SI.com’s Matt De Lima ‘thinks’ it. NFL Network analysts Peter Schrager, Charles Davis and Maurice Jones-Drew have all ‘said’ it. Even ESPN expert Mel Kiper Jr ‘predicts’ it. Why? Georgia running back D’Andre Swift will be selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
The question that needs to be asked is “Why?”
More successful?
First-round running backs must be more likely to be successful than backs drafted in later rounds, right?
Did you know that the top leaders in rushing in 2019 (excluding QB Lamar Jackson) consisted of four 1st round picks, four 2nd round picks, a 4th round pick and a 7th round pick*?