Best running backs

Despite suffering a season-ending ACL tear inBrooks enters the draft as the consensus best running back in his class according to NFL.

Soon-to-be free agent Derrick Henry is climbing up the list for the most rushing yards in NFL history. But the big, bruising Tennessee Titans running back is only 36th all-time, despite being the active leader in career yards with 9, That displays how much the NFL has changed in the last decade and how much running backs used to dominate the sport. Starting his career with the Indianapolis Colts as a No. It marked the first of three consecutive Offensive Player of the Year awards for Faulk, who excelled with the high-scoring St. The Tyler Rose was brutal between the lines, overpowering opponents and becoming must-watch TV as soon as the ball touched his hands.

Best running backs

There's plenty of talent in this group, including some breakout stars from last season and some players looking to shine even brighter in different roles or a new school. And we have a pair of teammates that make up a formidable duo in what should be a powerhouse backfield. We polled our resident college football experts, asking them to rank their top 10 running backs entering the season. Points were assigned based on their votes: 10 points for first place, nine for second place and down to one point for 10th place. Also: Ranking the top 10 QBs. Gordon, a 6-foot-1, pound junior, exploded on the scene last season -- a true breakout story. He rushed for yards and two touchdowns as a freshman, then began last season with a total of just 19 carries in Oklahoma State's first three games, including three carries for 12 yards in a loss to South Alabama. The Cowboys retooled, centered the offense on the legs of Gordon, and magic happened. Gordon dashed off eight yard games over his next nine, including a two-week stretch in October when he ran for yards and six touchdowns in games against West Virginia and Cincinnati. With quarterback Alan Bowman returning for his seventh collegiate season, and a talented wide receiver corps including Rashod Owens and Brennan Presley returning, defenses will have to respect the passing game, which could bolster the chances of another big season for Gordon and OSU, which reached the Big 12 championship game last season.

It came after he worked his way back from a serious knee injury that wiped out his season and half of

Before we go, though, I am once again tackling the mountainous task of ranking every running back who started a game in the '23 season. Here is my pecking order, 1 to McCaffrey was the best running back in the league from start to finish, beginning the campaign with a season-high rush yards and a touchdown in a Week 1 romp and ending it as the only non-quarterback on the MVP finalist list. McCaffrey led the league in rushing yards, touches, scrimmage yards and scrimmage touchdowns. He made it easy to rank him No. The Rams shipped Cam Akers to Minnesota early in the season, putting all their eggs in Williams' basket.

His rankings are primarily based on this season's efforts. Here is MJD's list in Week Christian McCaffrey is in a league of his own when it comes to running backs in It set a tone right out of the gate, and he continued to chop up the Seahawks defense throughout the contest, finishing with yards on 16 carries. That ties him for the most in a single season in Dolphins franchise history, matching Mark Clayton With 96 rush yards in the game, Mostert surpassed his previous season-high rushing yards mark in , and there are still four games left in The Titans overcame a point deficit with under three minutes to play against the Dolphins with a pair of touchdowns late.

Best running backs

Who's the NFL's best running back? Wide receiver? What about the second-best defensive tackle -- after Aaron Donald? To preview the NFL season , we set out to answer those questions and much more. We surveyed more than 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players to help us stack the top 10 players at 11 different positions, from edge rushers to interior offensive linemen and all the way through tight ends. This is the second edition of these rankings, and several players moved up or dropped from last year's lists. Here's how our process worked: Voters gave us their best 10 to 15 players at a position, then we compiled the results and ranked candidates based on number of top votes, composite average, interviews, research and film-study help from ESPN NFL analyst Matt Bowen. We had several ties, so we broke them by isolating the two-man matchup with additional voting and follow-up calls. Each section is packed with quotes and nuggets from the voters on every guy -- even the honorable mentions.

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Keaontay Ingram. Then he answered that historic campaign by making real history, recording 2, rushing yards and setting an NFL mark that still stands today. Corum was the Wolverines' reliable No. Jacobs led the league in rushing yards last season with 1, on carries, averaging 4. His return, plus the addition of former blue-chip quarterback Malachi Nelson , could give Boise one of the most dynamic offensive backfields in college football. Houston Roughnecks. Of those, only nine averaged at least 3. Louis Blues. Full week of practices and events planned heading into the Saturday game. C U17 W Champ. Ty Chandler.

We are on the brink of wrapping up the fifth season of the RB Index, but I'm about to enter some new territory.

Kenneth Gainwell. Orlando Magic. The talent doesn't stand out on its own, but he's strong, competitive and team-oriented with exceptional football character. He can balance through contact but is unlikely to move NFL piles. He runs with good knee-bend, agility and contact balance but takes too long to process the front and hit holes between the tackles. He did show improvement from to in the patience vs. Kristina Pink. Memphis Grizzlies. Paraguayan PD. Brooks is back for a super-senior year, which is a big win for Texas Tech as the Red Raiders come off a season when Brooks rushed for 1, yards and 10 TDs and was a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award despite gaining only a total of yards in the season's first two games. Edwards, however, still had his bright moments as he tallied almost yards and five touchdowns, including a yard score in the national championship game. Donny Marshall.