Rico Dowdle Fantasy Football News

Rico Dowdle
RB
, Pittsburgh Steelers

Age: 28
Weight: 215 lbs
Height: 6' 0"
College: South Carolina

ADP: 90
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
177	1076	6	39	297

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Panthers RB Rico Dowdle off injury report ahead of Week 11

Joe Person

Nov 14, 2025 · 12:36 PM EST

Panthers injury report:
OUT -- LB Trevin Wallace, S Lathan Ransom

No designation for Derrick Brown, Rico Dowdle, Chandler Zavala or Brycen Treymayne.

Related Players: Chuba Hubbard

Fantasy Impact:

Dowdle has been around 75% of the offense's snaps over the last two weeks, so we should continue to assume that this is far and away his backfield to control. He gets a good matchup against the Falcons' defense here in Week 11 and should be considered in RB1 territory.

Panthers RB Rico Dowdle will start and get "bulk of carries" Week 9

Joe Person

Oct 31, 2025 · 4:52 PM EDT

Panthers RB Rico Dowdle will start and get the bulk of the carries Sunday at Green Bay, per league sources. But I'd expect Chuba Hubbard to be part of the offense, as well.
Dave Canales strongly suggested this would be the case at the start of the week.

Fantasy Impact:

Our rankings reflect this, with Dowdle a low-end RB2 and Hubbard more of an RB3/4 in a tough matchup against the Packers.

Panthers RB Rico Dowdle could see role increase

Pro Football Talk

Oct 27, 2025 · 4:08 PM EDT

The Panthers moved Chuba Hubbard back into the starting lineup when the running back returned from a calf strain in Week 7, but it sounds like Rico Dowdle may be returning to the role he filled while Hubbard is out.

Dowdle ran eight times for 54 yards in Sunday’s loss to the Bills while Hubbard had 12 carries for 34 yards and a touchdown. Dowdle also led the team in rushing in Week 7 and he posted 472 yards from scrimmage in his two starts earlier this season.

Fantasy Impact:

On Monday, head coach Dave Canales said that Dowdle has been “exceptional” and that conversations about how to handle the timeshare in the backfield will “definitely” be taking place in the coming days, the story said. It's hard to ignore what Dowdle has done and it sounds like the team admits that as well. Dowdle has been the better fantasy play between the two backs, and that will be especially true if he sees more touches.

Panthers will continue to use two-back approach

David Newton on X

Oct 20, 2025 · 3:08 PM EDT

Dave Canales plans to continue with two back approach with Chuba Hubbard and Rico Dowdle. Two players he says he can trust.

Fantasy Impact:

The duo were fairly close in snaps, Hubbard had 38 to Dowdle's 33, and in touches, Dowdle had 18 to Hubbard's 16, and that should remain similar at least for another week. While it's not ideal for fantasy owners of either back, with Bryce Young out this week and Andy Dalton filling in, both backs should have enough fantasy value for lineups - at least until there becomes some kind of separation.