Ranking The 10 Best Running Backs In This Years NFL Draft

[@Edub-Winter]

Nice rundown of the backs. I like the college stat sheets, and assesment of that produciton, plus combine numbers.

[@northeastsouthpaw]

This years rbs are going to be screaming good draft deals due to the extreme wr depth. Overall this is going to be a super fun year for the skill positions! Yet another great video thanks for your hard work dude!

[@SalVetri]

I agree, some nice landing spots out there too needing an RB/Depth

[@jessepinkman876]

Everyone saying the rb class is so bad this year, I think the receiver class is just that good. I’ve been in on these backs in the later rounds all year.

[@SalVetri]

The RB class is definitely worse compared to previous years. Could argue none of these guys are 2nd round worthy, Cowboys likely reach though.

[@MDMC313]

Which ever city or franchise gets Blake Corum is getting a warrior, with the heart of a giant.

[@jocko9955]

The frame of David and the heart of Goliath 😂

[@SalVetri]

for sure, just a tad undersized/slow to be that elite level runner. Likely a nice grinder in round 3-4

[@johnruzzano403]

Without the top end speed needed to break long runs

[@javierpreciadojr413]

Chargers should be picking him up... hopefully

[@guszimm39]

Field speed and 40 speed are different, Corum has patience , vision and power, he’s got great shiftablity between the guards, this is what has made him successful at all levels so far it is hard for defenders to read and react against him because of this. Elite 40 time RB’s do not turn into elite RB’s the majority of the time

[@scrapironff1873]

Great job! Thank you very much!

[@morpheus7511]

Don't sleep on Isiah Davis from South Dakota state. Dude is a beast. 6'0 218lbs. Could be a gem in a weak running back class. If he would have transferred after his freshman year. I have no doubt. He would have been a top ten running. Depending on where he would have went. Even if he falls to 5th or 6th round. He will make an NFL roster.

[@Mr5thWave]

This Jack Rabbit is THE man!

[@wolfxman69]

TRACY GUERENDO ALLEN LAUBE or CORLEY BAKER WASHINGTON RICE or SANDERS @ 3.6 ?! Just drafted BOWERS MITCHELL BURTON in that order…traded MAYER COOKS for this pick… any advice ?

[@blairbuttars3803]

Sal I've been waiting for this video, thank you.

[@SalVetri]

WRs coming soon!

[@tfFlyer-e9w]

This guy is the Ben Shapiro of dynasty fantasy football

[@SalVetri]

that's my uncle!

[@SalVetri]

well that’s not nice Bob Ross

[@Diggler569]

If Ben Shapiro was sane, had decent knowledge about football, and wasn't a dweeb.

[@moo429]

Ayeee.. I also was thinking the same thing. The resemblance is uncanny.

[@moo429]

@@SalVetriyou serious?

[@Chingonpez]

That hair cut go crazy my boy!!! 💧💧

[@SalVetri]

🤟🏻

[@jimbo92107]

Age shouldn't matter all that much for an RB coming out of college. Better to count the running attempts, since that's what wears you down.

[@KFBALL247]

Not having Bucky Irving in the top 10 is nuts. Great runner, great vision, elite receiving ability at RB(led the nation in receptions at RB), breaks tackles better than most the guys on this list. Averaged 6.8 ypc and 6.3 ypc the last 2 years. Had 1600 total yards and 13 TDs last year. Wayyy better production than most the guys listed on here. Braelon Allen is big and slow and doesn’t break tackles as well as Bucky who’s way smaller. PFF has Irving ranked 4th. Putting guys like Shipley/ Guerendo(who couldn’t even start at Louisville)/ and the Purdue RB above him makes zero sense to me. Leaving him out of the top 10 completely invalidates the list imo.

[@SalVetri]

He’ll be discussed Thursday.

[@Noahvon503]

Facts!

[@LoogieSlays]

Bucky Irving???

[@Drakes2Fly313]

thats what im saying 😭

[@TylerEubank]

Small and goes down

[@ChadTheDragonLord]

Audric Estime?

