With that, Swift ended up setting career-highs in rushing yards (1,087) and rushing touchdowns (nine), with the second-best yards per carry average of his career (4.9). Multiple advanced metrics back up how effective a runner Swift has been in the first year of his reunion with Johnson.<\/p>\n
This season is a very big one for Swift. He is in a contract year, and he’s approaching, if not at, the apex of the age\/decline curve for a running back at 27 years old (28 by the time he’d hypothetically hit the free agent market next March). <\/p>\n
By all accounts, Swift has been a standout during training camp<\/a> thus far. Johnson has also expressed intent to expand his role in the passing game back to where it was earlier in his career.<\/p>\n Place in ranking further greases skids for D’Andre Swift to have a big 2026 season<\/p>\n Based on the outlet’s “Impact Score” metric, which aims to encompass several numbers into one digestible mark at each position, Jacob Infante of Pro Football Network<\/a> has revealed Swift <\/a>as the 10th-best running back in the NFL last season.<\/p>\n “The first year of D\u2019Andre Swift\u2019s tenure with the Chicago Bears didn\u2019t exactly go according to plan, as he had a career-low 3.8 yards per carry in 2024. In Ben Johnson\u2019s offense, however, he had a major resurgence and finished with a top-10 PFN RB Impact Score for the first time since entering the NFL in 2020.”<\/p>\n “Swift\u2019s 38.6% elusive rate tied for fourth in the league last year, and his boom-bust rate was third in the NFL. Only two players had more rushing EPA than he did in 2025, and his average of 4.9 yards per carry marked the second-best average in his six-year career. His speed and agility make him a great fit for Chicago\u2019s outside-zone run scheme, and he looked much more comfortable in this offense than he did in their previous system.”<\/p>\n
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