Todd Gurley RB Georgia

[RS12]

Georgia junior RB Todd Gurley (#3): A running back of Gurley’s size should not have the combination of speed, explosion, footwork and power the junior displays. He is a combination of Marshawn Lynch and Eddie Lacy (and I am not saying that just because of the dreads). Gurley is relentless after generating momentum, which he produces at a ridiculous rate. The Bulldog is difficult to take down at the line of scrimmage, second level and downfield.

We know Gurley is powerful and fast, but he also possesses patience and vision, specifically on screen passes. Again, evaluators will want to see 100 percent health and pass protection skills, but Gurley is almost too good to be true.


I would not be surprised if he ends up as a top 10 prospect on my board this year.


http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/cfb/48323/329/two-to-watch-week-1

Todd Gurley | Running Back
Team: Georgia Bulldogs
Age / DOB: (20) / 8/3/1994
Ht / Wt: 6'1' / 226

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NFLDraftScout.com projects four running backs -- Todd Gurley (Georgia), Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin), Mike Davis (South Carolina) and T.J. Yeldon (Alabama) -- as possible first-round picks.
No running back has gone in the first round in the last two drafts. Quick! Name the last running back drafted in Round 1. Stumped? If you said David Wilson, step up and accept your prize of a free NFL Draft news blurb. Trent Richardson was a top-five selection in the 2012 draft, and Doug Martin and Wilson went with the last two picks in the first round in that class. The Browns regret taking Richardson, the Colts regret trading for him, Martin's career has been up and down, and Wilson has already retired due to injury. This, along with the realization that the pass should be used to set up the run and not vice-versa, is the reason the NFL doesn't devote valuable high draft picks to the position. Gurley and Gordon are good enough to change that, however. Aug 26 - 9:12 PM
Source: CBS Sports

 

[tideh20heel]

Monster!! If he stays healthy the Heisman is on it's way to Athens! Best college back since Peterson! That was a show he put on against Clemson.

 

[bodi]

to bad we should be looking D line

 

[CowboyStar88]

The dude is a great back. He has size power and speed. Man if we don't resign Murray this is a back I would love to get. I think what we so in the draft next year will be directly tied to Romo and his health.

 

[Muhast]

Im a huge UGA fan. Gurley is a freak. Watch out for Nick Chubb though. He is a true freshman, and going to be a superstar in the future. He runs through everything. He actually knocked his teammate unconscious at practice a few weeks ago.

 

[TheBigEasy]

Love him. Also have watched every Nebraska game over the past 20 years. Ameer Abdullah is a freak as well. In a perfect world, I would be in my glory seeing the star on one of these guys next year.

 

[Bluefin]

Im a huge UGA fan. Gurley is a freak. Watch out for Nick Chubb though. He is a true freshman, and going to be a superstar in the future. He runs through everything. He actually knocked his teammate unconscious at practice a few weeks ago.

What do you think of UGA H-Back/FB Quayvon Hicks?

 

[Future]

The dude is a great back. He has size power and speed. Man if we don't resign Murray this is a back I would love to get. I think what we so in the draft next year will be directly tied to Romo and his health.

If he's there in the second, but no way we can afford to use a first rounder on a RB.

 

[RS12]

Todd Gurley rushed for a career-high 208 yards vs. Tennessee Saturday. He added 30 yards in the receiving game. He averaged 7.4 yards per-carry. He scored two touchdowns, including the above 49-yarder in the fourth quarter.

And if he'd finished with 204 yards and all of the same statistics as above, Georgia might still have lost the game. Up 35-32 on Tennessee with under a minute to play, Gurley still had to carry for four yards on a 4th-and-3 -- a typically rugged rush around left end in which he shrugged off a Vol tackler with ease on his 28th carry -- for the Bulldogs to finally put away the Vols.

At home. In a game in which Tennessee gift-wrapped Georgia a touchdown with a fumble in the end zone. And Vol starting quarterback Justin Worley missed three critical -- and scoreless -- second-half series.

