
Draft Note by John Paulsen
Judkins' rookie season looks worse on the surface than it actually was. His YBC/Att ranked at the 3rd percentile–the line gave him almost no room before contact–and yet he still posted a 72nd-percentile YAC/Att, generating something on runs that were otherwise dead on arrival. Cleveland's offensive line was one of the worst in the league, and the run grade (11th percentile) reflects that as much as anything that Judkins did with the ball. The offseason changes are substantial. Cleveland ranked second in net OL spending, adding Elgton Jenkins and Zion Johnson in free agency and drafting Spencer Fano (92nd/96th-percentile grades) in the first round and Austin Barber (top-rated run blocker in the college sample) in the third. If the line improves even modestly toward league average, the pre-contact numbers should look very different and Judkins’ production could seriously spike. He’s one of the more straightforward year-two breakout cases at the position, and he’s being drafted as a low-end RB2, right where he finished last year.
Quinshon Judkins
- RB
- , Cleveland Browns
- 23
- 220 lbs
- 5' 11"
- Ohio State
- 51
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2026 Draft note
Judkins' rookie season looks worse on the surface than it actually was. His YBC/Att ranked at the 3rd percentile–the line gave him almost no room before contact–and yet he still posted a 72nd-percentile YAC/Att, generating something on runs that were otherwise dead on arrival. Cleveland's offensive line was one of the worst in the league, and the run grade (11th percentile) reflects that as much as anything that Judkins did with the ball. The offseason changes are substantial. Cleveland ranked second in net OL spending, adding Elgton Jenkins and Zion Johnson in free agency and drafting Spencer Fano (92nd/96th-percentile grades) in the first round and Austin Barber (top-rated run blocker in the college sample) in the third. If the line improves even modestly toward league average, the pre-contact numbers should look very different and Judkins’ production could seriously spike. He’s one of the more straightforward year-two breakout cases at the position, and he’s being drafted as a low-end RB2, right where he finished last year.
2026 Strength of Schedule - CLE
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 @JAX | 14 @TB | 28 CAR | 2 PIT | 32 @NYJ | 1 BAL | 16 @TEN | 2 @PIT | 11 @NO | 9 HOU | BYE | 27 LV | 25 CIN | 17 ATL | 29 @NYG | 1 @BAL | 13 IND | 25 @CIN |
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 | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | @BAL | 10 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3.33 | 7.1 | 8.60 | 10.1 | 20/73 | 27.4% |
| 3 | GB | 18 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 5.22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 15.5 | 16.00 | 16.5 | 36/66 | 54.5% |
| 4 | @DET | 21 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 3.90 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 8.25 | 17.5 | 19.50 | 21.5 | 39/67 | 58.2% |
| 5 | MIN | 23 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 4.78 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 18.00 | 12.8 | 13.30 | 13.8 | 39/70 | 55.7% |
| 6 | @PIT | 12 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.6 | 3.60 | 3.6 | 33/82 | 40.2% |
| 7 | MIA | 25 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 3.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.4 | 26.40 | 26.4 | 37/57 | 64.9% |
| 8 | @NE | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2.11 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 3 | -0.67 | 1.7 | 3.20 | 4.7 | 18/54 | 33.3% |
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Injury Details (w9)
Status: Questionable Injury: Shoulder | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | @NYJ | 22 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 3.41 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5.00 | 8.5 | 9.50 | 10.5 | 38/73 | 52.1% |
| 11 | BAL | 17 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 3.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 5.9 | 5.90 | 5.9 | 33/55 | 60.0% |
| 12 | @LV | 16 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.7 | 16.70 | 16.7 | 25/51 | 49.0% |
| 13 | SF | 23 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 3.96 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 12.9 | 14.40 | 15.9 | 38/63 | 60.3% |
| 14 | TEN | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 58.00 | 8.4 | 8.90 | 9.4 | 32/69 | 46.4% |
| 15 | @CHI | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 4 | -1.33 | 1.7 | 3.20 | 4.7 | 38/57 | 66.7% |
| 16 | BUF | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.75 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 5.80 | 5.1 | 7.60 | 10.1 | 26/66 | 39.4% |
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Injury Details (w17)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | PIT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | @CIN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Per game | 16.43 | 59.07 | 0.50 | 0 | 3.60 | 1.86 | 12.21 | 0 | 2.57 | 6.58 | 10.27 | 11.20 | 12.13 | 32.29/64.50 | 50.58% | |
| Totals | 230 | 827 | 7 | 0 | 3.60 | 26 | 171 | 0 | 36 | 6.58 | 143.8 | 156.8 | 169.8 | 452/903 | 50.58% | |






