Houston Chronicle · Apr 20, 2017
This year's NFL draft features an abundance of quality running backs
Running backs generating first-round buzz are back in fashion, and three could be among the top-20 picks for the first time since 2005.
In next week's draft, LSU's Leonard Fournette, Florida State's Dalvin Cook and Stanford's Christian McCaffrey headline a deep and talented class of running backs.
The last time there was a draft with three backs taken among the top 20, that distinction went to Miami's Ronnie Brown (second overall), Chicago's Cedric Benson (fourth) and Tampa Bay's Cadillac Williams (fifth).
What a difference a few years make.
Remember when it was fashionable to say teams could get productive backs in any round, and they shouldn't waste first-round picks on running backs?
