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Free agency is creeping up on us and soon unrestricted free agents will officially begin talking to teams on March 15th during the tampering period. They cannot sign a deal until March 17th, but numerous deals are all but completed in that window of time. Teams and agents have been speaking, but on March 15th, they can make it official.
Running backs continue to lose status in the open market and with the salary cap taking a hit this season, we could see teams retain running backs at value or for some players, they could be forced to take one-year deals when in the past they’d be in line for multi-year contracts.
Aaron Jones leads the way for running backs in free agency. He could get the franchise tag, but that isn’t a lock. Overall, there are plenty of backs that will get interest in the free agency market, including Kenyan Drake, Marlon Mack, James White, Leonard Fournette, James Conner, Tevin Coleman and more.
Below is a full list of free agents, sortable by name, old team, and new team. We’ll update as news arrives on the various players.
2021 Free Agents: Running Backs
| Pos. | First | Last | 2020 Team | 2021 Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | First | Last | 2020 Team | 2021 Team |
| RB | Kenyan | Drake | Cardinals | |
| RB | D.J. | Foster | Cardinals | |
| RB | Todd | Gurley | Falcons | |
| RB | Brian | Hill | Falcons | |
| RB | Gus | Edwards* | Ravens | |
| RB | T.J. | Yeldon | Bills | |
| RB | Taiwan | Jones | Bills | |
| RB | Samaje | Perine | Bengals | |
| RB | Phillip | Lindsay* | Broncos | |
| RB | Adrian | Peterson | Lions | |
| RB | Aaron | Jones | Packers | |
| RB | Jamaal | Williams | Packers | |
| RB | Tyler | Ervin | Packers | |
| RB | Buddy | Howell* | Texans | |
| RB | Dontrell | Hilliard* | Texans | |
| RB | Marlon | Mack | Colts | |
| RB | Chris | Thompson | Jaguars | |
| RB | Darrel | Williams* | Chiefs | |
| RB | Le'Veon | Bell | Chiefs | |
| RB | Anthony | Sherman | Chiefs | |
| RB | Devontae | Booker | Raiders | |
| RB | Theo | Riddick | Raiders | |
| RB | Kalen | Ballage* | Chargers | |
| RB | Malcolm | Brown | Rams | |
| RB | Matt | Breida | Dolphins | |
| RB | DeAndre | Washington | Dolphins | |
| RB | Ameer | Abdullah | Vikings | |
| RB | Mike | Boone* | Vikings | |
| RB | James | White | Patriots | |
| RB | Rex | Burkhead | Patriots | |
| RB | Ty | Montgomery | Saints | |
| RB | Dwayne | Washington | Saints | |
| RB | Wayne | Gallman | Giants | |
| RB | Dion | Lewis | Giants | |
| RB | Alfred | Morris | Giants | |
| RB | Frank | Gore | Jets | |
| RB | Josh | Adams* | Jets | |
| RB | Corey | Clement | Eagles | |
| RB | James | Conner | Steelers | |
| RB | Jeff | Wilson* | 49ers | |
| RB | Tevin | Coleman | 49ers | |
| RB | Chris | Carson | Seahawks | |
| RB | Carlos | Hyde | Seahawks | |
| RB | Leonard | Fournette | Buccaneers | |
| RB | LeSean | McCoy | Buccaneers | |
| RB | Kenjon | Barner | Buccaneers | |
| RB | T.J. | Logan | Buccaneers | |
| RB | D'Onta | Foreman* | Titans | |
| RB | Senorise | Perry | Titans | |
| RB | Lamar | Miller | Washington |