The summer months are officially underway, which means fantasy football drafts are just around the corner.Fantasy football can be as fickle as it is exciting because of positional uncertainty.Drafting running backs has become a difficult endeavor with so many teams implementing a multi-back backfield.Last year, Ezekiel Elliott gave fantasy football fans hope that rookies could save the day. Elliott, running behind an exceptional offensive line in Dallas, reinvented the feature back role while leading the NFLin rushing yards.Many a sume that No. 4 overall pick Leonard Fournette will be the top rookie running back this year. The former LSU star was selected by the Jaguars to fix a woeful rushing attack and alleviate pre sure from quarterback Blake Bortles.While Fournette is in line for a huge workload , there could be another rookie running back, flying under the radar, that supplants Fournette for rookie fantasy dominance.Saints running back Alvin Kamara, a third-round pick out of Tenne see, was so coveted by head coach Sean Payton that he traded away next year's second-round pick to secure his services.Though it's been a while, Saints fans may remember Darren Sproles wreaking havoc on opposing defenses as a runner/receiver in New Orleans' explosive offense. Payton foresees Kamara as the next great "scat back" in his creative offense.Reports from Saints camp, via ESPN.com, suggest Kamara could see time at wide receiver as well as running back, making him an enticing commodity in PPR leagues.The Saints have Mark Ingram and Adrian Peterson already splitting early-down carries, and Ingram showed improved skills as a receiver last season. However, Kamara's role could still be huge in an offense that scores a lot of points, and controls a lot of po se sion.Kamara will not be the Saints'goal-line back, so his value in non-PPR leagues will be stifled a bit. But he could still be an a set in that format due to his penchant for big plays, and his craftine s in open space.Sproles often scored
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