BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Mel Kiper Jr. hasn't simply heard the arguments against taking a running back in the first round of the NFL draft. The ESPN senior draft analyst might have helped to spearhead the movement.
But that didn't stop him from projecting the Buffalo Bills to select Alabama running back Najee Harris with pick No. 30 in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft (April 29-May 1 in Cleveland, on ESPN and ESPN the App) in one of his several mock drafts this offseason.
"Buffalo could do that and get a guy who's a complete back, whether it's Najee Harris, Travis Etienne or Javonte Williams," Kiper said.