Last season it appeared as though the Buffalo Bills seemed ready to clear the decks of both of their running back tandem in Devin Singletary and Zack Moss because neither took over the featured role for an extended period. However, down the stretch last season, Singletary had the best streak of his career, scoring 9 touchdowns in Buffalo’s final 6 games before falling in the playoffs.
Below, we look at Devin Singletary’s 2022 fantasy football average draft position (ADP) and where you should draft him.
The Bills still didn’t seem content with Singletary – as he enters the final year of his rookie contract – and they selected James Cook out of Georgia in the 2nd round of the NFL Draft. If Singletary is to have a long career in Buffalo, he will need to prove it this season.
Devin Singletary’s ADP: 81.14
(ADP data courtesy of MyFantasyLeague.com; last updated at time of this publishing – ADPs continually change as more drafts occur)
Singletary has an ADP that puts him in the low 20s of fantasy running backs in the RB3 category and an 8th- or 9th-round fantasy selection depending on the number of teams in the league.
He is clumped in a group of tightly packed ADP backs like Miles Sanders (Philadelphia Eagles) at 82.25 and Damien Harris (New England Patriots) at 82.96. The most glaring difference between Singletary and those other 2 tailbacks is that Singletary plays for a pass-first team, while the Eagles and Patriots depend much more on their ground game to succeed.
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Devin Singletary’s 2021 stats
Games: 17
Carries | rushing yards: 188 | 870
Rushing touchdowns: 7
Receptions | receiving yards: 40 | 228
Receiving touchdowns: 1
Where should you draft Singletary?
To answer the question posed above, the answer may be “don’t draft him unless he’s too big a bargain.” I would take either Sanders or Harris before I draft Singletary.
Although the Bills back averaged 4.6 yards a carry last season, Singletary has never been a workhorse (2021 was his most productive season and he only averaged 11 carries a game) and it was only because Moss struggled that he got the chance to be the featured back late in the season. Singletary is going to be in a timeshare once again, but this time with the rookie Cook – who has a much better ADP value at 101.49.
Singletary isn’t respected enough to take Cook as a handcuff. Your best bet is to take someone like Harris or Sanders as an RB3 and Cook as an RB4 because of his upside as a receiver and the potential to get more touches as the season goes along, which will likely leave Singletary on the fantasy bench more often as the season rolls on.
While I always give respect to players entering the final year of their rookie deals because of the magnitude that season will have on his future, the bottom line is Buffalo QB Josh Allen and the passing game are the stars of this team and Bills running backs have been proved replaceable in recent years.
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