Fantasy Football: 5 Undervalued Running Backs to Target

Ty Montgomery, Green Bay Packers

ADP: 9.07 (RB43)

Ty Montgomery has a crowded depth chart ahead of him, as he's vying for touches with Jamaal Williams and Aaron Jones.

However, the converted wide receiver actually had the best Rushing Success Rate of the three of them: a 50.70% mark on his 71 carries. True, Jones was close behind (50.00% on his 80 carries), and Jones managed a 0.19 Rushing NEP per carry, compared to 0.00 for Montgomery.

Williams, currently the back with the first shot at starter's reps and the one with the highest draft cost, produced 0.05 Rushing NEP per carry on a 42.48% Rushing Success Rate, so he was more productive on a per-carry basis, but less consistent at getting necessary yardage to increase scoring chances.

I'm not trying to trick you into thinking that Montgomery was Green Bay's most effective running back in 2017, but Montgomery was still good. What that all means, then, is that Williams, Jones, and Montgomery are more than capable rushers.

So why is Montgomery undervalued if he's got so much competition? He's the best bet to work as Green Bay's pass-catching back. In games Montgomery played last season, he recorded an 11% target market share, compared to 6% for Williams and 5% for Jones, via AirYards.com, in the games that they played.

With the added value of a running back target (1.15 half-PPR points in 2017) compared to a carry (0.56), Montgomery could wind up as the Packers' leading fantasy running back, even if he doesn't lead in touches.