Los Angeles Rams Running Back Depth Chart — 2026

A handcuff is the backup who inherits the starter's workload if the starter gets hurt — so the Rams handcuff is whoever sits directly behind Kyren Williams 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.

Blake Corum was the more efficient runner last season — +0.85 yards over expected per carry, 9th of 49 qualifying backs, against Kyren Williams' +0.57 and 22nd — on 145 carries to Williams' 259. Williams has played 53 of 68 team games, the softest availability record among these starters.

This is the strongest contingency case in any of these backfields, because both halves of it are real.

Williams has played 53 of 68 team games across 4 seasons — 15 missed, 77.9%. That is the lowest figure among the established starters here.

And Blake Corum is not a replacement-level backup. Corum ran +0.85 yards over expected per carry, 9th of 49 qualifying backs, at 5.14 a carry — better per carry than Kyren Williams managed. Corum already takes 30.0% of the offence's snaps.

The reporting below has an insider expecting the split to move toward even, which would raise his floor without an injury at all.

A meaningful share already, and possibly a lot more.

Williams took 68.9% of the snaps, 7th among running backs, on 259 carries. Corum took 30.0% on 145.

The efficiency argument runs the other way from the workload. Corum was 9th of 49 qualifying backs to Williams' 22nd, on roughly half the carries. The reporting below is about whether the coaching staff acts on that.

Yes, and Kyren Williams keeps it — which is what makes Blake Corum a runner's handcuff rather than a weekly asset.

Williams played 455 pass snaps, 72.9% of the offence's, 6th among running backs, drawing 50 targets and catching 36 for 281 yards.

Corum played 167 pass snaps, 26.8%, and drew 14 targets — below the 25 a back needs before a receiving rate means anything — at 0.22 receiving yards per pass snap against Williams' 0.62.

The reporting below names Williams as the primary third-down back even in a more even split, so the passing work is the part least likely to move.

What the beat is reporting, last refreshed 2026-08-31. Nothing here is measured — it is reporting, attributed and dated.

The Athletic's Nate Atkins expects more of a 50-50 split this season, with Williams as the primary third-down back and between-the-tackles runner and Corum a change-of-pace option (Sports Illustrated, 2026-05-05).

Williams handled 64.1 percent of the carries in 2025 (Sports Illustrated, 2026-05-05).

Keeping Williams fresher produced 384 fourth-quarter rushing yards, second in the league (Sports Illustrated, 2026-05-05).