[@schm2818]

All of this is great but it should be noted RB success nearly always correlates with draft capital. Brooks/Benson/Corum are my favs for this class but I'll skip over all of them if Dallas makes someone like Braelon Allen the first RB off the board.

[@SalVetri]

correct, this video is about their prospect profile, not landing spots

[@adam7899]

Im surprised we didnt hear Bucky Irvings name 2021/699. 2022/1058. 2023/1180 yds with a combined average of 6 yds per carry, do you have an answer of why he doesn't have your interest??

[@SalVetri]

will be discussed thursday

[@childofkhem1.618]

Wild how some of these guys aren't even in the draft pool on UD

[@SalVetri]

That is wild.

[@xgr0nkmaster87x8]

Whats the website for the speed score infograph

[@linco4446]

Player Profile

[@Stormcat6363]

Great analysis, Sal. Love all of the details and stats.

[@SalVetri]

thank you 🤝

[@nudiustertiangardyloo]

Hope Braelon Allen is a Raider☠️

[@cecilroberts1971]

RBs might as well come out after 2 years

[@jonathangushen7000]

I like your statistical approach.

[@SalVetri]

glad to hear! I try to blend stat, film, athletic testing and production

[@Edub-Winter]

Davis won't steal James Cooks' mojo but can be a nice compliment. Cook is elite pass catcher with more juice.

[@Bryceisthename_]

Do you think we will have a running back drafted in the 1st round of the nfl draft?

[@Noahvon503]

Bucky Irving slander

[@ColdStone52]

I don’t understand the statement of we don’t know his athleticism because he didn’t run the 40 yard dash for Allen? The 40 yard dash is not a measure of athleticism that’s what the drill work is for.

[@choosecarefully408]

Your point about Brooks re Roschon _Johnson_ (you said 'Robinson' for both him & Bijan) is a strong reason I expect the Bears to under-perform yet again. He was considered the Best Pure Rusher coming out of last year's draft. So why didn't the Bears _do anything_ with him? Matt Eberflus. Despite having no background whatever in offense 'Flus makes it Very Clear that *_he_** decides* what plays to limit offenses to. The fact that he, not Getsy has similarities in how their o-lines play to Frank Reich shows that Matt is a micro-manager. Micro-managers can't keep from meddling. also, a guy like Roschon can't possibly succeed on their teams. Johnson was clocked as faster _with the ball in his hands_ than in practice or at the combine. Micro-managers make you practice forever until you do things right *in practice.* He might _destroy_ Johnson. (I'd like to see _him_ get onto Dallas or even better, the Giants). It was Eberflus' decision to cancel the plays that made the Bears the #1 offense for 3 weeks straight _(BEFORE_ they acquired D.J. Moore), when he neither took fields to the blue tent after he "started" staring at open receivers & refused to respond to reporter questions about this _OR_ when Fields called it out it was clear that *He Decided* to call for Fields to not throw to certain receivers on certain plays. & that play worked precisely never. So while _that play_ was likely specifically designed to set Fields up to fail & won't be present in the future, the problem with micro-managers is micro-aggressions. They see their style as perfect & prefer it to winning. Caleb is An Individual. He may be a team player on the field, but as An Individual, he's also gonna notice when the plays called aren't good for the team. It's only gonna be a matter of time before this comes to a head. It's just a matter of when, not if. After all, when you eliminate Eberflus' play-calling such as *intentionally calling* terrible o-line plays & literally undermining the offense by ordering Fields not top throw to often ended being the Only Receivers to get open on many plays, _what_ are Fields' problems remind me? That Darnell Mooney couldn't catch passes that hit him in the hands? That his amazing weird-arm passes on the run that threaded tight windows to hit covered receivers often went to waste on this team? They *already **_had_* a guy in Caleb Williams' tier & they didn't _want_ to win with him. Whatever reason you ascribe this to, the point is that Poles & Eberflus hold Having *Their Way* as a higher priority than winning. That's not good.

