Robert “RJ” Harvey was one of the most exciting running backs in college football. His combination of speed, tackle-breaking, and soft hands should excite fans. But, he’s one of the older prospects in the class and didn’t break out until late in his college career. Let’s take a look at RJ Harvey’s strengths, weaknesses, and team fits in this scouting report.<\/p>\n
2025 NFL Draft Profiles<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Height:\u00a0<\/strong>5’8″<\/p>\n Weight:\u00a0<\/strong>205 lbs<\/p>\n 40-yard-dash:\u00a0<\/strong>4.4s<\/p>\n Vertical:\u00a0<\/strong>38″<\/p>\n Broad Jump:\u00a0<\/strong>10’7″<\/p>\n Shuttle:\u00a0<\/strong>4.34<\/p>\n Bench:\u00a0<\/strong>16 reps<\/p>\n Key Combine Thresholds for Running Backs<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Player Comp:\u00a0<\/strong>Fun-sized Tyrone Tracy<\/p>\n Projected Draft Capital:\u00a0<\/strong>Early Day Three<\/p>\n Team Fits:\u00a0<\/strong>Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>, Denver Broncos<\/a><\/p>\n Harvey is in the same wave of small, super-athletic running backs as Jahmyr Gibbs and Devon Achane. Unfortunately, he’s not as dynamic of a runner or route runner as those two, and will best serve as a team’s complementary back rather than their workhorse. For each of the teams listed as a possible fit, he would be the most dynamic player in their backfield. He can be the lightning for a thunder-and-lightning combination, but his affinity for chasing big plays when it’s not available could keep him on the bench.<\/p>\n He’ll need to take the next step in both pass protection and in his routes to ever hit more than 50% of snaps for a team. His big play ability will cause some super cool highlights in the preseason, but he needs to earn a coach’s trust before getting a bigger role. Until he can be trusted to pick up blitzers or to do more than just basic check-down routes, he’ll be stuck in a painful rotation for fans.<\/p>\n Watch: RJ Harvey Film vs Data Breakdown<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n There are over ten running backs in this class that have a path to fantasy relevance, and Harvey is right in the mix. His speed and ability to turn any touch into a homerun will excite dynasty managers, but knowing when to start him will be a painful experience. He’s likely to fall down consensus rankings after the 2025 NFL Draft<\/a> when managers have a little more clarity on who the day two wide receivers and tight ends will be. He’s still worth a swing in the middle or late portions of the third round of rookie drafts and can be a desperation RB2 or FLEX option because of his big play ability.<\/p>\n Main Photo Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RJ Harvey is an explosive running back in the 2025 NFL draft, but does his scouting report show a work horse or a backup?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4345,"featured_media":201346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,32631],"tags":[32605,34307,10105,32986],"class_list":["post-223375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-dynasty","tag-2025-nfl-draft","tag-dynasty-rankings","tag-fantasy-football-sleepers","tag-rj-harvey"],"modified_by":"Mike Kashuba","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223375"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224412,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223375\/revisions\/224412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}RJ Harvey Scouting Report Overview<\/h2>\n
RJ Harvey Strengths<\/h3>\n
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RJ Harvey Weaknesses<\/h3>\n
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RJ Harvey Scouting Report and Team Impacts<\/h3>\n
RJ Harvey Dynasty Fantasy Football Outlook<\/h3>\n