Risk Flags
6- No Offensive Role
Hunter has been a healthy inactive for multiple games in 2025 and when active, has played exclusively on special teams with zero offensive snaps. He's firmly the No. 4 RB behind Williams, Corum, and even Ronnie Rivers.
- Williams Corum Dominance
Williams and Corum have formed one of the NFL's most efficient RB duos in 2025, ranking 1st in success rate and EPA per carry since Week 9. McVay has zero incentive to disrupt this chemistry by giving Hunter touches.
- Scheme Fit
McVay's offense explicitly values pass-game versatility in its backs — Hunter was not a receiver at Auburn and did not test well in that area at the combine. This is the primary reason he earned zero offensive snaps despite being active, and it persists regardless of depth chart attrition.
- Limited Work History
Hunter produced zero offensive NFL snaps across the entire 2025 season — his dynasty value is 100% projection with no production evidence. Each week without meaningful work raises the probability that his traits simply do not translate.
- Touch Competition
Kyren Williams and Blake Corum combined for ~2,000 yards and 16 TDs on 404 carries in 2025, and both are signed through at least 2027. There is no near-term path to volume for Hunter behind this tandem.
- Volume Path
Williams signed a three-year extension locking him through 2028 with three straight 1,100-yard/double-digit-TD seasons, and Corum is entrenched as the change-of-pace/passing-down back — there is no clear path to standalone volume absent multiple injuries.