Kaye also mentioned that Trevor Etienne “also got his fair share of reps, and he worked with the starters as well in the running back rotation.” However, the lead story is Jonathon Brooks taking first-team reps at Carolina Panthers training camp, which signals that Brooks will be involved early this season and the Panthers’ backfield will be specialist committee much to Chuba Hubbard‘s chagrin.

Armed with second-round draft capital, a 75th-percentile 6.1 College Yards Per Carry, and a 41.7-percent Juke Rate, Brooks boasts the metric profile required to command a workhorse role. Fantasy gamers need to overpay for Brooks as his market value will be correcting over the next couple weeks with a featured workload on the horizon. At just 23.0 years of age, Brooks is particularly value in dynasty league formats.