The 2025 NFL draft is days away, beginning next Thursday night. Teams are finalizing their draft boards, including the Arizona Cardinals.

As we approach the actual draft, Draft Wire managing editor Jeff Risdon has put together his final player rankings, ranking players 1-250.

This series of stories will break down each position group and list each player on the list, showing where they rank.

Here are the running backs. The Cardinals could draft a running back, but it probably won’t happen before Day 3.

NFL draft final player rankings: Running back

• Ashton Jeanty, Boise State (No. 2)
• Omarion Hampton, North Carolina (No. 31)
• TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State (No. 36)
• Kaleb Johnson, Iowa (No. 52)
• Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State (No. 73)
• Dylan Sampson, Tennessee (No. 76)
• D.J. Giddens, Kansas State (No. 116)
• R.J. Harvey, UCF (No. 118)
• Devin Neal, Kansas (No. 124)
• Trevor Etienne, Georgia (No. 130)
• Jordan James, Oregon (No. 132)
• Bhayshul Tuten, Virginia Tech (No. 135)
• Kalel Mullings, Michigan (No. 139)
• Cam Skattebo, Arizona State (No. 151)
• Ollie Gordon, Oklahoma State (No. 152)
• Rocket Sanders, South Carolina (No. 157)
• Marcus Yarns, Delaware (No. 158)
• Tahj Brooks, Texas Tech (No. 160)
• Brsahard Smith, SMU (No. 166)
• Kyle Monangai, Rutgers (No. 174)
• Damien Martinez, Miami (No. 192)
• Lan Larison, UC Davis (No. 194)
• Jaydon Blue, Texas (No. 207)
• Mario Anderson, Memphis (No. 241)
• Ja’Quinden Jackson, Arkansas (No. 245)
• Jo’Quavious Marks, USC (No. 247)

Possibilities for the Cardinals

There are 26 running backs in the top 250 here.

But because the Cardinals are set with James Conner and Trey Benson as their top two backs, like Emari Demercado as their third-down back and have DeeJay Dallas as a fourth back who plays special teams, drafting a running back is a luxury.

Don’t expect anyone on Days 1 or 2. That likely means we can just ignore from Jeanty to Sampson.

After that, we will see. Chances are they would take someone who is a solid returner or good as a pass-catcher or in pass protection.

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This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: 2025 NFL draft: Final 250 prospect big board includes 26 RBs