Top Running Backs in the 2016 draft

[Hardline]

Who do you like and why?

http://BAN-INCOMING-IN-3-2-1/draft2016RB.php

The way the last draft went with the top two RBs going in the top 15. I don't think the Cowboys will be picking low enough to get Derrick Henry of Alabama or Ezekiel Elliott of Ohio State.

Derrick Henry is my personal favorite with the exception of Nick Chubb who will not be in next years draft.

Of course this all hinges on how the 2015 season shapes up for the Cowboys with the current RBs on the roster. And if any of these RBs in the 2016 draft class fall in our draft slots without reaching.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Who do you like and why?

http://BAN-INCOMING-IN-3-2-1/draft2016RB.php

The way the last draft went with the top two RBs going in the top 15. I don't think the Cowboys will be picking low enough to get Derrick Henry of Alabama or Ezekiel Elliott of Ohio State.

Derrick Henry is my personal favorite with the exception of Nick Chubb who will not be in next years draft.

Of course this all hinges on how the 2015 season shapes up for the Cowboys with the current RBs on the roster. And if any of these RBs in the 2016 draft class fall in our draft slots without reaching.

I like Booker myself. I have my eye on how Foster runs this year. Dynamic player out of the back but his JR year was his only good year as a runner

 

[Muhast]

Nick Chubb is going to be an absolute super star. He is already as good if not better than Todd Gurley IMO.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Nick Chubb is going to be an absolute super star. He is already as good if not better than Todd Gurley IMO.

Whats funny is Todd Gurley detractors tried to use Nick Chubb as a reason why Todd Gurley was overrated despite the fact Nick Chubb will be a top 15 pick himself

 

[KingintheNorth]

James Conner could be a RB to look at....250-pound workhorse.

 

[Hardline]

I watched several youtube highlight vids of Conner and was very impressed.
I know highlight videos make everyone look like All Stars but I think Conner can be greatness with the Cowboys.

 

[tm1119]

Booker is my way too early favorite. He's shifty but runs with power at the same time.

Look out for Storm Woods by the way. Super talented and it will be interesting to see what Gary Anderson does with him. I can definitely see him getting 2000+ total yards this year.

 

[bodi]

Arkansas

Senior Jonathan Williams and junior Alex Collins have been named to the Doak Walker Award watch list, presented annually to the nation’s top running back.

Williams enters the 2015 season as Arkansas’ No. 10 all-time leading rusher with 2,321 career rushing yards. His 5.72 career yards per rush average ranks sixth all-time at Arkansas and his 1,190 rushing yards in 2014 was the eighth-best single-season mark in Razorback history. After contemplating entering the 2015 NFL Draft, Williams returned to Arkansas for his senior season and promises to be one of the top running backs in the nation.

Collins is coming off back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons and joins Darren McFadden as the only two Razorbacks to begin their careers with consecutive 1,000-yard campaigns. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla. native ranks 14th in school history with 2,126 career rushing yards after just two seasons.

The dynamic duo were the only pair of teammates to each top 1,000 rushing yards in 2014

 

[AsthmaField]

I think Dallas might be looking for a big bruising back to complement a guy like Randle. If they are, Collins, Henry and Elliott would all three be a good candidate. Any one of them could soften up defenses running behind the Dallas OL.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

I'm a UT fan but really think that Jonathan Gray has some talent and will be available in the mid rounds. After a slow rebound from his achilles tear he finally showed that elite quickness and explosiveness late last season. He is as explosive a runner as anyone in college football IMO. He is someone to keep an eye on as the season progresses.

 

[Plankton]

Ezekiel Elliott, and to me, it isn't even close.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Cowboys like pure runners ala Emmitt Smith, lets take a look at @ Booker, = no fluke.

 

[bodi]

Nick Chubb

I wish he was coming out next year

 

[Hardline]

Nick Chubb

I wish he was coming out next year

The Cowboys won't be low enough in the draft to even sniff Nick Chubb. As he will probably be a top 10 pick.

 

[darthseinfeld]

The Cowboys won't be low enough in the draft to even sniff Nick Chubb. As he will probably be a top 10 pick.

Its funny that Anti Gurley guys used Chubbs success as a reason Gurley was overrated. Chubb will probably be regarded even higher then Gurley once he is ready to go pro

 

[bodi]

Bielema: ‘Jonathan Williams will miss regular season’

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/ar...a-jonathan-williams-will-miss-regular-season/

Williams, who rushed for 1,190 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, needs surgery on a left foot injury that will keep him out through December

 

[AsthmaField]

Ezekiel Elliott, and to me, it isn't even close.

If I'm not as much an Elliott fan as you... then I'm awful close.

Love E Elliott.

 

[Plankton]

If I'm not as much an Elliott fan as you... then I'm awful close.

Love E Elliott.

I am, and am an avowed Urban Meyer and OSU hater. Elliott is a terrific player.

 

[AsthmaField]

I am, and am an avowed Urban Meyer and OSU hater. Elliott is a terrific player.

Dude is a player, for sure. It would be another situation like Gurley probably... be gone in the first before Dallas even gets a chance to pick.

We can hope though!

 

[Texas_Pete]

Nick Chubb

I wish he was coming out next year

I like his vision and power. Would love to see him in Dallas.