Rico Dowdle

Rico Dowdle

RB Pittsburgh Steelers
Age 28
Height/Weight 5'11", 215 Lbs
College South Carolina
Drafted
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Projections: Offense

Expert Total Pts Rushing Receiving Passing Fumbles
CAR 1D TD YDS 2PT 1D REC TGT TD YDS 2PT ATT CMP 1D INT SCK TD YDS 2PT LOST
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175.27 190 38.05 4.66 832.43 - 15.17 33.29 44.66 1.14 246.29 - - - - - - - - - 0.69
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172.2 190 37.72 3.8 846 - 15.34 34 46.3 1.5 242 - - - - - - - - - 2.4
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176.5 190 38.18 5 827 - 15.1 33 44 1 248 - - - - - - - - - -

Rankings

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RB34
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Matt Waldman
RB21

Mike McCarthy was patient with Dowdle's development in Dallas. It paid off for a couple of years and when McCarthy left, Dallas let Dowdle move on to Carolina where we saw him thrive midseason as the lead back. 

Certain elements of Dowdle's rushing style have sutble links to Le'Veon Bell. Look for Dowdle and Jaylen Warren to split the workload almost 50/50. Both catch the ball well, but Warren will be more efficient after the catch where as Dowdle is the more physical runner between the tackles. 

If one of these two backs gets hurt, we might see Kaleb Williams -- especially if Dowdle gets hurt. If Warren gets hurt, Dowdle could earn fantasy RB1 volume. 

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Sigmund Bloom
RB41
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Bob Harris
RB42

Week 0

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Footballguys Consensus
RB38
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Dave Kluge
RB51
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Josh Fahlsing
RB40
 

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Schedule

Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule

Week Date & Time Opponent TV Spread/Total Weather
1 Sunday, September 13
1:00 PM
vs Atlanta Falcons
FOX
-3.0
O/U 42.0
2 Sunday, September 20
1:00 PM
@ New England Patriots
CBS/P
3 Sunday, September 27
1:00 PM
vs Cincinnati Bengals
CBS/P
4 Thursday, October 1
8:15 PM
@ Cleveland Browns
AMZN
5 Sunday, October 11
1:00 PM
vs Indianapolis Colts
CBS/P
6 Sunday, October 18
1:00 PM
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
CBS/P
7 Sunday, October 25
9:30 AM
@ New Orleans Saints
NFLN
+1.5
O/U 40.5
8 Sunday, November 1
1:00 PM
vs Cleveland Browns
CBS/P
10 Sunday, November 15
8:20 PM
@ Cincinnati Bengals
NBC/P
11 Sunday, November 22
4:25 PM
@ Philadelphia Eagles
CBS/P
12 Friday, November 27
3:00 PM
vs Denver Broncos
AMZN
+1.5
O/U 39.5
13 Sunday, December 6
8:20 PM
vs Houston Texans
NBC/P
14 Monday, December 14
8:15 PM
@ Jacksonville Jaguars
ESPN
15 Sunday, December 20
1:00 PM
vs Baltimore Ravens
CBS/P
16 Sunday, December 27
--:--
vs Carolina Panthers
17 Sunday, January 3
1:00 PM
@ Tennessee Titans
CBS/P
18 Sunday, January 10
--:--
@ Baltimore Ravens

Career Stats

YR TM G RSH RushYD Y/Rush RushTD TGT REC RecYD RecTD Rank VBD ADP
2020 DAL 2 7 24 3.4 0 0 0 0 0 144
2023 DAL 16 89 361 4.1 2 22 17 144 2 47
2024 DAL 16 235 1079 4.6 2 49 39 249 3 20 17
2025 CAR 17 236 1076 4.6 6 50 39 297 1 15 50
Total 51 567 2540 4.5 10 121 95 690 6 67

