Rhamondre Stevenson Fantasy 2026: Is the Patriots RB a Committee Risk?

Rhamondre Stevenson is one of the trickier running backs to price this summer, because the role still has real meat on it even as a rookie climbed into the backfield behind him. Stevenson turned 130 carries into 603 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns, and he added 32 catches for 345 yards across 14 games in 2025, a true three-down workload. He goes at an RB25 price around pick 69 overall, which already assumes a committee rather than a bell cow.

The reason he is still worth a mid-round pick is the goal line. Stevenson took 10 goal-line touches, 15 inside-the-10 carries, and 25 red-zone carries in 2025, which is the kind of scoring role that keeps a back startable even in a split. He also stayed on the field for a 59% snap share and handled passing-down work, so his floor is not purely dependent on volume touchdowns. On an ascending Drake Maye offense, that three-down usage has a path to climb.

But TreVeyon Henderson is a real committee, not a handcuff

Here is the bear case the price is pointing at. Rookie TreVeyon Henderson out-carried Stevenson in 2025, running 180 times for 911 yards and nine rushing touchdowns with 35 catches for 221 yards, and he took nine goal-line touches and 35 red-zone carries of his own on a 45% snap share. That is not a backup waiting for an injury; it is a genuine timeshare where the rookie already holds the larger early-down share and nearly matches Stevenson at the stripe. Stevenson leads the goal-line split by a single touch, which is exactly the kind of margin new coaching staffs flip from year to year. Antonio Gibson is the clear number three at 25 carries and does not change the math.

Drake Maye is the third goal-line mouth

One more cap on the rushing-touchdown ceiling: the quarterback. Drake Maye ran for 450 yards in 2025 and took 21 red-zone carries with three goal-line touches, read from his red-zone splits rather than his passing line. A mobile quarterback who keeps the ball near the end zone siphons scoring chances from both backs, so the touchdown equity in this backfield is split three ways, not two. Maye throwing to a healthy 9.1-yard average depth of target is good for the offense's overall volume, but it does not help either running back find extra goal-line work.