The running back position in the 2023 NFL Draft is remarkably deep and talented. There are probably fifteen or twenty runners who could land in the top 10 in most drafts.
However, the value of the running back position as a whole has decreased over the last decade or so. That isn’t because runners have gotten less talented, but because the NFL has gotten very good at extracting value from running backs without them necessarily being elite prospects. But when a good — or elite — prospect comes around modern offenses are able to turn them into dangerous playmakers.