Lew Nichols

There is more to this story than just football skills. Despite bringing an 89th-percentile 103.9 Speed Score and a 99th-percentile 48.9-percent College Dominator Rating to Pittsburgh, Kaleb Johnson saw five snaps in the preseason opener. The coaching staff pushed the third-round pick down to sixth in the running back rotation during Sunday’s full-pads practice.

A cut candidate at the start of preseason, Johnson was already undraftable in seasonal formats. A tumble to RB6 signals a further eroded second-year opportunity share that demands an immediate valuation downgrade in fantasy football dynasty formats. Johnson is PlayerProfiler’s Dynasty RB85, a historical decline for a college workhorse with Day 2 draft capital.