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The Washington Commanders selected the "No. 3-rated running back" in the 2026 NFL draft to replace Chris Rodriguez Jr.
Few teams in the NFL are as good as the Washington Commanders at finding value when drafting late-round running backs, and the franchise might have done it again by replacing former sixth-round pick Chris Rodriguez Jr. with a highly-productive prospect viewed by one longtime observer as the “No. 3-rated running back” in the 2026 NFL draft.
The Commanders took Kaytron Allen in the same round on Saturday, April 25, making the former Penn State bruiser the 187th player selected. Allen’s a 1300-plus-yard back capable of replacing Rodriguez, who got paid by the Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency after being usurped by Jacory Croskey-Merritt, last year’s seventh-round draft steal.
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James Dudko covers the New York Giants, Washington Commanders, New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens for Heavy.com. He has covered the NFL and world soccer since 2011, with bylines at FanSided, Prime Time Sports Talk and Bleacher Report before joining Heavy in 2021. More about James Dudko