Updated Top 30 Senior RB for the 2013 NFL Draft

Here are my top 30 updated ranking for senior running backs for the 2013 NFL Draft.  These are senior running backs only. 

1 Knile Davis, Arkansas
2 Andre Ellington, Clemson
3 Montee Ball, Wisconsin
4 Stepfan Taylor, Stanford
5 Ray Graham, Pittsburgh
6 Johnathan Franklin, UCLA
7 Christine Michael, Texas A&M
8 Kenjon Barner, Oregon
9 Mike Gillislee, Florida
10 Rex Burkhead, Nebraska
11 Zac Stacy, Vanderbilt
12 Chris Thompson, Florida State
13 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook  
14 Cameron Marshall, Arizona State
15 Kerwynn Williams, Utah State
16 John White, Utah
17 D.J. Harper, Boise State
18 Onterio McCalebb, Auburn
19 Isi Sofele, California
20 Mike James, Miami (Fla.)
21 Curtis McNeal, USC 
22 Robbie Rouse, Fresno State
23 Matthew Tucker, TCU
24 Ronnie Wingo, Arkansas
25 Orwin Smith, Georgia Tech
26 Dennis Johnson, Arkansas
27 Washaun Ealey, Jacksonville State
28 Perry Jones, Virginia
29 Dominique Whaley, Oklahoma
30 Jordan Hall, Ohio State

Top 30 Senior RB's for 2013 NFL Draft

Here are my top 30 pre-season ranking senior running backs for the 2013 NFL Draft.  These are senior running backs only. 

1 Knile Davis, Arkansas

2 Andre Ellington, Clemson

3 Montee Ball, Wisconsin

4 Ray Graham, Pittsburgh

5 Christine Michael, Texas A&M

6 Kenjon Barner, Oregon

7 Johnathan Franklin, UCLA

8 Stepfan Taylor, Stanford

9 Cameron Marshall, Arizona State

10 Zac Stacy, Vanderbilt

11 Orwin Smith, Georgia Tech

12 Dennis Johnson, Arkansas

13 Washaun Ealey, Jacksonville State

14 Rex Burkhead, Nebraska

15 Mike James, Miami (Fla.)

16 Ronnie Wingo, Arkansas

17 Isi Sofele, California

18 John White, Utah

19 D.J. Harper, Boise State

20 Perry Jones, Virginia

21 Onterio McCalebb, Auburn

22 Curtis McNeal, USC

23 Mike Gillislee, Florida

24 Larry Caper, Michigan State

25 Kerwynn Williams, Utah State

26 Dominique Whaley, Oklahoma

27 Matthew Tucker, TCU

28 Eric Stephens, Texas Tech

29 Robbie Rouse, Fresno State

30 Jordan Hall, Ohio State

BYU's Unga enters NFL's supplemental draft

Both BYU’s running back Harvey Unga and Truman State running back Vanness Emokpae have sent in their paperwork to be included in the NFL's supplemental draft on July 15. Unga is BYU's career rushing leader with 3,455 yards, he was suspended from the team thought about transferring to another school, but decided to make himself eligible for the supplemental draft. He most likely will get drafted with a sixth or seventh round pick from a team looking for a big physical running back. Emokpae will not get draft and will be a free-agent but possible could sign as a free-agent.

Unga will most likely have a workout for NFL teams because they will need to see how fast he really is because that is one of the biggest concerns for NFL teams his speed. He is a physical running and is a good receiver out of the backfield, so some teams are thinking about possible using him as a full back. If he is able to run in the high 4.5’s to low 4.6’s I think he could be worth a late round pick in the supplemental draft. If teams use a pick in the supplemental draft then they lose that same round pick in the next years NFL Draft that is held in April.

Top 20 NFL Draft Eligible RB's

Right now no underclassmen running backs have declared so here are the top 20 running backs for the 2010 NFL Draft, we will add the juniors when they declare.


1. C.J. Spiller, Clemson – 1st round
2. Toby Gerhart, Stanford – 2nd round
3. Anthony Dixon, Mississippi State – 2nd round
4. Montario Hardesty, Tennessee – 3rd round
5. Charles Scott, LSU – 3rd round
6. Ben Tate, Auburn – 3rd round
7. Chris Brown, Oklahoma – 4th round
8. Andre Anderson, Tulane – 4th round
9. Javarris James, Miami (Fla.) – 4th round
10. Keith Toston, Oklahoma State - 5th round
11. Joique Bell, Wayne State (MI) – 5th round
12. Andre Dixon, Connecticut – 5th round
13. James Starks, Buffalo – 5th round
14. Brandon Minor, Michigan – 6th round
15. LeGarrette Blount, Oregon - 6th round
16. LaMarcus Coker, Hampton - 6th round
17. Lonyae Miller, Fresno State - 7th round
18. Keiland Williams, LSU – 7th round
19. Joseph Turner, TCU – 7th round
20. Michael Smith, Arkansas – 7th round


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