De'Von Achane 2025 Season in Review

De'Von Achane finished 2025 as the number 5 running back in total points per reception scoring AND the number 5 running back on a per-game basis — top-five by volume and rate, which almost never happens unless a guy is doing everything for his offense. That's exactly what Achane was for Miami. On a 7-and-10 team that missed the playoffs, with Tua Tagovailoa posting one of the lower adjusted net yards per attempt marks among qualified starters, Achane was the engine — a true bell-cow doing damage on the ground and catching 67 balls out of the backfield across 16 games. The Dolphins offense was below water in expected points added. Achane personally was a plus.

Now let's dig into the numbers. Start with the workload: 238 carries, 85 targets, a 19 percent target share — a dual-threat usage profile almost no back in football matched. The efficiency is where it gets loud. Achane averaged 5.7 yards per carry, and his rushing yards over expected came in at plus 242 on the season — plus 1.0 per attempt, fifth among qualified runners. He did that while seeing a stacked box on 23 percent of his carries. Defenses knew he was coming. Couldn't stop him. He averaged 20.2 points per reception per game, and the consistency was genuinely elite for a running back — his floor across those sixteen games was 12.8 points, and he cleared 16 points in fifteen of sixteen outings. The ceiling games — 40.5 against Buffalo in Week 10, 31.0 against the Chargers — were the cherries on top, but the story is the floor. This was not boom-or-bust. This was a steady, weekly twenty-burger with upside.

The defining image is that Week 10 win over Buffalo. Second and 7, Dolphins up 16 to 6, fourth quarter — Achane rips off a 59-yard touchdown clean through the middle of the defense to put the Bills away. That play captures the season: explosive, decisive, finishing drives for an offense that otherwise couldn't finish much. Eight rushing touchdowns, four more through the air, and a top-five fantasy finish from the only consistently positive thing his offense produced.