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Exclamation Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
Ray Lawry makes the list....should he be higher, lower, just right?

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-footbal...8h5sugjojj
05-17-2017 09:13 AM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
Probably about right I guess.

How long has Nick Chubb from UGA been in college? Is it me or has he been there since like 2010?
05-17-2017 09:15 AM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
I would rank him higher on talent, but he has battled injury problems almost every season. The NFL will not look favorably on him for that reason. He will need to have a good, healthy year this season to be drafted.
05-17-2017 09:19 AM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
The only other back on the list that I am reasonably familiar with is Ito Smith, and I don't see RL being seven spots behind him. So -- either Smith is too low, or Lawry is too high. I could see those two being something like 10 and 11, and not necessarily in the order they are now in. The trouble in evaluating RL for this kind of list is his size. He is just not the prototypically sized back, but he uses what he has better than most, and when all is said and done, he gains a ton of yards. Speed is life!
05-17-2017 10:00 AM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
Lawry is actually right around average size for a RB in college, maybe a hair light for NFL, but nothing that a good offseason couldn't change. He's bigger than Ito Smith. I think injuries are the one factor that keep him from being higher. His overall numbers would be insane if he had been healthy in each of the last 3 years.
05-17-2017 10:47 AM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
I think (hope?) we are going to have a pretty good O-line this year and that might help him a lot on the injury front. I also think our running attack is going to be really fun to watch this Fall.
05-17-2017 11:36 AM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
I also think we have enough horses that we don't need to run RL into the ground by the 5th game.
05-17-2017 11:58 AM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
(05-17-2017 11:58 AM)ODU_NYG Wrote:  I also think we have enough horses that we don't need to run RL into the ground by the 5th game.

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05-17-2017 12:02 PM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
(05-17-2017 11:58 AM)ODU_NYG Wrote:  I also think we have enough horses that we don't need to run RL into the ground by the 5th game.

Considering RB should be our deepest position, I would hope we don't. We need him if we are going to win CUSA.
05-17-2017 01:44 PM
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RE: Sporting News - Top 25 RBs of 2017
(05-17-2017 12:02 PM)ETSUDB8-79 Wrote:  
(05-17-2017 11:58 AM)ODU_NYG Wrote:  I also think we have enough horses that we don't need to run RL into the ground by the 5th game.

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05-17-2017 08:21 PM
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