Keep seeing this and wonder if people actually watch football.
Abanikanda has great top line speed but plays nowhere near as fast.
His vision is near non-existent.
A 5'10" and 215 body with high end speed sounds great but he's shown little no nuance of the position.
He ended 3 seasons with essentially half the yards from scrimmage Deuce had.
Theres literally games and clips of games with announcers commenting on his speed and how rarely he gets caught from behind. As fast as he ran at his pro day, one of the comments in bob mcginns scouting interview literally said the scout thought he would run faster given how fast he looks in games. not sure where this, "...plays nowhere as fast," opinion came from; but it couldn't be from watching football.
the no vision sentiment is one that has been regurgitated regularly and although its not completely unfounded, its lazy. It really seems to come from him not juking guys in the backfield like a bijan or saquon. his vision is more than fine when it comes to making one cut and evading tacklers in the open field. Lets not forget hes the youngest rb in the draft and has only 1 year of starting experience in college. His vision being, "non-existent existent," is so hyperbolic, it gives one a headache.
then finally, your last comment is deceiving and essentially undermines any opinion you may have. Vaugn had 651 carries and 116 receptions over his 37 games. Abani had 390 rushes and 38 receptions over 30 games. Thats 7 more games and nearly 350 more touches....hmmm I wonder why he had so many more yards from scrimmage. I mean come on...
is that watching football comment purely projection?
