Baltimore Ravens Running Back Depth Chart — 2026

A handcuff is the backup who inherits the starter's workload if the starter gets hurt — so the Ravens handcuff is whoever sits directly behind Derrick Henry on the depth chart above. Rostering him is how you protect a starting back you have already spent a pick on. More on what a handcuff is.

Justice Hill is Baltimore's pass-game back: 27 targets in 10 games, 2.70 a game, against Derrick Henry's 21 in 17 — too few to rank among qualifying pass-catching backs, who need 25 targets. The snap counts carry it instead: Hill played 32.4% of Baltimore's pass snaps against 21.1% of its snaps overall, while Henry took 56.5% of the snaps on 307 carries.

Henry has been remarkably available for a back carrying this load — 75 of 85 team games over 5 seasons, 10 missed — and the reporting below notes no sign of decline.

What would come free is enormous: 307 carries at +1.12 yards over expected per carry, 3rd of 49 qualifying backs, and 56.5% of Baltimore's offensive snaps.

Justice Hill already plays a defined role rather than waiting for one — 21.1% of snaps, 62nd among running backs — though the reporting below has him coming back from a season-ending neck injury. Behind them, Adam Randall has no 2025 record.

A clear split by down rather than by rotation. Henry took 307 carries and 56.5% of the snaps; Hill took 21.1%.

Hill's value is not in relief carries — it is that he is on the field for work Henry does not do. That makes him unusual among backups: his floor does not depend on an injury, and his ceiling does.

Yes, and the split is as clean as it gets.

Hill drew 27 targets in 10 games, 2.70 a game, catching 21 for 169 yards at 1.04 receiving yards per pass snap — 46th among running backs in pass-snap share. He played 32.4% of Baltimore's pass snaps against 21.1% of snaps overall, though on 163 pass snaps that difference is too small a sample to lean on.

Henry drew 21 targets across 17 games, 1.24 a game — below the 25 a back needs before a receiving rate means anything. The reporting below describes Hill as a runner, receiver and blocker who spells Henry, and the snap counts agree with every part of that.

The caveat is health: his 10-game sample ends in a neck injury, and whether the role returns intact is the thing to watch.

What the beat is reporting, last refreshed 2026-08-26. Nothing here is measured — it is reporting, attributed and dated.

Derrick Henry has led the league in rushing attempts and rushing yards over his two seasons in Baltimore and has yet to show decline at age 32 (BaltimoreRavens.com, 2026-07-15).

Henry ended 2025 by rushing for at least 100 yards in Baltimore's last four games (BaltimoreRavens.com, 2026-07-15).

Justice Hill is recovering from a season-ending neck injury suffered in November and remains a versatile backup as a runner, receiver and blocker who can spell Henry when needed (BaltimoreRavens.com, 2026-07-15).

Rasheen Ali and Adam Randall are competing for the third spot, with Randall a converted wide receiver and Ali valuable on special teams as a kickoff returner (BaltimoreRavens.com, 2026-07-15).