Despite all of that, Georgia still needed Todd Gurley to do inhuman things like this ...

... to win the game.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ageous-and-for-this-georgia-team-he-has-to-be

 

[RS12]

In a mistake-filled contest, Georgia had one fewer miscue than Tennessee and jumped on the back of their workhorse and projected first-round pick, running back Todd Gurley.

For NFL scouts, this match-up was the current NCAA leader in rush yards per carry facing the active SEC leader in career tackles as Gurley matched up against Tennessee middle linebacker A.J. Johnson. And while Johnson certainly piled up the tackles (17), Gurley proved to be the difference down the stretch, leading the Bulldogs to a 35-32 win in Athens, Ga.

Gurley, NFLDraftScout.com's No. 1 running back prospect for the 2015 class, ran for a career-best 208 yards, and added two touchdowns on 28 carries, averaging 7.4 yards per rush. He fell a little short of his season yards per carry average (9.4), but far eclipsed his rush yards per game average (134), also adding four catches for 30 yards. Gurley now has 41 career touchdowns, only 11 shy of Herschel Walker's school record.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/...-draft-gurley-georgia-run-away-from-tennessee

 

[ghst187]

If he's there in the second, but no way we can afford to use a first rounder on a RB.

I disagree, in fact I'd trade Murray for Gurley right now.
Right now we have one oft-injured NFL-caliber RB on the roster in the last year of his contract. If he walks and Gurley is available when we pick or close, we need to get him. We're going to be a running team for the foreseeable and Gurley is the best back coming out since AP. He will be dynamite behind our OL. Romo might not need to throw more than 10-12x per game.

 

[Hardline]

If Gurley is the BPA when the Cowboys pick then take him. If not then pass him up. Never let the BPA get passed you.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I would take Gurley in heartbeat.

1,700 runner behind this line. While HBs have been marginalized, elite ones like AD and McCoy have a huge impact on games. Gurley is that good

 

[joseephuss]

If he is a top 10 pick then Dallas won't be in position to grab him.

 

[Biggems]

If Gurley is the BPA when the Cowboys pick then take him. If not then pass him up. Never let the BPA get passed you.

what if the BPA is the same position on most of your picks? do you pick 4 QBs or RBs?

 

[Hardline]

what if the BPA is the same position on most of your picks? do you pick 4 QBs or RBs?

Reaching for a player just because you want to fill a position is a big no no. Especially in the first round.

 

[Biggems]

Reaching for a player just because you want to fill a position is a big no no. Especially in the first round.

You don't have to reach for a player, if you do your due diligence, you should have 3-5 players ranked where you pick......so if some of them are gone, you still get one of the players you want.

It doesn't matter how we rank the players, how Kiper or McShay, or any of the draft sites rank them, all that matters is how each team puts their board together. They look for players that fit their system and philosophy, as well as have a ton of talent.

 

[Hardline]

You don't have to reach for a player, if you do your due diligence, you should have 3-5 players ranked where you pick......so if some of them are gone, you still get one of the players you want.

It doesn't matter how we rank the players, how Kiper or McShay, or any of the draft sites rank them, all that matters is how each team puts their board together. They look for players that fit their system and philosophy, as well as have a ton of talent.

Exactly my philosophy.

 

[Future]

Reaching for a player just because you want to fill a position is a big no no. Especially in the first round.

Yea, Travis Frederick was a terrible pick.

I've never understood this logic, especially if you aren't in a full scale rebuild. If you have a whole, pick a player who can fill it. There's no sense taking a player when you already have a good starter at that spot if you're a brink team.

 

[darthseinfeld]

You don't have to reach for a player, if you do your due diligence, you should have 3-5 players ranked where you pick......so if some of them are gone, you still get one of the players you want.

It doesn't matter how we rank the players, how Kiper or McShay, or any of the draft sites rank them, all that matters is how each team puts their board together. They look for players that fit their system and philosophy, as well as have a ton of talent.

Exactly.

We missed out on most of our guys (Barr, Donald, Shazier) but we still got one of our targets