Entering 2025 Training Camp, Raiders.com is previewing every position group and evaluating the players who will make up the 53-man roster. Here's a look at the team's running backs and the added firepower to the room.

New players

The Raiders running back room is arguably the most improved position group.

After ranking last in the league in rushing yards last season, the Silver and Black began the offseason by adding a proven veteran in Raheem Mostert. The former Miami Dolphins running back led the league in rushing touchdowns (18) in 2023 and totaled 1,012 rushing yards. While injuries were a concern during the early portion his career, he's received at least 80 carries in five of his last seven seasons.

He's also reunited Chip Kelly, who was his head coach as a UDFA when he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016.

"I noticed that it's definitely tailored to the type of run scheme that I'm used to, the type of game that I can form my game into," Mostert said after signing with the Raiders. "And just talking with Chip last week, he brought it up too, that it's all similar. The verbiage is going to be different obviously, but everything is relatively the same."

The second addition to the running back room has been regarded as one of the most anticipated moves made this offseason. The Silver and Black selected Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty with the sixth overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

There are lofty expectations placed on Jeanty's shoulders, and for good reason considering what he accomplished at Boise State. His 2,601 rushing yards last season were the second-most by any running back in a single season in college football history.

"Ashton is as talented at back as a young guy coming in the league that I've seen. He's really special," Kelly said. "His ability to sustain runs after contact, his contact balances is kind of a really rare quality. He's got a low center of gravity, and I think it's tough to get him down and normally the first guy doesn't. And you look at all of the tape of his games last year, and it didn't matter who he played, because they obviously played in the Mountain West, but when he played Oregon and he played Penn State, you look at how he performed in those games. And I think sometimes you get caught up in just looking at the numbers, but I think it was like 35 missed tackles he created in the Penn State game."

Jeanty's not a one-trick pony either, pun intended for the former Bronco. He totaled 862 receiving yards and six touchdown catches in his three collegiate seasons. Throughout OTAs and minicamp, he's shown flashes of his abilities to make cuts at the drop of a dime. Nevertheless, training camp will give his teammates and coaches more to look forward to once pads come on.

"He's right on point with everything that we're doing," Pete Carroll said. "He's studying really hard. He's been really diligent about all aspects. There's nothing that he doesn't find important. He's going to work hard on his pass protection, the third down type of work, see if he can contribute in that kind of a role as well. So, we're not holding anything back on him."

Returning players

While Jeanty is heading into camp as the presumed starter, the order of the running back committee remains up in the air.

Throughout offseason practices, the workload in the backfield has been evenly distributed between Zamir White, Sincere McCormick and Dylan Laube. White, the Raiders' 2022 fourth-round pick, earned the starting job heading into the 2024 season. However, he didn't have the ideal season he was hoping for. In eight games played, he averaged 2.8 yards a carry with only one trip to the end zone. There's still reason to be optimistic for White as he returns from a season-ending quadricep injury looking leaner and more decisive going through running lanes in OTAs.

McCormick was the next man up when White and Alexander Mattison were sidelined, and provided a much needed spark to the ground game. The former UTSA Roadrunner averaged nearly six yards a carry between Weeks 12-14 before an ankle injury placed him on injured reserve.

"I love having multiple guys play. I'm not relying on one guy," Carroll said about the running back room during minicamp. "Thunder and lightning back in the day, you know, whatever it takes to get it done. So, we're going to let the guys play for their play time. ... I think Zamir had a really, really good camp too. He made a statement of being the bigger of the guys. He's really fast and he's the biggest guy that we have."

Laube will be looking to carve a larger role for himself in the backfield, having been used primarily on special teams his rookie season. While he averaged 27.3 yards per kickoff return, he only had one carry the whole season, which resulted into a fumble. Chris Collier, also largely used on special teams, signed to the active roster from the practice squad and appeared in three games.