[@Jfree55555]

What an excellent video, great work and content was very clear . Love to pretend to be an analyst and you’re helping many of us sound informed

[@SalVetri]

much respect

[@johnwillard6198]

Great video Packers please grab Wright , it’s just right 😂

[@TheKallenShow]

You're using the tread on the tires analogy wrong...but yeah I know what you meant.

[@guszimm39]

Majority of the best backs to ever in the NFL are under 6 foot Barry , Emmitt , Walter , LT , Curtis Martin , Frank Gore , Earl Campbell , Marshall Faulk , Brain Westbrook and the list goes on and on. Compact backs have better balance more durable hide behind the blocks.

[@SalVetri]

What about 5’8 or under?

[@guszimm39]

The Best back to ever put cleats on was 5’8. So like I said before Barry 5’8 200, B Westbrook 5’8 203, MJD 5’7 210, Ray Rice 5’8 203 , Darren Sproles 5’6 190 the list goes on and on.

[@dodu8281]

interesting list. i am not that high on benson. he is big and fast. he is cool on highlight tape because he breaks a lot of long runs. this is it. no lateral movements, no shifty moves. clearly not high on my list. id put blake watson somewhere on this list for sure. he is the most underrated rb on this draft class. about tracy, some websites list him as a wr. position? lets say weapon.

[@Jagsonville]

Great list. Trey benson will be a dawg for whatever team drafts him!!

[@SalVetri]

I think so too

[@Epiknameisme]

No Cody Schrader? Led the SEC in rushing.

[@SalVetri]

correct

[@erkykai]

blake corum best rb back in this draft coming from a ohio fan

[@KFBALL247]

4.8 ypc this year. Def not the best RB in the class lol

[@AliyahDouglas]

​@@KFBALL247Michigan players are team first. They do whatever the team needs. Prima donnas won't last in the program. Blake is so much more than his stats. Same for JJ.

[@billythomas8193]

Why does age play such a huge factor for you,when these guys aren't getting second contracts?

[@chillbruckets1955]

No Estime??

[@SalVetri]

Not for my Top 10

[@JoeMama-cs3te]

Comparing Corum to walker is dirty😂

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

Whiffed on Brooks big time. Others have too. 🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿

[@swimtexas07]

Roshon "Johnson"...not Roshon "Robinson". Great video though!

[@jabbahursty]

older shouldn't matter much. wear comes from touches

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

All these are in a vacuum, you have not taken into account the franchise they are joining.

[@SalVetri]

Sir - this was before the draft.

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

@@SalVetri Ahh, a bit late on the release. You could have added that info to make this vid actually worth watching.

[@evanroth4975]

Vetri is the man!!!

[@SalVetri]

respect brother!

[@ycheck2097]

You dropped your knee pads! 🙏🏻

[@SalVetri]

?

[@kriskomac044]

Kimani Vidal will surprise ppl

[@SalVetri]

I agree, he was in our most overlooked video

[@gregschulte2953]

Can't take my eyes off that Corum kid. He has NFL written all over him.

[@michaeldoss9532]

Who is Blake Corman??? You can't get the name right ???

[@kevinkelly9653]

No Bucky???

[@SalVetri]

Nope no Bucky

[@connormirabelli4647]

@@SalVetriBucky gives me Jerrick Vibes.. if he ends up in KC he could be a sneaky PPR back

[@odinx13x44]

Roschon Robinson lol Not a real complaint. We’ve all flubbed a name before and you say a lot of names in these videos. Just made me laugh.

[@puppethound]

FSUs Benson, end of story. I am biased, but he is a great back and Shipley won't be drafted.

[@SalVetri]

Stud.

[@JoeBartCamel]

People sleeping on audric estime

[@postgamesports7652]

Audric Estime

[@SalVetri]

Didn’t make this one

[@PeteFish-b1f]

idc how old he is , Gurendo SAINTS come on

[@SalVetri]

Could see it late

[@popskerry]

Hmm Robinson and Johnson is who Brooks was behind. Lol

[@BillHillard]

Best back that you probably have not heard of and almost definitely will, is Isaac Guerendo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next Christian McCaffery! (LOLOLOL I wrote this before I saw the video opened with him!!!!!!!!!)

