Giovani Bernard

Bernard isn't fast or strong and isn't especially explosive, but his great vision, patience and cutback ability makes it exceedingly difficult for defenses to track him down between the tackles. Bernard demonstrated an ideal feature back skill set last year, running for 1,253 yards (5.2 YPC) and 13 touchdowns while adding 362 yards and a touchdown on 45 receptions. His fantasy stock is a bit up in the air due to the arrival of coach Larry Fedora, who had a fondness for running back committees at Southern Mississippi, but Bernard should remain the team's feature back since he's so much better than his competition. Fedora had several runners with similar skill levels with Southern Miss, which is far from the case with Bernard in North Carolina.