The Los Angeles Rams just re-signed running back Ronnie Rivers who provides depth and kick return value for L.A. at the position, and with L.A. re-adding Rivers to go with three-time thousand yard rusher Kyren Williams, third-year RB Blake Corum and now sophomore running back Jarquez Hunter, is there any need for L.A. to add another RB outside of a training camp body?
Whereas it would be very “all-in” for L.A. to add a stud running back like Jeremiyah Love through the draft, with the Rams re-signing Rivers, they now have the same RB room going into 2026 as they had for the majority of the 2025 season.
Prior to L.A. re-upping with Rivers, Nate Atkins of The Athletic was already reporting that he was getting the sense that L.A. wanted to keep their running back room similar or the same as 2025.
Said Atkins:
“The likelihood is this is the group to handle a run-heavy approach again this season,” Atkins wrote, referencing Williams, Corum and Jarquez Hunter. “The question will be whether Hunter can find any playing time after a rookie season in which the 2025 fourth-round pick was active for just five games and did not see an offensive snap.”
With Rivers back, that may be a clear indication that the Rams main running backs are set.
There is still the NFL Draft, there will be injuries, players to be cut, players to step-up and more variables than we can account for, but as it stands, the Rams are seemingly content once again going a full season with Williams at the helm, Corum taking a Year 3 leap (similar to his Year 2 leap), a confidence that Rivers will be able to fill any RB role as needed, while seeing if Hunter can grow in his second year at the NFL level.
Hunter seems most likely to be moved/cut if he cannot provide value going into this year, similar to when the Rams parted ways with Zac Evans after drafting him in 2023 before cutting him before the start of the 2024 season.
This situation will continue to be monitored, that is certain, but the result come September 2026 may be the same as it looks in March of 2026, and that’s the Rams once again rolling with Williams, Corum, Rivers and Hunter as their ground game.
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