Game Logs

YR WK OPP oSNAP RSH YD TD TARG REC YD TD
2025 TB 591 236 1076 6 50 39 297 1
2025 1 JAX 22 3 12 0 3 2 4 0
2025 2 ARI 25 6 9 0 1 1 10 0
2025 3 ATL 23 10 30 1 1 1 8 0
2025 4 NE 27 9 32 0 1 1 -2 0
2025 5 MIA 47 23 206 1 4 3 28 0
2025 6 DAL 59 30 183 0 5 4 56 1
2025 7 NYJ 33 17 79 0 2 1 17 0
2025 8 BUF 22 8 54 0 0 0 0 0
2025 9 GB 42 25 130 2 3 2 11 0
2025 10 NO 42 18 53 1 3 3 10 0
2025 11 ATL 66 19 45 0 7 5 55 0
2025 12 SF 30 6 38 0 4 4 36 0
2025 13 LAR 27 18 58 0 2 2 21 0
2025 15 NO 34 16 49 1 1 1 5 0
2025 16 TB 31 9 29 0 6 4 14 0
2025 17 SEA 34 12 59 0 5 3 4 0
2025 18 TB 27 7 10 0 2 2 20 0
2024 WAS 636 235 1079 2 49 39 249 3
2024 1 CLE 28 8 26 0 1 1 6 0
2024 2 NO 30 7 30 0 5 4 29 0
2024 3 BAL 37 8 32 0 5 3 24 0
2024 4 NYG 25 11 46 0 1 1 15 1
2024 5 PIT 38 20 87 0 2 2 27 1
2024 6 DET 19 5 25 0 6 5 30 0
2024 9 ATL 55 12 75 0 6 5 32 1
2024 10 PHI 31 12 53 0 3 3 3 0
2024 11 HOU 41 10 28 0 5 2 6 0
2024 12 WAS 40 19 86 0 3 3 12 0
2024 13 NYG 53 22 112 1 3 3 11 0
2024 14 CIN 46 18 131 0 2 1 10 0
2024 15 CAR 54 25 149 0 0 0 0 0
2024 16 TB 46 13 23 0 3 3 28 0
2024 17 PHI 41 23 104 0 1 1 4 0
2024 18 WAS 52 22 72 1 3 2 12 0
2023 WAS 247 89 361 2 22 17 144 2
2023 1 NYG 9 6 24 0 0 0 0 0
2023 2 NYJ 18 7 26 0 1 1 17 0
2023 3 ARI 11 4 21 0 3 3 25 1
2023 4 NE 6 3 9 0 1 1 8 0
2023 5 SF 10 5 15 0 1 0 0 0
2023 6 LAC 10 3 12 0 0 0 0 0
2023 8 LAR 23 5 18 0 2 2 7 0
2023 9 PHI 14 2 8 0 0 0 0 0
2023 10 NYG 22 12 79 1 0 0 0 0
2023 11 CAR 21 8 23 0 2 2 -3 0
2023 12 WAS 12 3 11 0 1 1 15 1
2023 13 SEA 16 5 15 0 1 1 7 0
2023 14 PHI 23 12 46 1 1 1 6 0
2023 15 BUF 15 3 4 0 3 2 8 0
2023 16 MIA 11 2 4 0 2 0 0 0
2023 18 WAS 26 9 46 0 4 3 54 0
2022 WAS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 1 TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 2 CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 3 NYG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 4 WAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 5 LAR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 WAS 16 7 24 0 0 0 0 0
2020 1 LAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 2 ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 3 SEA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 4 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 5 NYG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 6 ARI 3 3 13 0 0 0 0 0
2020 7 WAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 8 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 9 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 11 MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 12 WAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 13 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 14 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 15 SF 8 4 11 0 0 0 0 0
2020 16 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 17 NYG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Sun Apr 12 15:41
Jaylen Warren looks to help run game bounce back

Pittsburgh Steelers RB Jaylen Warren posted a career-high 958 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns in 2025, and he added 40 receptions for 333 yards and two scores. Still, Pittsburgh ranked just 26th in the NFL in rushing, and it now has a new head coach in Mike McCarthy. In addition, RB Rico Dowdle was brought it by the organization, so Warren will have stiff competition. 'Moving forward, whatever the coaches have planned, I know we're ready to execute it,' Warren said.