There are probably three ways to approach Miami's backfield in fantasy drafts. Take likely starter Jay Ajayi. Take one of the team's other running backs at a healthy discount. Or avoid them altogether.
Ajayi tops the depth chart, but tough to be confident he'll keep the job, or play anything close to full-time if he does. Early reports out of camp have him dealing with drops. This despite the fact that the ability is apparently there. He caught 50 balls for 535 yards and 4 TDs in his final season at Boise State.
Ajayi has about a month before training camp even opens to work on his receiving and route-running, but Miami has other options. Third-rounder Kenyan Drake caught 29 passes for 276 yards and 1 TD at Alabama last year, and that was in a lightly used secondary role; he rushed the ball just 77 times behind workhorse Derrick Henry.
Perhaps another back on the roster will step up, but that doesn't seem particularly likely. Damien Williams has averaged 3.7 yards per carry or worse in spot duty the last two seasons. Daniel Thomas was out of the league entirely last season. Isaiah Pead has 78 career rushing yards since being drafted in 2012. That's the depth chart.
It'll be Ajayi, or maybe Drake, or perhaps a back not yet on the roster who leads the backfield in 2016. Choosing the right one (or avoiding all of them) will be a decision that pays off in fantasy leagues this summer.
--Andy Richardson