Pats Pulpit
On paper, New England Patriots fielded one of the NFL’s most productive rushing attacks in 2025. Despite finishing sixth in rushing yards and fourth in rushing touchdowns, however, there was more to offer from the team’s designed run game.
Still, the potential upside of a second year of the Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson pairing left New England comfortable making minimal changes to the room this offseason.
In the next edition of our Patriots training camp preview series, we’ll take a look at New England’s running back corps in its entirety and discuss the biggest takeaways heading into the summer practices. Veterans will report to the facility on July 24.
*Denotes player on the Pats Pulpit 53-man roster projection
Starters: Rhamondre Stevenson (28)*, TreVeyon Henderson (23)* | Backups: Lan Larison (24)*, Terrell Jennings (25), Jam Miller (22/R), Myles Montgomery (23/R)
Stevenson is projected to remain the starting back in 2026 after an up-and-down season. The sixth-year back lost three fumbles within the first five weeks; however, Stevenson fought through the hurdle and established himself as a dependable presence.
En route to a Super Bowl appearance, Stevenson finished with the 10th-highest yards over expected percentage among running backs at 45% (a measure of the rushing attempts where a rusher gains more yards than are blocked for them).
Alongside Stevenson is Henderson, who immediately established himself as one of the most explosive rushers in the league with four touchdown runs of 50 or more yards and 30 missed tackles. The 23-year-old had apparent lapses as a blocker and efficient runner between the tackles, but he’ll look to expand on a positive rookie season.
Both Lan Larison and Terrell Jennings saw time as the third running back in the rotation during spring practices and will continue to compete with each other for that role heading into training camp. Jennings has over 36 rushing attempts for the Patriots over the past two seasons and will open camp on the non-football injury list, while Larison is returning from a season-ending broken foot he suffered in 2025 as a rookie.
Rounding out the back end of the depth chart are powerful seventh-round rookie Jam Miller from Alabama and dynamic undrafted free agent Myles Montgomery from UCF. The two additions have worked with the third-team offense thus far and will continue to acclimate to the NFL as the offseason workouts progress.
While the volume numbers reflect the run-game production near the top of the league, the efficiency metrics suggest otherwise.
New England’s running backs performed at a league-average 4.4 yards per attempt. Yet, they only totaled an EPA (expected points added) per rush of -0.03, which ranks No. 17, meaning the offense wasn’t consistently creating favorable situations on the ground.
Although that figure stems from a multitude of factors, New England’s offensive line played a noticeable role in that underperformance. The Patriots’ line needed more push and play strength at the point...
