Quote:This guy has the best feet and lateral agility of any of the rbs that were remaining. Hes big, a true junior, disnt have too big of a workload at all in college, can catch, had the best short yardage conversion rate of all rbs IIRC...


Go watch video of him and look at his lateral agility which is the number 1 most important wuality in a RB and is why years ago I said trent richardson would be a bust when everyone else laughably called him the next AP. This kid is better than lacey and lacey has shown to b pretty good. Yeldon will be a workhorse every down back and a starter from day 1

 

I guess people are upset because all the mock drafts had the guy going bottom of the 3rd to anywhere in the 5th round they feel he is a reach considering how high in the 2nd round he was drafted...

I dunno i guess we will see in preseason & the start of the season as it looks like he will be the starter (unless injury or really bad showing in preseason)

 

Rotoworld wrote the following;

 

Jaguars GM David Caldwell sees T.J. Yeldon as a "three-down back."

Yeldon has the size to be an NFL workhorse (6'1/226) and that's exactly what he'll be in Jacksonville. At 197 pounds, Denard Robinson is more suited for a change-of-pace role. In an offense that will be more built on the running game in 2015, Yeldon is in line for a high volume of rookie-year touches. After sharing backfields with other talented rushers for most of his tenure at Alabama, Yeldon will finally be a feature back. Our own Evan Silva compares him to Houston bell-cow Arian Foster. May 1 - 8:08 PM

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