RB · 9 prospects
Running backs.
We reward burst, contact balance, and hands. The modern game doesn't pay first-round money for raw running — it pays for three downs.
- Avg. height
- 5'11"
- Avg. weight
- 209 lb
- Avg. 40
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Day 1 starter
- 01
Ahmad HardyBig Board #36· Rd 2Two schools, two 1,300-yard seasons: Hardy ran for 1,351 yards at Louisiana-Monroe as a freshman and 1,649 with 16 touchdowns at Missouri as a consensus All-American sophomore.
5'10" · 210 lb40: —Bomb Grade76.3CompIsiah Pacheco / Josh Jacobs (younger version) — Combines Pacheco's violence and relentless motor with Jacobs' lane reading and natural leverage.
- 02
Mark Fletcher Jr.Big Board #38· Rd 2A 6-foot-2, 225-pound early-down hammer who improved his yards per carry every year at Miami and broke through with 1,192 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns in 2025.
6'2" · 225 lb40: —Bomb Grade75.9CompDavid Montgomery / Marshawn Lynch (lite) — Due to his low center of gravity, contact balance, and aggressive pursuit of 'dirty yards'.
- 03
Kewan LacyBig Board #46· Rd 2A three-star Lancaster (TX) product with legitimate track speed, Lacy barely played at Missouri — 23 carries for 104 yards across six games — before transferring to Ole Miss and becoming the nation's third-leading rusher
5'11" · 205 lb40: —Bomb Grade74.1CompJahmyr Gibbs / Kenneth Walker III (for the balance between pure speed and ability to change direction without losing power).
- 04
Nate FrazierBig Board #49· Rd 2A four-star, top-two running back in the 2024 class out of Mater Dei, Frazier produced from day one in Athens — 671 yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman, then 947 yards at 5.5 per carry as Georgia's lead back in 2025
5'10" · 210 lb40: —Bomb Grade73.4CompJahmyr Gibbs / Isiah Pacheco (_aggression_)
Solid starter
- 05
Keyjuan BrownBig Board #67· Rd 3A three-star recruit out of South Atlanta High School who set records in Georgia high school football, Brown broke through in his third year at Louisville with 704 rushing yards and six touchdowns at 7.3 yards a carry ov
5'10" · 215 lb40: —Bomb Grade68.5CompDameon Pierce / Isiah Pacheco (with a James Conner ceiling)
- 06
Dierre Hill Jr.Big Board #71· Rd 3A four-star recruit and Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year from Centralia, Hill chose Oregon and produced immediately in a crowded backfield: 656 yards on 75 carries — 8.7 a pop — with five touchdowns, plus 16 receptio
5'11" · 205 lb40: —Bomb Grade67.6CompDe'Von Achane / Jahmyr Gibbs (Beta Version) for linear acceleration and dual-threat potential.
- 07Isaac BrownBig Board #76· Rd 3
A Miami-bred home-run hitter who led the nation in yards per carry in 2025, Brown is the most explosive back in Louisville's recent pipeline of NFL talent.
5'9" · 190 lb40: —Bomb Grade66.5CompJahmyr Gibbs (Detroit Lions) / Dalvin Cook (Free Agent) — They share that lateral elasticity and the ability to turn a routine touch into a 60-yard home run.
- 08
Jadan BaughBig Board #88· Rd 3Jadan Baugh is the SEC's clearest example of a volume back who did not wear down under it. He handled 220 carries for 1,170 yards and eight touchdowns in 2025 behind a Florida offensive line that rarely gave him clean cr
5'9" · 209 lb40: —Bomb Grade63.8CompKyren Williams / Dameon Pierce — Compact build, low center of gravity, and an inherent violence at contact that compensates for a lack of elite top-end speed.
