Las Vegas Raiders Running Back Depth Chart — 2026

A handcuff is the backup who inherits the starter's workload if the starter gets hurt — so the Raiders handcuff is whoever sits directly behind Ashton Jeanty 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.

There is no receiving role to inherit in Las Vegas. Ashton Jeanty drew 73 targets, 4.29 a game, and played 73.5% of the team's pass snaps on 78.2% of its snaps. Dylan Laube played 18 pass snaps, under the 100-snap reporting line, and Mike Washington and Chris Collier have no 2025 record at all.

""" Ashton Jeanty is now listed as questionable, which makes this succession question more than theoretical. The rest of the room is almost entirely unmeasured, which makes it the highest-variance name here.

Jeanty played 78.2% of the offensive snaps, 4th among running backs, on 266 carries. His running was not the efficient part — -0.195 yards over expected per carry, 41st of 49 — but the volume is close to total. He is in his second season, so there is no multi-year availability line to read.

Laube's entire professional file is 4 targets in 17 games on 18 pass snaps, and he has moved up the depth chart from 5th to 4th at the position; Dare Ogunbowale is no longer listed, and Chris Collier has moved from 5th to 7th. The reporting below names the rookie the staff expects to take those carries; the record cannot confirm or deny it. """

Not many, and the head coach has said as much.

Jeanty's 78.2% snap share leaves roughly a fifth of the offence for the rest of the room, and no other back reached a rankable share of snaps, pass snaps or targets.

Laube's work sits under every floor: 18 pass snaps against the 100 needed, 4 targets against the 25 needed.

Only one other back in the room is worth naming: Mike Washington. The reporting below is the reason.

No, and this is the least ambiguous case in the group.

Jeanty drew 73 targets, 4.29 a game, catching 55 for 346 yards at 0.79 receiving yards per pass snap. He played 441 pass snaps, 73.5% of the team's — 5th among running backs — against 78.2% of snaps overall, a tilt of -4.7.

Laube played 18 pass snaps. There is no substitution pattern to find.

If a passing-down role appears here it will be a new one rather than a vacated one, and the reporting below is where that would first show up.

Reporting from a previous season, kept because a role a player has already held is the best evidence available about the one he might hold next. It describes 2025, not now.

Dylan Laube's role in 2025 was confined to special teams and offensive depth; he did not hold an offensive role. (Sports Illustrated (Raiders On SI), 2026-06-08)

What the beat is reporting, last refreshed 2026-08-28. Nothing here is measured — it is reporting, attributed and dated.

Head coach Klint Kubiak said of Ashton Jeanty that the team wants to put a lot of pressure on him, that the best player has to play, and that they have to get him on the field as much as they can (Raiders.com, 2026-05-20).

Jeanty said he wants to help the team win as much as he can and, if he does not have to, he does not want to come off the field (Raiders.com, 2026-05-20).

The team's position breakdown says rookie Mike Washington Jr. is expected to compete for substantial carries in training camp, with the remaining backs vying for additional reps behind him, and that Dylan Laube continues in a heavy special teams role (Raiders.com, 2026-07-02).

Special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis said Dylan Laube is really sharp and gets the game, and with Raheem Mostert and Alex Bachman gone Laube leads the Raiders' returner group entering camp (Raiders.com, 2026-07-17).

A pre-camp position preview lists Mike Washington Jr. as the backup behind Jeanty and says Chris Collier is competing for a practice squad spot rather than the roster, with special teams his primary path (Sports Illustrated (Raiders On SI), 2026-07-10).

The Las Vegas Review-Journal's camp preview says Washington was brought in to bolster depth behind Jeanty but that the backfield unquestionably belongs to Jeanty (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2026-07-24).

The Raiders' unofficial depth chart for the final preseason game against San Francisco moves Dylan Laube up to RB4 and Dare Ogunbowale down to RB5 (Raiders.com, 2026-08-25).

The Raiders signed fullback Connor Heyward in free agency from Pittsburgh, and he is described as a blocker who can also catch and carry near the goal line in split-back formations alongside Jeanty (Raiders.com, 2026-07-02).