Why Travis Etienne Will Be A Top-15 RB (2021 Fantasy Football ...

Cause the ball is coming, and I always feel like the defender is right there, so I run before I catch the ball and get spooked by my surroundings.” Since then, we’ve seen Etienne grow into an extremely well-rounded RB that has soaked up targets from Trevor Lawrence during their time together at Clemson.In just 12 games last year, Etienne hauled in a crazy 48 receptions and he seems poised to carry over that type of role into the NFL. However, due to the projected state of the offense, I’ve been a bit conservative and allotted him with two touchdowns.This means that Etienne’s receiving workload is projected to be 95-71-607-2.As far as a runner, Etienne is going to be competing with James Robinson and Carlos Hyde for carries out of the backfield. This equals out to 222 fantasy points over the 17-game season and that’s enough to put him in the low-end top-15 conversation.Fantasy OutlookThese projections for Etienne are based off of him assuming a very specific role in this offense.