Who is the running back to in the 2026 NFL draft class?

That is the question.

And we're back to talk about it once again.

We've talked about it each of the last couple of weeks here on the draft ranking show.

I'm Cody Carpenter.

Was it Mike Washington?

Is it Jonah Coleman?

Today we're going to ask, is it Emmett Johnson from Nebraska, the running back that kind of just took over that backfield and quite literally led the country or led the draft class in total team production in 2025?

36.9% of his team's total production.

He was Nebraska's Christian McCaffrey in 2025 i'm korek

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Who is running back to in the 226 class? Is it Emmett Johnson? That's the question. Five foot

11, 200 pounds as we head towards the NFL Combine. Those numbers are unofficial. I'm a little

bit worried about Emmett Johnson and him being 196, 195,

nonetheless being south of the Trey-Mason-Dixon line, which is 204, 205 pounds,

which historically, unless you're Austin Echler or Christian McCaffrey or Aaron Jones,

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