon Judkins fantasy football insight from Hayden Winks - PPR Rankings

Judkins had the best rookie RB tape in 2025. It's impossible to make the case statistically, but that OL and QB situation was horrific. He also faced the highest rate of 8+ defender boxes (45%) per NextGenStats. Judkins navigated it well by having excellent vision, patience, violence, and balance as a runner. He keeps his feet underneath him at all times, allowing him to turn his quick decision-making into quick change of direction. His reading of LBs was very strong and helped him create explosives on all types of runs. This skillset doesn't get worse all of a sudden, so it gives Judkins a reasonable floor as a runner. Unfortunately, there are fair athletic questions in 2026 after dislocating his ankle in Week 16. The recent history of Tony Pollard and Isiah Pacheco returns aren't promising, but at least Judkins' skill set is less about being extremely laterally gifted. He's more of a punishing runner who makes good decisions, than someone who will be juking defenders. So far, Judkins is getting reps in offseason practices ahead of training camp. Judkins' receiving work is just fine. He didn't have a drop problem, but his deepest target was also just 5 yards downfield. He didn't run a variety of specialty routes. Judkins did showcase some quality speed on screens (see: TEN), and his limited pass protection reps were just fine, too. He scanned things well but overextended on a couple of reps. He has the size and physicality to be quite good if he earns the trust of the staff. I wouldn't call Judkins trustworthy based on what we know about him, for what it's worth. All in...