Bucs Breakdown: A look at the 2018 NFL Draft running back options

The Buccaneers need to revamp the running back position and the draft is the best way to do so. The team currently sits with three rostered backs in Peyton Barber, Jacquizz Rodgers and Dalton Crossan. Rodgers is 28 years old and coming off a below average season that saw him total 3.8 yards a carry on 64 attempts in 16 games of action. Rodgers is not a full time back and this past season didn’t look the part for a change of pace back either. Peyton Barber on the other hand is about to be 24 years old and capped his season off with 335 yards rushing the final 5 weeks for a 4.29 yards per carry. Barber looks to be a decent number two option but alas, does not show the dynamic ability to turn the corner and break a big gain, nor does he appear to be an open field threat in the passing game. Crossan was a college free agent, originally signed by the Colts before the Bucs picked him up, at the moment he is simply a camp body with no real threat to challenge for a roster spot.

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