Chase Brown 2025 Season in Review

Chase Brown finished 2025 as the number 7 running back in total PPR scoring AND number 7 in PPR per game — a top-ten finish in a year the Bengals went 6 and 11 and missed the playoffs entirely. This was a true workhorse breakout. Brown carried the ground game, stayed on the field as a meaningful pass-catcher, and found the end zone in both phases. He did it while the offense around him was a mess — cycling from Joe Burrow to Joe Flacco under center, ranking 19th in total offensive expected points added. That's the headline: a top-seven fantasy season on a losing team. If you've drafted before, you know that's one of the more durable signals you can find.

Now let's dig into the numbers. Brown ran it 232 times for 1,019 yards and 6 scores at 4.4 a carry — but the receiving line is what pushes this into top-seven territory: 69 catches on 88 targets for 437 yards and 5 more touchdowns. A 14 percent target share is a serious passing-game role for a running back. On efficiency, his rushing yards over expected came in at plus 78.3 on the year, plus 0.34 per attempt — 27th among qualified runners. Translation: the per-carry creation was below average, and the fantasy value was driven by volume and touchdown equity, not breakaway running. The floor, though, was genuinely steady down the stretch. From week 8 on, he cleared 15 PPR in nine of his last ten games, with two finishes above 29, after a choppier opening that included three single-digit outings in the first six weeks. Eleven total touchdowns did a lot of the heavy lifting on a 16.6 PPR weekly average.

The play that captures the season comes from week 16 in Miami. Third quarter, first and ten at the Dolphins' 12, Bengals up 24 to 14. Brown takes the handoff through the right guard and walks it in — one of three scores he was involved in that day, on the way to a 32.9 PPR game, his best of the year. That's the Chase Brown 2025 portrait in one snap: not a jaw-dropping run, but a back trusted near the goal line, finishing drives on a team that smashed red-zone trips into touchdowns at the best rate in the league.