Toby Gerhart

mike alstott.

 

Not the best draft for him because there are a decent number of similarly ranked big backs in this draft like Anthony Dixon, Charles Scott.

I am going to refrain from automatically comparing him to the most similar white back i can find but i don't see how he couldn't do similar things for a team that lendale white has done. It all depends on how he does in the combine and what his 40 time is. Maybe he could be the next eddie George or jerome bettis.

The last thing he wants is to be made a fullback which is a glorified o-linemen in the league today. For a guy with those college numbers(He may win the heisman) to spend his career busting his head up against linebackers is a disappointment and nobody is going to draft him in the first 3 rounds just to play FB.

 

Top 2 backs in this draft will be Best and Spiller unless Ingram comes out.

 

i could see him having a similar career to brian leonard from rutgers. he was a second round pick because he could do everything well but nothing great.

 

Someone's going to take him early, and I think he'll have a good career as a RB. He could be a Jamal Lewis type player in the NFL.

 

Fullback is probably the most thankless job in the whole NFL all you do is get youe head bashed in and sacrifice your body for very little money. Most starting FBs are guys who never got drafted and hardly ever carry the ball. Why would a guy used to being the star even want that job for a minute?

Nobody will draft him in the 3rd rd to block.

 

Ok another white guy. Leonard has averaged 4 carries a game, 3.3 yards a rush and 0 TDs but is a very good H-back type receiver. I don't know if the bengals see him as good value where they picked him(2nd rd 20th pick) and he is not a heavy duty blocker.

 

the rams actually drafted him. i don't know why they drafted him with steven jackson, but i think he could still be a good second back in the right situation.

 

You can't compare this guy to Alstott or Leonard IMO. This kid is much better than those guys. I think he can be a legit #1 RB. His style fits the NFL and he has real good hands catching the ball. He might not go real early because he isn't a guy with break away speed but IMO he can be very effective. I think he compares favorably with someone like Mendenhall on the Steelers and will go late 1st or early 2nd depending on who needs a RB. The guy is a TD machine but also has the ability get yardage in junks. Other guys with similar styles IMO are Thomas Jones, Cedric Benson, Ricky Williams, Marion Barber and Brandon Jacobs. None of those guys are guys that get a bunch of 20+ yard runs but are effective in grinding out decent yardage.