Kareem Hunt Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Kareem Hunt
RB
, Cleveland Browns

Age: 26
Weight: 216 lbs
Height: 5' 11"

ADP: 60
Depth Chart Ranking: 2

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
181	841	6	38	304

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Hunt is certainly intriguing given his top five upside (in the event of a Nick Chubb injury) and his consistent scoring whether or not Chubb was active in 2020. He was actually slightly more productive with Chubb in the lineup (12.5 PPG in half-PPR vs. 12.4 PPG) than in the four games Chubb missed, though his touches fell from 18.8 without Chubb to 13.4 when Chubb was active. Weirdly, he averaged 0.50 rushing touchdowns when Chubb was playing and failed to score a rushing touchdown in the four games that Chubb missed.

Latest news

Browns look to get WRs back Thursday

Jake Trotter on Twitter

Dec 28, 2020 · 12:56 PM EST

Kevin Stefanski says the Browns are hoping to get their WRs back in practice on Thursday.

Related players: Jarvis Landry, Donovan Peoples-Jones, KhaDarel Hodge, Rashard Higgins, Austin Hopper, Baker Mayfield, Kareem Hunt, Nick Chubb

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Of course, this is provided they continue to test negative for COVID-19 this week, the tweet said. Without their WRs, the Browns ran the ball just 15 times with their stud backs and lost to the one-win Jets. It will be a tough matchup in Week 17 against the Steelers.

Scouting report

by Frank Ammirante

· Jul 26 · 12:33 PM EDT

CLE RB Kareem Hunt - 2021 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Kareem Hunt rushed for 841 yards and six touchdowns on 198 carries (4.2 YPC). He also caught 38-of-51 targets for 304 yards and five touchdowns, finishing as RB18 in half-PPR points per game. The Browns should continue to be a run-heavy offense, so Hunt will still have opportunities to provide low-end RB2/high-end RB3 value, even with Chubb acting as the lead back. The upside for Hunt is high because if Chubb were forced to miss time due to injury, he would immediately vault into the Top-10. While Hunt isn’t as efficient of a runner, his higher passing game volume gives him a high ceiling. The Browns should be able to rack up points at a high rate, so the touchdown opportunities will be there for Hunt. They project as one of the best teams in football, so there will likely be several positive game scripts as well.

Fantasy Downside

It’s clear that Chubb is the best back on the team, which adds risk to Hunt because if the Browns opt to pass more like they did down the stretch last season, that could mean fewer opportunities for Hunt. Hunt needs the Browns to remain as one of the most run-heavy offenses in the NFL, or else he just becomes a better version of Baltimore’s Gus Edwards. Hunt only averaged nine touches per game in the postseason, so there’s a risk that the Browns started to shift their philosophy towards a more Chubb-centric backfield. This really demonstrates Hunt’s low floor, as he had seven games with fewer than 70 total yards (including postseason).

2021 Bottom Line
Hunt is a talented back in an elite offense, but the fact remains that he’s the clear-cut RB2 on this team. This makes him a risky pick at RB25 (69.7 ADP) in Underdog fantasy leagues. Hunt. At the same time, if you decide to go WR-heavy in the early rounds, Hunt makes for an ideal RB2 because he’s the rare back who has a high ceiling with standalone value as his team’s backup RB. Hunt should be able to provide Top-30 value at his position with the upside for more, but you will just have to deal with a low weekly floor.

2021 Strength of Schedule - CLE

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
24 @KC	31 HOU	4 CHI	23 @MIN	17 @LAC	19 ARI	22 DEN	6 PIT	27 @CIN	21 @NE	32 DET	13 @BAL	BYE	13 BAL	30 LV	25 @GB	6 @PIT

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@BAL	13	72	0	0	5.54	4	9	0	6	2.25	8.1	12.1	36/73	49.3%
2	CIN	10	86	1	0	8.60	2	15	1	2	7.50	22.1	24.1	20/58	34.5%
3	WAS	16	46	0	0	2.88	2	18	1	3	9.00	12.4	14.4	29/63	46.0%
4	@DAL	11	71	2	0	6.45	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.1	19.1	26/75	34.7%
5	IND	20	72	0	0	3.60	3	21	1	4	7.00	15.3	18.3	51/73	69.9%
6	@PIT	13	40	0	0	3.08	2	17	0	3	8.50	5.7	7.7	30/57	52.6%
7	@CIN	18	76	0	0	4.22	3	26	1	4	8.67	16.2	19.2	47/52	90.4%
8	LV	14	66	0	0	4.71	2	7	0	3	3.50	7.3	9.3	42/49	85.7%
9	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	HOU	19	104	0	0	5.47	3	28	0	4	9.33	13.2	16.2	38/65	58.5%
11	PHI	13	11	1	0	0.85	1	10	0	1	10.00	8.1	9.1	36/67	53.7%
12	@JAX	10	62	0	0	6.20	0	0	0	2	0.00	6.2	6.2	28/67	41.8%
13	@TEN	14	33	0	0	2.36	3	24	0	3	8.00	5.7	8.7	35/72	48.6%
14	BAL	6	33	1	0	5.50	6	77	1	7	12.83	23.0	29.0	39/83	47.0%
15	@NYG	7	21	0	0	3.00	3	7	0	3	2.33	2.8	5.8	21/64	32.8%
16	@NYJ	4	11	1	0	2.75	3	41	0	5	13.67	11.2	14.2	35/81	43.2%
17	PIT	10	37	0	0	3.70	1	4	0	1	4.00	4.1	5.1	35/62	56.5%
Per game		12.38	52.56	0.38	0	4.25	2.38	19.00	0.31	3.19	8.00	11.28	13.66	34.25/66.31	52.82%
Totals		198	841	6	0	4.25	38	304	5	51	8.00	180.5	218.5	548/1061	52.82%