It’s not hard to find why value at the running back position is so important.

Running backs, collectively on a roster, score the most points in fantasy football. And if you don’t have a hammer at the position, there’s virtually no chance of finding a consistent one on the waiver wire.

So if you’re able to nab an RB2 in the fantasy football draft, and he actually compiles RB1 numbers, you’ve struck gold. Here’s three running backs ranked 13th or lower in the preseason fantasy football running back rankings, capable of putting up top-12 fantasy football numbers.

Lamar Miller, RB, Houston Texans

I will forever be a Miller apologist. He maintains a consistent workload and has shown glimmers of solid production in the past.

He battled through some nagging injuries last season, and the Texans were bad anyway for the majority of the season. For the most part during Miller’s career, he’s going to give you rushing and receiving numbers.

He’s rushed for more than 1,000 yards in two of the last four seasons, and has had more than 50 targets in two of the last four seasons. How he can generate RB1 numbers is to get back to his touchdown-scoring ways, which have been absent in his two years with Houston.

If he can get back to scoring some touchdowns, expect better production from Miller, who is currently ranked 24th in the preseason among running backs.

Kenyan Drake, RB, Miami Dolphins

Don’t worry about Frank Gore in Miami. He won’t last, giving way to Drake taking over as the clear-cut No. 1 running back.

And in Miami, that’s been a pretty good position in recent years.

Jay Ajayi was one of the most dominant fantasy football running backs in 2016 in that offense. Last year was a more difficult offense for the running backs, but when Drake got the chance as the No. 1, he produced.

From week 12 to the finale last year, Drake carried the ball at least 13 times, with two games featuring more than 20 carries apiece. He also netted targets in those contest, registering 11 targets in a week 15 game against Buffalo.

Drake is still young, but he showed flashes of brilliance last year. There’s some risk, because there’s some unknowns. However, Drake has plenty of potential as the 17th ranked running back to turn in high-level production as a main running back in Miami’s offensive system.

Jerick McKinnon has the opportunity of being an RB2, with RB1 production in fantasy football. Flickr

Jerick McKinnon, RB, San Francisco 49ers

This list is all about potential, so it would be an oversight not to mention McKinnon.

For the first time in his career, he’s going to be the main running back for a team. That can either be really good for fantasy football owners, or it could revert back to when another former Viking Toby Gerhart got a chance as the mainstay running back.

He quickly flamed out, registering his name as one of the colossal busts of that fantasy football season.

McKinnon is expected to get work as not only a ball carrier, but a pass catcher, too, in a San Francisco offense that should be much improved. There’s a lot of risk at the No. 14 position, but if he fits into this offense, being a three-down running back, he has the chance to be a top-six option among running backs.

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