Quinshon Judkins
Cleveland BrownsQuinshon Judkins has 101 carries for 342 yards, 3 rushing touchdowns and 21 catches for 134 yards in 7 games for the Cleveland Browns this season through Week 8, 12.4 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 1.6 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A talented young back with an uneven rookie year.
The case for
- 4,138 combined Ole Miss and Ohio State rushing yards plus a national title share with the 2024 Buckeyes is genuine college production. His 219-pound frame and starter-grade speed grade as a 1st-round talent on football alone.
- Wk 12-13 2025 production (16.7, 15.9 PPR) shows the ceiling when he gets full lead-back workload. He is 23 with three or four primes still ahead of him.
The worry
- The July 2025 domestic violence arrest dropped him from a likely 1st-round pick to the 36th overall slot, and any reoccurrence makes him a roster risk regardless of production.
- Tier 8 rookie finish and three sub-6 PPR games in 2025 (5.9, 4.7, 4.7) show the production has been inconsistent even when he was on the field. Jerome Ford is still on the roster.
What to watch: Whether Cleveland commits to him as the workhorse lead back (200+ carries) in 2026 or continues splitting touches with Jerome Ford and incoming backfield depth.
Full take and bio
His rookie #34 (tier 8) is the floor outcome rather than the ceiling. The early-season usage was uneven while the team and league worked through his off-field situation, but the Wk 12-13 stretch (16.7 and 15.9 PPR) shows the player Cleveland thought they were getting. A clean 2026 offseason plus a defined lead-back role is the only path to a tier 5 or better.
Judkins came out of Ohio State (after transferring from Ole Miss) as Cleveland's 2nd-round pick (36th overall) in 2025. He shared backfield duties with TreVeyon Henderson on the 2024 national championship team and finished his Big Ten career with 4,138 combined rushing yards across two schools. At 6'0" and 219 pounds with starter-grade speed, he was widely seen as a 1st-round talent before a July 2025 domestic violence arrest pushed him into Day 2. The charges were ultimately dropped, but the off-field cloud affected his draft-day landing and his 2025 NFL workload.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Ray Rice, Roger Craig, Larry Johnson. Built like: Andre Williams, Seth McGowan, Zach Zenner. Coming out: Toby Gerhart, Daniel Thomas, Nick Chubb.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 4 starters, 13 backups, 1 didn't stick.
Quinshon Judkins Props This Weekat NO Sun Nov 8
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing yards | 48.5 | -110 Bovada | -120 Bovada |
| Receptions | 1.5 | -160 Bovada | +120 Bovada |
| Receiving yards | 9.5 | -110 Bovada | -120 Bovada |
| Anytime TD | +120 DraftKings |
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Quinshon Judkins Injury StatusNot listed
Quinshon Judkins is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 7 games
12.4 fantasy points a game, 87 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Quinshon Judkins at RB19; the model has 112 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits NO.
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Draft & College
Round 2, pick 36 to the Cleveland Browns in 2025, out of Ohio State (Big Ten). He went earlier than consensus.
In college, 2022-2024, 39 games: 3,594 rush yds, 47 TD, 5.2 yds/carry, 54 rec. Coming out: RAS 9.9, 4.48s 40 yd, 38" vertical, 132" broad.
Recruited
Class of 2022 · Running back · High school: Pike Road, AL