Time For Breece Hall To Get An RB1 Boost In Fantasy Football?

All we've wanted from Breece Hall is competence. Not him, we know he has talent in abundance. More like, the offensive environment. Like a QB who is good at directing a balanced offense. An offensive line not decimated by injuries. Healthy pass catchers to take some defenders out of the box. After he got PAID, does Hall have what he needs to thrive? Ian Hartitz breaks it down as part of his New York Jets Team Preview.

Is Breece Hall a good click in Round 3 of fantasy drafts?

RB1: Breece Hall (RB15 in Fantasy Life ranks)
RB2: Braelon Allen (RB62)
RB3: Isaiah Davis
RB4: Kene Nwangwu

Breece Hall was fine in 2025. After all, 243-1,065-4 rushing and 36-350-1 receiving lines inside the NFL's 29th-ranked scoring offense aren't too shabby, and he returned RB21 production in PPR points per game after generally being drafted as a mid-to-low-end RB2.

There are also reasons for optimism moving forward:

Hall somehow just turned 25 in May.
The Jets solidified Hall as THE running back, y'all, of their present and future by signing him to a three-year, $45.75 million contract extension. Only Saquon Barkley, Christian McCaffrey, De'Von Achane and Derrick Henry are making more than Hall on an annual basis.
This receiving ability is special: Hall has averaged 8.7 yards per reception and 6.6 yards per target during his career. That compares VERY favorably to what Christian McCaffrey (8.8, 7) and Bijan Robinson (8.8, 6.7) have pulled off in the same span.
We saw some of Hall's ridiculous rookie-year explosiveness re-emerge in 2025, as he managed to rip off a 10+ yard run on 8.6% of his carries—tied with Jahmyr Gibbs for the eighth-highest mark among 33 qualified running backs.

This combination of factors helped Hall post an RB6 finish with 17.1 PPR points per game back in 2023. While 2024 (RB17, 15.1) and 2025 (RB21, 13) weren't as cool, the former season featured the league's fifth-most pass-happy offense with old man Aaron Rodgers under center, and the latter campaign had a pair of dual-threat QBs typically more keen on scrambling than checking the ball down.

Typically, running back evaluation in fantasy land comes down to four factors: Talent, workload, age/injury concern and offensive environment. Hall sure seems to cleanly check the first three boxes, and the latter concern could at least be better than usual considering the team's ascending young offensive line and potential upgrade under center.

This is a damn good RB, people!

Breece Hall pic.twitter.com/YpOEavx0aS
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) June 23, 2026

Of course, Hall's current ADP (RB14, pick 27.1) puts him far closer to his ceiling than floor, at least based on what we've seen during the past few seasons. I've typically been clicking DeVonta Smith, Rashee Rice or Chris Olave in this range instead of the talented RBs stuck in potentially woeful offenses like Hall, Jeremiyah Love and Travis Etienne. Not to suggest the Jets or Saints couldn't surprise, but remember: It's June. Optimism is running rampant for everyone. If you had to rationally rank all 32 offenses in terms of where you expect them to finish in 2026 in scoring, the Jets would consensually be far closer to 32 than 1.

Also note: Braelon Allen is entering Year 3 at 22 years young and 250 (!) pounds. Of course, that big frame hasn't exactly yielded great results in 21 career games, as Allen has averaged just 3.7 yards per carry and generally been a non-factor in the passing game. Maybe Frank Reich has a new plan, but Allen received just 6, 2 and 8 touches in his three healthy games before getting injured last season. He's a late-round handcuff bet, and even then, the presence of pass-down specialist Isaiah Davis puts a cap on the best-case ceiling here.