Who Are the Best Freshman Running Backs in College Football?
1 hr 2 min
Who are the best true freshman running backs in college football? Devy Sensei and Chris “Shifu” put together a consensus top 10 through Week 10, and it looks a lot different from what we expected coming into the season. We break down why Cardae Mack leads our board, why Chris could make a case for Javian Mallory at No. 1, and what Jonas Walton and Damon Ferguson Jr. have shown with their opportunities. We also get into how much weight to put on EJ Crowell’s small sample and how to evaluate Savion Hiter when the talent is there but the production hasn’t followed. Along the way, we use film and PFF data to compare workload, tackle breaking, yards after contact, and receiving usage. We wrap up with the backs we’d look to acquire in Devy or Campus to Canton and the ones we’re willing to wait on. 00:00 Intro and True Freshman RB Rankings Setup02:33 No. 1 Cardae Mack | Why He Leads Our Board07:58 No. 2 Jonaz Walton | Notre Dame’s Next Lead Back?13:35 No. 3 Javian Mallory | Chris’s Case for RB120:11 No. 4 Damon Ferguson Jr. | Workload and Receiving Value23:57 No. 5 Jamal Rule | Nebraska’s Downhill Runner29:34 No. 6 EJ Crowell | Big Flashes, Small Sample35:51 No. 7 Amari Latimer | College Fantasy Upside38:23 No. 8 KJ Edwards | Explosiveness and Opportunity43:50 No. 9 Savion Hiter | Talent, Blocking, and Patience53:49 No. 10 Trae’shawn Brown | College Role and Devy Outlook59:43 Final Tier Takeaways | Who We’d Acquire in Devy and C2C Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.