Falcons’ Bijan Robinson voted NFL’s top RB
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The expectations for Bijan Robinson were high as soon as he entered the NFL in 2023 as the first running back taken with a top-10 pick in five years.
Robinson made an impact almost from the start with the Atlanta Falcons and then took his game to another level last season when he led the NFL in yards from scrimmage and was picked as the All-Pro running back.
That production helped Robinson win the honor of being named the top running back in the league by The Associated Press.
A panel of eight AP pro football writers ranked the top five players at running back, basing selections on current status entering the 2026 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second- through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points.
Robinson got three first-place votes, one second and was the only player named on all eight ballots to win the voting with 41 points. San Francisco's Christian McCaffrey got two first-place votes and finished second with 33 points, with Baltimore's Derrick Henry also getting two first-place votes and coming in third with 30 points.
The other first-place vote went to Saquon Barkley, who finished fourth, with Detroit's Jahmyr Gibbs coming in fifth.
Indianapolis' Jonathan Taylor and Buffalo's James Cook also received votes.
Warner leads LBs
Fred Warner managed to play only six games last season for the San Francisco 49ers before a broken right ankle ended his season prematurely in Week 6.
Warner's play up until that point and his all-around dominance over the past several years still was enough to help him earn the honor of being named the top off-ball linebacker in the NFL by The Associated Press.
A panel of eight AP pro football writers ranked the top five players at off-ball linebacker, basing selections on current status entering the 2026 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second- through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points.
Warner got six first-place votes and won the voting with 60 points. Detroit's Jack Campbell got the other two first-place votes and finished second with 39 points. Philadelphia's Zack Baun was third, Carolina's Devin Lloyd was fourth, and Miami's Jordyn Brooks and Baltimore's Roquan Smith tied for fifth.
Green Bay's Zaire Franklin, Seattle's Ernest Jones IV, Tennessee's Cedric Gray, Kansas City's Nick Bolton, Cleveland's Carson Schwesinger and Bobby Wagner also received votes.