[@ianpierre7020]

Roschon Johnson

[@papadrewzki7238]

estime the second coming of gus edwards

[@SalVetri]

interesting

[@Steve-fh1ln]

Not even close. Estime is athletic as hell.

[@SalVetri]

poor combine says otherwise

[@FlowerPewnnannie-ry5tj]

He didn’t have a poor combine. Only his 40 time was bad, but his 10 yrd split was average. He excelled everywhere else.

[@SalVetri]

correct poor was the wrong word. Average combine for someone who needed to be above average for his stock to rise above 5th ish round pick

[@Capncomeback2023]

RBs under 6’ really don’t do that well in the NFL? Barry Sanders was 5’9”. Emmitt Smith was 5’8”. Like the old saying goes: It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight IN the dog!

[@SalVetri]

5’8 was the quote. This is a valid as You named some great players. But this is Outlier bias. I can name thousands that don’t succeed below these thresholds. Outliers exist, but they are indeed outliers for a reason. Whether that be coach bias, or their actual size that harms them. I am still a fan of Corum, believe he can be an outlier. But that’s what it would be, an outlier.

[@Capncomeback2023]

@@SalVetri I’m not a fan of Corum; at least not for my team. He’s already had a heavy workload running the ball in HS & college. I don’t believe he’ll have a long career in the NFL. I do hope I’m wrong because my own team could take him!!

[@linco4446]

​@@SalVetriThe average height of NFL running backs is 5'11".

[@zodaguy]

DO CORNERS!!!

[@SalVetri]

Just offense for me (:

[@gabrielortiz-qx2sn]

GREAT VIDEO!!! GOD BLESS YOU AND JESUS LOVES YOU!!! FOLLOW HIM BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU!!!

[@SalVetri]

love the energy

[@stevenmartin667]

Salgorithm

[@SalVetri]

lmao

[@stevenmartin667]

@@SalVetri I miss the DFS tout days Sal, I understand this is your business model and the fake alpha touts were hating but I always had success with your projections and player takes, come back bro!!!

[@richardtyler9407]

Your football channel is getting a little too political for me, it’s too bad because you mostly do a great job.

[@Hairulcomback]

Hello

[@rashonhenderson2048]

Tracy NYG!!!!!

[@GoBevo]

Some of the most successful backs are under 6ft

[@SalVetri]

The threshold discussed was 5’8 or under.

[@chanceamandageee157]

Trey Benson hit the hole the fastest

[@jonwasilewski8226]

Tennessee back ,,Best

[@SalVetri]

Solid option

[@Hello11World]

bro nice haircut but you gotta trim back those old man eyebrows

[@SalVetri]

never

[@collusion-d4n]

what a lame ass draft class for HBs.. nice work though

[@SalVetri]

nice depth pieces for teams that will fill a role

[@collusion-d4n]

@@SalVetri for sure.. I wonder what the HB classes will be like moving foward with kids realizing they're not going to get paid as HBs.. will players avoid the position?

[@jonwasilewski8226]

Guy from Troy , Steal

[@SalVetri]

yes

[@Steve-fh1ln]

Corum, Estimate and Davis are the cream of this class. It's real easy to see. Estime is easily the best. Corum has unbelievable vision and jump cut. Davis is a workhorse do it all back with above average to elite RB traits. The rest of the backs can only claim one or two of the abilities the top three have. The conversation starts after these three.

[@SalVetri]

Agree to disagree here but appreciate your feedback 👊🏽

[@justgallaghergolf80]

Wow, that’s an insane take. Brooks, Benson and Wright will get the best draft capital in my opinion and that usually determines opportunities to be a full time starter

[@TylerEubank]

@@justgallaghergolf80Yep. I just can’t decide between the 3. Plus Brooks has recent injury history