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Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

NFL Draft RB Preview: The Next Best Options (03/19 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

CBS Sports

Football, Sports

4.9721 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Who is the #2 RB prospect in the NFL Draft according to Emory Hunt? Get Emory's Top 5 RBs and expect to see the rest of the industry catch up on these guys.

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0:00.0

You want more running backs to target in your fantasy football drafts?

0:02.4

Let's talk about some of Emery Hunt's top five guys in the NFL draft right now on fantasy football today in five. All right, if you listen to yesterday's episode, Nasha Harris, number one for Emery, but number two is not Travis Eton. He is number three. So we're going to find out number two, number four, and number five for Emery Hunt. Henry, Emery, let's roll it out.

0:22.1

Who is your number two running back prospect in this class?

0:26.3

Big fan of Michael Carter out of USC, the reason why vision and elusiveness.

0:31.0

This dude can see it.

0:32.7

He can make you look foolish in the phone booth and he has explosiveness to where he can rip off those long runs. People will look at his size, but to me size is not a skill. If you're good enough, you're big enough, you can't hit what you can't catch, you can't hurt what you can't touch. And that's one dude that can make you miss and burn you afterwards and get to the end zone. Okay, so you don't think he's more of like a third downback at the next level?

0:54.7

Not at all. That's why I'm glad guys like Barry Sanders played when they did, or Emmett Smith was 5905, Barry Sanders 58, 207. People nowadays would say, oh, there are scatbacks or satellite guys. No, you want to give good players a football, and Michael Carter is a really good player. Okay, so it's Harris 1, Carter 2, E.N. 3. Who's number 4 for you?

1:13.5

Puka Williams out of Kansas, people. football and Michael Carter is a really good player. Okay, so it's Harris 1, Carter 2, ETN 3. Who's number

1:12.3

four for you? Puka Williams out of Kansas. People may look at that and say, wow, but when you

1:16.5

watch this dude run, he's another slighter guy, but runs tough inside for someone that's 170 pounds.

1:22.5

He has the elite level speed to house call any carry he gets. He can line up in a slot and run routes as a receiver. He can also help you out as a kickoff of a punt returner. So think it turns to someone like to Rick Cohen in the scope of what he brings to the table, a guy that you want touching the football. He's tremendous. And when you watch him play, what makes his game even more impressive is that on one of his foot or one of his

1:45.6

feet, he has no toes because he lost it in a childhood long more accident where lost all his

1:51.0

toes. And you see him out there doing those things. It makes it even more impressive.

1:55.8

Wow, that's incredible. He only played four games in 2020 for Kansas, but was so good in 2018 and 2019. And do you think

2:04.7

he'll be, is he on people's radars right now or is this a guy that's going to be a riser in the

2:08.0

coming weeks? He should be on people's radar. If you're doing your job right, you'll know

2:12.8

about Puka Williams. You go back and watch him in 2019. He was outstanding and played big in the biggest

2:18.1

of games. So he is on the radar. He opted out this year in the middle of the season to go back

2:23.4

home to Louisiana to take care of his mom who was sick. So that's why he didn't play the full

2:28.7

season, but he is a stud in that backfield. Okay. So let's talk about number five for you then. It's Jamar Jefferson out of Oregon State. If you're looking for a Kareem Kunt clone, to me is Jamar Jefferson. You talk about vision. Again, I love to say front side to backside vision. When you watch him run, you think, man, I see what he sees, but I don't think he can get there, but he has the athleticism. somehow, some way he's able to get to that backside cut and find his way home.

2:53.9

He also showcased some deep speed this year and ripping off some 80-plus-yard runs for the beavers. You saw a big long run on the second carry or second play of the game against Oregon, where he skirted down the sideline for like an 85 plus yard touchdown run

3:08.0

and helped spearhead that upset. So Jabbar Jefferson has a physical makeup. He can catch the football out of the backfield very well, more standard than dynamic playmaker in the passing game. But as a runner, he brings a lot of Kareem Hunt like ability to the table. All right. Next week, we're going to talk about more running backs, but I just want to let you know. So I'm just looking at two sites right now. CBS Sports has ETN, Nagee Harris, Javante Williams out of North Carolina, Michael Carter, and then Kenneth Gainwell out of Memphis in their top five. NBC Sports has Javante Williams number one. He's not even in your top five. I think you said you have him 10th, right? Correct.

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