Fantasy football rankings 2016: Running backs for PPR leagues, Week 11

Le’Veon Bell adds to his arsenal, C.J. Prosise adds to Seattle’s crowded backfield, and more in our fantasy football running back rankings for PPR leagues in Week 11.

by Jason Marcum

Nov 16, 2016, 2:00 PM UTC

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Many of today’s NFL running backs are skilled and versatile enough that they could make it in the league playing wide receiver.

Those are the kinds of backs who can carry your fantasy team in PPR leagues, and few have been better at this than Le’Veon Bell. The Pittsburgh Steelers now have their star back lining up at receiver and catching touchdowns, making him even more dangerous.

Amid Pittsburgh’s 4-5 disappointment, Bell has quietly been a fantasy MVP this season. He ranks behind only David Johnson in PPR scoring among running backs entering Week 11, and leads all backs with 45 catches in just six games.

Elsewhere, another back with receiver skills is adding more uncertainty to the Seattle Seahawks’ backfield. C.J. Prosise played in the backfield and at receiver at Notre Dame, and Seattle is finally getting him involved more in its offense.

Prosise caught a career-high seven passes for 87 yards to go with 17 carries for 66 yards in Seattle’s road win over the New England Patriots. With Christine Michael still there and Thomas Rawls returning soon, good luck figuring this backfield out, but Prosise is clearly a big part of it now.

Running backs (PPR), Week 11

(ZS: Zach Senvisky, JM: Jason Marcum, SK: Scott Kaliska, JG: Jeff Goldberg, KB: Kyle Bennett, DG: Derek Gordon)

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp.	ZS	JM	SK	JG	KB	DG
1	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	@ CLE	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	DeMarco Murray	TEN	@ IND	2	2	3	3	3	2
3	David Johnson	ARI	@ MIN	4	3	2	2	2	3
4	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	vs. BAL	3	4	4	4	4	4
5	LeSean McCoy	BUF	@ CIN	5	6	5	8	8	6
6	Lamar Miller	HOU	@ OAK	9	5	10	5	5	5
7	Spencer Ware	KC	vs. TB	7	8	6	6	6	8
8	Jay Ajayi	MIA	@ LA	8	9	7	7	7	9
8	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	vs. NO	10	7	13	11	10	7
10	Latavius Murray	OAK	vs. HOU	11	10	12	9	9	10
11	Todd Gurley	LA	vs. MIA	12	11	14	14	12	16
11	LeGarrette Blount	NE	@ SF	6	21	9	15	14	21
13	Theo Riddick	DET	vs. JAC	18	20	8	10	16	15
14	Doug Martin	TB	@ KC	13	17	15	19	15	13
15	Mark Ingram	NO	@ CAR	19	14	18	16	17	14
16	Carlos Hyde	SF	vs. NE	17	13	20	17	18	17
17	Frank Gore	IND	vs. TEN	14	26	11	13	13	26
17	Robert Kelley	WAS	vs. GB	15	15	19	20	19	20
19	Terrance West	BAL	@ DAL	34	12	31	12	11	12
20	Jordan Howard	CHI	@ NYG	20	16	22	26	21	11
21	Giovani Bernard	CIN	vs. BUF	23	19	17	24	20	19
22	Darren Sproles	PHI	@ SEA	27	18	21	18	23	18
23	C.J. Prosise	SEA	vs. PHI	21	22	16	21	24	22
24	Jeremy Hill	CIN	vs. BUF	16	28	23	22	22	24
24	Ryan Mathews	PHI	@ SEA	24	23	27	23	25	23
26	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	vs. PIT	22	25	25	25	27	29
27	James Starks	GB	@ WAS	26	24	26	27	26	25
28	Duke Johnson	CLE	vs. PIT	28	32	28	28	28	33
29	James White	NE	@ SF	32	30	24	32	31	31
30	Tim Hightower	NO	@ CAR	33	27	37	29	29	27
31	Thomas Rawls	SEA	vs. PHI	31	29	36	31	29	30
32	Rashad Jennings	NYG	vs. CHI	30	31	34	30	30	32
33	Kenneth Dixon	BAL	@ DAL	29	39	29	35	32	28
34	Chris Ivory	JAC	@ DET	25	33	33	37	33	39
35	Paul Perkins	NYG	vs. CHI	37	35	38	33	34	35
36	Matt Asiata	MIN	vs. ARI	35	42	35	34	35	37
37	T.J. Yeldon	JAC	@ DET	36	38	32	38	37	38
38	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	vs. ARI	40	37	39	39	38	36
39	Dwayne Washington	DET	vs. JAC	45	34	47	36	36	34
40	Chris Thompson	WAS	vs. GB	39	50	30	40	39	43
41	Damien Williams	MIA	@ LA	47	41	43	42	42	41
41	Jeremy Langford	CHI	@ NYG	38	45	40	43	40	--
43	Derrick Henry	TEN	@ IND	41	43	44	41	41	--
44	Peyton Barber	TB	@ KC	42	36	--	48	47	42
45	Mike Gillislee	BUF	@ CIN	49	49	42	44	43	45
46	Ka'Deem Carey	CHI	@ NYG	43	46	50	45	44	50
47	Alfred Morris	DAL	vs. BAL	--	40	--	--	49	40
48	DeAndre Washington	OAK	vs. HOU	44	--	45	47	45	--
49	DuJuan Harris	SF	vs. NE	46	--	41	49	46	--
50	Charcandrick West	KC	vs. TB	48	47	48	46	--	44
--	Andre Ellington	ARI	@ MIN	--	48	--	50	48	46
--	Benny Cunningham	LA	vs. MIA	--	--	46	--	--	47
--	Jalen Richard	OAK	vs. HOU	50	44	--	--	--	--
--	Alfred Blue	HOU	@ OAK	--	--	--	--	--	48
--	Ronnie Hillman	MIN	vs. ARI	--	--	49	--	50	--
--	Robert Turbin	IND	vs. TEN	--	--	--	--	--	49