INDIANAPOLIS — The seven-year streak of a running back landing in Round 1 is in serious jeopardy in the 2022 NFL draft.
A straw poll of talent evaluators Yahoo Sports has spoken with this week revealed that many teams don't believe there is a guarantee of a running back being taken in the top 32 selections.
"There might be one, maybe, but I'd guess none," one team's assistant general manager said.
Then again, calling this a bad class of running backs isn't entirely accurate, either.
"Good group, but you're not looking at any one of them and seeing special," a college scouting director said before the 2022 NFL combine.